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| didn't you note that this sounds incrediblt Black Metal? |
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| great album from one of my fav bands.i just love their creativity and amazing songwriting.and i love it when they use acoustic guitars.i'm sure they will keep up this good work |
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| It does not more Black Metal than their usual standards, I guess that's why I omitted it. |
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IgarTheTerrible - 17.07.2006 at 07:23
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| Great review dream_taster. Great record by agalloch, but the main problem I had with it was that "This White Mountain On Which You Will Die", "Our Fortress Is Burning... I" and bloodbirds feel weak and uninspired compared to the rest of the album. 8.6 is about where Id put this album as well. |
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McDoom - 22.07.2006 at 09:40
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Cant wait for the release and up and coming European tour too.  |
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| Best album of 2006, I think. |
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Fayde - 12.08.2006 at 10:29
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| Best album of 2006 is right, this is easily Agalloch's most outstanding album to date, I can't stop listening to it. |
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abraxas - 13.08.2006 at 22:56
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| absolute masterpiece. i love it. |
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Snake-Eye - 15.08.2006 at 01:42
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| Wow yes, it competes with Dolorian - Voidwards for the title album of the year! |
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| Great review dude. Agalloch is truly one of the best bands out there. |
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| This album is great. Loving it. |
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| So far my #1 Album of this year. |
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Snake-Eye - 13.09.2006 at 17:54
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Album Of The Year?
It might wéll be! |
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demogorgon51 - 02.10.2006 at 06:41
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| Great album! Great lyrics, as well. A little hard to find, but they're here... http://shadowduet.com/index.php?p=59&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#more59 |
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canmewaterbee - 05.10.2006 at 06:02
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| Incredible masterpiece here. Not one single song is out of place or poorly written. 10/10. |
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| This is probably the only doom album that I can pay attention to and enjoy. 8/10 |
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Written by Dangerboner on 05.10.2006 at 07:06
This is probably the only doom album that I can pay attention to and enjoy. 8/10
Aarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh this is NOT doom, not by a mile. |
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| I don't know, but it seems that something was missing in the whole concept of the album, probably the folk touch, I'll have to get use to it! |
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| its just greaaaaaaaaat-i could hear it foreveeeeeeeer.... |
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DragonSlayer - 05.11.2006 at 01:33
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| Album of the year. Fantastic masterpiece from one of the best bands in the world. From the moment the incredible heavy and catchy riff of Limbs starts blasting I knew that this is was going to be one hell of a album. Well done! |
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Written by Guest on 05.11.2006 at 01:33
From the moment the incredible heavy and catchy riff of Limbs starts blasting I knew that this is was going to be one hell of a album.
It really took you that long? 
The very first time I listened to this album, the first thing I heard was this one guitar tune way before the riff enters - from that moment on it was clear that there was no way back, either I'll have to go through the entire album or... well, there wasn't really an alternative. A pity that after several listens the riff seems to kill the hypnotic effect of the very first seconds. |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.10.2006 at 00:50
Written by Dangerboner on 05.10.2006 at 07:06
This is probably the only doom album that I can pay attention to and enjoy. 8/10
Aarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh this is NOT doom, not by a mile.
What genre do you consider it to be? |
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Written by Stigmatized on 02.12.2006 at 19:01
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.10.2006 at 00:50
Written by Dangerboner on 05.10.2006 at 07:06
This is probably the only doom album that I can pay attention to and enjoy. 8/10
Aarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh this is NOT doom, not by a mile.
What genre do you consider it to be?
its some kind of atmosferic metal- for me agalloch cant be put in any category-its just agalloch |
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| weird. even though their from Oregon, i've never heard of them coming to Seattle. the state right to the North. |
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| This is a great album, but The Mantle is much better. I enjoyed the screams of Solstafir on "Not unlike the waves", he rarely does those. |
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gerrard888 - 23.07.2008 at 18:30
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| great album (Fire Above, Ice Below 10/10) |
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| Agalloch never stop amazing me! |
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| This album permeates every conscious and unconscious part of your mind. The album is so beautiful it stings your eyes. Listen from start to finish again and again as it bathes you in its radiance fusing fire, water and earth elements. The production is ethereal with a drum sound second to none. Difficult to compare to others but closest to the most precious gems from Opeth and Katatonia. |
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| Mantle is better, but it is because Mantle is extraordinary, not because this one is bad |
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Written by Ellrohir on 06.02.2009 at 17:55
Mantle is better, but it is because Mantle is extraordinary, not because this one is bad
this is more than extraordinary. you can't find higher than this. this is the best. |
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| Awesome album!!! "Limbs" is one of the best openers I've heard in a long while... |
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| There are 3 years I'm listening to this album. It's amazing. I always return to it... maybe one of the best albums of the decade. |
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THE_BLACK_GOD - 24.01.2010 at 13:32
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.10.2006 at 00:50
Written by Dangerboner on 05.10.2006 at 07:06
This is probably the only doom album that I can pay attention to and enjoy. 8/10
Aarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh this is NOT doom, not by a mile.
yes this is not a doom album, just has dark atmosphere as doom metal. Its something like black gothic metal or atmospheric gothic metal with some folk influences. really nice album I cant never accept them as an American band. cause such bands are very rare in their metal music. |
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| I love the song 'Not Unlike The Waves', its probably my favourite Agalloch song and ive listened to almost everything they have released now. It reminds me a bit of Ulver and (strangely, i know) even the vocals from the Australian aboriginal rock band Yothu Yindi who were big in the early 90's. To to whoever said their wasnt any folk influences, maybe there is one in that song. |
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Written by -DC-002- on 04.02.2008 at 08:46
weird. even though their from Oregon, i've never heard of them coming to Seattle. the state right to the North.
Yes! I agree with you .. \m/
ISIS is somewhat similar to Agalloch .. I guess |
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| One of the greatest masterpieces of the last decade. I never get bored of it. |
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| Best album IMO; cannot wait for their new installment, I am dying to see what have they composed now. |
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Well, for me this is agalloch's weakest album.I was disappointed to see that the acoustic guitars of The Mantle and the Haunting Atmosphere of pale folklore, the two main reasons i love this band for,were mostly gone.
The only exceptions are the songs Fire Above, Ice Below and Not Unlike The Waves, which I find incredible.The other songs of the album range from mediocre to completely bad. |
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| Best record from Agalloch IMO. Limbs is a masterpiece itself and the rest of the songs keep it up aswell. |
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| I have to agree with the 10 ratings some people are giving it. On the strength of this album alone, I picked up everything I could find from Agalloch. Did the same thing for Baroness because of the Blue Record a while back too. No Canadian tour dates announced for Agalloch through to the end of May so have to keep checking. |
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I felt like crying everytime i hear this....so good  |
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