Anathema, *heart* Options

[Dr Strum]

Alright, bitches, you knew this was coming.
Well, maybe not, but whether you do or don't, I feel bad for any of you who do not know them. :(

Anyways, I don't know what to say about them without sounding like a rabid fangirl, which I suppose I am. At least for Anathema. So, instead, I'll give a little information on them, and then a bunch of links from where you can sample much of their music.

History
Anathema formed at the beginning of the nineties under the name Pagan Angel, but eventually ditched that name and released a few demos, and then signed to Peaceville records. They released three albums, pioneering the Doom/Death sound alongside biggies such as My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost before their first major change-up; their original vocalist, Darren White, left the band (rumoured to have been kicked out of the band, but he went on to form The Blood Divine, then, most recently, Seretonal). Instead of finding a new one, Vincent Cavanagh took on vocal duties alongside guitar. They released some new albums on Peaceville, each one straying further and further from their orginial sound, swapping members in and out, switching labels twice, getting fucked out of a contract by MTVUK, and then being dropped by their most recent label. They remain unsigned with their current lineup of Vincent, Daniel and Jamie Cavanagh, Les Smith and John Douglas. They continue to make music, posting it on their website, as they continue to try and find a new label.

Discograpy
I'm not including demos and singles and compilations and DVDs and shit like most lists do. (Except Hindsight in which all the songs are remade and thus DIFFERENT.)

• 1992 - Crestfallen EP
• 1993 - Serenades
• 1995 - Pentecost III EP
• 1995 - The Silent Enigma
• 1996 - Eternity
• 1998 - Alternative 4
• 1999 - Judgement
• 2001 - A Fine Day to Exit
• 2003 - A Natural Disaster
• 2008 - Hindsight
• 2010 - We're Here Because We're Here

Except the last four, all of these have been re-released, most with bonus tracks and videos, so they're not hard to find if you were to want them.

Links
Where you can find your info and free downloads.
http://www.anathema.ws - Official Site
http://www.myspace.com/weareanathema - Official MySpace
http://anathemaniacs.net/ - Fan Site
http://www.drsturm.net/msc/Anathema/ - My Own Online Repository of Anathema Music
The last one's not completely legal, but I'm trying to get more people into Anathema, and few are willing if they have to go search and download.

Anyways, best band ever, check them out. <3

[Dr Strum]

I actually have the single version of that, "We Are The Bible".

I hate you. :( I had to wait until the Serenades with the We Are the Bible songs as bonus tracks came out because I couldn't find that.

I'm pretty they're on one of, if not both, of the Resonance copies too.

As I pointed out.

Except Nailed to the Cross has Nailed To The Cross / 666 instead of the aforementioned.

Because it has the (perhaps) satirical "666" attached to the end of the song. Like "Memento Mori".

[Irysa]

I hate you. :( I had to wait until the Serenades with the We Are the Bible songs as bonus tracks came out because I couldn't find that.

Eheh.

As I pointed out.

Sorry, I must have read that wrong.


Actually, checking the files, I have both Serenades and Extra Tracks as well as the normal Serenades album. Yet WMP only plays the Serenades and Extra Tracks folder. Odd.

No wait, I'm wrong.

This post has been edited by Chaos Seraph: Feb 28 2007, 11:45 PM

[Rhiannon]

WELL FINE I GUESS I'LL JUST DO WHAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING POSTS LATER.

A Fine Day to Exit: Leave No Trace, Underworld.
Alternative 4: Shroud of False, Better Off Dead, Empty.
Eternity: Angelica, The Beloved, Eternity Part III (Acoustic), Cries on the Wind.
Judgement: Deep, One Last Goodbye, Emotional Winter.
Serenades: Lovelorn Rhapsody, Sleepless, J'ai Fait Une Promesse.
The Crestfallen: Everwake, Crestfallen.
Pentecost III: We, the Gods, Memento Mori, Pentecost III.
The Silent Enigma: Restless Oblivion, The Silent Enigma, Shroud of Frost, A Dying Wish, Cerulean Twilight, Black Orchid, Sleepless 96, The Silent Enigma (Orchestral).

YEAH SO WHAT IF I LISTED ALMOST ALL OF THE SONGS ON THE SILENT ENIGMA. I just love it so much. :(

[Irysa]

No Kingdom on Pentecost III? Whaaaa

This post has been edited by Chaos Seraph: Mar 1 2007, 07:45 PM

[Rhiannon]

I LISTED PENTECOST III LOOK AGAIN.

And I don't really like Kingdom much. :( It seems kind of boring. Actually, I don't remember it at all. But the fact that I don't remember it means that I didn't like it enough to consider it a favourite!

[Irysa]

;_;

[Wally]

Well, I've only listened to a few songs, but so far I like it.

[Dr Strum]

Out of boredom, and because yet another LCN member falls to my plan of turning this from a Mari to an Anathema fansite, my history with Anathema:

I believe it mid 2003 that someone randomly recommended it on GFAQs to someone else but I decided to check them out too. I found only a few sngs on Kazaa, but I did enjoy them a lot; "One Last Goodbye", "Wings of God" (are these two the songs that get everyone into Anathema?) and "Leave No Trace".
Then I forgot about them for a year. I listened to them, still, but it was summer of 2004 that I looked into them again. I found "The Silent Enigma (Orchestral)" and "Angelica" and fell in love. So I decided to download their discography, and, after that, realized it was time to buy all their music, because music this good is worth the money. <3


Anyways. Enough of that. How did the rest of you get into Anathema?
Preferably those that weren't introduced to them by this thread, but...

[Irysa]

You suggested a couple of songs on mIRC late last year, I got Cries on the Wind and Sleepless. Kept them for a while, but I started to look into Doom Metal more. Bumped into Draconian, remembered Anathema, decided to check them out more, here I am.

[Rhiannon]

I heard them when Sturm was listening to them because he's a jerk, and then after a short period of thinking they were stupid, I came to love them.

[Dr Strum]

short period

Hyperbole.

[Rhiannon]

I don't even REMEMBER disliking them. I only said that because you insist that I disliked them at one point. I say "short period" because if it's true, it was for such a small amount of time that I completely forgot about it.

[Yuka]

Yeah, I finally checked Anathema out.

Two words: Freaking godlike.

And by godlike, I mean exceptionally awesome music.

As Asaph would know from the channel, I especially like Pulled Under at 2000 Meters per Second >_>

[Irysa]

FUCK YEAH

[Dr Strum]

I never read the FAQ section of Anathema's website.

2. How can we get the tablatures or notes of the Songs of Anathema?

We hope in the future to make our own songbook with full versions of all our favourite songs. That would be prepared by me and Les.

Do very much want.