Agalloch just posted some rarities and B-sides to a new Bandcamp page, mostly ghosts-whispering-in-the-forest acoustic shizz. You know you love it.
Aesop Dekker (Agalloch, ex-Ludicra) lays his cards down on the table early!
The Ten Best Albums of 2011
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Stream a damn awesome mix of metal from the Pacific Northwest at NPR Music. It includes Akimbo, Big Business, Atriarch, Agalloch, Red Fang, Wizard Rifle (pictured), Melvins, Witch Mountain, YOB and so many more. \m/
NPR hired me to shoot Agalloch’s first NYC performance at LPR on March 22nd 2011. These are a few of the outtakes. On a personal note, this was the darkest winter I’ve ever had and the release of Marrow of the Spirit was my small beacon of light. It was a honor for me to capture this concert. To see more please click here to visit the NPR Live In Concert.
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Download Agalloch’s first-ever New York City performance at NPR Music. The “savagely beautiful and personal” set culled equally from Marrow of the Spirit and Ashes Against the Grain, but also pulled out some obscure favorites.There’s also a link to download the medieval-like doom metal band Worm Ouroboros’ set from the same night.
photo credit: Samantha Marble for NPR
Oooh, Agalloch was phenomenal last night at Le Poisson Rouge. Unartig was there to film it, of course. Here’s “Into the Painted Grey.” NPR Music will have the full concert available for download later this week.
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I’m starting to get real excited to see Agalloch at Le Poisson Rouge on March 22. Here’s one of my favorite songs from The Mantle performed live, an acoustic dirge gone electric. (And here’s the original, in case you haven’t heard it.)
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“Before I ever heard KISS, there was only Coltrane.”
METAL PLAGUE: Tour: Agalloch, Worm Ouroboros on East Coast Tour»
Agalloch is touring the east coast for the first time since 2004, with supporting band Worm Ouroboros.
03/17, Austin, TX, Barbarella Patio (as part of the Nanotear Showcase at SXSW)
03/18, New Orleans, LA, One Eyed Jacks
03/19, Atlanta, GA, The Earl
03/20, Raleigh, NC, King’s Barcade
03/21,…
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Inverted Umlaut Podcast, No. 13: The Best Metal Of 2010
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(Click “Read More” below to see the Top 25 Metal Albums of 2010)
In 2010, more metal bands sounded like seafood plates: Blackened death, blackened post-hardcore, blackened crust. Not that I’m complaining. The more smart cross-pollination, the better, as far as I’m concerned. The key word here is “smart,” though. When Woe pummels a melodic progression like a Hum-ming Black Wizard, it’s a thoughtful, yet still ass-kicking moment.
But it’s all metal, dammit. It’s the one genre besides opera that can exist in two planes of culture: borderline pretentious, yet beautiful high-art (your Opeths and Deathspell Omegas) and party-hard, dead brain cells low-art (your Municipal Wastes and Kvelertaks). And then there are the brilliant ones that straddle both (your Nachtmystiums). And it’s still hated anyway. 
2010 was a great year for metal. Hell, any year is great for metal. What are you doing? Living under a rock?
The podcast above only features audio from the top 15 metal albums of 2010 (forgive the first two minutes of blown-out audio — I cleaned it up the best I could in post-production), but after the jump, I’ve included my top 25 metal albums of the year. DON’T MISS ‘EM.
25. Cauchemar, La Vierge Noire [Nuclear War Now!]
24. Celeste, Morte(s) Nee(s) [Denovali]
23. Bastard Priest, Under The Hammer of Destruction [Blood Harvest]
22. Julie Christmas, The Bad Wife [Rising Pulse]
21. Blood Cult, We are the Cult of the Plains [Moribund Cult]
20. Undergang, Indhentet af Døden [Me Saco Un Ojo]
19. Wrnlrd, Death Drive EP [FSS]
18. Christian Mistress, Agony & Opium [20 Buck Spin]
17. Coffinworm, When All Became None [Profound Lore]
16. Ehnahre, Taming the Cannibals [Crucial Blast]
15. Slough Feg, The Animal Spirits [Profound Lore]
14. Wormrot, Abuse [Earache]
13. Triptykon, Eparistera Daimones [Century Media]
12. Sailors With Wax Wings, Sailors With Wax Wings [Angel Oven]
11. Salome, Terminal [Profound Lore]
10. Ihsahn, After [Candlelight]
9. Woe, Quietly, Undramatically [Candlelight]
8. Locrian, The Crystal World [Utech] and Territories [Small Doses]
7. Thou, Summit [Gilead Media]
6. Drunkdriver, Self Titled LP [self-released]
5. Ludicra, The Tenant [Profound Lore]
4. Deathspell Omega, Paracletus [Season of Mist]
3. The Body, All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood [At A Loss]
2. Harvey Milk, A Small Turn of Human Kindness [Hydrahead]
1. Agalloch, Marrow of the Spirit [Profound Lore]
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Podcast Playlist
SLOUGH FEG “Free Market Barbarian,” The Animal Spirits [Profound Lore]
WORMROT “Freedom to Act,” Abuse [Earache]
TRIPTYKON “A Thousand Lies,” Eparistera Daimones [Century Media]
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SAILORS WITH WAX WINGS “If I Should Cast Off This Tattered Coat,” Sailors With Wax Wings [Angel Oven]
SALOME “The Witness,” Terminal [Profound Lore]
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IHSAHN “Frozen Lakes on Mars,” After [Century Media]
WOE “Quietly, Undramatically,” Quietly, Undramatically [Century Media]
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LOCRIAN “Elevations and Depths,” The Crystal World [Utech]
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THOU “By Endurance We Conquer,” Summit [Gilead Media]
DRUNKDRIVER “Half Mast,” Self Titled LP [self-released]
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LUDICRA “The Tenant,” The Tenant [Profound Lore]
DEATHSPELL OMEGA “Phosphene,” Paracletus [Season of Mist]
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THE BODY “A Curse,” All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood [At A Loss]
HARVEY MILK “I Just Want to Go Home,” A Small Turn of Human Kindness [Hydrahead]
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AGALLOCH “Ghosts of the Midwinter Fires,” Marrow of the Spirit [Profound Lore]
(Incidental music)
JEFRE CANTU-LEDESMA, Love is a Stream [Type]
photo credit: Library of Congress via Flickr
