Agriculture On How Zen Buddhism, Lou Reed’s Transformer, Bob Dylan, & More Influenced New Album The Spiritual Sound

It can be so hard to succinctly pin down what goes into the “ecstatic black metal” of Los Angeles band Agriculture that sometimes that self-proclaimed label feels incomplete. At the very least, the band itself feels that way about their most recent work. “This record is not really a black metal record,” vocalist and guitarist Dan Meyer offers as a disclaimer about The Spiritual Sound, the group’s sophomore album. Sure, there are blast beats and thundering drop-tuned riffs aplenty, b...

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