Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
| Release date: | 8 August 2006 |
| Style: | Atmospheric black metal, Neofolk |
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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]
Top 20 albums of 2006: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 12
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]
Top 20 albums of 2006: 1
Top 200 albums of all time: 12
Reviews 
Lyrics 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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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). Read more ›› |
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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. Read more ›› |
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| Dima Posts: 1597 From: Australia  |
Written by Guest on 18.10.2014 at 18:41 Oh it has an atmosphere alright. A cold one at that.
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2620 From: Syria  |
Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 16:06 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.
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2620 From: Syria |
Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 17:53 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.
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2620 From: Syria |
Written by Guest on 08.12.2014 at 18:01 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.
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| Metren Chameleon Posts: 940 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".
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 51349 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
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| Jack_Torrance Posts: 56 From: Germany  |
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| Metren Chameleon Posts: 940 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".
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| Maco Classless Posts: 3214 |
Written by mz on 19.12.2010 at 11:31 Agreed
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| DeathMetal Posts: 331 From: Canada  |
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| Gothic Metalhead Posts: 37 From: USA  |
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 Posts: 51349 From: Norway |
Written by Gothic Metalhead on 31.12.2019 at 15:34 Then you are weird, one of rare bands what play decent music in each albums
---- 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
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| Paulh Posts: 437  |
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: 2184 From: UK  |
Written by Paulh on 21.05.2020 at 17:08 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: 437 |
Written by musclassia on 22.05.2020 at 12:36 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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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Posts: 4525 From: Romania  |
Written by musclassia on 22.05.2020 at 12:36 Disgusting
---- Father: How can a picture of a field be sad without a sad person looking sad in the field? Young Woman: That's an interesting problem. Yeah, I struggle with that.
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| musclassia Posts: 2184 From: UK |
Written by RaduP on 22.05.2020 at 12:42 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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