AGALLOCH - Complete Work On New Album; Details Revealed
September 21, 2010, 14 years ago
Pacific Northwest dark metallers AGALLOCH have completed work on their fourth full-length entitled Marrow Of The Spirit, the follow-up to 2006’s Ashes Against The Grain.
This is the first album to feature new drummer Aesop Dekker (also in LUDICRA and WORM OUROBOROS) and features guest appearances by cellist Jackie Perez Gratz (GRAYCEON, GIANT SQUID, ASUNDER, AMBER ASYLUM), Jeffrey Neblock (VINDENSANG), and Nathan Carson (WITCH MOUNTAIN, TWO-TON BOA, SUNN 0)))).
Marrow Of The Spirit was recorded and mixed through the means of exquisite vintage gear within the months of July and August in Portland, Oregon at Audible Alchemy Studios with (FAUST guitarist) Steven Wray Lobdell and mastered and manifested in San Francisco, California at Trakworx Studios with Justin Weis (LUDICRA, SLOUGH FEG, HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE)
Marrow Of The Spirit will be released in North America on November 23th through Profound Lore Records and the tracklisting is as follows:
'They Escaped The Weight Of Darkness'
'Into The Painted Grey'
'The Watcher’s Monolith'
'Black Lake Nidstang'
'Ghosts Of The Midwinter Fires'
'To Drown'
Agalloch have also announced a US West Coast tour with Austrian ambient act ALLERSEELEN. The tour begins on December 17th in Agalloch’s hometown of Portland, Oregon which will also serve as their record release show. The dates include:
December
17 – Portland, OR - Berbati’s Pan18 – Seattle, WA - Neumo’s
21 – Los Angeles, CA - tba
22 – San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall