Forgive Us Our Trespasses is the second studio album

Studio album

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 by American 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...

 band A Storm of Light

A Storm of Light

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".- History :...

. The song "Tempest" was made into a music video, Directed by guitarist/vocalist Josh Graham

Josh Graham

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. The lyrics and album artwork depict environmental and post-apocalyptic themes, including references to the 'Sixth Extinction' alluded to in the 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...

 album At the Soundless Dawn

At the Soundless Dawn

The eighth track, "I Saw the Sky in the North Open to the Ground and Fire Poured Out", was initially only available on Japanese releases of the album. It was later released in the United States on a split EP with Gregor Samsa.- Personnel :Band members...

, an album also featuring Graham.

Track listing

1. "Alpha (Law of Nature Pt 1)" – 2:20
2. "Amber Waves of Gray" – 7:48
3. "Tempest" – 5:00
4. "The Light in their Eyes" – 5:50
5. "Trouble is Near" – 6:13
6. "Arc of Failure (Law of Nature Pt 2)" – 2:51
7. "Midnight" – 8:56
8. "Across the Wilderness" – 6:16
9. "Time Our Savior (Law of Nature Pt 3)" – 1:28
10. "Omega" – 11:37

A Storm of Light

• Josh Graham – Guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  s, banjo
  Banjo
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Domenic Seita – Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals, percussion
• Andy Rice – Drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
• Joel Hamilton – Guitar, modular synthesizer
  Modular synthesizer
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  , wurlitzer
  Wurlitzer
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  , percussion

Session musicians

• Merissa Campbell – Guest vocals on tracks 2, 6, and 7
• Jarboe
  Jarboe
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   – Guest vocals on tracks 4 and 8
• Lydia Lunch
  Lydia Lunch
  Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress whose career was spawned by the New York No Wave scene...
  
   – Spoken word on tracks 1, 6, and 9
• Carla Kihlstedt
  Carla Kihlstedt
  Carla Kihlstedt is an American violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist from Lancaster, Pennsylvania currently living in Oakland, California....
  
   – Guest vocals and violin on tracks 1 and 6
• Marika Hughes – Cello on tracks 1, 4, and 10
• Aaron Lazar
  Aaron Lazar
  -Early life and education:Lazar was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to a Jewish family. He graduated from Cherry Hill High School West in 1994. Lazar attended Duke University where he earned a BA in music in 1998, while completing the prerequisite classes for medical school and taking the MCAT...
  
  – backing vocals on track 7
• Marc Allen Goodman – backing vocals on track 7