''The Pale Haunt Departure'' is the fifth full-length album by the American

death-doom Death-doom is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It combines the slow tempos and pessimistic or depressive mood of doom metal with the deep growling vocals and double kick drumming of death metal. The genre emerged in the late-1980s and gained ...

band

Novembers Doom Novembers Doom is an American death-doom band from Chicago, currently signed to Prophecy Productions. Along with Evoken and Rigor Sardonicous, Novembers Doom is one of the earliest American death-doom bands still active today. History Formati ...

, released in 2005. On this album the band shifted styles towards a more straightforward

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sound with a

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influence. Two music videos were made for this album. One for "The Pale Haunt Departure" and the other for "Autumn Reflection."

Track listing

Personnel

Paul Kuhr Paul August Kuhr, III, (born on December 4, 1971, in Berwyn, Illinois, USA), is an American musician, vocalist, lyricist, author, and graphic designer. He is the singer and founding member for the band Novembers Doom. Music Starting the band i ...

- vocals * Joe Nunez - drums * Mike Legros - bass * Vito Marchese - guitars * Larry Roberts - guitars, keyboards

Additional personnel and staff

* Tommy Crucianelli - keyboards * Eric Burnley - keyboards *

Dan Swanö Dan-Erland Swanö (born 10 March 1973), also known as Dan "The Man" Swanö, is a Swedish musician and record producer who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist and ...

- lead guitar on "Dark World Burden", mixing * Attila Kis - design, illustration * James Murphy - mastering * Chris Wisco - producer, engineering, editing * Mark Coatsworth - photography

References

2005 albums Novembers Doom albums The End Records albums {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub