AGALLOCH - Ashes Against The Grain, Deluxe Hardcover Book 2CD

Hotfoil finished jacket, 64 pages with artwork, lyrics, unseen pictures, liner notes, and a special interview.

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Originally released in 2006, 'Ashes Against the Grain' seamlessly blends heaviness with atmosphere and precision. With their third full-length, the band continued their musical journey, always a step ahead, but without losing grip of their dark metal roots. The album combines elements of black metal, Scandinavian prog-rock, and post-rock with the unique, melancholic, contemplative style that is so typical of Agalloch.

From the driving force of “Falling Snow” to the dissolving trilogy “Our Fortress Is Burning...,” this is Agalloch at their most direct and elemental. A contrast to the warmth firey nightsky of 'Pale Folklore', the monumental poetic folk of 'The Mantle' , 'Ashes...' gazes into a horizon of dying embers with clarity.

The band’s panoramic scope of songwriting - takes on a widescreen scale - combined with the albums imagery, and production all aligned into a monolithic statement — sharp, modern, and unrelentingly melancholic.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 - Ashes Against The Grain

Mastered by Colin Marston at The Thousand Caves

01. Limbs

02. Falling Snow

03. This White Mountain

04. Fire Above Ice Below

05. Not Unlike The Waves

06. Our Fortress Is Burning 1

07. Our Fortress Is Burning 2

08. Our Fortress Is Burning 3

Disc 2 - Selected Fragments

Mastered by Gus Elg at SykOnion

01. Fragment 1

02. Fragment 2

03. Fragment 3

04. Fragment 4

05. Fragment 5

06. Not Unlike The Waves (demo)

07. Fire Above, Ice Below (demo)

08. Falling Snow (push mix)