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Novembers Doom

Aphotic

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Category: Death-Doom

Year: 2011

Label: The End

Catalog Number: TE187

Average Rating: 83 / 100 (1 rating)

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Novembers Doom Aphotic Album Cover

Personnel
Paul Kuhr vocals
Larry Roberts guitars, vocals
Vito Marchese guitars
Mike Feldman bass
Sasha Horn drums
Ben Johnson keyboards
Rachel Barton Pine violin on tracks 1, 4
Anneke Van Giersbergen vocals on track 4
Dan Swano Additional vocals on tracks 5-6
Tracks
1.  The Dark Host  
2.  Harvest Scythe  
3.  Buried  
4.  What Could Have Been  
5.  Of Age and Origin, Pt. 1: the Violent Day  
6.  Of Age and Origin, Pt. 2: a Day of Joy  
7.  Six Sides  
8.  Shadow Play  

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From: Doghouse Reilly Date: September 8, 2025 at 19:44
Another awesome album from these unsung heroes of American metal. The title means "without light" and also refers to the deepest zone of the ocean, where no light penetrates. A fitting descriptor for the music within, where even the occasional keys, piano and violin are ice-cold. The centerpiece of the disc is "What Could Have Been," a delicate acoustic ballad about the death of a child by illness (going by the video at least). Anneke van Giersbergen absolutely steals the show with her ethereal vocals. "Buried" is also sort of a ballad, but upends expectations by having Paul Kuhr use his death growls in the soft verses, sounding like he's suffocating on anger. Ending the song this way is particularly chilling. These two tracks really stand out, but the whole album is a deathly delight, with "The Dark Host" and "Harvest Scythe" making for a hard-hitting one-two punch to start. "Six Sides" is a menacing treat, and "Shadow Play" ends on a typically theatrical note.


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