Agalloch - Faustian Echoes [EP]
| Release date: | 26 June 2012 |
| Style: | Neofolk, Atmospheric black metal |
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Review
Lyrics "Faustian Echoes" is a single, two-part song based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's epic masterpiece Faust. Reaching over twenty minutes, "Faustian Echoes" is the longest song Agalloch have ever written.
Recorded mostly live at Portland's Jackpot Studio by Billy Anderson (Melvins, Sleep, Neurosis) and mixed by Anderson and later mastered by Justin Weis (Ludicra, Hammers Of Misfortune, Worm Ouroboros) at Trakworx.
MLP version have an etching of Delacroix's "Mephistopheles flying over Wittenberg" lithograph on Side B.
Available for listening here.
Rating:
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Rating: 7.5 |
Here's a little game I like to play: guess what genre the next Agalloch EP will be? From the blasting lo-fi of From Which This Oak to the strange semi-electronic remixes on The Grey to the acoustic laden, Wicker Man-themed The White, Agalloch has managed a wide spectrum on their music palette, which makes this guessing game downright impossible. One thing's for sure, the EPs are never similar in genre to the preceding album, right? Read more ›› |
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5245  |
Written by Guest on 01.04.2012 at 22:42 April fools?
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5245 |
Written by Guest on 01.04.2012 at 23:01 You sir, are nuts. Knowing you tho, you might dig the track "Black Lake Niostang", it's my favorite.
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5245 |
Written by Guest on 01.04.2012 at 23:07 I guess I won't be seeing you anywhere near the prog suggestion thread 
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Account deleted Written by tea[m]ster on 01.04.2012 at 23:13 We have a prog suggestion thread?
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5245 |
Written by Guest on 01.04.2012 at 23:15 LOL, good one! 
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| TrollandDie Posts: 274  |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 01.04.2012 at 01:31 As well as some lovely covers: ''Kneel to the Cross'' is perhaps one of my all time favourite tracks from any band. Their EPs do the group justice and are usually not just bland filler. Also, EPs sometimes house bands' full nuclear arsenals of song writing ability. Vader, Immolation and Suffocation: I'm pretty sure their most praised works aren't just limited to LPs. 
---- Hello, my name is Mr......Snrub and I think it would be a capital idea to invest the money back in the nuclear plant.
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| Alex F Slick Dick Rick Posts: 3502  |
Written by pyrz on 31.03.2012 at 02:25 I think that would be cool......
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8983  |
Really good, vocals get kind of annoying though.
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| Oaken Hipster Posts: 1322  |
Very good song, and really epic. I noticed that the black metal parts are rawer than usual, while the vocals are harsher and sharper, with the absence of clean vocals (There are a lot of eerie, spoken parts that are related to Faustian myths). I still need more listening to be able to rate it.
---- In that case, man is only air as well.
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| Unhealer Eclecticist Posts: 2311  |
Let's hear it. For those who want the bandcamp stream: http://agalloch.bandcamp.com/track/faustian-echoes
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
^ For those who can't read the album's additional info.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2641  |
This is Agalloch ?
---- 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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| Unhealer Eclecticist Posts: 2311 |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 26.06.2012 at 19:10 Exactly 
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| Urs Blank Posts: 319  |
I would rate it somewhere between 7 and 8 after only two listens but hopefully it will grow on me.
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1364  |
Sounds amazing, I hope they make their new album sound like this! 
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| Unhealer Eclecticist Posts: 2311 |
Changed my mind from "Ok song" to "Pretty damn awesome song". I have no problem with the spoken words, but the ending is somewhat awkward.
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| Umideath Posts: 177  |
Great Song. Song For Mountains (for me).
---- My Top 90 Metal Albums Of 2023 - Part 2 >> https://youtu.be/6Yi7zV9Xo58 - Part 1 https://youtu.be/8F0E_CAfmMM
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