Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

9.1 | 1429 votes |

Release date:	8 August 2006
Style:	Atmospheric black metal, Neofolk
Owners:	1556 have it 130 want it 4 trade it

01. Limbs
02. Falling Snow
03. This White Mountain On Which You Will Die
04. Fire Above, Ice Below
05. Not Unlike The Waves
06. Our Fortress Is Burning... I
07. Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds
08. Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain
09. Scars Of The Shattered Sky (Our Fortress Has Burned To The Ground) [Double LP Vinyl 1000 Copies Limited Edition bonus]

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Top 200 albums of all time: 12

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Lyrics (9)

Line-up
John Haughm - guitars, vocals
Don Anderson - guitars, piano, vocals
Chris Greene - drums
Jason William Walton - bass

Guest musicians
Ronn Chick - piano, ebow

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Rating:
8.9

In today's world of overplayed musical styles and boring sameness, a few bands stand out as innovators. Agalloch from Portland, Oregon is one of those bands. With their unique blend of Doom, Gothic and elements of Death metal, those musicians managed to break through the US scene with the highly-acclaimed album The Mantle back in 2002. The band witnessed the arrival of Chris Greene taking over drumming duties for John Haughm (who remains very busy with guitars and vocals) while the rest of the lineup is still rounded up by Jason William Walton (bass) and Don Anderson (guitars).

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Rating:
8.0

Agalloch's Ashes Against The Grain. Never have I found another release I love so much yet feel so unsatisfied by. There's so much here, yet it feels as if so much is missing. It's so spot on, but I just don't find it a flawless or even exemplary demonstration of the genre in question. I'd call it the perfect musical embodiment of a love/hate relationship. With that said, however, I must admit that I feel a far greater abundance of the former than the latter.

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Dima Posts: 1597 From: Australia	19.10.2014 - 02:42 Dima Posts: 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. ---- \|A New Power is Rising\| Loading...
Frodd Account deleted	08.12.2014 - 16:06 Frodd Account deleted Worst album ever. Loading...
InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2602 From: Syria	+1 08.12.2014 - 17:50 Rating: 9 InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2602 From: Syria Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 16:06 Worst album ever. I know, YUCK ... especially that awful song Falling Snow ---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself. Loading...
Frodd Account deleted	+4 08.12.2014 - 17:53 Frodd Account deleted 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. Loading...
InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2602 From: Syria	+1 08.12.2014 - 17:57 Rating: 9 InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2602 From: Syria 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. ---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself. Loading...
Frodd Account deleted	08.12.2014 - 18:01 Frodd Account deleted 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. Loading...
InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2602 From: Syria	08.12.2014 - 18:06 Rating: 9 InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2602 From: Syria 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. ---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself. Loading...
Maco Carnivore Posts: 2602	29.07.2015 - 08:30 Maco Carnivore Posts: 2602 Man, I've forgotten how amazing this album is. ---- By blood... Resurrection? By body... Redemption? By God... Domination? By Pilate... Crucifixion! Loading...
Metren Donkey Hotte Posts: 742 From: Estonia	12.11.2016 - 01:05 Rating: 8 Metren Donkey Hotte Posts: 742 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. ---- I am not nor have I ever been a musician or a member of a one-man band, especially a band that has a name that starts with "D". Loading...
Bad English Masterchief Posts: 47695 From: Norway	+2 28.02.2017 - 01:16 Bad English Masterchief Posts: 47695 From: Norway Gosh if ppl says its worst album ever, Its like voting for trump something ---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing Loading...
Kvothe Posts: 42	01.10.2017 - 11:02 Rating: 10 Kvothe Posts: 42 What an atmosphere. Feel the cold and ice in this piece. You can perceive something that has been broken along the way: "God of man is a failure". And Bloodbirds is the best ending for an album that has never existed. ---- Waiting behind The Doors of Stone... Loading...
Jack_Torrance Posts: 47 From: Germany	+2 17.01.2018 - 16:34 Rating: 10 Jack_Torrance Posts: 47 From: Germany Masterpiece. Loading...
Metren Donkey Hotte Posts: 742 From: Estonia	07.05.2018 - 18:38 Rating: 8 Metren Donkey Hotte Posts: 742 From: Estonia 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. ---- I am not nor have I ever been a musician or a member of a one-man band, especially a band that has a name that starts with "D". Loading...
Maco Carnivore Posts: 2602	14.05.2018 - 01:12 Maco Carnivore Posts: 2602 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 ---- By blood... Resurrection? By body... Redemption? By God... Domination? By Pilate... Crucifixion! Loading...
DeathMetal Posts: 254 From: Korea, South	04.09.2018 - 03:45 Rating: 8 DeathMetal Posts: 254 From: Korea, South Pretty decent. Loading...
Kvothe Posts: 42	01.02.2019 - 06:31 Rating: 10 Kvothe Posts: 42 Could someone tell me the meaning of "The Grain", "The Ashes" and "The Shattered Sky"? ---- Waiting behind The Doors of Stone... Loading...

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