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Artist
Aphotic
12+ albums
Death Doom Metaldoom metaldeath-doom metalUSAdoom death metal
about
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Aphotic, formed in 2000, was a death doom metal band from Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Their lyrical themes include issues such a suicide and freedom. In August 2005, Aphotic decided to end its five-year struggle to get signed and officially end the band. Aphotic was founded in April of 2000 out of the remains of Green Bay’s Dusk and Crawl. The Original line-up being Keith-bass/programming, Steve-guitar/programming, and Chad- vocals. Just a few months later they entered the studio and recorded their first self-financed EP ’Aphotic’. It was recorded in seven hours and mixed the next day. Very soon after it was obvious that having only one guitar player would hinder the growth of Aphotic musically. Keith switched to guitar and Chad to bass and exactly one year after recording the self-titled EP; Aphotic entered the studio again to record ‘Under Veil of Dark’, (August 2001). This was much more in the vein of what the band wanted to achieve although it was still a self-financed ‘demo’. The next step Aphotic took was to add Jason on drums, and exactly one year later again; Aphotic entered the studio and recorded ‘Stillness Grows’. This time the programmed drums were completely removed in the studio and replaced with live ones. Although this did some good for the sound quality, the recording was incredibly rushed to the point of almost stopping and ending the entire project due to the limited self-financed budget. Aphotic decided to kee
