To Welcome the Fade is the fourth full-length studio album released by the doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

/death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Novembers Doom

Novembers Doom

Novembers Doom is a death/doom metal band from Chicago, Illinois. They are currently signed to The End Records. Novembers Doom is one of the earliest U.S. death/doom metal bands that are still active today along with Evoken and Rigor Sardonicous....

 in 2002. It was re-issued in 2004 by The End Records

The End Records

The End Records is an independent record label, founded in 1998 in San Diego. Founder Andreas Katsambas initially wanted to bring attention to some underground bands he admired. In 2002, The End moved to Salt Lake City, when his wife took a job at the University of Utah. The label moved...

 with a second CD containing the EP "For Every Leaf that Falls" as well as live versions of Lost in a Day and Not the Strong and a live bootleg video for Within my Flesh.

Track listing

1. Not the Strong - 5:00
2. Broken - 7:36
3. Lost in a Day - 5:30
4. Within My Flesh - 4:51
5. If Forever - 3:47
6. The Spirit Seed - 7:13
7. Torn - 5:46
8. The Lifeless Silhouette - 5:55
9. Dreams to Follow - 1:37
10. Dark Fields for Brilliance - 7:36

Bonus CD

1. For Every Leaf That Falls - 4:52
2. The Jealous Sun - 6:53
3. Dawn Breaks - 6:50
4. Lost in a Day (live) - 5:13
5. Not the Strong (live) - 5:18

Also contains a live video of Within my Flesh.

Line-up

• Paul Kuhr
  Paul Kuhr
  Paul August Kuhr, III, , is an American musician, vocalist, lyricist, author, and graphic designer...
  
   - Vocals
• Eric Burnley - Guitar, Keyboard
• Larry Roberts - Guitar
• Joe Nunez
  Joe Nunez
  Joe Nunez is the former drummer for heavy metal bands Soulfly and current drummer for Stripping the Pistol. He joined Soulfly in 2001, only to leave again in 2003 to join the Chicago based Stripping the Pistol but re-joined them in 2005. He has played on four Soulfly records all released by...
  
  - Drums, Percussion

Additional Musicians

• Brian Gordon - Bass
• Female Vocals - Nora O’Conner
• Additional solo guitar in “Dark Fields For Brilliance” and
• Keyboard in "If Forever" by Neil Kernon