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title: "Year of No Light"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/year-of-no-light"
genre: "Sludge Metal"
formed: 2001
---

# Year of No Light

**Year of No Light** is a sludge metal band, active 2001 to present.

Year of No Light is a French post-metal band formed in Bordeaux in 2001. On their 2006 debut album Nord, the band combined a dark and aggressive sludge metal sound with psychedelic atmospheres inspired by post-rock and shoegazing. In 2008, they underwent a significant line-up change, replacing their vocalist by a third guitarist and a second drummer to become an instrumental sextet. Thereafter, Year of No Light integrated black metal, doom metal, drone and dark ambient influences on the albums Ausserwelt (2010) and Tocsin (2013).

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_No_Light

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Year of No Light |
| Genre | Sludge Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Bordeaux |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Releases in catalog | 12 |

## Genres

[Post Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/post-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bertrand Sébenne](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bertrand-sebenne) | Percussion, Drums (drum set), Keyboard | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Jérôme Alban](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jerome-alban) | Guitar | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Johan Sébenne](https://themetalnet.com/musician/johan-sebenne) | Electronic instruments, Keyboard, Bass guitar | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Mathieu Mégemont](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mathieu-megemont) | Drums (drum set), Synthesizer, Keyboard | 2008 to present | Current |
| [Pierre Anouilh](https://themetalnet.com/musician/pierre-anouilh) | Guitar | 2002 to present | Current |
| [Shiran Kaïdine](https://themetalnet.com/musician/shiran-kaidine) | Guitar | 2008 to present | Former |
| [Julien Perez](https://themetalnet.com/musician/julien-perez) | Keyboard, Lead vocals | 2003 to 2008 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | [Nord](https://themetalnet.com/album/375aceee-f796-38cc-a660-70b5db7eb78f) | Album |
| 2009 | [East of the Wall / Year of No Light / Rosetta](https://themetalnet.com/album/14caf47d-7c0d-47f9-9619-e5aee9eca481) | EP |
| 2009 | [Year of No Light / Machu Picchu Mother Future](https://themetalnet.com/album/82a078f3-a736-4ac3-a8ad-ba215035385c) | EP |
| 2010 | [Ausserwelt](https://themetalnet.com/album/5fd7f776-ee25-4f3c-b911-5ddab1152219) | Album |
| 2012 | [Mars Red Sky / Year of No Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/da0c0a1f-df6e-4290-bdae-56f3d7488686) | EP |
| 2012 | [Møn / Light Through a Tomb](https://themetalnet.com/album/8739d509-6d0a-4c0d-b607-d75107d2b279) | EP |
| 2012 | [Year of No Light / thisquietarmy](https://themetalnet.com/album/1266dfa6-a472-4898-9f16-1ed015a57680) | Album |
| 2013 | [Tocsin](https://themetalnet.com/album/26b8d47c-b44c-4ade-ade6-1feb1ab230ee) | Album |
| 2015 | [Bagarre Générale / Year of No Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/c5bba76e-b0e9-4115-8074-9ba1ad3f1442) | EP |
| 2017 | [Covers](https://themetalnet.com/album/7db60b39-ade5-4f1c-9368-a174f2d2087e) | EP |
| 2021 | [Consolamentum](https://themetalnet.com/album/a6810a7b-de86-4f38-a75f-3dd1d75e4dc8) | Album |
| 2025 | [Les Maîtres fous](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1863868-d3cd-470a-999e-4be0ffd9b30a) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Rosetta](https://themetalnet.com/band/rosetta) (listened together)
- [Cult of Luna](https://themetalnet.com/band/cult-of-luna) (listened together)
- [Isis](https://themetalnet.com/band/isis) (listened together)
- [Pelican](https://themetalnet.com/band/pelican) (listened together)
- [Russian Circles](https://themetalnet.com/band/russian-circles) (listened together)
- [Neurosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/neurosis-a9416fb3) (listened together)
- [Amenra](https://themetalnet.com/band/amenra) (listened together)
- [Omega Massif](https://themetalnet.com/band/omega-massif) (listened together)
- [Callisto](https://themetalnet.com/band/callisto) (listened together)
- [Mouth of the Architect](https://themetalnet.com/band/mouth-of-the-architect) (listened together)
- [East of the Wall](https://themetalnet.com/band/east-of-the-wall) (listened together)
- [Red Sparowes](https://themetalnet.com/band/red-sparowes) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yearofnolight
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/yearofnolightTV
- x: https://twitter.com/yonlofficial
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1jBkXf5NwyxgbUw9fWxAOE
- bandcamp: https://yearofnolight.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/81482
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yearofnolightofficial/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/fr/artist/256272762
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Year_of_No_Light/31475

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/year-of-no-light](https://themetalnet.com/band/year-of-no-light). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt