Of Stone, Wind and Pillor

Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor
EP by Agalloch
Released	May 28, 2001
Recorded	Early autumn 1998 at Smegma Studio
Genre	Dark ambient, doom metal, folk metal, black metal
Length	28:00
Label	The End Records
Agalloch chronology
Pale Folklore (1999) Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor (2001) The Mantle (2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	7/10[2]

Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor is an EP by American metal band Agalloch. It was originally meant to be released on 7" vinyl in December 1998 by Iron First Productions (with only the first three songs), but that did not occur. It was later released in 2001 via The End Records with two additional tracks: "Kneel to the Cross", recorded in 2001, and "A Poem by Yeats", recorded in 2000. This release was limited to 2.500 copies. The cover artwork, Le Cerf Se Voyant Dans L'Eau, was by Gustave Doré. ^[3][4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor"	6:59
2.	"Foliorum Viridium"	2:43
3.	"Haunting Birds"	3:45
4.	"Kneel to the Cross"	5:54
5.	"A Poem by Yeats"	8:39
Total length:		28:00

Trivia

• The song "Kneel to the Cross" was originally performed by Sol Invictus.
• The lyrics for the song A Poem by Yeats were taken from the poem "The Sorrow of Love" by William Butler Yeats.

Line-up

• John Haughm - vocals, guitar, drums
• Don Anderson - guitar
• Jason William Walton - bass
• Shane Breyer - keyboards

Credits

• Gustave Doré - artwork
• Ronn Chick - synthesizer, engineer, mastering, mixing

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
2. Meloon, Brian. "CoC: Agalloch - Of Stone, Wind, and Pillor: Review". Chronicles of Chaos. August 12, 2001. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
3. "Agalloch - Of Stone, Wind, And Pillor (CD) at Discogs". Retrieved 10 July 2013.
4. "Le Cerf Se Voyant Dans L'Eau. NYPL Digital Collections". Retrieved 10 July 2013.