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''Ashes Against the Grain'' is the third full-length album by American metal band Agalloch, released by The End Records four years after the critically acclaimed ''The Mantle''. It has been described as incorporating black metal, folk metal and post-metal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Allmusic )〕 ==Production== Following the release of ''The Mantle'', Agalloch performed their first live shows. Due to the number of instruments and effects used on that album, the band had to make some changes to the arrangements of the songs so they could be more easily replicated when performed live. When it came time to record their next album, the band decided that a more stripped down approach was necessary, as they wanted to emulate the feeling of performing live on the new songs. ''Ashes Against The Grain'' focused more on electric guitars and metal elements, and had less of the neofolk influence that was prominent on ''The Mantle.'' John Haughm stated in an interview on the ''Silence of Forgotten Landscapes'' DVD that the album was recorded during a time when he had renewed his liking for metal, after taking a break from it and focusing on other musical influences during the ''Mantle'' sessions. Lyrically, Haughm took a more simplistic and abstract approach in contrast to earlier albums. Haughm had played drums on the previous albums, but for ''Ashes Against the Grain'', Haughm wanted to concentrate more on his songwriting and guitar parts, and drummer Chris Greene was brought in. Greene had joined the band when they began playing live in 2003, and played drums on all the tracks except for "Falling Snow" and "Not Unlike the Waves." Greene parted ways with Agalloch following their 2006 European tour, as the band felt that he was not developing well as a live drummer. He was replaced by Ludicra drummer Aesop Dekker.〔http://thehereticstorch.blogspot.com/2011/01/against-grain-john-haughm-of-agalloch.html〕 The recording process was described by the band as "hell from start to finish." A number of production problems were encountered, including a computer glitch which resulted in the Wave files being lost.〔http://www.deadtide.com/interviews/page.php?id=124〕 Many of the songs ended up being re-worked from the original demos; in particular "Fire Above, Ice Below," which Haughm said that "something got lost in the transition from the demo recording to the album recording."〔http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/interviews/272830-agalloch-ashes-europe.html〕 Despite the band's intention of ''Ashes'' being a more stripped down album, Haughm has since stated that the album sounds "too polished"〔http://exclaim.ca/Interviews/WebExclusive/agalloch〕 and that he prefers the more raw sound of their later album, ''Marrow of the Spirit''. He has said that ''Ashes Against the Grain'' is "definitely the worst album we have made."〔http://theeyeofeverystorm.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/i-have-more-than-ever-become-estranged-from-the-common-world-interview-with-agalloch/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashes Against the Grain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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