Agalloch

Marrow of the Spirit (Profound Lore)

Deft arc of progressive folk into black metal, but where the Finnish tar it together with thrash, Portland, Ore., fourpiece Agalloch practices psychedelic post-rock doom. “The Watcher’s Monolith” wraps John Haughm’s dead rasp in a root-canal riff, while the atmospheric “Black Lake Ni∂stång” hits a luminous patch of Tangerine Dream 13 minutes in. Crucible axes chisel “Ghosts of the Midwinter Fires” another 10. (Thu., 11:45pm, Barbarella Patio)

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This article appears in March 18 • 2011.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.