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The Serpent and the Sphere

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Released
  
May 13, 2014

Artist
  
Agalloch

Label
  
Profound Lore Records

Length
  
59:46

Release date
  
13 May 2014

The Serpent & the Sphere httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen449Aga

Studio
  
Cloud City Sound, Portland, Oregon Everything Hz, Portland, Oregon

The Serpent & the Sphere (2014)
  
""Alpha Serpentis (Unukalhai)" single (2014)

Genres
  
Black metal, Doom metal, Folk metal, Neofolk

Similar
  
Agalloch albums, Black metal albums

The Serpent & the Sphere is the fifth and final album by American metal band Agalloch. It was released on May 13, 2014 in the U.S., followed by releases on May 16 in Germany and May 19 in Europe.

Contents

Reception

The album received mostly positive reviews. Michael Toland of The Austin Chronicle described the album as "one boot in balmy progressive folk and the other in frigid black metal" with "some of its prettiest, most haunted acoustic textures and heaviest, raspiest roars". Kim Kelly of Spin stated that the band's "blackened sound" is "more pronounced than ever" while describing the production as "impeccable: Agalloch have never sounded so rich, so full".

Personnel

Agalloch
  • John Haughm – guitars, acoustic guitar, vocals, whisper, percussion
  • Don Anderson – guitars, piano, keyboards
  • Jason William Walton – bass
  • Aesop Dekker – drums
  • Guest musicians
  • Nathanaël Larochette (Musk Ox) – acoustic guitars
  • Songs

    1Birth and Death of the Pillars of Creation10:28
    2(serpens caput)3:07
    3The Astral Dialogue5:12

    References

    The Serpent & the Sphere Wikipedia