Pale Folklore

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Pale Folklore
Studio album by Agalloch
Released	July 6, 1999
Recorded	Jan 1999 - Feb 1999
Genre	Folk metal, Doom metal, Black metal
Length	62:10
Label	The End Records
Producer	John Haughm and Shane Breyer
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Agalloch chronology
Pale Folklore (1998) Of Stone, Wind and Pillor (EP) (2001)

Pale Folklore is the debut album of the American band Agalloch. It features an eclectic mix of acoustic folk reminiscent of Scandinavian bands such as Ulver, doom and black metal-esque riffs, growled, clean, whispered, and shrieked vocals, and a production style and atmosphere that borrows heavily from black metal. Lyrical themes are traditional of death, black and folk metal, focusing mainly on depression, nature, folklore, and the supernatural. It features the roots of a post-rock influence which is greatly expanded on in Agalloch's second studio album, The Mantle.

[edit] Track listing

1. "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Part 1" – 8:35
2. "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Part 2" – 3:09
3. "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline Part 3" – 7:10
4. "The Misshapen Steed" – 4:54
5. "Hallways of Enchanted Ebony" – 10:00
6. "Dead Winter Days" – 7:51
7. "As Embers Dress the Sky" – 8:04
8. "The Melancholy Spirit" – 12:27

[edit] Credits

• Don Anderson – guitar
• John Haughm – vocals, guitar, drums
• Jason William Walton – bass
• Shane Breyer – keyboards

v • d • e Agalloch John Haughm · Don Anderson · Jason William Walton · Aesop Dekker Shane Breyer · Chris Green Studio albums Pale Folklore · The Mantle · Ashes Against the Grain EPs Of Stone, Wind and Pillor · Tomorrow Will Never Come · The Grey · split with Nest · The White Other releases From Which of This Oak