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²ÛÛÛÛ²ÜÜÜ Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain ÜÜܲÛÛÛÛ²
ÜÛß ARTIST.....: Agalloch ßÛÜ
Û² ALBUM......: Ashes Against The Grain ÛÛ
Û± YEAR.......: 2007 ÛÛ
Û° LABEL......: Prophecy Productions / CD-Maximum ÛÛ
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Û° RLZ-DATE...: 06/21/2008 STREET-DATE...: xx/xx/2007 ÛÛ
Û± RIPPER.....: Team-DDZ SUPPLIER......: Team-DDZ ÛÛ
Û± TYPE.......: Album GENRE.........: Atmospheric Metal ²Û
Û± TRACKS.....: 08 SIZE..........: 105,10 MB ²Û
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Û² QUALITY....: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo ±Û
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ÛÛ 01 | Limbs [09:51] ÛÛ
ÛÛ 02 | Falling Snow [09:39] ÛÛ
ÛÛ 03 | This White Mountain On Which You Will Die [01:39] ÛÛ
ÛÛ 04 | Fire Above, Ice Below [10:29] ÛÛ
ÛÛ 05 | Not Unlike The Waves [09:16] ÛÛ
ÛÛ 06 | Our Fortress Is Burning... I [05:26] ÛÛ
ÛÛ 07 | Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds [06:21] ÛÛ
ÛÛ 08 | Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain [07:10] ÛÛ
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ÛÛ 59:51 min ÛÛ
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ÛÛ AMG Review : ÛÛ
ÛÛ Thanks to a pair of brilliantly executed albums in 1999's ÛÛ
ÛÛ Pale Folklore and 2002's The Mantle (plus 2001's none too ÛÛ
ÛÛ shabby Of Stone, Wind and Pillor EP), Portland, Oregon's ÛÛ
ÛÛ Agalloch became, quite possibly, the greatest American ÛÛ
ÛÛ black metal band ever, or at the very least, the first ÛÛ
ÛÛ American black metal band that really mattered! Such ÛÛ
ÛÛ claims should not to be thrown about lightly, its true; ÛÛ
ÛÛ but why measure words when faced with the worshipful ÛÛ
ÛÛ fervor with which extreme metal fans embraced the ÛÛ
ÛÛ enigmatic quartet's inspired creations, featuring ÛÛ
ÛÛ corrosive black metal spliced with delicate folk music ÛÛ
ÛÛ into arrangements improbably fluid, majestic, and ÛÛ
ÛÛ avant-garde? Oh, and the torturously long waits in ÛÛ
ÛÛ between their releases didn't hurt matters either, only ÛÛ
ÛÛ fueling the notoriously withdrawn band's budding cult ÛÛ
ÛÛ legend, while their supporters dug in their heels for ÛÛ
ÛÛ what wound up becoming an anxious, four-year vigil ÛÛ
ÛÛ leading up to the arrival of Agalloch's third magnum ÛÛ
ÛÛ opus, 2006's Ashes Against the Grain. Interestingly, as ÛÛ
ÛÛ was the case with each previous effort, this offering ÛÛ
ÛÛ displays marked evolution beyond its direct predecessor, ÛÛ
ÛÛ so that, where The Mantle had incorporated ÛÛ
ÛÛ ever-increasing doses of gothic and doom metal into Pale ÛÛ
ÛÛ Folklore's original black metal-folk template, Ashes ÛÛ
ÛÛ Against the Grain contains even fewer lingering vestiges ÛÛ
ÛÛ (no more female vocals, for instance) of those acoustic ÛÛ
ÛÛ guitar-dominated, Scandinavian backwoods elements. ÛÛ
ÛÛ Rather, ever-shifting yet still cohesive ten-minute ÛÛ
ÛÛ monoliths like "Limbs", "Fire Above, Ice Below", and "Not ÛÛ
ÛÛ Unlike The Waves", generally make mere interludes out of ÛÛ
ÛÛ their stark, echoing acoustic piano and guitar passages ÛÛ
ÛÛ (though strikingly imaginative ones, at that); while ÛÛ
ÛÛ vocalist John Haughm makes almost as frequent use of ÛÛ
ÛÛ mellow, melodious tones as he does his signature black ÛÛ
ÛÛ metal-style rasp. Actually, the latter vocal attack's ÛÛ
ÛÛ continued prominence is especially pertinent in the event ÛÛ
ÛÛ that a song like "Falling Snow" -- almost entirely ÛÛ
ÛÛ definable as driving, gothic death metal -- should ÛÛ
ÛÛ provoke any pointless semantic discussions regarding ÛÛ
ÛÛ Agalloch's ultimate allegiance to black or death metal -- ÛÛ
ÛÛ those often bickering, but inextricably cross-pollinating ÛÛ
ÛÛ pillars of musical extremity. Not only for the obviously ÛÛ
ÛÛ unnecessary nature of such Byzantine nitpicking, but ÛÛ
ÛÛ because Agalloch's unique talents for evoking a constant ÛÛ
ÛÛ sense of mysterious, atmospheric, ambiance supersedes ÛÛ
ÛÛ most simplistic musical pigeonholing as black, death, or ÛÛ
ÛÛ any kind of metal. A visible thread linking their entire ÛÛ
ÛÛ body of work so far, this sense of mystery is epitomized ÛÛ
ÛÛ by Ashes Against the Grain's three-part closing suite, ÛÛ
ÛÛ which culminates in the cathartic climax of "Bloodbirds", ÛÛ
ÛÛ and sets the stage for yet another stretch of painful ÛÛ
ÛÛ expectation for that next, as yet unwritten chapter in ÛÛ
ÛÛ their fascinating evolution. ÛÛ
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ÛÛ Ripper's Notes : ÛÛ
ÛÛ This release has been built from the russian reissue (cat ÛÛ
ÛÛ number : CDM 0107-2642). The original album was released ÛÛ
ÛÛ by The End Records (August 8th, 2006). ÛÛ
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²± URL........: http://www.agalloch.org/ ²Û
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