Absent Light
by Misery Signals
- Type: Album
- Released: July聽23,聽2013
- Label: Basick, Not On Label
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:43
- Community rating: 3.74/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Branden Morgan, Karl Schubach, Kyle Johnson, Greg Thomas, Ryan Morgan
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Following a five-year hiatus and financed by a successful crowdfunding campaign, 'Absent Light' is a technical and ambitious metalcore offering, self-produced for the first time by guitarists Ryan Morgan and Greg Thomas. The album's intricate and aggressive instrumentation is layered with post-rock atmospherics and orchestral string arrangements, creating a sound that is both intense and dynamic. Serving as the final record with vocalist Karl Schubach, it captures a transitional and passionately delivered chapter in the band's history.
Genres
Descriptors: technical, breakdowns, melodic, progressive, dynamic, atmospheric, long-form
Tracklist
- A Glimmer of Hope (02:03)
- Luminary (03:18)
- Reborn (An Execution) (03:43)
- Carrier (04:28)
- Shadows and Depth (05:00)
- Lost Relics (03:10)
- Two Solitudes (04:51)
- Departure (04:12)
- The Shallows (04:14)
- Ursa Minor (03:38)
- Everything Will Rust (04:06)
Credits
- Karl Schubach - lead vocals, additional engineering
- Ryan Morgan - lead guitar, backing vocals, produced
- Greg Thomas - rhythm guitar, produced, orchestral string movements composed
- Kyle Johnson - bass
- Branden Morgan - drums
- Matthew Mixon - guest vocals on "carrier"
- Todd Mackey - guest vocals on "lost relics"
- Fredua Boakye - guest vocals on "everything will rust"
- Juliann Eldridge - violin
- Emily Dixon - violin
- Kelsey Georgeson - viola
- Sara Cerrato - cello
- Samaquias Lorta - cello
- Rick Morgan - percussion
- Kyle Kearney - crew vocals
- Daniel Graves - crew vocals
- Chris Teti - additional engineering, crew vocals
- Blane Christenson - crew vocals
- Johnny Perrin - crew vocals
- Brady Murphy - crew vocals
- Steve Evetts - mixed
- Alan Douches - mastered
- Will Putney - additional production
- Eric Rachel - additional engineering
- Andrew Glover - additional engineering
- Adam Capps - additional engineering
- Randy Leboeuf - assisted
- Kris Yates - assisted
- Kevin Arndt - preproduction engineered
- Randy Slaugh - orchestral string movements composed, strings arranged and produced
- Ken Dudley - string sessions engineered
- Brian Southall - additional programming
- Dave Swanson - additional programming
- Adam Rosenlund - album cover