AGALLOCH Ashes Against The Grain

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~THIS AUCTION~

Items Weight 2 lb before packaging
AGALLOCH
Ashes Against The Grain
Infinite Vinyl/The End
Orange Wax!!!
New!!! Never Played!!! Unsealed!!!!

Track listing

"Limbs" – 9:50
"Falling Snow" – 9:38
"This White Mountain on Which You Will Die" – 1:39 (Instrumental)
"Fire Above, Ice Below" – 10:28
"Not Unlike the Waves" – 9:15
"Our Fortress Is Burning... I" – 5:25 (Instrumental)
"Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds" – 6:20
"Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain" – 7:09 (Instrumental)
"Scars of the Shattered Sky (Our Fortress Has Burned to the Ground)" – 19:38 (limited edition bonus track)

Ashes Against the Grain is an album by American metal band Agalloch under the Brooklyn, New York-based label, The End Records. It is Agalloch's third full-length release, four years after the critically acclaimed The Mantle.
Before the release, the track "Falling Snow" was made available in its entirety on the label's website and on the band's MySpace page. Reports indicate a version of the album was leaked on the web in May 2006.
A pre-release review in the July 2006 issue of Toronto-based Exclaim! magazine described the new album
as a "departure and an extension" from the band's previous work:
The songs tend to move with restraint, as Agalloch's characteristic threads of black metal, folk and ambient sounds coalesce with more doom and art rock.
Three versions of the album were released: a slipcase edition, a deluxe wooden box version (limited to 500 copies) and a vinyl version (limited to 1000 copies).
The vinyl version was released on March 2nd, 2007 through The End Records' Infinite Vinyl Series. It was pressed in three different colors:
A clear/orange splatter edition limited to 200 copies.
A black edition limited to 400 copies.
A clear orange edition limited to 400 copies.
All three vinyl editions include an exclusive bonus track,
Scars Of The Shattered Sky (Our Fortress Has Burned To The Ground)

In today's world of overplayed musical styles and boring sameness, a few bands stand out as innovators. Agalloch from Portland, Oregon is one of those bands. With their unique blend of Doom, Gothic and elements of Death metal, those musicians managed to break through the US scene with the highly-acclaimed album The Mantle back in 2002. The band witnessed the arrival of Chris Greene taking over drumming duties for John Haughm (who remains very busy with guitars and vocals)
while the rest of the lineup is still rounded up by Jason William Walton (bass) and Don Anderson (guitars).
Now, after several EPs and vinyl discs to bridge the gap, a new album has been brought to life, namely Ashes Against The Grain.
And boy, you can already bookmark this one as one of 2006's best records.
As they mastered on their previous records, epic compositions carrying loads of longing and exquisiteness are back to the program. The opener 'Limbs' is already a great sign of things to come. Complex, fulfilling and most of all way too catchy to be tagged as Doom metal; but that's the beauty of this band, to be able to transcend the boundaries of music to define something unique.
The surprise of the record is undeniably 'Falling Snow', which features a faster tempo and a recurrent guitar theme that enhances this song tremendously. Some might be reminding of early Paradise Lost tunes, just more creative. As the album unfolds, Agalloch's talent becomes more and more obvious and finishes taking over your mind. Without giving everything away, let's just say that 'Fire Above, Ice Below' and 'Not Unlike The Waves' are even better than the two previous songs and
'Our Fortress Is Burning' is a great three-part magnum opus that might just be Agalloch's best work up-to-date.
Creating another great album without repeating themselves, Agalloch latest should lift any doubts concerning their talent and please the crowds. Managing to assemble a killer "menu" of great quality songs, of which one cannot really settle on a favorite one for long, the combo from Portland has brought forth
another one of those impossible to ignore releases.
If you have never heard of them, you ought to stop whatever you are doing to rush straight to their website to check out the most talented band in the States.
You won't regret it.