The Vanishing of Agalloch...

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What are your thoughts on Agalloch? Personally, I think they are one of the most important metal bands in history!

[@Omnatten9]

They will play live in Germany this September!

[@singulation]

Cannot believe they are reuniting for a tour! I am purchasing tickets as I type this haha, thank you for the heads up!

[@Omnatten9]

@@singulation hmm where are they playing besides the Prophecy Festival? Because I'm pretty sure that that particular show is completely sold out

[@wordsauce631]

They are my favorite band of all time. I have listened to the mantle more times then any other album by far, I discovered them when I was about 16 years old, I'm turning 34 this month. they have been a huge influence on me both as a person and as guitarist. I saw them twice, once I drove for like 8 hours roadtripped to catch them. I missed their last show thinking they would be back again within a couple years, regret it to this day. there simply isnt another band quite like them and they will always be my favorite I think. their music finds a way deep in my soul.

[@aaronmacken]

The Mantle, that album is a masterpiece. I love it as well.

[@aishageraldo5017]

i like ashes against the grain more but the mantle is also good

[@crystallogician]

@@aishageraldo5017 me too

[@billyvanilly4059]

Agreed

[@aaronmacken]

@@aishageraldo5017 our fortress is burning gives me chills when I listen to it. I think I’ll listen to it today

[@pischuman2498]

Still discovering the band, but as far as I listened... wow. I think the first tracks I put my ears on was "our fortres is burning". It deserves a special mencion too

[@EffigyofChaos]

I also love Agalloch. I got to see them perform In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion live for the first time they’ve ever done it live. It was about an eight minute version. I wish I recorded it on my phone but I was far too in the moment and they were also one of my favorite bands at that time, as well. I got to hang out with the whole band for like half an hour that night before their set because the fire alarms went off at the church that they were playing at that night. Imagine the shock lol. But they are all extremely intelligent guys. Do you listen to any other bands like them? I’m always looking for similar bands to fill that void while I constantly recycle Agalloch’s catalogue. One of my favorite bands that is similar and worth checking out is Drudkh. It’s a Ukrainian black metal/folk band that’s themes are all about old Ukrainian poems. Luckily they are still active.

[@singulation]

One of my favorite bands is Sojourner, similar style to Agalloch, but also very different, great band overall.

[@europason2293]

It’s funny you mention Drudkh, because that’s the band that lead me to Agalloch. Both are great bands, but Agalloch quickly became one of my favorite bands.

[@fallenfreak828]

Good. You should have been there in the moment. And not ruining it by using your phone. 🤘

[@kikinmaru]

nice video, it is kind of admirable how John is highly critical of his own work.. he is a genius.

[@MrSoty12345]

Hey man i rly like this format of videos. Straight up tells the band record history and their path that they took after,keep it up if you plan to !

[@singulation]

Thanks man! Got a new video coming soon, stay tuned!

[@zmajnadzmajevima]

I miss them so much 💔

[@victorhugoradaelli]

Agalloch brings me into Woods of Ypres, they are awesome

[@tylershanegriffin5302]

Same! Thrawsunblat as well, 3 favorite bands because of one :D

[@Wolek96]

Same here :)

[@Hermour556]

Some of their songs are many years ahead of this time. Surely the best band I've heard in my life.

[@journeystarr]

One of my favorite metal bands

[@LDuke-pc7kq]

Same

[@hazal_b6037]

Great video! Just found your channel, you have some great content:) keep up the good work looking forward to more content. The Mantle is one of my favourite albums of all time, easily. This band is really special and it's a shame they disbanded 5 years ago:( but the music lives on! Sending love from Australia:)))

[@geirholte1222]

The Mantle is played almost once a week here when I take a hike in the woods.

[@wojtek1582]

I have discovered Agalloch very late because barely last year. I have no idea how they are not more famous cause for me in a few days they became one of the best metal bands ever on my private list and I listen to more then 100 metal bands easily. Extremely beautiful compositions, executed in a brilliant way, extreme talent in combining different genres in such way that it doesn't sound strange. Such magic... Very sad that the band is not making more music.

[@TheJonathanDale]

I found Agalloch when Pale Folklore was new. I saw them play at the 9:30 club in Washington DC around the time of the Mantle. I also purchased each album on vinyl as it was released. I eventually ended up selling all but Pale Folklore and the Mantle as they were the ones I always reach for when I get the Agalloch mood. I still have a cool the Mantle long sleeve shirt as well.

[@singulation]

Very jealous you got to see them live my dude.

[@solinvictus39]

@@singulation I saw them live 2 times and I can't believe I'll never see them again :-/ Sort of like Type O Negative and other bands who are no more, many of them gone for good due to deaths of members.

[@Nile8765]

Only a tiny tiny tiny amount of bands and albums can make me feel a certain way when listening to them. The mantle by agalloch, winter's gate by insomnium, and natasha by pig destroyer are the only times I have ever been able to feel this way. I usually dont rank anything when it comes to music because it always boils down to personal preference, so when I think winter's gate is thee magnum opus and greatest achievement in musical history, I feel it serves some significance.

[@kristinradams7109]

I just recently discovered Agalloch, and I'm very sad to hear that they broke up. This is way heavier music than I ever thought I would like, but I am in love with this! Can anyone recommend artists and albums that even remotely feel like this? Thanks so much for sharing their story! That just adds a whole new element to the experience. Love from Texas :)

[@magnuslundin6287]

Oak Pantheon and Gallowbraid to me are sort of similar and both very good

[@kristinradams7109]

@@magnuslundin6287 Oh, wow. Thank you so much! I will look for both of these. I'm very new to this genre, but I am already so in love. Cheers :)

[@kaield4763]

You may like some of Seven Spires music. They also have a dark gothy style on their new album. They're mostly symphonic metal for the most part, but check out Bury You, and maybe Unmapped Darkness. The first is entirely clean vocals and the second is part clean and part low screams if you're into that stuff

[@kristinradams7109]

@@kaield4763 Thank you so much! I will definitely check them out. Cheers :)

[@probie2460]

Nice description of each of their albums. The Mantle has been my favorite album for years and probably will remain so. Get everything on vinyl. Amazing.

[@alexandermazilu7087]

I love every agalloch album, Including the white and pale folklore. They never put out a single album that was anything less than magical.

[@MrJibsIV]

Listen to the interviews with John on the great void podcast. He's such a down to earth guy, with a great energy. I feel like the whole facebook thing was blown way out of proportion...

[@guccimane9644]

I discovered Agalloch back in 2005... was hard to wrap my mind around Pale Folklore at the time but it kept bringing me back. Fortunate enough to see them back in Omaha NE in 2012 and was fortunate enough for it to be a smaller show at a great venue. Top 5 concerts for sure. Still listening to this day. Amazing band.

[@wesleybuchanan7546]

I think "The White" is amazing and so brilliant

[@zakariaemoul-el-ksour744]

amazing concept!

[@haroldpepete]

the mantle, the best album ever

[@SixtiesStick]

This was nice. I would add that 'Ashes Against the Grain' is the most post-rock/noise influenced. Tracks like 'Limbs' and 'Fire Above, Ice Below' are somewhat reminiscent of GSY!BE, while the Bloodbirds suite part III sounds a bit like 'Surrogate Drone' off of Swans' 'Soundtracks for the Blind'.

[@ausraceglyte500]

I just love 🖤 agalloch .love every album.it is so different ,so deep so dark so mysterious and so satisfying at a same time 🖤

[@Willow-wv6cv]

Agalloch is fantastic! I only discovered them late last year, but they've quickly become one of my favourite bands. I could listen to their album 'The Mantle' on repeat forever, but I'm quickly falling in love with all their other songs/albums too.

[@Willow-wv6cv]

@BLACKBLADE 80 I can definitely hear a bit of resemblance to Bathory's later stuff! Both really great bands.

[@shadowcrimson6232]

The Mantle > Pale Folklore > Marrow of the Spirit > Ashes Against The Grain > Serpent I don't know if you've looked into their EP's but check The White and Faustian Echoes, both absolutely amazing records! There are some other gems in their early EP's as well, I personally like their cover of Sol Invictus's Kneel To The Cross and their demo song This Old Cabin it's a premitive song with an unconventional structure, it has sweet melodies that I love as a guitar player. I always get fascinated by dem riffs Of Stone, Wind and Pillor is probably a fan favourite when it comes to their EP's as well. As for their main albums, I think The Mantle might actually be my favourite album of all time :) it's just an amazing full experience, yet if you take each song individually they're still amazing on their own. Hard to pick favourite songs off it, In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion is just a timeless song... You were but a Ghost in my Arms is up there as well, the second half of The Hawthorne Passage is just magical.

[@D-A-1776]

They were the best band, such a shame they split

[@davidandre3719]

I took a big break from Agalloch after their last album. I didn't even realize about the drama back in 2019. All I gotta say is it was way overblown by a bunch of oversensitive drama queens. Agalloch's remaining members' take on the issue was unnecessary too, specially the part where they felt the need to say "John is NOT Agalloch". Their drummer is still making fun of John even to this day which is just sad lmao. It's cool to hear that John and Don are starting to get along again or whatever, but honestly, if we're ever to see anything related to Agalloch again, I'd rather have it be a John's solo project.

[@gratuitousfootnote1183]

i can kind of understand it - in this political climate, john's comment pretty much tainted any and all social capital that the other band members might have otherwise enjoyed, and some of them may have felt pressure to put a lot of distance between them and the comment in a dramatic fashion. That's especially true for any aspiring academic. And think of how much promotion agalloch could have received over the years that they lost due to cancel culture. I know I don't dare post any of their videos in a public forum. But let's be honest - that over the top preachy political band the other guys formed was a bit cringe.

[@MrEgofreak]

@@gratuitousfootnote1183 Which band was that, out of curiosity?

[@gratuitousfootnote1183]

@@MrEgofreak Khôrada

[@MrEgofreak]

@@gratuitousfootnote1183 Thanks.

[@rutwickgangurde3247]

I found Agalloch back in 2005, when I was exploring music on Limewire. I found one song, Dead Winter Days, that lead to trying their albums. I didn't like it first because I was more of a Dream Theater style fan. One fine day it just hit me. And I listened to The Mantle back to back. Eventually it became my favourite band. I used to jam with a band, trying to cover 3 songs by Agalloch, including The Lodge dismantled. But my band was so obsessed by Agalloch and Alcest, that I got bored of the band as well. Because even the originals my band tried sounded like these two bands. I on the other hand wanted to try stuff in the same style but unique. Eventually I left the band. I honestly think Alcest is a horrible clone of Agalloch. I personally never liked them, but that's my opinion, no need to attack me. These days I am hooked to Woods of Ypres, which I had initially dumped because I thought they sounded too similar to Agalloch, however on closer inspection, I realised I was wrong. Agalloch remains to be one of the most profound bands I have ever listened to in my life.

[@MrEgofreak]

Keep making music man! Maybe, we will speak about your greatness one day. It's awesome that you do what you love!

[@w-james9277]

If you love Agalloch I recommend you listen to Gallowbraid. They only made one album called Ashen Eidolon and it's awesome. It's a similar style to Agalloch aka folky, melodic black metal. Here's a link to their album if you're interested... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmOWoIGIgpxlm7M

[@jasonstanley8362]

your wskipping over the grey - the white album- faustian echoes those are all masterpieces

[@jessicalizarraga9160]

I feel so sad knowing that they just won't get back, their music is stunning, i have Pale folkrore CD and i just love driving hearing this album "she painted fire across the skyline pt 3" is my favorite from this album, The Mantle is such a gorgeous piece of art my favorite is "you were but a ghost in my arms" i am looking forward buying this CD

[@CaptainRhodes]

I love Agalloch, one of my favorite bands but the breakup was probably for the best seeing how quickly the members were to stab John in the back over a joke. John was Agalloch for me and I hope to see more from him in the future.

[@luna_moth]

I love Agalloch! and this being one of my favourite songs. Also love "the melancholic spirit."

[@jasonstanley8362]

which album is your fav ? answer - yes

[@aaronrose7090]

Their demos of the early stuff are excellent you should check them out man 😁😁😁😁

[@brandonbailey8318]

Agalloch is pretty damn close to flawless

[@Wolek96]

If you like them,check Summoning. ;)

[@skalamaz3]

Hard to be in a band where members move away from the city they were based in.

[@gabrielcontreras8476]

BLOOD BIRDS...

[@rutwickgangurde3247]

If John made anti Semitic jokes now, he'd be crowned as a rebel, a hero of the left. Lol.

[@sm7baller435]

No he wouldn’t there’s a clear difference between anti-semitism and anti-zionism

[@killers101able]

why aren't you alternate picking in the intro of falling snow

[@singulation]

No reason in particular haha, just felt comfortable that way.

[@Daveinn]

This band join the perfection with The Mantle, but why does anyone talk about Pillorian ?

[@europason2293]

They only put out one album but broke up. It’s a shame because they had all the material for a second but broke up before they could record it.

[@orphanoforbit7588]

Wolves In The Throne Room are also a great band. Abigail Williams too. Drudkh also.

[@FlavourlessLife]

If you want to know who (qui?) controls you, ask yourself... whom can I not criticise?

[@ag4rw4en92]

2025 reunion tour pls

[@gotpezz]

the lyrics of serpent and the sphere are the best part. the songs themselves aren’t as good as the other records but conceptually it’s brilliant

[@LarryActionGlass]

I mean, I'm here because I love Agalloch but I'm not sure what this video is...I didn't exactly learn much...

[@DudeWatIsThis]

8:35 "Go and lament his posts." Bro, they kicked him when he was down, that's just being a rat. If you were my friend, you could kill someone, be a nazi and piss on an old lady, and you would still be my friend. I don't get how someone can be so low to chase down an old friend like that. It's just an ugly thing to see happening.

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

You made quite a blunder saying "to each their own" dismissing racists remarks. "to each their own" was written over the front-gate of the concentration camp buchenwald.

[@singulation]

LOL that's quite a reach comparing my general conversational statement to Nazi Germany. Additionally, you took my statement out of context. I stated "to each their own" because his statements were jokes which some will have no problem with, while others will find it offensive. Hence why I stated "to each their own." Also Judaism is a religion, not a race, so his statements are not racist, they would be considered anti-Semitic.

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

@@singulation I haven't said anything about judaism. Honestly, jews haven't been the only group targeted by the nazis, way before they targeted politcal groups, especially communists and socialists as well as ethical groups such as roma etc. The more you know. Regardless, wasn't my intention to lump you together with or labeling as a racists. Just said you made a blunder (unintentionally i hope), which you did. It's like saying something about the black minority in america often not being in employment and relying on state well-fare. We should do something about that, after all.. "arbeit macht frei". If you know the reference you probably understand how this is lowkey racists. Or if i would say, i don't care much about judaism, life and let die, to each their own. The difference saying stuff like that is knowing the reference and be racists or not knowing the reference and making a blunder. cheers.

[@christchan3449]

@@JOhnDoe-nl4wj you've managed to remove context and replace with unaware rhetoric

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

@@christchan3449 i literally gave context to unaware rhetoric.

[@christchan3449]

@@JOhnDoe-nl4wj except the context wasnt yours to take away and replace with your own in the first part.