I just picked up Agalloch's Ashes Against the Grain, so I've been listening to this one pretty much nonstop for the past couple of days. They've definitely moved in a less folkish and more metallic direction for this album, but I'd still say it more than measures up to The Mantle, and it's quite a bit better than Pale Folklore.
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And no matter what I say I cannot resist or betray it. No one could do so because there is no one here. There is only this body, this shadow, this darkness.
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