Origin:	Green Bay, WI, USA
Genres:	Doomdeath

Aphotic

Aphotic was a case study in missed opportunity, the kind of band that might/should have succeeded had they just gotten the one or two breaks needed. Formed in 2000, they scraped enough to record three EPs/demos, finally finding a record company to release all three products on one CD, resulting in Stillness Grows (also the name of the third release) in 2004. They soldiered on for awhile, but by 2005 they had had enough -- frustrated with their inability to get signed, they broke up, releasing one final limited-released EP. Their brand of European-influenced modern doomdeath (along the lines of mid-period Katatonia) certainly wasn't (and isn't) popular in the States, but the fact is that this was much better than the hordes of unsigned bands currently making the rounds. It's truly unfortunate that a band this mature and developed couldn't attract enough financing to keep going -- it goes without saying that these guys deserved much, much better.