Agalloch Pale Folklore 2X Clear & Black Smoke Vinyl Lp (UK Import)

Catalog No.:EISEN200LPS JAN/ISBN: 4260393745834 Number of Discs: 2 Record Size: 12” Country/Region of Manufacture: Import Credits: Agalloch Description: Clear & Black Smoke Double vinyl limited to 200 units.  Not only was Agalloch's Pale Folklore an astoundingly ambitious and accomplished debut, it made for a stark geographical anomaly, since its eclectic, avant-garde folk-metal was the sort of thing one would expect to emerge from Scandinavia -- not Portland, OR. Epic, atmospheric, deeply melancholy, yet extremely heavy, its songs showed the same level of daring cross-pollination as those of Norway's Ulver or Sweden's Opeth, as well as off-the-beaten-path experiments with folk music forms pioneered by Finland's Amorphis, among others -- yet unquestionably treaded its own, unique path. The album's fascinating journey begins with the three-song suite titled "The Painted Fire Across the Skyline," featuring forceful, driving power chords, elegiac melodies on acoustic guitar and piano