Name: Country: Status: Description:	Anathema United Kingdom Active Started playing heavy death/doom with grunts and was one of the three great death/doom bands from the Peaceville label in the early 90s. They were often mentioned alongside Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride. Early Anathema was characterized by the unique vocals of Darren White. After he left, they slowly evolved towards a complex, psychedelic sound with clean vocals. A lot of people now compare them to the legendary rock band Pink Floyd. They are currently known mainly for creating emotional rock music.
Discography:	1990: 'An Iliad of Woes' (Demo Tape) None 1991: 'All Faith is Lost' (Demo Tape) None 1992: 'Crestfallen' (Mcd) Peaceville 1992: 'They Die' (7 inch.) Witchhunt Records 1993: 'Serenades' (CD) Peaceville 1994: 'We are the Bible' (7 inch.) Peaceville 1995: 'Pentecost III' (Mcd) Peaceville 1995: 'The Silent Enigma' (CD) Peaceville 1996: 'Eternity' (CD) Peaceville 1997: 'A Vision of A Dying Embrace' (Video) Peaceville 1998: 'Alternative 4' (CD) Peaceville 1998: 'Alternative Future' (Promo) Peaceville 1999: 'Deep' (Promo) Music for Nations 1999: 'Judgement' (CD) Music for Nations 1999: 'Make it Right' (Promo) Music for Nations 2001: 'Resonance' (Compilation) Peaceville 2001: 'A Fine Day to Exit' (CD) Music for Nations 2002: 'A Vision of A Dying Embrace' (DVD) Peaceville 2002: 'Resonance 2' (Compilation) Peaceville 2003: 'A Natural Disaster' (CD) Music for Nations 2004: 'Where You There?' (DVD) Music for Nations 2006: 'A Moment In Time' (DVD) Metal Mind Productions 2007: 'Everything' (CD) Metal Mind Productions
Contact:	Official Anathema Fanclub Fabriciusstr. 80 22177 Hamburg Germany If you're interested in joining please send 4 IRCs E-mail: anathema@anathema.ws
Homepage:	Official: www.anathema.ws Un-official: home.clara.net/anathema/bandA/front.html Un-official: www.angelfire.com/mn2/anathema/index.html Mp3.com: www.mp3.com/Anathema/artists/35951/summary.html BNR Metal pages: www.bnrmetal.com/groups/anat.htm Lost souls domain: www.zenial.nl/html/anathema.htm Darklyrics.com: www.darklyrics.com/a/anathema.html Info site: www.rockdetector.com/artist,392.sm Mailinglist: groups.yahoo.com/group/anathema Forum: www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=62 Related: wakeup.to/deadmendream Related: www.blackmetal.com/~mega/antimatter/index.shtml
Misc. info:	Stopped producing Doom-metal after 'The Silent Enigma' - Vocalist Darren White left after 'Pentecost III' and formed The Blood Divine. After that he joined Dead Men Dream, which he left to create his own band: Serotonal. The vocals were taken over by Vincent Cavanagh. Bassist and important songwriter Duncan Patterson left after 'Alternative 4' and formed a band called Antimatter (later joined by Daniel Cavanagh) - Most older albums have been re-released by Peaceville. - Violinist/Keyboard player Martin from My Dying Bride has done some session work for Anathema after he departed from My Dying Bride. - Danny Cavanagh also plays in LID a band that also features Eric Wagner of Trouble fame.
Sound Sample: 'We, the Gods' (taken from 'Pentecost III')