The Autumn Task began in 1999 being a solo endeavor of Des Moines, IA, resident Mike Gustafson (drums/keys/textures), with brothers Jess Huffman (guitar) and John Huffman (bass) put into the ranks in 2001, along with a debut effort entitled Fable emerging through Zu Information another 2 yrs later. Another record, La Luna de Negra, implemented in 2004 and, like its forerunner, drew evaluations to groupings like Godspeed You Dark Emperor!, Mogwai, and Isis, using its trance-like metal-gaze epics. The trio transferred to Deep Send Information for the discharge of its third opus, A Burning up Light, in 2006.