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- Summary: The second full-length release from Los Angeles-based black metal band Agriculture features a guest appearance by Emma Ruth Rundle.
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- Record Label: The Flenser
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Black Metal
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Oct 3, 2025All of the euphoria, transcendence and power of heavy music emanates with blinding force from the second album by this self-described “ecstatic black metal” band from Los Angeles.
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Oct 3, 2025Make absolutely no mistake, this record is a force of nature. It’s one of the most crucial additions to the metal canon this decade.
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Oct 3, 2025The Spiritual Sound is the best metal album of the year. It’s not abrasive or coarse, instead splendid and weird and possible.
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Nov 7, 2025It doesn’t shy away from the pain, hurt, and suffering of the world — how could you, especially with blast beats and bloodcurdling shrieks — but the end result is always intoxicatingly life-affirming.
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Jan 7, 2026On a record whose lyrics can be unintelligible, I normally wouldn’t spend so much time dissecting the words, but Agriculture so often directs us toward closer analysis, deeper listening, fuller understanding.
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Oct 3, 2025The great joy of Agriculture’s music is the way they make these abrupt shifts flow naturally. On their second album they broaden the scope of their sound while integrating its many aspects more fluidly.
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Oct 6, 2025Agriculture comes closer earlier on the record, when “Micah (5:15 am)” commences its final run through the song’s compelling set of tremolo chords and then the massive riff of “The Weight” crashes down. It’s the best part of a good record, excepting perhaps the middle portion of “The Weight,” when the band’s playing reaches an acutely feverish pitch.