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The Serpent & the Sphere

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described the album as "one boot in balmy progressive folk and the other in frigid black metal" with "some of its prettiest, most haunted acoustic textures and heaviest, raspiest roars". Kim Kelly of
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stated that the band's "blackened sound" is "more pronounced than ever" while describing the production as "impeccable: Agalloch have never sounded so rich, so full".
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The album received mostly positive reviews. Michael Toland of
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Index


Studio album
Agalloch
Portland, Oregon
Genre
Black metal
doom metal
folk metal
Label
Profound Lore
Producer
Agalloch
Faustian Echoes
American
heavy metal
Agalloch
U.S.
Germany
Europe
Metacritic
AbsolutePunk
AllMusic
The Austin Chronicle
Exclaim!
Metal Hammer
Metal Storm
Pitchfork
Slant Magazine
Spin
The Austin Chronicle

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