the build-up on In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion from 12:42 until it releases all the tension to deliver the perfect guitar solo on 14:23 with that lick should be considered one of the most important moments in metal history
"metal history" what an obsolutley cringe thing to say what is this q>ueer way of geanra loyality bit>ch behaviour just say u like what u like and move on fuck all labels and orbiting around musical scenes like a fly
@@theorncampbell4432 when I read this a lightbulb went off in my head. It's like when christina aguilara sings with too much vibrato. Never thought of sweep-picking that way
Before COVID closed down schools, I used to get up early and walk the 45-50 min walk to school every day, usually before sunrise, through the frigid Canadian winter, and this was almost always what I’d listen to, such a surreal experience every time
55:44 (Translation from Spanish) "I will die and no one will remember me" "Yes, I will remember you. I'll visit you in the graveyard with a flower and a dog, and in your funeral I will sing, in a low voice, 'How beautiful is a burial'"
The fragment was taken from an old cult movie named "fando y lis" from the chilean alejandro jodorowsky. Definetly worth checking everything he has done (including an almost movie of dune featuring giger amongst others)
Yeah is winter music .... specially if you enjoying and amazing landscape in the woods while it snowing ,with a nice hot tea and good campfire cooking some nice beef stew 🍲🍲🍲🍲
I have more than 2500 different albums, I have enjoyed more than 400 concerts so far. The mantle is on my “10 albums of all times” personal standing. Not for all. So complex, so various, so outstanding. A true masterpiece. Pity they disbanded. You will always rule, Agalloch.
I've spent most of my life in either Montana or Oregon, where the members of Agollach are from. Listening to this album in PNW mountains in the snow is one of my favorite things
Absolutely one of the all time great albums and Agalloch sits as one of my top ten bands with Opeth. Truly a masterpiece. As you can tell by my handle what is my favorite song.
A good friend in my past life told me to listen to Agalloch. I went to see them live 2 times in a row before they broke up. This album became my favorite for driving during Winter time and healing from relationship breakups. Thanks to this band.
I posted this a while back on another video of The Mantle that got deleted, but I figured I'd re-post it here since you guys might enjoy this little anecdote about Don Anderson Don Anderson was actually one of my professors at college during the first two semesters that I attended. He's not there anymore sadly ( this was circa 2016, he's since moved back out west ) but I love that guy, really cool dude. I haven't met a single student who didn't like him. He introduced me to post-structuralist theory and let me read a few of his books. I also took a film course with him too; he's got great taste. Loves obscure cinema, probably fitting I guess lol, I hope I run into him again one day, genuinely one of the coolest guys I've ever met. I miss him. Don, if you ever see this, I love you man, and so do all the students you've impacted. Also, thanks for letting that second essay slide lmao
I'm a little dismayed with myself. I've been a fairly hardcore metal fan since the late 80's. REALLY got into it in the mid to late 90's (otherwise known as "Beyond Metallica and Pantera"). Black Metal came into my life via Emperor in 98-99 and it's been a passion ever since. At the very least a fascination. How in the HELL (pun intended) is it that until yesterday, I knew jack about Agalloch? This is Ulver, Opeth and Therion rolled into one. It's brilliant and then some. Thankfully we have RUclips and the internet to figure out what we missed. Also, I'd like to add....nothing thrills me more than discovering new bands like this. I miss the old days of flicking my way through vinyl at the record shop in the basement nobody would dare go in to (Root Celler in St. Paul if you are a MinneSOOOtan and remember the place). Anyway. Thanks for finally exposing me to this brilliance.
Lindsey Peterson They were truly amazing. It saddens me that they’re done and I’ll never get to see them live 😔 Pale Folklore is my favorite but everything they put out is incredible. I don’t think it gets any better if you’re into the slower, doomy, black stuff
If you’re interested, there’s this really sick black nature metal band called Woods of Ypres, they’re from where I eloped to be with my husband and start a new life away from my abusive family. I wonder if those band mates will ever know how much of an impact they had on me.
@@paigemacguigan361 thank you so much for the comment, I discovered Woods of Ypres thanks to you and find it wonderfully beautiful. I hope that listening to their music helps you forget about what your family made you endure and I wish you a happy new life :)
Je suis français , fan de megadeth et metallica, j'ai découvert cet album sur you Tube. J'ai halluciné, qu'est ce que c'est MAGNIFIQUE !!!! j'ai acheté deux album en France.
Years ago thought running along the ocean with this playing would be cool. Went for my morning run and ended up just sitting on the South Carolina shore and watched the Atlantic and a sunrise, with this in my ears. Failed run, but still one of the greatest mornings of my life.
I knew this album existed for a long time but never got around to listening to it. Im amazed at how good it is, it transcends genres as one of the best albums i have ever heard.
You're doing yourself a disservice if you haven't listened through the rest Agalloch's discography. If you especially like the folk elements, I would recommend checking out The White EP and Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor. Also if you ever have a chance to see them live, DO IT!! They headlined the metal & beer fest in Denver and it was one of the best live performances I've ever witnessed
I discovered this masterpiece of an album a month ago and I keep coming back to it once a week and every time i get it and i love it more and more. Every time it grows in my list of special and favourite albums. I was in Georgia (country) and I met this jazz guitarist at a random gig i went to, and we had a little chat after the gig and i asked him, what’s his fav non jazz/fusion album, and that’s the one he pointed out. I don’t know this guys name and sad i will never be able to thank him for this discovery.
LOL I AM 333, BUT IF YOU AS RE JUST JOHNNY D YOU DONT KNOW ME. AZ IF YOU COULD SEE THESE 🦚 I TRIED CALLING YALL BUT THE DAKINIS ARE MY STEEZ THESE DAYS AND PLUS NO ONE ANSWERED IN THE RIGHT WAY
I've never seen snow in my whole life but, whenever I listen to Agalloch, snowy landscapes come to my mind! Just amazing the sensations their music can express!
My boyfriend and i were on a early morning drive in july to go fishing. It was 2 am and we were in the middle of the woods. We drove down the valley, listening to this album, into the clearing. Its pitch black and in our headlights i see something crossing slowly into the road. It was a huge female elk. She was giant. Like a male without a rack, thick, but not pregnant. She slowly moved across the road and stared at us as we drove by. Me and her made eye contact. She was unafraid. She was alone. I believe we saw a spirit of the woods. She was ethereal. During this album too coincidental, in the washington state woods.
Happy Christmas to whoever is listening today on 25\12\ 2020. Woke up in a cold Christmas day listening to this mesmerizing music. It is always a great experience when listening to their music. ❤❤ stay safe everyone.... Lots of love from Malta ❤
@@sahaquia I hope you are doing alright. From personal experience I have found that mental illness does get easier as you get older. In part because you have more awareness and more skills at dealing with it. Also, I think declining testosterone has been very beneficial. I took some testosterone boosting medication last year, and the main side affect was raging depression like I had in my late teens and early twenties. It can get better, but you have to work on it like your life depends on it.
This album has saved my life and sanity an unnumbered amount of times. I am.greatful to the artists for sharing this masterpiece. From the lyrics to the music itself, a true work of art.
I remember listening to this album when I was younger and feeling unspeakable sadness. About what? I can't even remember. A visage of me probably laying in bed, with a thick vapour of cannabis smoke filling the room, in the early hours of the morning. This album on repeat. But I can't remember what the sadness was. I was thinking, always thinking, with tears. I didn't do much as a teenager. Suddenly, if does seem like I've grown since then. If nothing else, I can say that I listened to some timeless music those handful of years ago. This is truly a dark masterpiece, swathed in beautiful melancholy, an absolutely unforgettable journey into the snow covered forests of some Scandinavian country. So beautiful, so sad. I wish I could remember what it was that I was feeling those years ago and bring into the focus of my mind the scope of those old, gone days.
"of some Scandinavian country" Agalloch was an American band, and unless I'm much mistaken, this album (and most of their music) was an exploration of North American(/Native American) folk themes, though obviously taking influence from Scandinavian metal bands who explored their own traditions in a similar way. Just saying, this is probably more inspired by the cold, forested regions of northern U.S. or Canada as opposed to like, Norway. Beautiful post, though.
I moved to the deep south. Temps rarely drop below 40 degrees here. I dont get nearly as much agalloch time as I should. But when it's 19 degrees in southern louisiana youre damn sure im listening to agalloch.
As I stand outside watching the snow fall and gather on the ground and various other objects, it is around this time of year that I will put this album on. Such subtle beauty, hidden away from everyday eyes that unfold unto me. It may not change much, but I've always found a divine grace in the mundanity of moments like this. Every little flake has as purpose, a destination to arrive to. It makes me wonder what or where my ultimate termination is. Such grand ideas that our little human minds cannot possibly know. And yet I strive everyday to achieve it. Awwh... see? I wish I could be this poetic in front of strangers or the coffee shop attendants I visit every day at work. There is much hidden beauty in our darkest depths. Who's got a lighter?
You think however you like buddy. But there is no purpose in any of those little flakes. Or in your life. It’s just subatomic particles swirling aimlessly and endlessly.
Después de tantísimos años "The mantle" sigue siendo un acierto cuando quiero escuchar algo que me haga reflexionar sobre todo de forma tranquila y sin juzgar. The winter is coming!! pero acogedor, me gusta ver como esta música envejece con el tiempo, como yo, pero sigue siendo acogedora como el fuego del hogar. Thanks Agallorch!
This will always be one of my top favorite albums of all time. I wish I could personally thank each member for allowing me to experience this beauty. Thank you Agalloch, it’s a shame I discovered you after the band’s dismemberment
Thankfully I got to see them, I did thank the drummer for this, and for an old music blog he used to have.. found a lot of good stuff thru “cosmic hearse”.
Its that time of year to curl up with a blanket and your favorite drink and listen to this masterpiece. Stare out the window to see the cold, icy mother nature at work
It's difficult to put into words how much this album means to me. When I listen it's as if a goddess from the abyss is cradling me with a cold but calming embrace. And all the sweet, magical darkness in the world calls me to my shadowy roots, to return home.
RUclips closed my channel before, I reopened a new channel on this platform, I hope for your support! RUclips cerró mi canal anteriormente, volví a abrir un canal nuevo en ésta plataforma, espero su apoyo! A Celebration for the Death of Man… (00:00) In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion (02:24) Odal (17:10) I Am the Wooden Doors (24:49) The Lodge (31:00) You Were but a Ghost in My Arms (35:40) The Hawthorne Passage (44:55) …And the Great Cold Death of the Earth (56:14) A Desolation Song (01:03:28)
Back in around 2010ish a friend recommended this album to me. I wasn't able to get into it then, but every couple of years I'd come back and see if I could hear the great album he was talking about, and each time I understand a little more.
This is truely incredible, I've heard it so many times now and I can hardly explain how intense this sounds. I've got this in my recommended a few times and I also read that this is supposed to be one of the greatest metal albums of all time - and I highly doubt that anyone who clicked on this has regretted their decision, and I also believe most people have listened to this more than once, just like me!
Hay bellezas que de algun modo o a travez de las mas profundas emociones fue creado. Este album me presenta el verdadero amor que tienen sus exponentes por sus tierras, el bosque, los animales que habitan en el, los espiritus, el misticismo de los parajes naturales. Las emociones interiores del ser humano expuesta en esta magnifica obra de arte. Larga vida a Agalloch.
I love to mountain bike in the woods. Listening to music while doing so is one of my favorite things in the world. I can’t wait to be pedaling my heart out listening to this!
XXXXX reading the comments and many say this helped them in times of sorrow or of need etc.... for a 52 year old guy like me, that was the Ride the lightning album from Metallica and the song fade to black especialy, it's simply from another planet, you cant beat those lyricsman, and the composition and feel. It will forever have a special place in my heart and soul! XXXXX
Give Vvilderness' album Devour the Sun a listen if you've never heard it. Somewhat in the same vein as this musically, and certainly very nature-oriented.
If you're still looking, Elderwind's first album "Magic of Nature" is excellent atmospheric black metal. It's a very magical album with lots of chimes and bells, I'd highly recommend it.
Less than a dozen days of the year in central NC could truly be considered "cold" by yankee standards, but that just makes me appreciate them even more whenever I listen to this album while working another long ass day outside in 98-F + humidity. I swear nothings worse than working the coldest days of the year except the hottest. Heat makes you stupid.
This record is so unique. One thread of emotions. I just love it. Out of genre experience. Listening to this is like having a conversation with someone.. or something
A Desolation Song brought tears to my eyes, i've only been touch soo deeply by a few songs. I think Atmospheric Black Metal, and similars, have a very special power.
@@andthegreatcolddeathofthee1737 That's one of the many amazing things about Agalloch: their songs are just like paintings, words and melodies melt togheter to create images that are different for each one.
This is well done , Like the Celtic pagan sound . The guitar is not so distorted you cant pick out the notation like some pagan rock/metal , very beautifully done . Good Job Agalloch /93/636
Yeah I’m not even the biggest fan of this type of music but my older brother is heavy into this scene and he showed me this album back in like 2008. Game changer.
Cheer's from Toronto, Canada all!!! Stay safe & stay strong!! How music & Agolloch brings us all together through this pandemic globally!!! Now that's raw power!!\m/ \m/
This album will always have a special place ... Mostly in time slike these, where it is cold and harsh outside it gives me this special feel. There are so many good albums out there, but not many can deliver and create feelings like this one. It is like a journey of walking trough a sheer endless forest and being cold and lost, but then arriving at a warm wooden cabin
Catharsique at its finest. True passion of timeless music composer. Not for everyone. Pause and breath. For me its a deliverance every single time I go back at it. ❤️
One of THE BEST albums I have ever heard. Even in my native, polish language it is difficult for me to catch and describe fully my reception of this masterpiece. I cannot imagine better companion to the trips into the wildlands. Thank you so much for this!
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Winter is approaching. Must listen to The Mantle again.
Same again, although it's only autumn now.
the build-up on In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion from 12:42 until it releases all the tension to deliver the perfect guitar solo on 14:23 with that lick should be considered one of the most important moments in metal history
But so few know of this. A shame.
@@plslakewood I know a lot of people that consider that arpeggio to be one of the best examples of how to use sweep picking "properly".
"metal history"
what an obsolutley cringe thing to say
what is this q>ueer way of geanra loyality bit>ch behaviour
just say u like what u like and move on fuck all labels and orbiting around musical scenes like a fly
The Mantle is criminally underrepresented in the minds of metal-listeners everywhere
@@theorncampbell4432 when I read this a lightbulb went off in my head. It's like when christina aguilara sings with too much vibrato. Never thought of sweep-picking that way
The best dark folk/atmospheric black metal album in the world
Before COVID closed down schools, I used to get up early and walk the 45-50 min walk to school every day, usually before sunrise, through the frigid Canadian winter, and this was almost always what I’d listen to, such a surreal experience every time
Are you a student or teacher?
Must be an amazing experience.
Mark Palavos Vrahotes I’m a student
- Dyo - it sure is
I used to do the same 10 years ago, you just filled my heart with nostalgia.
The Pink Floyd of Black Metal
Yeah 😍🤘
Iove this comment when music is this good I always say this is a pink floyd of of this music
The best definition
Wow
Hahahaha 😂❤
This is the greatest album to bridge Fall and Winter of all time.
This Album changed my life
everyone was right this really is one of the greatest metal albums of all time
greatest albums of all time*
It's only got 2 metal songs, maybe 3 if you count ItSoOPC, most of the record is Dark Neofolk.
@@SnakeThisLife Agree, metal?!?! What a joke. I fell asleep 5 times.
@@SnakeThisLife lol
@@jebster69 Stfu lol
It is. It trully is...
55:44 (Translation from Spanish)
"I will die and no one will remember me"
"Yes, I will remember you. I'll visit you in the graveyard with a flower and a dog, and in your funeral I will sing, in a low voice, 'How beautiful is a burial'"
Do you know where they got this fragment from?
@@camilocorrea552 Idk
The fragment was taken from an old cult movie named "fando y lis" from the chilean alejandro jodorowsky. Definetly worth checking everything he has done (including an almost movie of dune featuring giger amongst others)
Buena traducción, saludos.
Jaja buena traduccion v:
2023 another great winter to be listening by fire lite
Yeah is winter music .... specially if you enjoying and amazing landscape in the woods while it snowing ,with a nice hot tea and good campfire cooking some nice beef stew 🍲🍲🍲🍲
Nothing like listening to this on cold winter nights. Makes it 10x more atmospheric
All pigs most die, on secuencia, desth in june, Just una idea for remember
Since they reunited last year, please, please, please release some new material!
I have more than 2500 different albums, I have enjoyed more than 400 concerts so far.
The mantle is on my “10 albums of all times” personal standing.
Not for all.
So complex, so various, so outstanding.
A true masterpiece.
Pity they disbanded.
You will always rule, Agalloch.
have you put Vvilderness - Devour the sun on your list?
Enjoy It!
Fakuku Rs hello! That album is not included 😅 despite it is truly a great work!!!
I'd be interested in seeing your top-10.
whaddya think about "Marrow of The Spirit"?
I was 17 when I listened to Agalloch for the first time, more than a decade later I still find a deep belonging here. I doubt I will leave.
20 years to this masterpiece. The best album of 21st century.
Absolutely agree. The greatest of the 21st century without question.
@Petar Vujcic [C] I should have put for me the greatest album of the 21st century as everyone has different tastes.
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575 Its beginning at least, the 21st century still has 80 years to go !
@@holtimt Absolutely true.
I think Borknagar's Winter Thrice is at least as good, if not better. If you love this one, you'll love that one, too.
I cannot count the amount of times this album has saved my life. No lies or exaggerations
nice, this album is a masterpiece
Same
Yes many times
I'll recommend Damnation - Opeth for you. That's my go to when I'm feeling low as hell
this album is a masterpice no doubt. but how this album saved your life?
Agalloch is the best thing that has happened to me in 2020!
I don't know why I have butterflies in my stomach when I hear this. But it's always good to feel it again ❤
Years later and this album still has an affect on me everytime I listen to it. It's one of my go-to's in the wintertime.
it's the only thing that enables me to cry
I've spent most of my life in either Montana or Oregon, where the members of Agollach are from. Listening to this album in PNW mountains in the snow is one of my favorite things
🤢😎💥🤘
Hipnotic
Still even more years later and its still a regular play.
I’ve listened to a lot of music in my short time here on earth. (51)). Honestly, this is my favorite album from start to finish.
One of the best albums I've ever heard !
try abyssic hate
@@zipper978 suicidal emotions is really good
Orchid is a great album.
@@markpalavosvrahotes5575
Yeah absolutely!
Inesquecível
Absolutely one of the all time great albums and Agalloch sits as one of my top ten bands with Opeth. Truly a masterpiece. As you can tell by my handle what is my favorite song.
This reminds me so much of Morningrise!
i read your username as soon as he said "and the great cold death of the earth" haha funky
4 years later and your still rocking the Mantle pfp. Rock on \m/
@@runwithaxx8663 Hell yeah! I had faith and now Agalloch are back together.
@@andthegreatcolddeathofthee1737 they are?
A good friend in my past life told me to listen to Agalloch. I went to see them live 2 times in a row before they broke up. This album became my favorite for driving during Winter time and healing from relationship breakups. Thanks to this band.
they're back to touring, take your chance before they break again lol.
Hopefully we get another album. You know, before they break up again.@@metalsadman
Este disco es una obra de arte !!
I posted this a while back on another video of The Mantle that got deleted, but I figured I'd re-post it here since you guys might enjoy this little anecdote about Don Anderson
Don Anderson was actually one of my professors at college during the first two semesters that I attended. He's not there anymore sadly ( this was circa 2016, he's since moved back out west ) but I love that guy, really cool dude. I haven't met a single student who didn't like him. He introduced me to post-structuralist theory and let me read a few of his books. I also took a film course with him too; he's got great taste. Loves obscure cinema, probably fitting I guess lol, I hope I run into him again one day, genuinely one of the coolest guys I've ever met. I miss him.
Don, if you ever see this, I love you man, and so do all the students you've impacted. Also, thanks for letting that second essay slide lmao
The transition from the end of Hawthorne Passage to the Great Cold Death always gives me chills.
I'm a little dismayed with myself. I've been a fairly hardcore metal fan since the late 80's. REALLY got into it in the mid to late 90's (otherwise known as "Beyond Metallica and Pantera"). Black Metal came into my life via Emperor in 98-99 and it's been a passion ever since. At the very least a fascination.
How in the HELL (pun intended) is it that until yesterday, I knew jack about Agalloch? This is Ulver, Opeth and Therion rolled into one. It's brilliant and then some. Thankfully we have RUclips and the internet to figure out what we missed.
Also, I'd like to add....nothing thrills me more than discovering new bands like this. I miss the old days of flicking my way through vinyl at the record shop in the basement nobody would dare go in to (Root Celler in St. Paul if you are a MinneSOOOtan and remember the place). Anyway. Thanks for finally exposing me to this brilliance.
Lindsey Peterson They were truly amazing. It saddens me that they’re done and I’ll never get to see them live 😔 Pale Folklore is my favorite but everything they put out is incredible. I don’t think it gets any better if you’re into the slower, doomy, black stuff
If you’re interested, there’s this really sick black nature metal band called Woods of Ypres, they’re from where I eloped to be with my husband and start a new life away from my abusive family. I wonder if those band mates will ever know how much of an impact they had on me.
@@paigemacguigan361 thank you so much for the comment, I discovered Woods of Ypres thanks to you and find it wonderfully beautiful. I hope that listening to their music helps you forget about what your family made you endure and I wish you a happy new life :)
@@yesahkindioma6943Awesome!! Glad to have persuaded someone to give it a shot! Life is grand, they can't hurt me anymore
@@paigemacguigan361 I will try to convince other people too ! Like Agalloch this band deserves to be more recognised ^^
Je suis français , fan de megadeth et metallica, j'ai découvert cet album sur you Tube. J'ai halluciné, qu'est ce que c'est MAGNIFIQUE !!!! j'ai acheté deux album en France.
Years ago thought running along the ocean with this playing would be cool. Went for my morning run and ended up just sitting on the South Carolina shore and watched the Atlantic and a sunrise, with this in my ears. Failed run, but still one of the greatest mornings of my life.
I haven't listened to this in like 10 years. Had a random urge to listen to some Opeth and this got recommended. Very glad to rediscover it.
I knew this album existed for a long time but never got around to listening to it. Im amazed at how good it is, it transcends genres as one of the best albums i have ever heard.
I keep coming back every once in awhile. It will always be a beautiful album and a classic for me.
An album that is mandatory for those drives around wooded roads in autumn.
✌
Back here when I'm in another rough place again, to let my deep sadness out and rise again when ready with the help of nature and music. Thank you.
I will never forget this album
You're doing yourself a disservice if you haven't listened through the rest Agalloch's discography. If you especially like the folk elements, I would recommend checking out The White EP and Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor. Also if you ever have a chance to see them live, DO IT!! They headlined the metal & beer fest in Denver and it was one of the best live performances I've ever witnessed
They just distilled the sadness and melancholy found in men around the world and concocted it into a musical form. This is art.
TIL only men experience melancholy
@@cantbanme8971 women may exerience sadness and sorrow...as we do... but only men know melancholy
I don't agree that only men can experience melancholy. But omg u have Peter Steele on your profile picture, I'll still put a like
@@eevochkaaaa nah, women dont have any feelings.
@@jasrajsandhu1658 ok ok I agree with you, just don't cry
I discovered this masterpiece of an album a month ago and I keep coming back to it once a week and every time i get it and i love it more and more. Every time it grows in my list of special and favourite albums.
I was in Georgia (country) and I met this jazz guitarist at a random gig i went to, and we had a little chat after the gig and i asked him, what’s his fav non jazz/fusion album, and that’s the one he pointed out. I don’t know this guys name and sad i will never be able to thank him for this discovery.
LOL I AM 333, BUT IF YOU AS RE JUST JOHNNY D YOU DONT KNOW ME. AZ IF YOU COULD SEE THESE 🦚 I TRIED CALLING YALL BUT THE DAKINIS ARE MY STEEZ THESE DAYS AND PLUS NO ONE ANSWERED IN THE RIGHT WAY
Te recomiendo la banda Empyrium el álbum Weiland te gustará.
5:45 the grunge vocals over death growls is just superb in this moment
I love this Band. From my homestate of Oregon.
They truly capture the feeling of being in the pacific Northwest forest on a cloudy day.
I've never seen snow in my whole life but, whenever I listen to Agalloch, snowy landscapes come to my mind! Just amazing the sensations their music can express!
I've seen snow for half of my live and can tell your imagination isn't tricking you.
My boyfriend and i were on a early morning drive in july to go fishing. It was 2 am and we were in the middle of the woods. We drove down the valley, listening to this album, into the clearing. Its pitch black and in our headlights i see something crossing slowly into the road. It was a huge female elk. She was giant. Like a male without a rack, thick, but not pregnant. She slowly moved across the road and stared at us as we drove by. Me and her made eye contact. She was unafraid. She was alone. I believe we saw a spirit of the woods. She was ethereal. During this album too coincidental, in the washington state woods.
thanks for sharing, greetz from switzerland
Wish I would experience something like that. Beautiful story.
Epic!
You should write a book.
Norwest is amazing really, I wish I ever visit it. Also, keep the dude please, don't ever abandon him.
I'm honored about hearing of this band. I feel blessed.
I'm jealous to hear this for the first time, a masterpiece!
Such a dark, folk inspired atmospheric black metal masterpiece. Best album I’ve listened to in a while, that’s for sure.
Happy Christmas to whoever is listening today on 25\12\ 2020. Woke up in a cold Christmas day listening to this mesmerizing music. It is always a great experience when listening to their music. ❤❤ stay safe everyone.... Lots of love from Malta ❤
happy new year from Nepal ❤❤ much love!
I found this album when I was 12, it has changed my life. By far the best album I've ever listened too
Люблю эту музыку!!! Всей душой!..Был аппарат для музыки.. Весь дом тресся!
I really enjoy this album when I am depressed. Sadly, I am really enjoying it right now.
Can relate, I checked myself into the psych ward today. This is the first thing that I played on my headset after getting set up.
@@sahaquia I hope you are doing alright.
From personal experience I have found that mental illness does get easier as you get older. In part because you have more awareness and more skills at dealing with it.
Also, I think declining testosterone has been very beneficial. I took some testosterone boosting medication last year, and the main side affect was raging depression like I had in my late teens and early twenties.
It can get better, but you have to work on it like your life depends on it.
Best wishes to you. I hope you're in a better head space now. These are hard times, it's good to reach out.❤
Well said, and ditto. ❤
This album has saved my life and sanity an unnumbered amount of times. I am.greatful to the artists for sharing this masterpiece. From the lyrics to the music itself, a true work of art.
I remember listening to this album when I was younger and feeling unspeakable sadness. About what? I can't even remember. A visage of me probably laying in bed, with a thick vapour of cannabis smoke filling the room, in the early hours of the morning. This album on repeat. But I can't remember what the sadness was. I was thinking, always thinking, with tears. I didn't do much as a teenager. Suddenly, if does seem like I've grown since then. If nothing else, I can say that I listened to some timeless music those handful of years ago.
This is truly a dark masterpiece, swathed in beautiful melancholy, an absolutely unforgettable journey into the snow covered forests of some Scandinavian country. So beautiful, so sad. I wish I could remember what it was that I was feeling those years ago and bring into the focus of my mind the scope of those old, gone days.
"of some Scandinavian country"
Agalloch was an American band, and unless I'm much mistaken, this album (and most of their music) was an exploration of North American(/Native American) folk themes, though obviously taking influence from Scandinavian metal bands who explored their own traditions in a similar way. Just saying, this is probably more inspired by the cold, forested regions of northern U.S. or Canada as opposed to like, Norway.
Beautiful post, though.
You are ok
Lol your trying to hard good ball
i felt this comment, sad teenagers angry at nothing really sums it up.
The "In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion" is one of the most beautiful songs !
I moved to the deep south. Temps rarely drop below 40 degrees here. I dont get nearly as much agalloch time as I should. But when it's 19 degrees in southern louisiana youre damn sure im listening to agalloch.
I grew up in Texas and I would listen to Agalloch in the 100+ degree heat, just had to pretend really hard I was somewhere else lol
It doesn’t matter, black metal always makes me feel cold
I feel that man, I’m in assumption parish so I know exactly what you’re talking about.
15F is usually when I stop listening to Agalloch. Cheers from Russia
It's 110° F in Arizona and I'm still rocking this album! Not like I leave the A/C during the summers here anyways lol
As I stand outside watching the snow fall and gather on the ground and various other objects, it is around this time of year that I will put this album on. Such subtle beauty, hidden away from everyday eyes that unfold unto me. It may not change much, but I've always found a divine grace in the mundanity of moments like this. Every little flake has as purpose, a destination to arrive to. It makes me wonder what or where my ultimate termination is. Such grand ideas that our little human minds cannot possibly know. And yet I strive everyday to achieve it.
Awwh... see? I wish I could be this poetic in front of strangers or the coffee shop attendants I visit every day at work.
There is much hidden beauty in our darkest depths. Who's got a lighter?
You think however you like buddy. But there is no purpose in any of those little flakes. Or in your life. It’s just subatomic particles swirling aimlessly and endlessly.
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Been a long long journey listening to Agalloch and I will never get enough it just like magic , it takes me far far away
The layering of the guitars is a masterpiece. The lyrics are poetry. The arrangement is flawless. This album is brilliant.
You can't live throughout the winter or autumn without listening to Agalloch
Such a journey 20 years later, what a captivating album full of emotion
This whole album is just spiritual food, definitely on my top 5 favourite albums, it scratches something on my brain that few music does
I agree 100%! This album is a masterpiece. Haunting and majestic.
This album is pure perfection... a timeless masterpiece. Thanks for bringing back! 💘
sad but pure
Me lo recomendaron hace como 12 años y apenas lo voy oyendo, es el momento perfecto 👌
Después de tantísimos años "The mantle" sigue siendo un acierto cuando quiero escuchar algo que me haga reflexionar sobre todo de forma tranquila y sin juzgar. The winter is coming!! pero acogedor, me gusta ver como esta música envejece con el tiempo, como yo, pero sigue siendo acogedora como el fuego del hogar. Thanks Agallorch!
41 years old and just now finding this...What a shame.
Замечательный альбом. Красивый, цепляющий, уникальный. Мне хотелось бы слушать его вечно.
The ideal album for an 'endless solitude' at night.
uff para este tiempo necesitaba volver a este álbum, es hermoso.
Quase 15 anos que conheci esse álbum, e sempre que escuto é a mesma experiência transcendental.
Simplesmente
This will always be one of my top favorite albums of all time. I wish I could personally thank each member for allowing me to experience this beauty. Thank you Agalloch, it’s a shame I discovered you after the band’s dismemberment
Thankfully I got to see them, I did thank the drummer for this, and for an old music blog he used to have.. found a lot of good stuff thru “cosmic hearse”.
Who dismembered them!?
The conection between In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion and Odal always mesmerize me.
In Odal, they used elk skull for percussion.
Its that time of year to curl up with a blanket and your favorite drink and listen to this masterpiece. Stare out the window to see the cold, icy mother nature at work
Im afraid I cant do that. I live in Florida. This is either my number 1 or number 2 album of all time.
Only discovering this tonight. I haven't fallen in love with an album this quickly since I first heard Pallbearer's Foundations of Burden.
It's difficult to put into words how much this album means to me. When I listen it's as if a goddess from the abyss is cradling me with a cold but calming embrace. And all the sweet, magical darkness in the world calls me to my shadowy roots, to return home.
True
Stay grounded my friend x
RUclips closed my channel before, I reopened a new channel on this platform, I hope for your support!
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A Celebration for the Death of Man… (00:00)
In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion (02:24)
Odal (17:10)
I Am the Wooden Doors (24:49)
The Lodge (31:00)
You Were but a Ghost in My Arms (35:40)
The Hawthorne Passage (44:55)
…And the Great Cold Death of the Earth (56:14)
A Desolation Song (01:03:28)
@Pat the Rat Thanks for the support
Please, past this into the description of video.
@@voilin thanks for your comment, I will keep it in mind
i just wanna say thank you to agalloch for making this masterpiece of an album.
There are cuts in the upload :(
Back in around 2010ish a friend recommended this album to me. I wasn't able to get into it then, but every couple of years I'd come back and see if I could hear the great album he was talking about, and each time I understand a little more.
My friend just died last night and this album is touching base hard right now
Sorry for your loss, brother.
Condolences buddy, sorry for your loss and I hope you're holding on
my condolences
He is in a happier place.
Sombre yet uplifting. Don't know why but this just hits the sweet-spot. Good for the soul. Genius.
This is truely incredible, I've heard it so many times now and I can hardly explain how intense this sounds. I've got this in my recommended a few times and I also read that this is supposed to be one of the greatest metal albums of all time - and I highly doubt that anyone who clicked on this has regretted their decision, and I also believe most people have listened to this more than once, just like me!
Hay bellezas que de algun modo o a travez de las mas profundas emociones fue creado. Este album me presenta el verdadero amor que tienen sus exponentes por sus tierras, el bosque, los animales que habitan en el, los espiritus, el misticismo de los parajes naturales. Las emociones interiores del ser humano expuesta en esta magnifica obra de arte.
Larga vida a Agalloch.
I love to mountain bike in the woods. Listening to music while doing so is one of my favorite things in the world. I can’t wait to be pedaling my heart out listening to this!
XXXXX reading the comments and many say this helped them in times of sorrow or of need etc.... for a 52 year old guy like me, that was the Ride the lightning album from Metallica and the song fade to black especialy, it's simply from another planet, you cant beat those lyricsman, and the composition and feel. It will forever have a special place in my heart and soul! XXXXX
I listen to this album when i fall asleep to keep bad dreams at bay.
I used to go to sleep with these guys as well, really love their sounding, it's a shame they've fallen apart :(
Bro same here
Same here dude, melodic/atmospheric black metal puts me in such a trance where i fully zone out into the music. Perfect for falling asleep.
Agalloch, Empyrium... Two bands, two different worlds but the same inspiration: nature. Difficult to find today some bands as good as them!
Give Vvilderness' album Devour the Sun a listen if you've never heard it. Somewhat in the same vein as this musically, and certainly very nature-oriented.
Vinterriket same
TackleberryFife, thank you☺ I will listen to this album as soon as possible😎
Varg Vikernes, thank you!😎
If you're still looking, Elderwind's first album "Magic of Nature" is excellent atmospheric black metal. It's a very magical album with lots of chimes and bells, I'd highly recommend it.
Less than a dozen days of the year in central NC could truly be considered "cold" by yankee standards, but that just makes me appreciate them even more whenever I listen to this album while working another long ass day outside in 98-F + humidity. I swear nothings worse than working the coldest days of the year except the hottest. Heat makes you stupid.
Buffalo ,NY
Can’t work a minute outside under 65F
I’ve sided house in 20 Fahrenheit….
Lovely ……hate you heat
hi Nik!
This record is so unique. One thread of emotions. I just love it. Out of genre experience. Listening to this is like having a conversation with someone.. or something
The sound of a long and bleak Minnesota winter... perfect album.
I’ll never recover from the sheer geniuses called Agalloch!!!! Immeasurable amounts of brilliance put into this album!!!!!!!
A Desolation Song brought tears to my eyes, i've only been touch soo deeply by a few songs. I think Atmospheric Black Metal, and similars, have a very special power.
When I listen to Agalloch, I can see the mist wafting through a dark forest and it gives me comfort.
@@andthegreatcolddeathofthee1737 That's one of the many amazing things about Agalloch: their songs are just like paintings, words and melodies melt togheter to create images that are different for each one.
goddamn right
This is well done , Like the Celtic pagan sound . The guitar is not so distorted you cant pick out the notation like some pagan rock/metal , very beautifully done . Good Job Agalloch /93/636
Yeah I’m not even the biggest fan of this type of music but my older brother is heavy into this scene and he showed me this album back in like 2008. Game changer.
Cheer's from Toronto, Canada all!!! Stay safe & stay strong!! How music & Agolloch brings us all together through this pandemic globally!!! Now that's raw power!!\m/ \m/
Dont forget to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of this eternal masterpiece on 08.13.2022.
heck yeah \m/
2024
What an amazing album, I listened to the whole thing all the way through in one sitting.
I'm not even into metal (the folk elements drew me into this) but this is such a brilliant album!
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This album will always have a special place ... Mostly in time slike these, where it is cold and harsh outside it gives me this special feel. There are so many good albums out there, but not many can deliver and create feelings like this one. It is like a journey of walking trough a sheer endless forest and being cold and lost, but then arriving at a warm wooden cabin
Catharsique at its finest.
True passion of timeless music composer. Not for everyone. Pause and breath. For me its a deliverance every single time I go back at it. ❤️
I can feel every statement you said. This album for me is a required escape.
to be honest i can't live without this Album
Amazing... No more words... No more opinions... Winter, North, Doom packed together. Heil from Russia and Estonia.
Odal always gives me the chills...
No words needed to convey such emotions
One of THE BEST albums I have ever heard. Even in my native, polish language it is difficult for me to catch and describe fully my reception of this masterpiece. I cannot imagine better companion to the trips into the wildlands. Thank you so much for this!
One of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever had the pleasure to listen to. These guys and Woods Of Ypres are out of this world!
Hey, you. Whoever reading this, this is your sign. Everything's gonna be okay. You did not come this far to give up. I believe in you
Jokes on you, buckaroo. I've already given up. 😎
@@emigrant1510 why ?
@@ghostswitches305 Yes
@@emigrant1510 👍
Nothing is going to be okay. Keep lying to yourself