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- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the Oregon black metal band was produced by Billy Anderson.
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- Record Label: Profound Lore
- Genre(s): Metal, Pop/Rock, Black Metal
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Positive: 8 out of 9
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Mixed: 1 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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May 13, 2014As much as it is possible to describe the hissing whispers and supernova roars John Haughm's vocal performance, or the galactic wonder of Don Anderson's guitars, the sticky and celestial spirals of Jason Walton's bass lines, or the powerful alchemical engine of Aesop Dekker's drumming, together they form something greater: a massive, sublime universe unto itself.
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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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May 16, 2014The Serpent & the Sphere reveals a familiar Agalloch that you’ve never quite heard--evermore patient, risky and, mostly, free of fault.
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May 13, 2014The album's preference for atmosphere over hooks, plus the paucity and snarling incomprehensibility of its vocals, makes it ideal for pondering whatever mystery that captures one's fancy. But it also has a clear point of view.
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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.
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May 15, 2014Agalloch have never sounded so rich, so full.
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May 13, 2014The result is an album that is being asphyxiated by an extremely strong hand, and that proves to be the death of it all.
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Positive: 1 out of 4
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Mixed: 3 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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