Anathema

[makethestringscry]

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Just listened to them for the first time, on myspace and the 2 songs available from their website. Beautiful music. Check it out if you havent before, and leave some comments. A Natural Disaster is a great song.

 

[all_sins_undone]

good band

 

[Don Corleone]

who are they?

 

[Id]

I really like this band

 

[wankerness]

Everything from "The Silent Enigma" onwards is great, and some of the earlier material is too ("We: The Gods" and "Sleepless" come to mind). I can't really pick a favorite out of Eternity, Alternative 4, Judgment and A Fine Day to Exit, they're all amazingly good. The last one was really good too, but not QUITE up to the level of the previous few. It's really too bad they can't find a label to release their new album, though I wasn't a huge fan of the one song they had on their website from it.

 

[Sexy_Grandpa]

I have heard most of their albums, and while generally good, I'd say "Judgement" would clearly be the best in my opinion. And "A Fine Day To Exit" would definitely be the worst LOL. Very bleak and depressing music.

 

[i aint play this]

They are awesome, judgement & Alternative 4 ftw.

 

[Liquid Tension]

Judgement & Alternative 4 are my favorites...

 

[Kir-ir-Bannog]

Eternity was my first, took me a while to get used to Cavannaghs wailing vocals, but they suit the music very well. I saw them support PT last year and they played an immense cover of comfortably numb.
Fantastic under-rated british band. I believe they massive in Greece.

 

[waz416c]

who are they?

hahaha.....this is the first time Ive read a smart -ass...."scarcastic" post from you...!!!....ahahah.....but made me laugh....!!!.....hahaha...!!!.....PEAC EOUT

 

[MasterOLightning]

A Fine Day to Exit is their best.

 

[waz416c]

A Fine Day to Exit is their best.

I was gonna say Judgement...!!!..but fien day to exit is good too....also a Natural Disaster....!!!;....PEAC EOUT

 

[all_sins_undone]

why not just name all the albums they've put out, waz

 

[opeth_353]

And "A Fine Day To Exit" would definitely be the worst LOL. Very bleak and depressing music.

I actually liked it for the fact it was pretty bleak. Was just very soothing.. Guess i was in need of something like it at the time!

 

[biggsy]

top band. i have the most recent dvd, which is great. are you there or temporary peace are the best tracks but i think id give alt 4 the best album. so many greats songs.

 

[wankerness]

Oh, I forgot they had a DVD. I'll have to get that.

 

[waz416c]

why not just name all the albums they've put out, waz

Hahahha......well......i love those albums ...its liek someone asking me waht Alicew in chains albums are good...or waht albums of Opeth are good...ure bound to say atelast 3 or 4...hahaha........!!!!......same with Anathema....PEAC EOUT

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

A Fine Day to Exit is their best.

+1

But I'm fairly certain that their next record is going to be something of a masterpiece. They played a new song which they had written about 5 hours beforehand the night I saw them, and it was so beautiful and joyous it nearly made me cry.

They also did an absolutely jaw-dropping rendition of 'Hurt'.

By a fucking MILE, the most underrated band in the UK today. If not the world.

 

[LightningLixxx]

Definitely one of my favorite bands.
A Fine Day To Exit was the first album I got of theirs and I still really like it but Alternative IV is pretty awesome. I just love the part in Fragile Dreams where it goes, "maybe I always knew..." but then I'm disappointed every time that they don't go into a double bass drum beat.
I still need Judgement.

 

[Don Corleone]

seriously,


i believe alternative 4 is a milestone in metal music. patterson wrote 6 tracks on that one and each has a crushing atmosphere of their own. the wicked psychedelic track "alternative 4" is something anathema would never even DREAM of writing. he's one of my musical heroes, he knows the difference between "sad" and "dark, noir" very well.