The Mantle - Agalloch

Tomorrow Will Never Come - Agalloch

Portland’s Agalloch are one of the most interesting and creative metal bands remaining in America, despite (or perhaps due to) their primary influences far to the East... or is it West from over there? While their impressive, epic debut ‘Pale Folklore’ could have fooled Norwegian black metal bands into thinking it sprung from their nation’s own sonic loins, its long-awaited successor ‘The Mantle’ saw the band reach new heights of creativity, combining the bleak atmosphere and often harsh sound of their debut with delicate and equally skilled acoustic passages, still essentially continuing where Ulver left off but incorporating diverse influences from more local nature, ...

Tomorrow Will Never Come - Agalloch

Portland’s Agalloch are one of the most interesting and creative metal bands remaining in America, despite (or perhaps due to) their primary influences far to the East... or is it West from over there? While their impressive, epic debut ‘Pale Folklore’ could have fooled Norwegian black metal bands into thinking it sprung from their nation’s own sonic loins, its long-awaited successor ‘The Mantle’ saw the band reach new heights of creativity, combining the bleak atmosphere and often harsh sound of their debut with delicate and equally skilled acoustic passages, still essentially continuing where Ulver left off but incorporating diverse influences from more local nature, ...

Of Stone Wind And Pillor - Agalloch

One of the most interesting American metal bands of this decade, Agalloch combines elements of European neofolk, doom and depressive black metal and fuses them with the burgeoning American post-metal sound of bands such as Isis. All this genre name-dropping may be a bit confusing and off-putting, but it combines to give Agalloch a refreshingly unique and inimitable sound that still has solid foundations in bleak transatlantic music. Each of the band’s major releases has been wide enough apart to properly demonstrate its transition, and focus on quality over quantity. To satiate fans craving for more from the increasingly acclaimed Portland group, Agalloch have mercifully ...

Of Stone Wind And Pillor - Agalloch

One of the most interesting American metal bands of this decade, Agalloch combines elements of European neofolk, doom and depressive black metal and fuses them with the burgeoning American post-metal sound of bands such as Isis. All this genre name-dropping may be a bit confusing and off-putting, but it combines to give Agalloch a refreshingly unique and inimitable sound that still has solid foundations in bleak transatlantic music. Each of the band’s major releases has been wide enough apart to properly demonstrate its transition, and focus on quality over quantity. To satiate fans craving for more from the increasingly acclaimed Portland group, Agalloch have mercifully ...