merch
Standard edition.
It has a 16 page booklet inside.
Release date: November 19th 2010
about the album:
For fourteen years the Pacific Northwest group Agalloch has carved out a
multifarious sound consisting of black metal, folk, progressive rock,
and ambient soundscapes that has marked them as a pioneer in the
contemporary dark music scene. Their dynamic approach to metal began
with the demo From Which of this Oak released in 1997. This demo
exhibited a deep connection with the early recordings of bands like
Ulver, In the Woods, and Katatonia. The band released one more demo
before securing a three-album deal with The End Records resulting in the
releases Pale Folklore (1999), The Mantle (2002), and Ashes Against the
Grain (2006). In between each of these full-lengths the band pushed on
the flexible boundaries they had developed around themselves through a
series of limited releases that found the band experimenting with
post-rock/experimental rock (The Grey EP, 2004), and
neo-folk/psychedelic folk (The White EP, 2008).
Beginning in
early 2003 the band began performing live. Their stripped down and
explosive live shows stretched from the west coast to the east coast of
the US all the way through central Europe. Recently the band performed
two sold out shows in Romania and was the first metal band to perform at
the historical Reduta Cultural Center in Brasov. In late 2008 the
band’s live performance was captured on DVD in Belgium and released
under the title The Silence of Forgotten Landscapes (Shiver Records). In
their eight year history of playing live Agalloch has had the pleasure
of performing with such diverse groups as The Gathering, Dornenreich,
Alcest, Subarachnoid Space, OvO, Satyricon, Saturnus, and many others.
Such varied lineups are a testimony to the ease with which Agalloch can
cross musical genres and styles.