---
title: "Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light by The Body"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/5e020190-3347-415b-9a14-87fadee62460"
artist: "The Body"
year: 2017
label: "Thrill Jockey"
---

# Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light

**Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light** is an album by The Body, released in 2017 on Thrill Jockey.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light |
| Artist | The Body |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 2017 |
| Label | Thrill Jockey |
| Tracks | 8 |
| Place in discography | 18 of 30 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Light Penetrates | 3:35 |
| 2 | Earth Is a Cage | 3:14 |
| 3 | The King Laid Bare | 3:45 |
| 4 | Didn’t the Night End | 5:11 |
| 5 | Our Love Conducted With Shields Aloft | 4:48 |
| 6 | Master’s Story | 4:52 |
| 7 | Farewell, Man | 4:33 |
| 8 | I Did Not Want to Love You So | 4:32 |

## Genres

[Drone Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/drone-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Industrial](https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal) · [Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal)

## Release tags

Avant-Garde Metal · Doom Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [A Home on Earth (2017)](https://themetalnet.com/album/68f345af-b6b5-4612-a478-16d583607e00)
- Next release: [I Have Fought Against It, but I Can’t Any Longer. (2018)](https://themetalnet.com/album/cd8920cb-74dd-46db-afe2-d95d4bd27fa3)

## Artist

- [The Body](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-body)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/5e020190-3347-415b-9a14-87fadee62460](https://themetalnet.com/album/5e020190-3347-415b-9a14-87fadee62460). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt