Album
The Serpent & The Sphere
2014 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Serpent & The Sphere is a Metal album by Agalloch, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 13 pressings tracked.
About
Agalloch's claim to the throne of modern black metal supremacy is pretty much undisputable. Since 1995, the Portland quartet have been one of the genre's foremost innovators, merging coal-dark riffs and ferociously chugging tempos with a sylvan neo-folk aesthetic for a sound all their own. Following up 2010's critically acclaimed <i>Marrow of the Spirit</i>, the band return with <i>The Serpent & the Sphere</i>, a monolithic slab of heaviness full of ethereal segues into foreboding folk. Featuring classical guitarist Nathanaël Larochette (Musk Ox), the album includes three acoustic interludes that provide a respite from the otherwise pummeling material, like the blast-beats and Cookie Monster vocals of "The Astral Dialogue" and the stratospheric shredding on the 12-minute exploration "Plateau of the Ages." When Agalloch play the game of (metal) thrones, they play to win.
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Tracklist
Side I
- IBirth And Death Of The Pillars Of Creation10:28
Side II
- II(Serpens Caput)3:06
Side III
- IIIThe Astral Dialogue5:11
Side IV
- IVDark Matter Gods8:35
Side V
- VCelestial Effigy6:59
Side VI
- VICor Serpentis (The Sphere)2:58
Side VII
- VIIVales Beyond Dimension6:48
Side VIII
- VIIIPlateau Of The Ages12:26
Side IX
- IX(Serpens Cauda)3:12
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Black Metal
- lush
- meditative
- pastoral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
4-panel Digipak with a die-cut front cover, a clear tray, and a 20-page booklet.
[Booklet]
"The Serpent & The Sphere" was recorded at Cloud City Sound & Everything Hz, Portland, 12/2013
Additional Engineering at Cloud City Sound
Mixed at Everything Hz, Portland, 1/2014
Mastered at Trackworx, San Francisco
Nathanaël Larochette appears courtesy of Musk Ox
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aesop DekkerDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Don AndersonELECTRIC GUITAR, CLASSICAL GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR , LEAD GUITAR , SOLOIST , BACKING VOCALS
- Jason William WaltonBASS GUITAR
- John HaughmVOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LYRICS BY ELECTRIC GUITAR , LEAD GUITAR , SOLOIST , PERCUSSION ELECTRIC GUITAR, LEAD GUITAR , SOLOIST , PERCUSSION
- Billy AndersonPIANO VOCALS
- Nathanaël LarochetteGUITAR MUSIC BY, CLASSICAL GUITAR
- Rohan SforcinaSYNTH
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 13 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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