Faustian Echoes

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{{Infobox album

| name = Faustian Echoes

| type = ep

| artist = Agalloch

| cover = Agalloch_Faustian_Echoes_EP.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2012|06|26}}

| recorded = 2012

| venue =

| studio = Jackpot Studio, Portland, OR

| genre = Black metal, folk metal

| length = {{Duration|m=21|s=34}}

| label = Licht von Dämmerung Arthouse

| producer =

| prev_title = Marrow of the Spirit

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = The Serpent & the Sphere

| next_year = 2014

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Pitchfork

|rev1Score = (6.5/10){{cite web|last = Currin|first = Grayson|title = Agalloch: Faustian Echoes EP = Album Reviews - Pitchfork|publisher = Pitchfork|date = July 12, 2012|url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16928-faustian-echoes-ep/|access-date = September 16, 2012}}

}}

Faustian Echoes is an EP by American metal band Agalloch, released on June 26, 2012 by Agalloch's own label Licht von Dämmerung Arthouse. It is actually a single, two-part song over 21 minutes in length, making it the longest song Agalloch ever wrote.{{cite web |url=http://agalloch.bandcamp.com/releases |title=Faustian Echoes |work=bandcamp.com |access-date=July 23, 2012}} The song is based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s play Faust.

Regarding the theme of Faustian Echoes, Agalloch vocalist/guitarist John Haughm said, "The lyrics are taken directly from an English translation of Goethe's Faust. We used select phrases and film samples to create the narrative which, together, outlines the backbone of the original story."{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/8886-longform/ |work=pitchfork.com |title=Interview with John Haughm |date=July 6, 2012 |access-date=July 23, 2012}} The film samples are from Jan Svankmajer's 1994 film Faust.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109781 |work=imdb.com |title=Lesson Faust (1994) |date=April 7, 1995 |access-date=December 21, 2012}}

Agalloch released Faustian Echoes in conjunction with their summer 2012 North American tour, making it first available via streaming and digital download. Vinyl and CD versions were only available at the shows during the tour, and via mail order after the tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=81961 |work=metalunderground.com |date=June 26, 2012 |title=Agalloch Streaming New 21 Minute Song |access-date=July 23, 2012}}

The cover art features the etching Faust Lisant (Faust Reading) by Salvador Dalí.{{cite web|title=Faust Lisant by Salvador Dalí|url=http://www.artbrokerage.com/Salvador-Dali/Faust-Lisant-Faust-Reading-40966|publisher=Art Brokerage|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212013544/https://www.artbrokerage.com/Salvador-Dali/Faust-Lisant-Faust-Reading-40966|archive-date=February 12, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Agalloch - Faustian Echoes (Vinyl) at Discogs|website=Discogs |date=July 11, 2012 |url=http://www.discogs.com/Agalloch-Faustian-Echoes/release/3743264|access-date=10 July 2013}}