Origin: Portland, Oregon, USA  
Genres: Post-Metal, Doom Metal
DISBANDED
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Last update/review: September 2, 2019

Agalloch

Through the course of five albums plus the usual EPs and odds-and-ends, Portland's Agalloch carved a rather unique career for themselves, becoming a pioneer in the sort of laid-back, post-metal style that has become prevalent in recent times. Never an easy band to pigeonhole, one could find traces of doom, folk, black, and melancholic dark metal throughout their repertoire, always with a high degree of quality and depth. They initially formed in 1995 and became a core member of the early The End stable, alongside Sculptured with whom they shared membership, though they didn't play live until well into their career (their first gig was in 2003). By 2016, frayed relationships began to take their toll, and after three of the members left the band that year, sole remaining member and founder John Haughm announced the group's permanent breakup. Those three went on to create Khôrada, while Haughm regrouped and formed Pillorian; both bands debuted with promising albums, yet neither survived longer than that, as both were done by 2019.

Last Lineup

John Haughm

vocals/guitars (ex-Pillorian, ex-Sculptured)

Don Anderson

guitars (ex-Khôrada, Sculptured)

Jason William Walton

bass (ex-Khôrada, Sculptured, ex-Subterranean Masquerade)

Aesop Dekker

drums (ex-Khôrada, ex-Ludicra, Vhöl)

Former Members/Guests

Shane Breyer

keyboards

Chris Greene

drums



Discography



Pale Folklore  
1999 The End
  1. . She Painted Fire Across the Skyline, Part 1
  2. She Painted Fire Across the Skyline, Part 2
  3. She Painted Fire Across the Skyline, Part 3
  4. The Misshapen Steed
  5. Hallways of Enchanted Ebony
  6. Dead Winter Days
  7. As Embers Dress the Sky
  8. The Melancholy Spirit
  • John Haughm
  • Shane Breyer
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton



Of Stone, Wind And Pillor  
2001 The End
  1. Of Stone, Wind, And Pillor
  2. Foliorum Viridium
  3. Haunting Birds
  4. Kneel To The Cross
  5. A Poem By Yeats
  • John Haughm
  • Shane Breyer
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton



The Mantle  
2002 The End
  1. A Celebration For The Death Of Man ...
  2. In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion
  3. Odal
  4. I Am The Wooden Doors
  5. The Lodge
  6. You Were But A Ghost In My Arms
  7. The Hawthorne Passage
  8. ... And The Great Cold Death Of The Earth
  9. A Desolation Song
  • John Haughm
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton
2002 Readers' Album #27





The Grey EP  EP
2004 Vendlus
  1. The Lodge (Dismantled)
  2. Odal (Nothing remix)
  • John Haughm
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton
  • Chris Greene
2004 Readers' Album #12




Ashes Against The Grain  
2006 The End
  1. Limbs
  2. Falling Snow
  3. This White Mountain on Which You Will Die
  4. Fire Above, Ice Below
  5. Not Unlike the Waves
  6. Our Fortress Is Burning ... I
  7. Our Fortress Is Burning ... II - Bloodbirds
  8. Our Fortress Is Burning ... III - The Grain
  • John Haughm
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton



The White EP  EP
2008 Vendlus
  1. The Isle of Summer
  2. Birch Black
  3. Hollow Stone
  4. Pantheist
  5. Birch White
  6. Sowilo Rune
  7. Summerisle Reprise
2008 Readers' Album #52




The Demonstration Archive: 1996-1998  COMPILATION
2008
  1. The Wilderness
  2. As Embers Dress the Sky
  3. This Old Cabin
  4. Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor
  5. Foliorum Viridium
  6. Haunting Birds
  7. Hallways of Enchanted Ebony
  8. The Melancholy Spirit



The Silence Of Forgotten Landscapes  VIDEO
2009



The Compendium Archive  COMPILATION
2010
  1. The Wilderness
  2. As Embers Dress the Sky
  3. This Old Cabin
  4. Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor
  5. Foliorum Viridium
  6. Haunting Birds
  7. Hallways of Enchanted Ebony
  8. The Melancholy Spirit
  9. Kneel to the Cross (Sol Invictus cover)
  10. A Poem by Beats
  11. Odal (Infinity Mix)
  12. The Death of Man III
  13. Tomorrow Will Never Come
  14. Fragment (Second Phase)
  15. The Wolves of Timberline
  16. Falling Snow (Alternate Mix)
  17. Scars of the Shattered Sky
  18. Fragment 4



Marrow Of The Spirit  
2010 Profound Lore
  1. They Escaped The Weight Of Darkness
  2. Into The Painted Grey
  3. The Watcher’s Monolith
  4. Black Lake Nidstang
  5. Ghosts Of The Midwinter Fires
  6. To Drown
  • John Haughm
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton
  • Aesop Dekker
2010 Readers' Album #17





Whitedivisiongrey  COMPILATION
2011



Faustian Echoes  EP
2012
  1. Faustian Echoes
  • John Haughm
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton
  • Aesop Dekker
2012 Readers' Album #82




The Serpent & The Sphere  
2014 Profound Lore
  1. Birth and Death of the Pillars of Creation
  2. (Serpens Caput)
  3. The Astral Dialogue
  4. Dark Matter Gods
  5. Celestial Effigy
  6. Cor Serpentis (The Sphere)
  7. Vales Beyond Dimension
  8. Plateau of the Ages
  9. (Serpens Cauda)
  • John Haughm
  • Don Anderson
  • Jason William Walton
  • Aesop Dekker
2014 Readers' Album #36






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