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)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuurrrrrrrroooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaa swims in the ether....

Written by Timmeh on 04.02.2011 at 06:26

Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuurrrrrrrroooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaa swims in the ether....

This. The greatest moment from the album in my opinion, and one of the greatest moments in music, period.

Awesome from Limbs to the closing moments on the bonus track, Scars of the shattered sky

Written by The Voyager on 01.04.2011 at 22:40

Written by Timmeh on 04.02.2011 at 06:26

Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuurrrrrrrroooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaa swims in the ether....

This. The greatest moment from the album in my opinion, and one of the greatest moments in music, period.

Definitely. Spine-Chilling stuff.

Best fucking album ever!!!!

This album is quite good but its Agalloch's worst by far IMO, Certain songs go on for longer then they should and their is a real lack of atmosphere on this record compared to their previous and subsequent albums, Its still good but its their worst.

Written by @gent_-_orange on 28.03.2012 at 02:21

This album is quite good but its Agalloch's worst by far IMO, Certain songs go on for longer then they should and their is a real lack of atmosphere on this record compared to their previous and subsequent albums, Its still good but its their worst.

I thought the same, but today I gave another spin to Pale Folklore and now I'm not so sure which one I prefer.

It's their best album. The only downside is its last track (Part III: The Grain), which I don't really dislike, but I don't like it a lot either. The Mantle is great, but I'm not a fan of instrumental songs to be honest. Pale Folklore is great, but it's just badly produced. Marrow of the Spirit is very good as well, but I don't like it nearly as much as the others.

This is a great album. I don't think it's as good as Pale Folklore or The Mantle, but I do like it more than Marrow of the Spirit (which was still very good).

Just watching snow falling while listening to this masterpiece. It's awesome experiance
It's so nice to see this album in 12th place in 'top 200 of all time', so well deserved. Definitely one of the best albums i've ever heard!

I prefer this to The Mantle. Beautifully done.
I wish Scars of the Shattered Sky wasn't just available on vinyl. It's pretty sweet.

Well this is weeker then 1 and 2 album, seems band are more insiprated from folk, accustic, less from metal, so I did like it its still metal, its still this band but its not so powerful like previusly full lenght albums

Awesome
their best album

Better be good as i have just ordered the vinyl, haven't heard it before just assumed it would be good because i liked the mantle,pale folklore and Marrow of the Spirit so much.
I like what was said in the first post "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.".........so true so true

Beautiful music this.

Amazing.

Just wow...

Heidrun bleeds the golden nectarrrrrrrr
For the rising sun and the mooooooon.
The midnight wolves who watch over the dawwwwnnnnnnnn!!!!,
The golden dawnnnnn~~~.

Top 15 of all-time? Seriously?

Written by robpal on 03.02.2014 at 23:13

Top 15 of all-time? Seriously?

The Mantle used to be in top 10. These two are modern classics of metal.

Written by robpal on 03.02.2014 at 23:13

Top 15 of all-time? Seriously?

care to say why it's odd?

Written by Timmeh on 04.02.2011 at 06:26

Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuurrrrrrrroooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaa swims in the ether....

SOLSTAFIR! love that song

I still can't decide which album I love more, this or The Mantle.. I just adore these albums. Worthy to be in the top 20 of all time In my opinion. 10/10 a masterpiece of music not just metal.

Overall a very good album, nothing to complain about, but after 10 spins or so I'm having trouble why people would go so far as calling it a "modern classic" - seems a bit of a pedestal to me.

Don't get me wrong. As this doom/atmospheric style is actually right up my alley, I really enjoy the album. However, at the same time I'm not hearing anything that ground-breaking or breath-taking (besides Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds).

Also, the second song Falling Snow still annoys the hell out of me - that beyond bland opening riff - I thought to myself "what the hell is this a pop punk song?"

Agalloch... pop punk... all of my what.

I'd love to give this album a ten, after all the first seven songs (1,2 and 4 especially) are perfect. But I can't because no matter how much I try I cannot see the point in The Grain. Even if some tracks here are worth an 11 or 12, the fact the I regularly skip a track lowers it to a 9.

This album has a song by song here: http://metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php?interview_id=386

Why no link?

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.

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.

That's because it's not supposed to be The Mantle part 2.
The Mantle is quiet and intimate, whereas this one is harder, majestic and often devastating. Just listen to Bloodbirds. Also, people usually think the last song is the worst but for me it's the perfect way to close such a masterpiece: everything eventually crumbles and turns to ashes, wrapped in thick fog and smoke.