The Black Is Never Far

The Black Is Never Far
Studio album by Place of Skulls
Released	May 2, 2006
Genre	Doom metal
Length	45:39
Label	Exile on Mainstream
Producer	Travis Wyrick, Victor Griffin
Place of Skulls chronology
With Vision (2003) The Black Is Never Far (2006) As a Dog Returns (2010)

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The Black is Never Far is the third studio album by American doom metal band Place of Skulls. It was released in 2006 on the Exile on Mainstream label. Scott Weinrich left the band prior to the recording in order to focus on The Hidden Hand.

Track listing

All songs written by Victor Griffin except where noted.

• 1. "Prisoner's Creed" – 2:50
• 2. "Sense of Divinity" – 4:12
• 3. "Darkest Hour" – 5:59
• 4. "Interlude" – 0:10
• 5. "Apart from Me" (Cornelius, Griffin) – 4:41
• 6. "The Black Is Never Far" – 6:01
• 7. "We the Unrighteous" – 2:38
• 8. "Interlude" – 0:13
• 9. "Masters of Jest" – 4:10
• 10. "Interlude" – 0:13
• 11. "Lookin' for a Reason" – 6:26
• 12. "Relentless" – 4:28
• 13. "Changed Heart" – 3:38

Personnel

• Victor Griffin – guitar, vocals, producer
• Lee Abney – bass, backing vocals
• Dennis Cornelius – bass, vocals, backing vocals
• Charles Robinson – backing vocals
• Tim Tomaselli – drums, backing vocals
• Chastity Brown – saxophone
• Travis Wyrick – producer, mastering, mixing
• Mike Dearing – engineer
• Andreas Kohl – artwork, design, layout design