Anathema - Eternity (1996) (Japanese PCCY-01050)

Posted By: apocalipsys2014

Date: March 4, 2012

This is the “departure” release that so many bands have. It’s the one where the style changes or the vocals change or the song writing changes, etc… On this there is a bit of everything mentioned above. The production is good, better than ‘The Silent Enigma’ and the song writing is amazing. The vocals are clean straight through with perhaps some gruffer semi-Thrash inspired moments here and there. Musically one could argue that this is a logical progression from ‘The Silent Enigma’, but one could also argue that there are a few records missing in between to allow acclimation for such an abrupt change. The guitars sound as though they’ve been tuned up to either standard or ‘D’ (Everything from the ‘Crest Fallen’ EP through ‘The Silent Enigma’ was in ‘B’). The guitars are still undeniably catchy yet have that confounding atmospheric presence that is perhaps used to its fullest on this release. There are some solos (more leads really) here and there. There is a sufficient amount of crunch thrown in as well. After this release they stopped utilizing their signature two guitar harmonies.

The bass has a very interesting tone to it, somewhat comparable to the bass tone heard on Paradise Losts’ ‘One Second’, but unlike PL’s Gothic foray, this is more organic and really suits the music. The drums are a little on the minimalistic side but manage to add to the over all depressive sound (this is also the last album where two bass drums are used as well.) Lyrically this album is once again a progression as they are perhaps more relevant to everyday life and a little less abstract as on prior releases. It’s a tough call on what to label this release as its very Goth inspired. The speeds of the songs are more in the Doom realm but the mood and atmosphere simply scream Goth Metal. Perhaps simply calling it Gothic/Doom Metal would suffice. Despite what some would tell you this is very guitar driven recording. The melodies and vocals are very haunting and rather ethereal at times. This is also the bands last Metal release (its follow up ‘Alternative 4’ has some Metal in it, but it’s more on the dark alternative side of music.) This is a beautiful piece of original music and worthy of your money.

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Musicians:

Vocals, guitar : Vincent Cavanagh
Guitars, Keyboards : Danny Cavanagh
Bass : Duncan Patterson
Drums : John Douglas

Recorded at The Windings, Ffrwd Valley, Wales.
Mastered at Battery Studios

Track List:

01. Sentient [3:00]
02. Angelica [5:50]
03. The Beloved [4:44]
04. Eternity part I [5:35]
05. Eternity part II [3:12]
06. Hope [5:56]
07. Suicide Veil [5:10]
08. Radiance [5:52]
09. Far Away [5:30]
10. Eternity part III [4:44]
11. Cries on the Wind [5:01]
12. Ascension [3:37]
13. Far Away (Acoustic) (Japanese Bonus Track) [5:23]
14. Eternity part III (Acoustic) (Japanese Bonus Track) [5:06]
15. Sleepless '96 (Japanese Bonus Track) [4:30]

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Anathema / Eternity [Peaceville Records PCCY-01050 Japan]

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