The Opposite of December

The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation is the first full-length album by metalcore band Poison the Well, released on December 14, 1999. Very influential in the early popularization of metalcore around the turn of the century, the album was the band's first on Trustkill Records and is now recognized as a landmark album in the genre due to its quality and influence.[3]

The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation
Studio album by
Poison the Well
ReleasedDecember 14, 1999
RecordedPompano Beach, Florida
GenreMetalcore, melodic metalcore[1]
Length28:15
LabelTrustkill
ProducerPoison the Well
Poison the Well chronology
Distance Only Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
(1998)		 The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation
(1999)		 Tear from the Red
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

A remastered edition of the album was released on November 20, 2012 on Rise Records.

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

Technical

  • RJ – band photography
  • Jacob Bannon – art direction, design

Legacy and influence
  • Loudwire ranked the album No. 2 on their list of "25 Best Metalcore albums of all-time".[4]
  • Kerrang! ranked it on their list of "21 Best U.S. Metalcore albums of all-time".[5]
  • Noise Creep Poison the Well's Ryan Primack Flattered by The Opposite of December being considered a landmark album.[6]
  • Punktastic "Back on Deck: Poison the Well – 'The Opposite of December'".[7]
  • Kill The Music "Retrospective: Poison The Well - The Opposite of December".[8]

Vinyl

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

First press (Good Life recordings):

  • ? copies – black
  • 300 copies – blue
  • 3 copies – blue / greenish vinyl ("misprint")
  • 1 copy – blue / black mix ("misprint")

Second press (Good Life recordings):

  • 300 copies – navy blue (darker than first pressing)

2008 (Trustkill records):

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

References
  1. Delia, Anthony (July 7, 2003). "CMJ Magazine" (821). CMJ. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. The Opposite of December at AllMusic
  3. "This Is Hardcore: Poison The Well - The Opposite of December". TeamRock. August 20, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  4. "25 Best Metalcore Albums of All Time". Loudwire. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  5. "21 Best U.S. Metalcore Albums". Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  6. "The 10 Years Interview — "Creep Show'". Noisecreep. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  7. "Back on the Deck: Poison The Well – 'The Opposite Of December'". www.punktastic.com. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  8. "Back on the Deck: Retrospective: Poison The Well - The Opposite of December". https://killthemusic.net. Retrieved April 22, 2019. External link in |website= (help)
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