Live at Roadburn 2008 (Year of No Light album)

Live at Roadburn 2008 is the first live album by French post-metal band Year of No Light. It was released in August 2009 on LP+DVD, and reissued later on CD in April 2011.

Live at Roadburn 2008
Live album by Year of No Light
Released	2009-08 (LP/DVD) 2011-04 (CD)
Recorded	Saturday, April 19th 2008, Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Genre	Post-metal, sludge metal, drone metal
Length	50:32 (LP) 61:33 (DVD) 59:54 (CD)
Label	Roadburn Records (RBR015) Roadburn Records (RBR017)
Producer	Roadburn Festival
Year of No Light chronology
Nord (2006) Live at Roadburn 2008 (2009) Karysun / Year of No Light (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic[1]
Rate Your Music[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Year of No Light, except The Golden Horn Of The Moon co-written with Fear Falls Burning.

LP version

Side A:

1. "Tu As Fait De Moi Un Homme Meilleur" – 4:46
2. "Cimmeria" – 5:12
3. "Metanoia" – 8:50
4. "L'Angoisse Du Veilleur De Nuit D'Autoroute Les Soirs D'Alarme À Accident" – 3:51

Side B:

1. "Les Mains De L'Empereur" – 11:52
2. "The Golden Horn Of The Moon (Year Of No Light / Fear Falls Burning Improvisation)" – 16:01

CD version

1. "Audience Noise / Drones" – 1:08
2. "Tu As Fait De Moi Un Homme Meilleur" – 4:46
3. "Cimmeria" – 5:12
4. "Traversée" – 8:14
5. "Metanoia" – 8:50
6. "L'Angoisse Du Veilleur De Nuit D'Autoroute Les Soirs D'Alarme À Accident" – 3:51
7. "Les Mains De L'Empereur" – 11:52
8. "The Golden Horn Of The Moon (Year Of No Light / Fear Falls Burning Improvisation)" – 16:01

Personnel

Band members[3] Bertrand Sébenne – drums Jérôme Alban – guitar Pierre Anouilh – guitar Julien Perez – vocals, keyboards Johan Sébenne – bass

Other personnel[3] Cyrille Gachet – engineering, mixing and mastering Emmanuel Romani – live lights Greg Vezon – album art and photography Richard Schouten – design and layout

Recording

The performance was recorded live at the 13th Roadburn Festival, April 19, 2008 at 013 (The Batcave), Tilburg, The Netherlands. Mixed and mastered by Cyrille Gachet in Bordeaux, France.

Release

Roadburn Records initially released the album in August 2009. It was only available as an LP/DVD pack (RBR015), in a limited edition of 500 copies in three versions (300 black vinyl, 100 gold [+ a silk-screened poster in bonus], 100 silver), all in gatefold covers, attached with a 61-minute DVD of the live show.[3]

In April 2011, Roadburn Records reissued it on a CD edition (RBR017).

References

1. "Live At Roadburn 2008 – Year of No Light". allmusic. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
2. "Live at Roadburn 2008 of Year of No Light". Review. Rate Your Music. Archived from the original (database) on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
3. "Discogs.com". Discography. Discogs. Archived from the original (website) on April 24, 2006. Retrieved April 23, 2012.