The Serpent & The Sphere

"The Serpent & the Sphere" is the fifth full length studio album by American metal band Agalloch. It was released on May 13, 2014 on the Profound Lore label. The album received mostly positive reviews. Pitchforks Grayson Haver Currin wrote, The Serpent & the Sphere is the band’s gentlest and most lucid album to date, an elegant trip to unexpected ends, as Agalloch continue to find new ways to reassemble and reorder their long-standing tricks. They're as singular and instantly identifiable as they were on Pale Folklore, but The Serpent & the Sphere reveals a familiar Agalloch that you’ve never quite heard—evermore patient, risky and, mostly, free of fault.