Longing (Bell Witch album)

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Longing
Longing (2012) cover.jpg
Studio album by
Bell Witch
ReleasedNovember 13, 2012
RecordedMay 2012
StudioSoundhouse and Airport Grocery Studios in Seattle, Washington
Genre
Length67:33
Label Profound Lore Records
Producer Bell Witch
Bell Witch chronology
Demo 2011
(2011)		Longing
(2012)		 Four Phantoms
(2015)

Longing is the debut studio album by the Seattle-based doom metal band Bell Witch, released on November 13, 2012 through Profound Lore Records. [1] The album began Bell Witch's trend of slow, low, and mournful music for which the band would become known. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MetalSucks Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 8.0 [4]
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Longing was met with generally positive reviews. Andy O'Connor of Pitchfork magazine praised the album's haunting, melancholic nature, and highlighted the vocals as particularly effective in evoking a bleak atmosphere. [4] Writing for PopMatters , Craig Hayes said, "Longing highlights just how far we can sink into mires of hopelessness, and the bittersweet beauty we find in such despair. Bell Witch strikes a superb balance between the vulnerability of painful remembrances and stentorian roars of sorrow." [5] Metal Injection's Cody Davis wrote, "Desmond and Guerra exchange vocals that mix between ghostly bellows and Gregorian-esque clean vocals throughout Longing in addition to bringing utterly leveling bass guitar and drums that flip the script on what qualifies to make heavy Doom Metal." [6] In MetalSucks' more lukewarm review of Longing, the album was lauded for its mood and slow pace, but was also recognized as difficult to approach and deliberately hard to listen to. [3]

Music

The fourth track, "Beneath the Mask", features a section of dialogue from the film The Masque of the Red Death .

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bails (of Flesh)"20:41
2."Rows (of Endless Waves)"13:02
3."Longing (The River of Ash)"12:05
4."Beneath the Mask"5:54
5."I Wait"12:24
6."Outro"3:27
Total length:67:33

Personnel

Credits adapted from Longing's liner notes. [7]

Bell Witch

Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Bell Witch – Longing". AllMusic . Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bell Witch, Longing: If They Would Beach You". The Obelisk. November 13, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Rhombus, Emperor (November 14, 2012). "Bell Witch's Longing: Slow and Deadly Wins the Race". MetalSucks . Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  4. 1 2 O'Connor, Andy. "Bell Witch – Longing". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Hayes, Craig (March 3, 2013). "Bell Witch: Longing". PopMatters . Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ Davis, Cody (May 27, 2016). "Funeral Doom Friday: In Memoriam of Adrian Guerra, Bell Witch's Longing". Metal Injection. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ Longing (Digital liner notes). Bell Witch. Profound Lore Records. 2017. PFL108. Retrieved July 8, 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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