Faustian Echoes
by Agalloch
- Type: EP
- Released: 11 July 2012
- Label: Profound Lore
- Country: United States
- Length: 21:34
- Community rating: 3.25/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This ambitious release consists entirely of a single, sprawling 21-minute composition based conceptually around Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's classic epic tragedy. Leaning heavily back into their abrasive black metal roots, the Portland collective balances furious blast beats and aggressive vocals alongside sweeping, melancholic doom passages. It stands out as one of the longest, heaviest, and most structurally complex recordings of their storied career.
Genres
Descriptors: Folk, death, folklore, sampling
Tracklist
- Faustian Echoes (21:34)
Credits
- Albrecht D眉rer - artwork [woodcuts & etchings by]
- Eug猫ne Delacroix - artwork [woodcuts & etchings by]
- Salvador Dal铆 - artwork [woodcuts & etchings by]
- Aesop Dekker - musician [agalloch]
- Don Anderson - musician [agalloch]
- Jason William Walton - musician [agalloch]
- Steven Wray Lobdell - sounds [diabolical ambience created by]
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - text by [lyrical adaptation based on texts by]