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Released
  
December 14, 1999

Artist
  
Poison the Well

Label
  
Trustkill Records

Genres
  
Hardcore punk, Metalcore

Length
  
28:15

Release date
  
14 December 1999

Place recorded
  
Pompano Beach

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Producer
  
Jeremy Staska, Poison the Well

The Opposite of December (1999)
  
Tear from the Red (2002)

Similar
  
Poison the Well albums, Metalcore albums

The Opposite of December is the first full-length album by experimental hardcore band Poison the Well. Very influential in the early popularization of metalcore around the turn of the century, and now considered a landmark in the genre the album was the band's first on Trustkill Records and was released on December 14, 1999. A remastered edition was released on November 20, 2012 on Rise Records.

Contents

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

  • Jeffrey Moreira - vocals
  • Derek E. Miller - guitar
  • Ryan Primack - guitar
  • Alan Landsman - bass guitar
  • Chris Hornbrook - drums
  • Technical

  • RJ - band photography
  • Jacob Bannon - art direction, design
  • Vinyl

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

    1st press (Good life recordings):

  •  ? copies – black
  • 300 copies – blue
  • 3 copies – blue / greenish vinyl ("misprint")
  • 1 copy – blue / black mix ("misprint")
  • 2nd press (Good life recordings):

  • 300 copies – navy blue (darker than 1st press)
  • 2008 (Trustkill records):

  • 661 copies – pink & white
  • 336 copies – white & yellow
  • 331 copies – blue & red
  • 4 copies – test press
  • Songs

    112-23-933:07
    2A Wish for Things That Work3:33
    3Artist's Rendering of Me3:20

    References

    The Opposite of December Wikipedia


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