Agalloch - Pale Folklore (1999) [Reissue 2016, Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 396 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 146 MB | Covers - 145 MB
Genre: Atmospheric Post-Black/Folk Metal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: The End Records (TE721-2)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 396 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 146 MB | Covers - 145 MB
Genre: Atmospheric Post-Black/Folk Metal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: The End Records (TE721-2)
Not only was Agalloch's Pale Folklore an astoundingly ambitious and accomplished debut, it made for a stark geographical anomaly, since its eclectic, avant-garde folk-metal was the sort of thing one would expect to emerge from Scandinavia - not Portland, OR. Epic, atmospheric, deeply melancholy, yet extremely heavy, its songs showed the same level of daring cross-pollination as those of Norway's Ulver or Sweden's Opeth, as well as off-the-beaten-path experiments with folk music forms pioneered by Finland's Amorphis, among others - yet unquestionably treaded its own, unique path. The album's fascinating journey begins with the three-song suite titled "The Painted Fire Across the Skyline," featuring forceful, driving power chords, elegiac melodies on acoustic guitar and piano, and half-whispered, half-screamed vocals backed by mood-enhancing icy winds…