Agalloch
Starting out as black metal, Agalloch drifts towards folk metal, to which they
inject a healthy dose of experimental rock. The band from Portland (Oregon) not
only flaunt their ambition, they clearly give themselves the means to achieve
it, and succeed in building a coherent body of work. 1999's Pale Folklore laid
the foundations for the Agalloch style, while 2002's The Mantle brought the
Agalloch phenomenon to the attention of the press. 2006's Ashes Against the
Grain offered a fresh dose of the Agalloch sound, before 2008's The
Demonstration Archive gave fans access to pre-Pale...
