Dima
Posts: 1597 From: Australia  |
DimaPosts: 1597 From: Australia 
Written by Guest on 18.10.2014 at 18:41
What is special about this album? I've heard a few seconds of the first song, and the first thing I noticed was that lacks an atmosphere like that of The Mantle, something weird coming from Agalloch.
No offense intended.
Oh it has an atmosphere alright. A cold one at that.
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Worst album ever.
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08.12.2014 - 17:50Rating: 9
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Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 16:06
Worst album ever.
I know, YUCK ... especially that awful song Falling Snow
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Written by InnerSelf on 08.12.2014 at 17:50
Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 16:06
Worst album ever.
I know, YUCK ... especially that awful song Falling Snow
eww Falling Snow, i couldnt listen to it more than 160 times. absolutely appalling.
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08.12.2014 - 17:57Rating: 9
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Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 17:53
eww Falling Snow, i couldnt listen to it more than 160 times. absolutely appalling.
I was like: "I should absolutely 8 this", but then I thought it's totally not worthy of an 8.
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Written by InnerSelf on 08.12.2014 at 17:57
I was like: "I should absolutely 8 this", but then I thought it's totally not worthy of an 8.
i know right? i bet i could make a better album using nothing but this album and john haughm.
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08.12.2014 - 18:06Rating: 9
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Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 18:01
Written by InnerSelf on 08.12.2014 at 17:57
I was like: "I should absolutely 8 this", but then I thought it's totally not worthy of an 8.
i know right? i bet i could make a better album using nothing but this album and john haughm.
This band could make use of you as a devoted listener.
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Maco Classless
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Man, I've forgotten how amazing this album is.
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Metren Chameleon
Posts: 1035 From: Estonia  |
12.11.2016 - 01:05Rating: 8
MetrenChameleonPosts: 1035 From: Estonia 
After falling in love with The Mantle, this album truly was a disappointment. It's self-indulgent, all over the place with regard to the musical ideas and just plain boring in the final third. All that by Agalloch's own very high standards of course. It's not all bad or even average, there are plenty of brilliant moments here, but just not enough to make it a masterpiece, which it isn, by a long shot.
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Bad English Tage Westerlund
Posts: 52371 From: Norway  |
Gosh if ppl says its worst album ever, Its like voting for trump something
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Jack_Torrance
Posts: 58 From: Germany  |
17.01.2018 - 16:34Rating: 10
Masterpiece.
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Metren Chameleon
Posts: 1035 From: Estonia  |
07.05.2018 - 18:38Rating: 8
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I've come to like this album a lot more this past year. Still not on The Mantle level though, not that many albums are.
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Maco Classless
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Written by mz on 19.12.2010 at 11:31
Its one of the best metal albums of all and the first album of agalloch that I heard and I really like our fortress is...(II)
Agreed
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DeathMetal
Posts: 334 From: Canada  |
04.09.2018 - 03:45Rating: 8
Pretty decent.
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Gothic Metalhead Pro Introvert
Posts: 70 From: USA  |
31.12.2019 - 15:34Rating: 10
I really am not a fan of agalloch to listen to their entire discography, but ashes against the grain is the only album I love. Truly a masterpiece of atmospheric black/doom
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Bad English Tage Westerlund
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Written by Gothic Metalhead on 31.12.2019 at 15:34
I really am not a fan of agalloch to listen to their entire discography, but ashes against the grain is the only album I love. Truly a masterpiece of atmospheric black/doom
Then you are weird, one of rare bands what play decent music in each albums
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Paulh
Posts: 507 From: UK  |
21.05.2020 - 17:08Rating: 9
01. Limbs - 10/10
02. Falling Snow - 10/10
03. This White Mountain On Which You Will Die - N/A
04. Fire Above, Ice Below - 9/10
05. Not Unlike The Waves - 8.5/10
06. Our Fortress Is Burning... I - 8/10
07. Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds - 9.5/10
08. Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain - 8/10
Overall: 9.0/10
Not as strong as The Mantle, but still an excellent album from start to finish.
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musclassia
Posts: 2806 From: UK  |
22.05.2020 - 12:36Rating: 10
Written by Paulh on 21.05.2020 at 17:08
01. Limbs - 10/10
02. Falling Snow - 10/10
03. This White Mountain On Which You Will Die - 9.5/10
04. Fire Above, Ice Below - 9/10
05. Not Unlike The Waves - 8.5/10
06. Our Fortress Is Burning... I - 8.5/10
07. Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds - 9.5/10
08. Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain - 8.5/10
Overall: 9.2/10
Not as strong as The Mantle, but still an excellent album from start to finish.
I definitely wouldn't rate the 2-minute interlude higher than Fire Above, Ice Below and particularly Not Unlike The Waves, but yeah, I think it's a notch below The Mantle whilst being very special (a 9.5 to The Mantle's 10). The Grain has grown on me over time, to the point where I can now at least appreciate its contribution, but more often than not I finish the album with Bloodbirds
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Paulh
Posts: 507 From: UK  |
22.05.2020 - 12:40Rating: 9
Written by musclassia on 22.05.2020 at 12:36
Written by Paulh on 21.05.2020 at 17:08
01. Limbs - 10/10
02. Falling Snow - 10/10
03. This White Mountain On Which You Will Die - 9.5/10
04. Fire Above, Ice Below - 9/10
05. Not Unlike The Waves - 8.5/10
06. Our Fortress Is Burning... I - 8.5/10
07. Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds - 9.5/10
08. Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain - 8.5/10
Overall: 9.2/10
Not as strong as The Mantle, but still an excellent album from start to finish.
I definitely wouldn't rate the 2-minute interlude higher than Fire Above, Ice Below and particularly Not Unlike The Waves, but yeah, I think it's a notch below The Mantle whilst being very special (a 9.5 to The Mantle's 10). The Grain has grown on me over time, to the point where I can now at least appreciate its contribution, but more often than not I finish the album with Bloodbirds
It's quite difficult to rate intros, outros and interludes. I try and rate them on their own merit (I think TWMOWYWD works very well at creating atmosphere). I would say that it does a better job of creating atmosphere as an interlude than FA,IB does at being an engaging song, but that's just my opinion
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Written by musclassia on 22.05.2020 at 12:36
more often than not I finish the album with Bloodbirds
Disgusting
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musclassia
Posts: 2806 From: UK  |
22.05.2020 - 13:04Rating: 10
Written by RaduP on 22.05.2020 at 12:42
Written by musclassia on 22.05.2020 at 12:36
more often than not I finish the album with Bloodbirds
Disgusting
Some days, I just can't be arsed to listen to a full 7 minutes of guitar noise, and I make no apologies for that
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Spawdophonik
Posts: 28 From: Germany
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05.11.2020 - 16:46Rating: 9
I could listen to Falling Snow for hours and not get bored
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