ASHES AGAINST THE GRAIN

The attempt to put the grey in music was once more successfull. Agalloch really has the talent to take us to their landscapes. Deep acoustic/folk melodies and melancholy lost in the heavy riffs, epic clean vocals alternating with raging growls... and always this homogeneity. Agalloch is like Opeth meeting Empyrium. But they are truly unique, with post-rock and ambient influences. We really have great pieces of music here, especially at the end of the album (meaning from the 3rd track ahead). Agalloch imagined a new vision of music, and they managed to achieve it, this album is deeply modern in a way.