''The Demonstration Archive 1996 - 1998'' is a compilation album by

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featuring music from the band's unsigned years from 1996 to 1998. Tracks 1 through 3 were taken from Agalloch's first demo from 1997, ''From Which of This Oak''; tracks 4 through 6 were from an unreleased 7" vinyl EP recorded in autumn 1998 called '' Of Stone, Wind and Pillor'' (later released as a limited-edition CD with bonus tracks by

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); and tracks 7 and 8 came from Agalloch's second demo ''Promo 1998''.Agalloch Releases 'The Demonstration Archive': News @ blabbermouth.net
/ref> All of the material was taken from the original DAT tapes and analog reels. Aside from some slight mastering to keep the songs at an even volume, nothing was edited or polished. The collection included a 12-page booklet with notes, contemporary artwork, and 1998 photos.Agalloch - To Release Retrospective Album: News @ metalstorm.ee
/ref> The recordings of "Hallways of Enchanted Ebony" and "The Melancholy Spirit" are not the same versions that appeared on the studio album ''

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''. ''The Demonstration Archive 1996 - 1998'' was released by Licht von Dämmerung Arthouse in 2008, and reissued as a box set in 2012 by Eisenwald Tonschmiede.

Track listing

Personnel

John Haughm John Haughm (; born September 14, 1975) is an American musician and artist. He is most known for being the founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the band Agalloch, and later Pillorian. He is also a designer who has created packaging and merchandi ...

- guitar, percussion, vocals *Don Anderson - guitar *Jason William Walton - bass *Shane Breyer - keyboards

Production

* Michael Lastra - engineer (1 to 6) * Ronn Chick - engineer (7 & 8) *

Gustave Doré Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré ( , , ; 6January 1832 – 23January 1883) was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrati ...

- artwork *

Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer ( , ;; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, Old master prin ...

- artwork * John Haughm - design * Ronn Chick - compiler *John Haughm - compiler

References

2008 compilation albums Agalloch albums 2000s demo albums {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub