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Agalloch's 'In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion' Taught Metal How To Wonder

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Songs We Love

Agalloch's 'In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion' Taught Metal How To Wonder

Guitarist Don Anderson breaks down the 15-minute epic from 2002, which he says "still gives me goosebumps."

Agalloch, “In The Shadow of Our Pale Companion"

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Review: Agalloch, 'The Serpent & The Sphere'

Agalloch's new album, The Serpent & The Sphere, comes out May 13. Veleda Thorsson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Review: Agalloch, 'The Serpent & The Sphere'

Yet another metallic masterpiece from the Portland band, The Serpent & The Sphere feels like a film shot out of sequence, with "Eureka!" moments hidden throughout.

Agalloch, 'The Serpent & The Sphere'

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Agalloch In Concert

Agalloch performing live at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City, March 22, 2011. Samantha Marble for NPR hide caption

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Live in Concert

Agalloch In Concert

Surrounded by banners adorned with elk, with incense lit at the front of the stage, Agalloch's performance felt like a savagely beautiful and personal ritual. Hear the black-metal band's first-ever New York City performance, recorded live at Le Poisson Rouge.

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Agalloch's Aesop Dekker On His 5 Favorite Jazz Records

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Agalloch's Aesop Dekker On His 5 Favorite Jazz Records

Dekker plays drums in the innovative black-metal bands Agalloch and Ludicra, but says that before he'd ever heard Kiss, "there was only Coltrane." Find out which Mingus album he calls a "Lovecraftian noir soundtrack" and more with Dekker's favorite five jazz records.

2010's Best Metal And Outer Sound
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2010's Best Metal And Outer Sound

Hear a "looped liturgy for the apocalypse" and "fire coming out of the fog" in this conversation about the year's best metal, drone and outer sound.

2010's Best Metal And Outer Sound

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