R.I.P Agalloch, the best band forever.

Agalloch - Falling Snow

it's my favorite band. Agalloch - Our Fortress is Burning I & II Bloodbirds

SOLSTAFIIIIIIIR

Solstafir is Icelandic for Sun Beam. Interesting that an american black metal would choose to use that particular word. But its one of the most memorable parts of the song. That scream stays with you. The riffs and solo are killer in this track. Ultimately I'd have to say its my favorite from them. Pretty much all Agalloch is good though. I grew up in Virginia and we got snow semi regularly. Sometimes alot of it. Much more common know with the changing of our global climate. But I always did and still do love snow and winter in general. Which I know is funny coming from a guy who lives in Florida, where winter barely exists. I suppose this time of year, I always miss the winter and thats a big part of why I chose this song now. Also it just highlights how important it is that we protect this incredible planet we live on. It was here long before, and it will be here long after us, its true. But if we aren't careful, we won't be around much longer to continue to appreciate its beauty. Humans are by far the most destructive creatures living on this planet to the environment, its shameful. Stylistically these guys are doom, folk, black and shoegaze all kinda wrapped up into one. And each one of their albums is pretty different. This is one of their heavier efforts (as an album). I second Vin's comment at the end. Get out, take a walk and enjoy the beauty of the natural world that surrounds you. I'll say it now cause I may not get the chance to say it before Christmas, but I hope you all (Villagers and the Vin and Sori family alike) have a Happy Holidays.

Our Fortress Is Burning I and II are so underrated. They played together is perfect. I don't know why nobody has reacted to them yet.

Another one of the many Agalloch masterpieces. The most underrated band in history, maybe.

Ashes Against The Grain is one of my all-time favorite Black Metal albums, and something I listen to repeatedly during this time of year. I would strongly suggest doing a listen through of this album front-to-back, it's quite a journey.

Great reaction guys. I would say that Agalloch are in my 5 favorite bands of all time. Incredible music. I listen to this when I'm hiking or just feeling a connection with nature and the earth in general. Beautiful music.

Winter and Agalloch just fit perfectly together, it's what I listen to while running\walking outside these days. Definitely one of my favourite bands, too bad I hopped in that train way too late, and then the singer\guitarist alienated the rest of the band (hell, he already did it to his next band, with just a couple lines on facebook), so I'll never get to enjoy this live. It was actually this song that got me on board at first, "love at first melody". Over a year ago when people were requesting mainly "In the Shadow of the Pale Companion", i thought Vin might not care much about this one because there aren't that many lyrics in it (and at the time I didn't think he enjoyed this type of instrumental as much as he does now)... I was clearly wrong, again :D I could mention other favorite Agalloch songs, but what's so great about it is that i don't even care... apparently "Falling Snow" is coming, it's not even on my top3 for the Album (and my favorite album is "The Mantle"), but i'll definitely enjoy it anyway, because most of the songs are just so good.

Anathema- Internal Landscapes live in Universal Concert Bulgaria Anathema- Untouchable live in Universal Concert Bulgaria

Love this song ans band. These guys are deep thinkers. The guitarist (Don Anderson) who played the acoustic guitar in this video is PhD prof of English Literature.

Praise the sun! Solstafir!!!!

Bloody hell! This came out of nowhere. This is my favorite Agalloch song.

I'd call them atmospheric black metal/post metal And I know you don't really take requests unless you get money for it, but you guys need to check out Alcest. Kodama is a good one. They're so good.

Agalloch, one of my favorites bands ever. I've heard this song probably 100 times but I still love it. You should check their other songs, Our Fortress Is Burning, both parts, and Plateau of Ages, for sure.

Someone besides me should recommend Alcest to them! If they love this then they should really check those guys out!

Saw the northern lights for the first time earlier this year, during a trip to Greenland. It was absolutely incredible, and I regret not listening to this song while watching it. No doubt one of Agallochs greatest songs. I would recommend listening to the three part song "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline".

Borknagar - Colossus its amazing.

Agalloch - Fire Above, Ice Below. Their most beautiful song in my opinion, doesn't get enough play

I describe Agalloch as being BLACKGAZE, but their approach was a more complex form than simply Black Metal and Shoegaze, as they combined Black Metal with observations of several genres (like Shoegaze, Doom, Folk, Post-Metal, etc). "Falling Snow" is another song worth checking out (my favourite on "Ashes Against The Grain").

The video was recorded at Mt Hood national park, near Portland where the Agalloch singer and guitarist John Haughm resides.

Agalloch - Hallways of Enchanted Ebony

There's something about the forests in the Pacific North West that I don't think a lot of people understand. The woods are old here. It draws out a certain primordial feeling, once your miles into a hike in them.

Epica - Kingdom of heaven

I love this band you should react to more and and also woods of Ypres

honestly have been listening to this song everyday for about two years now

Best reaction video ever!!

Would of never heard this if it wasn't for your station what a great song

Satyricon - The Pentagram Burns!

By the way, you guys need to visit Reykjavik, Iceland sometime! It isn't that expensive or long of a flight from the U.S. I plan on going there next summer. It would be amazing to see the aurorea borealis there. I hope you both get to see that sometime.

I like how this guy. His understand this song. Wow i lik this reaction because. The more conection was the Nature and dark.

"White as the falling snow! Black as our citadels burned against the sky"! So as to read at the back of the cd Version of "Ashes Against The Grain"!

Thank you guys so much for doing this song! All thats left is She painted fire across the skyline by them. Its the ultimate agalloch song. :) Bless you guys

I'm from the US and I never had any desire to go anywhere outside of it except the last few years I have felt a pull towards Iceland. I want to go there so much.

Good song! I remember the first time I took a road trip outside of NY and saw a sky full of stars, and mountains, and the woods. It was absolutely amazing! Nature is beautiful!

Agalloch - kneel to the cross

These guys have been one of my favorite bands since this album was released 15 years ago. Keep reacting to them. You guys are gonna fall in love with them. I am the wooden doors studio version would be a good next song to do from them. A little shorter than most of their songs, and one of my favorites. 12:18 on 12/18 was a nice little touch. Love you guys! Happy Solstice and merry Christmas from the mountains of Colorado!

The best agalloch song IMO is limbs

I love Agalloch \w/ next step Agalloch - Our Fortress is Burning I & II Bloodbirds

Love this song. Brings me back to a certain time in my life when I first discovered this band many years ago. Coming from liking more traditional metal, and a bit of folk this band is what got me into black metal, actually. There's some really good music in this whole varied post-black, blackgaze, atmospheric black metal sphere of music, but so far it seems you've not really enjoyed much of it, (like You were but a ghost in my arms by Agalloch you didn't seem to like, or anything by Burzum) So maybe this will act as your gateway band like it did for me. Also, there's a longer version of this song available. This is the videoclip/radio version. Its strength is in its length and the trance you get into listening this.

wow! super Liedwahl. Gfallt mir sehr guet!👍

There is a video for the song “Faustian Echoes” I would love to see you react to. It’s a mash of the movie Faust from like 1929. It really is a musical masterpiece as well as well edited to follow the song. You should seriously consider checking it out!!!!!

Woods of Ypres - Traveling Alone

This album is filled, from top to bottom, with amazing riffs and crescendos. Its just insane.

The Hawthorne Passage or Fire Above, Ice Below -- reaction I've been waiting since eternity. I'm not surprised this song was chosen, since it's the most popular song from the band with over a million views, not my favourite though. Limbs is the other one from the album that I dig immensely. I wouldn't call Agalloch a black metal band. I just hear elements of folk and progressive metal in their songs. The black metal influences were prominent on Marrow of the Spirit and maybe to an insignificant extent on Pale Folklore.

Vin gets it.

Great song and reaction!

I live in Canada and where i live the sun doesnt rise till about 8-830am this time of the year. This morning when i got up for work the aurora borealis/northern lights where dancing a nice green across the sky.

One of my favorite songs of all time from my favorite band! Us here in the pnw love our doom/black metal bands. The aesthetic here is really inspiring for musicians and other artists of sorts. Dark, cold and beautiful, similar to some of Northern Europe. Hence why some people assume Agalloch is from Europe.

7 a.m., 5 degrees celsius, darkness ouside. Laying in my car and just paused Melville's Moby Dick audio book for this reaction and now going back to it. What a perfect interlude! Thank you guys. Agalloch are my heroes. "Yes, as everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever." (H. Melville, The Whale)

just noticed the thumbnail, I'm dying =))) Thanks for reacting to this

Guys, I'm so glad you did this one. Agalloc h is my hiking band. For the aurora, I would recommend going to either deep Alaska, rural Iceland, or Finish Lapland 😍

Agalloch have such masterpieces of atmospheric black metal, you guys must do more reactions of them :)

You are the man who i really want to have a beer with ....

I describe Agalloch as being BLACKGAZE, but their approach was a more complex form than simply Black Metal and Shoegaze, as they combined Black Metal with observations of several genres (like Shoegaze, Doom, Folk, Post-Metal, etc). "Falling Snow" is another song worth checking out!

Fantastic song btw, one of my favorites from them.

Masterpiece

AGALLOCH!!!

React to Advemt Sorrow.

_Septic Flesh - Virtues of the Beast. Please!_

Power Trip - Divine Apprehension Power Trip - Hornet’s Nest Power Trip - Crucifixation

amber streams from sol are not unlike the waves *professor mode activated* totally apparent, that Haughm was just referencing the physical nature of photons - light - in that they can act as particles or waves (wave-particle-dualism), so they are not unlike waves, but also are not like waves. *prof. mode deactivated*. yeah, totally not a metaphoric language that was the goal here.

Moonspell - Full Moon Madness Moonspell - Night Eternal

Agalloch is like Led Zeppelin - you just can't say any bad words about its music, it is almost all perfect.

vin broski..... funny you should mention the wonderment of snow... because this band also has a song on the same album called falling snow...and it so happens to be one of my all time favorite songs from them....... check that song out if you ever get the chance.. off camera or on! i'd say you are going to love it! cheers!

You guys remind me of that Jay-Z quote "Do you fuckers listen to music or do you just skim through it?" And don't worry, in a good way. I love the way you actually LISTEN to the music and dive deeply into what it means instead of scratching the surface. Great channel.

Man, I love this song. You know what I love more though? Pestilence Shall Come, by a little Australian band called, Advent Sorrow. 🤘

Drowning the Light Riddle of the Pentagram ep (only 11 min long ) Its a riddle, the entire Ep, he did for fans. First however many to solve the riddle got a free copy of the EP. I never got it in tine. Should be fun for you all.

The Faceless - Sons of Belial

Perhaps not a song for a video reaction, but given Vin's previous statements about some of his favourite vocalists, I'm going to recommend Wanderer of Solitude by Thy Light; I think you will both like it, and although the lyrics aren't terribly deep, I suspect they will resonate.

Agalloch - the melacholy spirit

Falling Snow by them in the winter is a must now :v

Lmao! Hilarious thumbnail XD

Sweet something interesting

Agalloch

HA! Is no one going to mention the thumbnail?! Whoever put that together deserves a free reaction, a T-shirt, or something.

Y'all should react to Cirice by Ghost!

Do yourselves a favor and try Sapphire by Alcest. That band is in a similar progressive-black metal vein that you'd enjoy.

Big choice

RIP agalloch

Aggie Loch? Is that a lake in Texas?

Check out... Finsterforst - "Mach Dich Frei!" Or, if you have almost twenty-four minutes to spare, check out their self-titled song "Finsterforst"

The Birthday Massacre - In The Dark

3 Agalloch songs and not one of them is the Hawthorne Passage. *shakes head* Good reaction though :)

Explain to the folks what the Garden of Eden is.

Ancient - The Cainian Chronicle: Lilith's Embrace

You need hear more atmospheric black metal stuff, great bands there

React to Uaral pls

Biohazard-punishment Please,this great song! Hello from Russia

Don anderson says he would call Agalloch Post black metal

Post Black Metal I think they are

You two need to do a review of Tom MacDonald either "White Boy", "Politically Incorrect", "Helluvit", or "This House/Response to White Boy"... I also suggest Rollins Band "Just Like You." From his End Of Silence" album.

Celtic Frost - Synagoga Satanae Celtic Frost - Ain Elohim

Atmospheric Folk/Black Metal, Post-Rock/Metal. So sad they split-up :((

🖤💚🧡

That discussion of nature is all important... I mean, what ever happened to the Christian thing of, “God is all, in all”? Us heathens actually live that. It seems like Vin sees this way, too.

React Opeth the moor

Can you please react to Jesus, Jesus - Noah Gunderson. It's not metal but i'd really like to hear your opinions on it. Keep up the great videos guys.

I know you won't do it but I will throw it out there anyway... Acheron...I am heathen.