The Opposite of December... A Season of Separation is the first full-length album by experimental

Experimental rock

Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....

 hardcore

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band Poison the Well

Poison the Well (band)

Poison the Well was an experimental hardcore band from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who were last signed to Ferret Music. Guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Chris Hornbrook were the only remaining members of the band who were involved since their inception, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira was...

. It was very influential on the early popularization of Metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 around the turn of the century. It was released on December 14, 1999. It is the band's first release on Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records

Trustkill Records was an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records and merchandise in 1994...

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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
  Singing
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  )
• Derek E. Miller (guitar
  Guitar
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  )
• Ryan Primack
  Ryan Primack
  Ryan Primack is an original member and guitarist of the band Poison the Well. In 1998 Ryan and original vocalist Aryeh Lehrer founded the band, An Acre Lost which later changed their name to Poison the Well. He originally hails from Philadelphia. He was also in Where Fear and Weapons Meet...
  
   (guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  )
• Alan Landsman
  Alan Landsman
  Alan Landsman is a straight-edge vocalist and musician mostly known within the South Florida hardcore scene for having fronted Target Nevada and Until the End as well as having been the bassist in Poison The Well during their rising to fame and release of The Opposite of December. He has also...
  
   (bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  )
• Chris Hornbrook (drums
  Drum kit
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  )

Vinyl

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

Tear From the Red

Tear from The Red is the second full-length album by experimental hardcore band Poison the Well. It was released on February 19, 2002 via Trustkill Records...

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1st press (Good life recordings):

• ? copies - black
• 300 copies - blue
• 3 copies - blue / greenish vinyl ("missprint")
• 1 copie - blue / black mix ("missprint")

2nd press (Good life recordings):

• 300 copies - navy blue

2008 (Trustkill records):

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