Anathema without deal to record new album

[Erik]

Those very talented guys, maybe choose this labels if their management and big shots want to do it contract:
The End Records
Prophecy Records

with their recent direction, they're probably shooting for something like EMI or sony

p.s. i agree with anyone who thinks anathema has sucked schlong since after "judgement"... "pulled under at 2000 m/s" was cool though but it mainly pisses me off... if you CAN write good songs still then why DON'T YOU WRITE A WHOLE GOD DAMN ALBUM OF THEM MAYHAPS

 

[Cerulean]

Thanks for the class input, asshole.

Just lowered me to your class level

 

[Cerulean]

with their recent direction, they're probably shooting for something like EMI or sony

p.s. i agree with anyone who thinks anathema has sucked schlong since after "judgement"... "pulled under at 2000 m/s" was cool though but it mainly pisses me off... if you CAN write good songs still then why DON'T YOU WRITE A WHOLE GOD DAMN ALBUM OF THEM MAYHAPS

And some of these people don't seem to understand anything, especially if they think Pulled Under was the best song of their recent albums :Smug:

 

[DirgeForNovember]

And some of these people don't seem to understand anything, especially if they think Pulled Under was the best song of their recent albums :Smug:

Yeah, A Natural Disaster took a lot of time to grow, but now it's one of my favourite albums. The mood is so special, it's so soft yet heavy, beautiful and sad.

Of course you can say this about nearly every other Anathema album.

 

[A Stranger]

The only one of their albums i own is The Silent Enigma. Im not all that into that album. iv heard their newer stuff tho and i prefer it. hard to track down their albums around wher i live tho. Hope they get through this difficulty.

 

[insidethefall]

They were my favorite band around when Judgement was out, then they took a nosedive. AFDtE had a few really good songs but A Natural Disaster was really boring, maybe it was too many obvious outside influences like Radiohead or just lack of the songwriting genious they held in their past. I for one don't hold much hope for the bands future recording but I also hope that I'm proven wrong.

 

[Predator's Portrait]

It amazes me how this can happen to Anathema. I can't wait to listen to thier new stuff. It sucks how they're going to be touring with such a shitty band in HIM, though.

 

[jptk]

Thats shitty news, theve been without a record deal for such a long time now

 

[MadTinus]

They were my favorite band around when Judgement was out, then they took a nosedive. AFDtE had a few really good songs but A Natural Disaster was really boring, maybe it was too many obvious outside influences like Radiohead or just lack of the songwriting genious they held in their past. I for one don't hold much hope for the bands future recording but I also hope that I'm proven wrong.

I totally agree.

AFDTE has some excellent moments/songs, but A Natural Disaster does its title a bit too much justice i.m.o.. What I miss are songs, structured songs, not soundscapes/improvisations that start, never really get underway and then just fade out again after 5 minutes...

Also, the last few times (last time was in April last year, supporting Porcupine Tree) I saw them live they just plain sucked. To the point I almost felt offended how they dared to put up such a crappy show as they did, playing so sloppy, totally ruining the songs, especially the older ones (Fragile Dreams!).

Anyway, they still hold a special place in my heart for their older albums and it's that which keeps my hopes up for their future material, I know they have it in them, now let's see if they manage to get it out..

 

[discouraged1]

a tour with HIM should help. tho John is still a bad drummer live

 

[Cerulean]

He's not the best but he does the job... I mean, they don't depend on John luckily.

 

[discouraged1]

aye, but he's their old friend, i doubt they would throw him out.

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

John may not be the greatest drummer, but he is a very important songwriting force within the band. He's written some of their best recent stuff

 

[Cerulean]

Danny is by far the one who writes the most stuff, but John's songs are indeed very good.

 

[MadTinus]

Recently Danny writes most stuff and also in the beginning, but John was a big contributor to Judgement for instance.

And indeed, he's (mostly) the weak link live...

 

[salient]

with their recent direction, they're probably shooting for something like EMI or sony

Major Labels! Ok !

 

[gone]

Just lowered me to your class level

Yeah, because it was me who went ad hominem because someone dared not to fawn over a band I like. Grow up.

 

[Vincent J.]

offtopic: for the ones able and interested to come:
Anathema will be performing a gig in Wageningen (the netherlands) 4 May
I've heard the entrance is free...

 

[Divatkreació]

What? Free. Why? Unfair.

 

[Vincent J.]

What? Free. Why? Unfair.

It's some national day ("remebrance day") So there are all kinds of things to do in Wageningen, including some gigs (mostly complete crap)
but the gig is free cause it's pretty much right on the streets...