# Year Of No Light

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 1, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766 "2013-09-01T22:43:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766/1 "2013-09-01T22:43:36Z")

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I discovered this band last night while checking out some prog on You Tube. I kind of liked it, although I’m sure glad I don’t have a kid who listens to this all day long.

😛

It’s an instrumental French sextet with 3 guitarists and 2 drummers.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766/2 "2013-09-02T01:59:46Z")

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At first, I thought the band was called “Persephone” and the song’s title was “Year Of No Light”.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yhnkD7YxJ1s/maxresdefault.jpg "Year of No Light - Perséphone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhnkD7YxJ1s)

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766/3 "2013-09-02T05:07:27Z")

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Year of No Light totally fucking rocks.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766/4 "2013-09-02T16:07:53Z")

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I think their name is cool, too.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766/5 "2013-09-02T17:28:14Z")

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I do too but I think it would be cooler if the “o” was capitalized. For some reason, in titles and names, I think all words should be capitalized. I know that isn’t the accepted rule, but I like it better that way.

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**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766/6 "2013-09-04T04:46:43Z")

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Check out their [Lastfm similar artists page](http://www.last.fm/music/Year+of+No+Light/+similar). You will probably find some other stuff you like, although some of it is kind of screamy.

Examples:

[Rosetta - Départe](http://youtu.be/KZm3YGuJe9s)

[Mono - Lost Snow](http://youtu.be/OCVnKhVK-WI)

[\*shels - Journey to the Plains](http://youtu.be/PKiXGXpxZYI)

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-of-no-light/667766/7 "2014-02-08T18:24:07Z")

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Living in the American Midwest, I’m starting to think that I know where this band’s name came from.

😛