The Demonstration Archive

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Name = The Demonstration Archive
Type = compilation
Artist = Agalloch


Released = August 4, 2008
Recorded = 1996-1998
Genre = Folk metal, black metal, doom metal
Length = 62:20
Label = Licht von Dämmerung Arthouse [ [http://www.bravewords.com/news/94411 AGALLOCH Release Retrospective CD Collection; Commence Work On Live DVD, New Studio Album: News @ bravewords.com] ]
Producer =
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Last album = "The White"
(2008)
This album = "The Demonstration Archive"
(2008)
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"The Demonstration Archive" is a compilation album with music from the band Agalloch's unsigned years, which date from 1996 to 1998. Tracks 1 through 3 come from Agalloch's first demo from 1997, From Which of This Oak; tracks 4 through 6 come from an unreleased 7" vinyl EP recorded in Autumn 1998 called Of Stone, Wind and Pillor (which would later be released as a limited edition MCD with bonus tracks through The End Records); and tracks 7 and 8 come from Agalloch's 1998 promo release. [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102199 Agalloch Releases 'The Demonstration Archive': News @ blabbermouth.net] ]

All the material was taken from the original analog sources. Aside from some slight mastering to keep the songs at an even volume, nothing was edited or polished. This collection includes a 12-page booklet with notes, era-related artwork, and never-before seen photos from a January 1998 session. [http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news_comments.php?news_id=6977 Agalloch - To Release Retrospective Album: News @ metalstorm.ee] ]

The recordings for "Hallways of Enchanted Ebony" and "The Melancholy Spirit" are not the same recordings from the album Pale Folklore.

Track listing

# "The Wilderness" - 11:18
# "As Embers Dress the Sky" - 8:00
# "This Old Cabin" - 13:18
# "Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor" - 7:01
# "Foliorum Viridium" - 2:41
# "Haunting Birds" - 3:45
# "Hallways of Enchanted Ebony" - 7:30
# "The Melancholy Spirit" - 8:42

Line-up

*John Haughm - guitar, percussion, vocals
*Don Anderson - guitar
*Jason William Walton - bass
*Shane Breyer - keyboards

Credits

* Michael Lastra - engineer (1 to 6)
* Ronn Chick - engineer (7 & 8)
* Gustave Doré & Albrecht Dürer - artwork
* John Haughm - design
* Ronn Chick & John Haughm - compiled by

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