A Storm of Light
Encyclopedia
A Storm of Light is a band from Brooklyn
,
which is sometimes referred to as post-metal
. Critic Leech has described them as "Doom Metal/Post-Rock".
.
Josh left the group Red Sparowes
, of which he was a founding member, to focus on Storm
. The group is completed by bassist Domenic Seita and drummer Billy Graves.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
,
which is sometimes referred to as post-metal
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
. Critic Leech has described them as "Doom Metal/Post-Rock".
History
A Storm of Light, was started by Josh Graham, who has been a longtime visual collaborator of the band NeurosisNeurosis (band)
Neurosis is a post-metal band, based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, and their sound progressed towards a doom metal style that also included influences from dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of folk music...
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Josh left the group Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes
Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.-History:Red Sparowes...
, of which he was a founding member, to focus on Storm
. The group is completed by bassist Domenic Seita and drummer Billy Graves.
Current Members
- Josh Graham - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals, keyboard - Domenic Seita - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Billy Graves - drums (As The Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade)
Past Members
- Pete Angevice - drums (We Wept the Black Ocean Within)
- Andy Rice - drums (Forgive Us Our Trespasses)
- Vinnie Signorelli - drums (Primitive North)
Albums
- And We Wept the Black Ocean Within First full-length (2008, Neurot RecordingsNeurot RecordingsNeurot Recordings is an independent American record label founded by members of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot. The label was founded to release the side projects of Neurosis and its members. It has since expanded to a fully functioning label, releasing music from artists...
) - "Primitive North" Split with NadjaNadja (band)Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff . Nadja began in 2003 as a solo project for Baker to explore the heavier/noisier side of his experimental/ambient music performed mainly on the electric guitar...
(2009) - Forgive Us Our TrespassesForgive Us Our TrespassesForgive Us Our Trespasses is the second studio album by American post-metal band A Storm of Light. The song "Tempest" was made into a music video, Directed by guitarist/vocalist Josh Graham...
Second full-length (2009) - As the Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade (2011, Profound Lore)
Affiliated bands
- NeurosisNeurosis (band)Neurosis is a post-metal band, based in Oakland, California. They formed in 1985 as a hardcore punk band, and their sound progressed towards a doom metal style that also included influences from dark ambient and industrial music as well as incorporating elements of folk music...
- Josh Graham is the visual artist in Neurosis. - Tribes of NeurotTribes of NeurotTribes of Neurot is an experimental ambient band that infuse tribal-like sounds into their music.-Biography:Tribes of Neurot is a side project of Neurosis that consists of all the members of Neurosis along with additional musicians. The music explores many of the same themes that Neurosis does but...
- The "alter ego" of Neurosis; a collective of musicians that create dark ambientDark ambientDark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...
and noise musicNoise musicNoise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
. - Blood and Time - An acoustic side project of Neurosis with featuring Scott Kelly and Josh Graham apocalyptic folk overtones.
- Red SparowesRed SparowesRed Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise uncommon extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.-History:Red Sparowes...
- A group formerly featuring Josh Graham, as he departed the group early 2008. - Battle of MiceBattle of MiceBattle of Mice was a post-metal supergroup consisting of Julie Christmas , Josh Graham , Joel Hamilton , Tony Maimone , and Joe Tomino .The band was formed when vocalist Julie Christmas and guitarist/keyboardist Josh Graham met in Austin, Texas while...
- A post-metal supergroup fronted by Julie Christmas. - UnsaneUnsaneUnsane is an influential noise rock trio that formed in New York City in 1988. Their music also touches on elements of hardcore punk and metal...
- A group featuring Vincent Signorelli. - SwansSwans (band)Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in...
- Vincent Signorelli
External links
- A Storm of Light official website
- A Storm of Light at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- An interview with Josh Graham, March 2008