The Opposite of December

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The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 14, 1999
Recorded Pompano Beach, Florida
Genre Metalcore, melodic metalcore [1]
Length28:15
Label Trustkill
Producer Poison the Well
Poison the Well chronology
Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
(1998)
The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation
(1999)
Tear from the Red
(2002)
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The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation is the first full-length album by metalcore band Poison the Well, released on December 14, 1999. Very influential in the early popularization of metalcore around the turn of the century, the album was the band's first on Trustkill Records and is now recognized as a landmark album in the genre due to its quality and influence. [3]

Contents

A remastered edition of the album was released on November 20, 2012 on Rise Records.

Track listing

  1. "12/23/93" – 3:07
  2. "A Wish for Wings That Work" – 3:33
  3. "Artist's Rendering of Me" – 3:20
  4. "Slice Paper Wrists" – 3:56
  5. "Nerdy" – 2:44
  6. "To Mandate Heaven" – 2:40
  7. "Not Within Arms Length" – 2:27
  8. "Mid Air Love Message" – 3:09
  9. "My Mirror No Longer Reflects" – 3:19

Credits

Technical

Legacy and influence

Vinyl

The Opposite of December was pressed on vinyl three times, the latter being a 2008 double LP with Tear from the Red .

First press (Good Life recordings):

Second press (Good Life recordings):

2008 (Trustkill records):

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