Ashes Against the Grain
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| Studio album by Agalloch | ||
| Released | August 8, 2006 | |
| Recorded | between December 10, 2005 and January 2006 | |
| Genre | Folk metal / Doom metal | |
| Length | 59:49 | |
| Label | The End Records (TE068) (North America), Grau/Prophecy (Europe) | |
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| Agalloch chronology | ||
| Split with Nest (EP) (2005) |
Ashes Against The Grain (2006) |
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Ashes Against The Grain is a recently-released 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 Ashes Against The Grain 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 will be released: a slipcase edition, a vinyl edition, and a deluxe wooden box edition that was limited to 500 copies.
[edit] Track listing
- "Limbs" – 9:50
- "Falling Snow" – 9:38
- "This White Mountain on Which You Will Die" – 1:39
- "Fire Above, Ice Below" – 10:28
- "Not Unlike the Waves" – 9:15
- "Our Fortress Is Burning... I" – 5:25
- "Our Fortress Is Burning... II - Bloodbirds" – 6:20
- "Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain" – 7:09
[edit] Miscellanea
- A recent Cradle Of Filth leak of the track "Libertina Grimm" from their upcoming Roadrunner album "Thornography" is mislabelled and is actually Agalloch's "Limbs".
- A music video was recorded for "Not Unlike the Waves," and despite strong opposition from the band, an abridged version of the song was used.
