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Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 20 out of 25
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Mixed: 4 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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Sep 5, 2015Not as big of a departure as it's made out to be. The songs are still beautiful and filled with great soundscapes and vocals. Appreciate it for what it is and not for their previous albums. One of my favorites from last year
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Jan 28, 2015The critic rave review is misleading, am a big Agalloch fan but this is one of Agalloch's weakest albums . Monotonous and rather pedestrian, far less ambitious than Ashes Against The Grain or the The Mantle!
First few listens I was disappointed, I gave it time with repeat listens, still it didn't grow on me. -
Jun 6, 2014
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May 24, 2014While this album is not bad, it feels way too monotonous compared to their previous works, it's as if the band has completely forgotten what made them an enjoyable experience in the first place: the atmosphere. Two standouts are: Celestial Effigy and Plateau of the Ages, other songs are way too washed out.
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Jun 26, 2014Boasting enough insidious imagination to evolve beyond easy metallic labels, Agalloch transports The Serpent and the Sphere into its own phantasmagoric astral plane.
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Kerrang!Jun 18, 2014When Agalloch's majesty comes, the slow unfolding is more than worth the wait. [17 May 2014, p.53]
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May 27, 2014It has all of the right things going for it to make anyone even slightly interested in metal sit up and take notice.