AGALLOCH - The Serpent & The Sphere, DigiCD

With “The Serpent & The Sphere” AGALLOCH deepen their musical body of work without losing one inch of their own classic trademark sound they have shaped and refined over nearly two decades. Taking their progressive and rock influences on higher levels, The Portland dark metal masters return with their most dynamic, prominent and rewarding musical experience. AGALLOCH have once again teamed up with legendary producer & engineer Billy Anderson, who recorded the album at Cloud City Studios in Portland, Oregon and later mixed it at Everything Hz. “The Serpent & The Sphere” goes down as the best, most transparent and complete sounding album to date. Nathanaël Larochette of Musk Ox makes a guest appearance on the record, providing the album’s acoustic interludes.

Tracklist:
1. Birth and Death of the Pillars of Creation
2. (serpens caput)  
3. The Astral Dialogue
4. Dark Matter Gods  
5. Celestial Effigy  
6. Cor Serpentis (the sphere)  
7. Vales Beyond Dimension
8. Plateau of the Ages  
9. (serpens cauda)  

"THE SERPENT & THE SPHERE versammelt in einer Stunde ein paar der besten Lieder, die Bandchef John Haughm je geschrieben hat, ohne dass dabei die komplexe Atmosphäre, die Agallochs Magie ausmacht, zu kurz kommt." METAL HAMMER

"AGALLOCH sind Meister darin ihren Songs so Leben einzuhauchen, dass andere Metal Bands daneben mitunter recht blass dastehen" VISIONS

"Epochale Post Black Metal-Wanderung." ORKUS

"AGALLOCH gibt sich somit stilistisch erneuert: "The Serpent & The Sphere" ist im besten Sinne ein ausuferndes, grenzenloses Album geworden und schlägt ein neues Kapitel im Schaffen der Band auf." METAL.DE

6/6 Zero Tolerance + album of the issue
10/12 Visions Magazine + record of the week
6/7 Metal Hammer Germany
9/10 Metal Hammer Norway
8/10 Metal Hammer UK
9/10 Terrorizer
9/10 Metal-Norge
9,5/10 Rock Tribune
8/10 Close Up
9/10 Metal.de
6,5/7 Metalnews.de
8/10 Rock Hard Greece
10/10 Metal Temple
9/10 Queens Of Steel
9/10 Ave Noctum
9/10 The Metal Observer