| Longing | ||||
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| Released | November 13, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | May 2012 | |||
| Studio | Soundhouse and Airport Grocery Studios in Seattle, Washington | |||
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| Length | 67:33 | |||
| Label | Profound Lore Records | |||
| Producer | Bell Witch | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| MetalSucks |    [3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0 [4] |
| PopMatters |   [5] |
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]
The fourth track, "Beneath the Mask", features a section of dialogue from the film The Masque of the Red Death .
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Credits adapted from Longing's liner notes. [7]
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