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AGALLOCH - of stone, wind & pillor DigiCD | ||||||||||||||
| 20th
Anniversary release of Agalloch`s classic recording, now remastered
and equipped with extended artwork in a nice package. "The song Of
Stone, Wind, and Pillor is significant for a couple of reasons.
First, its one of our oldest songs having been written by John after
the From Which of this Oak demo and was the oldest song in our live
set. Second, it was the first time we became a band. John played
everything on the demo while I only provided guitar solos. But this
song featured me on second guitar and Jason Walton on bass. So, this
is the first time in our recorded history that we appear as a
band. I place that word in quotes because at this time John was
still playing drums. The original idea for this EP was a 7inch
featuring only the title track, Foliorum Viridium, and Haunting
Birds. This plan, however, fell through. And so these songs sat on
the shelf for some time while we recorded the Promo 98 demo and
finally our debut Pale Folklore. After Pale Folklore came out and was
well-received our label The End Records wanted to quickly put
something else out. They asked if we had any extra material that might
make an EP. We had recently recorded a cover of Kneel to the Cross
by Sol Invictus for a very limited and obscure Sol Invictus Tribute
2CD called Sol Lucet Omnibus released on Cynfeirrd. We knew the cover
would receive limited exposure on the tribute, so decided to include
it. Finally, Shane Breyer composed a new piece titled A Poem by
Yeats. All of this material combined to make what is now known as
the Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor EP. Both Kneel to the Cross and the
title track made regular appearances in our live set. Of Stone
translated well live and seemed to be a fan favorite. We continued to
develop it live. I converted the middle melody into a two-hand tapping
melody I felt sat better with the chord changes. Aesop added rhythmic
accents throughout. It was a song we enjoyed playing live. Our
arrangement of Kneel to the Cross would go on to influence how we
arranged much of the acoustic guitars on The Mantle. Revisiting this
EP now, I am still proud of it and think it flows well despite having
been pieced together." - Don Anderson on behalf of Agalloch, 2021
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Genres: Black Metal, Post Metal, Folk Metal GPSR Information: |  | |||||||||||||
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