ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS NEW AGALLOCH RECORD WE DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT AND CAN’T FIND ANYWHERE

Wait, what? A new Agalloch album came out? Last week?? And we didn’t even know about it?? Deja vu all over again.

Only by browsing Metal-Archives.com did MS tipster Loudden Mathias realize that he, us, and seemingly the entire world had missed the boat on the latest from the Portland, Oregon doom/folk metallers. The Compendium Archive, released on the Vernal Equinox of 2010 (that’s the first day of Spring, March 20th), is a two disc set limited to 250 hand-numbered copies. Disc 1 is a “Best Of” featuring material from From Which of This Oak, Of Stone, Wind and Pillor and Promo ’98 and Disc 2 contains “assorted works & rarities.”

So with only 250 copies available you better get to ordering one right quick if you’re a fan of this excellent band, as we are. The only problem is we’re not sure where the fuck to get it. The band’s official website hasn’t been updated since 2008 and their MySpace page makes no mention of it. Google just turns up a bunch of results of people asking where they can get this release.

All this begs the question… is this compilation even legit? A blog on Agalloch’s MySpace warns of counterfeit From Which of This Oak tapes making the rounds on Ebay. I wouldn’t put something like this past an overzealous Agalloch superfan looking to cause a stir on the Internet; people are fucking weird and will do anything for attention. If anyone can shed light on this situation, kindly do let us know!

-VN