Longing (Bell Witch album)

2012 studio album by Bell Witch

Longing

Studio album by

Bell Witch

Released| November 13, 2012
Recorded| May 2012
Studio| Soundhouse and Airport Grocery Studios in Seattle, Washington
Genre|

* Doom metal
* funeral doom

Length| 67:33
Label| Profound Lore Records
Producer| Bell Witch
Bell Witch chronology
| Demo 2011
(2011)  | Longing
(2012)  | Four Phantoms
(2015)

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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]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview 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]

## Music

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

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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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

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

Bell Witch

* Dylan Desmond – bass, vocals
* Adrian Guerra – drums, vocals

Additional personnel

* Erik Moggridge – guest vocals (2)
* Chris Hanzsek – mastering
* Brandon Fitzsimons – recording

## References

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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. ^ a b Rhombus, Emperor (November 14, 2012). "Bell Witch's Longing: Slow and Deadly Wins the Race". MetalSucks. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
4. ^ a b O'Connor, Andy. "Bell Witch – Longing". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
5. ^ a b 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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* Longing
* Four Phantoms
* Mirror Reaper

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