Anathema

Artist: Anathema

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Location: Liverpool, England

Status: Active

Formed in: 1990

Years active: 1990 (as Pagan Angel), 1990-present

Genre: Doom/Death Metal (early), Progressive/Alternative Rock (later)

Lyrical themes: Doom, Personal struggles, Love, Despair, Spirituality

Current label: Kscope Music

Members:

Jamie Cavanagh: Bass (1990-1991, 2001-present) 

John Douglas: Drums (1990-1997, 1998-2014, 2017-present), Keyboards (2011-present), Percussion, Programming (2014-present) 

Vincent Cavanagh: Guitars (1990-present), Vocals (lead) (1995-present), Keyboards (2011-present) 

Danny Cavanagh: Guitars, Keyboards, Piano, Vocals (1990-2002, 2003-present) 

Lee Douglas: Vocals (backing) (2000-present), Vocals (lead) (2003-present) 

Daniel Cardoso: Keyboards, Drums (2012-present) 

In the beginning, Anathema were a doom/death metal band. Progressively, they've changed their music, today playing atmospheric/progressive rock.

 Guitarist Vincent Cavanagh took over as the band's vocalist when Darren J. White left. Anathema currently have four of the original five band members in their line-up, but Vincent Cavanagh has been the only ever-present.

 Anathema effectively traded keyboard players with Cradle of Filth in 2000. Martin Powell left his role as Anathema's live keyboardist to join Cradle as replacement for Les Smith, who then went on to join Anathema first in a touring capacity and later as a permanent member.

 Shortly after the release of A Fine Day to Exit, Danny left the band and relocated to Ireland to work with Duncan Patterson in Antimatter. That did not work out and Danny returned to Anathema with a full album's worth of songs which became A Natural Disaster.

 Vincent, Danny and Jamie Cavanagh are brothers, and Vincent and Jamie are twins. Lee and John Douglas are brother and sister.

Compilation Appearances

 - "Lovelorn Rhapsody" on Peaceville Vol. 4 (Peaceville, 1992)

 - "Welcome to Hell" on In the Name of Satan: A Tribute to Venom  (1994)

 - "Read Between the Lies" on Slatanic Slaughter II: A Tribute to Slayer (1996)

 - "Better Off Dead" on Peaceville X (Peaceville, 1998)

 - "Wasted Years" on Maiden Heaven, Volume 2 (Kerrang! Magazine, 2016)

Discography:

  Serenades (1993)

Album: Serenades

Type: Full-length

Release date: February 1993

Catalog ID: VILE 34 CD

Label: Peaceville Records

Format: CD

Mp3 | 128Kbps | 01:05:45 | 60,8Mb

Tracklist:
1. Lovelorn Rhapsody  06:25

2. Sweet Tears  04:14

3. J'ai fait une promesse  02:40

4. They (Will Always) Die  07:16

5. Sleepless  04:12

6. Sleep in Sanity  06:53

7. Scars of the Old Stream  01:10

8. Under a Veil (of Black Lace)  07:34

9. Where Shadows Dance  01:58

10. Dreaming: The Romance  * 23:23  instrumental

Recorded at Academy Studios, West Yorkshire, in June, July & September 1992.



  The Silent Enigma (1995)

Album: The Silent Enigma
Type: Full-length

Release date: 2003

Catalog ID: CDVILED 52

Label: Peaceville Records

Format: CD, Digipak, remastered

Mp3 | 192Kbps | 01:03:21 | 87,9Mb

Tracklist:

1. Restless Oblivion  08:03

2. Shroud of Frost  07:31

3. ...Alone  04:24

4. Sunset of Age  06:57

5. Nocturnal Emission  04:20

6. Cerulean Twilight  07:05

7. The Silent Enigma  04:25

8. A Dying Wish  08:12

9. Black Orchid  03:40  instrumental

10. The Silent Enigma Orchestral  * 04:12  instrumental

11. Sleepless 96  * 04:32

Orchestral arrangements by Daniel Cavanagh.
- Album Art: "Lady In Milton's Comus" by L. Wright used by kind permission of The Board Of Trustees Of The National Museums And Galleries On Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery).
- Horsehead Nebula picture: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh / AATB / Science Photo Library.
- Photography by Simon Mooney.
- Band picture by Meany.

*The Peaceville 2003 re-release contains the following bonus tracks:
  10: The Silent Enigma (Orchestral) (04:12)
  11: Sleepless '96 (04:31)

The first pressing incorrectly lists track 4 as "Sunset of the Age". This has been corrected on later versions.

All tracks recorded at Lynx Studios, Newcastle except "...Alone" recorded at M.A. Studios, Liverpool.
Mixed at the Academy, Dewsbury.



  Eternity (1996)

Album: Eternity

Type: Full-length

Release date: November 11th, 1996

Catalog ID: CDVILE 64

Label: Peaceville Records

Format: CD

Mp3 | 128Kbps | 57:54 | 54Mb

Tracklist:

1. Sentient  02:59

2. Angelica  05:51

3. The Beloved  04:44

4. Eternity (Part 1)  05:35

5. Eternity (Part 2)  03:12

6. Hope (Roy Harper cover)  05:55

7. Suicide Veil  05:11

8. Radiance  05:52

9. Far Away  05:30

10. Eternity (Part 3)  04:44

11. Cries on the Wind  05:01

12. Ascension  03:20  instrumental

*"Dawn" (by Farquaharson) & "Fantine" (by Hall) courtesy of Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery).
*Optical image of stars in cloud courtesy of Royal Observatory, Edinburgh / AATB / Science Photo Library.
*All tracks published by Vile Music except "Hope" published by Pink Floyd Music / Copyright Control.
*The Roy Harper cover opens with the track "Bad Speech" and then progresses into "Hope"; this reflects the way it was originally released on "Whatever Happened to Jugula?" in 1985.

Recorded at The Windings, Ffrwd Valley, Wales.

Mastered at Battery Studios

  Alternative 4 (1998)

Album: Alternative 4
Type: Full-length

Release date: August 11th, 1998

Catalog ID: CDVILE 73

Label: Peaceville Records

Format: CD

Mp3 | 320Kbps | 44:57 | 103Mb

Tracklist: 

1. Shroud of False  01:37

2. Fragile Dreams  05:32

3. Empty  03:00

4. Lost Control  05:50

5. Re-Connect  03:52

6. Inner Silence  03:08

7. Alternative 4  06:18

8. Regret  07:58

9. Feel  05:28

10. Destiny  02:14

The album title refers to the "Alternative 3" television programme and book. In interviews, the band mentioned they found "Alternative 3" too depressing so they came up with "Alternative 4", which is the album concept.

Recorded at The Windings Jan-Feb '98.
Mixed at Parkgate.
Mastered at Transfermation.

  Judgement (1999)

Album: Judgement
Type: Full-length

Release date: June 21st, 1999

Catalog ID: CDMFN 250

Label: Music for Nations

Format: CD

Mp3 | 128Kbps | 56:56 | 50,5Mb

Tracklist:

1. Deep  04:53

2. Pitiless  03:11

3. Forgotten Hopes  03:50

4. Destiny Is Dead  01:47  instrumental

5. Make It Right (F.F.S.)  04:19

6. One Last Goodbye  05:24

7. Parisienne Moonlight  02:10

8. Judgement  04:20

9. Don't Look Too Far  04:57

10. Emotional Winter  05:54

11. Wings of God  06:29

12. Anyone, Anywhere  04:51

13. 2000 & Gone  04:51  instrumental

Packaged in a transparent tray jewel case with a 6 pages booklet.
Dedicated to Helen Cavanagh (1949-1998).

Repressed on Cardsleeve CD in 2011 by Sony Music Entertainment.
Repressed on 180 gram double vinyl by Peaceville Records in 2011, limited to 2000 copies.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Damage, Inc. Studios, Ventimiglia, Italy, February 1st-April 15th, 1999.

  A Fine Day to Exit (2001)

Album: A Fine Day To Exit

Type: Full-length
Release date: October 1st, 2001

Catalog ID: CDMFN 260

Label: Music for Nations

Format: CD

Mp3 | 192Kbps | 01:02:29 | 86,3Mb

Tracklist:
1. Pressure  06:44

2. Release  05:47

3. Looking Outside Inside  06:23

4. Leave No Trace  04:46

5. Underworld  04:10

6. Barriers  05:54

7. Panic  03:30

8. A Fine Day to Exit  06:49

9. Temporary Peace  18:26

There is a hidden track (02:59) after "Temporary Peace" (only on the CD version, the 12" version just fades out after Temporary Peace).

Re-released on 180 grams double vinyl by Peaceville Records in 2011, both limited to 2000 copies.

Recorded at the Windings & Chapel Studios; additional recordings kept from demos made at Crush Studios.

  A Natural Disaster (2003)

Album: A Natural Disaster
Type: Full-length

Release date: November 3rd, 2003

Catalog ID: CDMFN298

Label: Music for Nations

Format: CD

Mp3 | 192Kbps | 55:23 | 77,3Mb

Tracklist: 

1. Harmonium  05:28

2. Balance  03:59

3. Closer  06:20

4. Are You There?  04:59

5. Childhood Dream  02:11  instrumental

6. Pulled Under at 2000 Metres a Second  05:23

7. A Natural Disaster  06:28

8. Flying  05:57

9. Electricity  03:52

10. Violence  10:46  instrumental

All songs by D. Cavanagh except 2 by D. Cavanagh, V. Cavanagh, J. Douglas

Shortly after the release of (previous album) "A Fine Day to Exit", Danny left Anathema, and relocated to Ireland to work with Duncan Patterson in Antimatter. That did not work out, and Danny returned to Anathema with a full album's worth of songs, which became "A Natural Disaster".

The album title was suggested to Danny Cavanaugh by Duncan Patterson, while in Ireland.

In a 2003 interview, Danny explained that he wrote "Violence" for Cradle of Filth, but "never sent it to them". The initial version recorded by Anathema was also longer, and ended with a sung part, featuring Anna Stone, a friend of the band. But they eventually decided that "it had to be an instrumental and nothing else could have finished the album".

Re-released on 180 grams double vinyl by Peaceville Records in 2011, both limited to 2000 copies

Recorded and mixed at Parkgate Studios, Battle, Summer 2003.
Tracks 2 & 7 mixed at Electric Mayhem, Nottingham.



  Hindsight (2008)

Album: Hindsight
Type: Full-length

Release date: August 25th, 2008

Catalog ID: KSCOPE106

Label: Kscope Music

Format: CD

Mp3 | 320Kbps | 52:38 | 127Mb

Tracklist: 

1. Fragile Dreams  05:30

2. Leave No Trace  04:52

3. Inner Silence  03:40

4. One Last Goodbye  06:03

5. Are You There?  05:18

6. Angelica  05:00

7. A Natural Disaster  06:20

8. Temporary Peace  05:10

9. Flying  06:27

10. Unchained (Tales of the Unexpected)  04:18

The release is a semi-acoustic album consisting of remakes of old songs and one new track:
Tracks 1 and 3 originally on "Alternative 4"
Tracks 2 and 8 originally on "A Fine Day to Exit"
Track 4 originally on "Judgement"
Tracks 5, 7 and 9 originally on "A Natural Disaster"
Track 6 originally on "Eternity"
Track 10 is a new song.

Produced and performed winter-spring in 2008.



  We're Here Because We're Here (2010)

Album: We're Here Because We're Here
Type: Full-length

Release date: May 31st, 2010

Catalog ID: KSCOPE145

Label: Kscope Music

Format: CD

Mp3 | 192Kbps | 57:54 | 77Mb

Tracklist: 

1. Thin Air  05:59

2. Summernight Horizon  04:12

3. Dreaming Light  05:45

4. Everything  05:03

5. Angels Walk Among Us  05:17

6. Presence  02:58

7. A Simple Mistake  08:10

8. Get Off Get Out  05:01

9. Universal  07:19

10. Hindsight  08:10  Instrumental

All photographs taken at significant locations in Liverpool.

Recorded at the Bunglaow, Yorkshire; and Propagation House, Cornwall.
Strings recorded at Angel Studios, London.
Produced by Anathema.



  Falling Deeper (2011)

Album: Falling Deeper
Type: Full-length

Release date: September 5th, 2011

Catalog ID: KSCOPE187

Label: Kscope Music

Format: CD, Digipak

Mp3 | 320Kbps | 38:58 | 106Mb

Tracklist: 

1. Crestfallen  03:06

2. Sleep in Sanity  03:53

3. Kingdom  04:27

4. They Die  02:10  instrumental

5. Everwake  03:05

6. J'ai fait une promesse  04:22  instrumental

7. Alone  07:15

8. We, the Gods  03:01  instrumental

9. Sunset of Age  07:39

The album features brand new orchestral arrangements of songs and melodies from the band's earliest days:
Tracks 1, 4 and 5 originally from "The Crestfallen" EP
Tracks 2 and 6 originally from "Serenades"
Tracks 3 and 8 originally from "Pentecost III" EP
Tracks 7 and 9 originally from "The Silent Enigma".

Recorded at Parr Street Studios and at Angel Studios
Mastered at Close to the Edge

  Weather Systems (2012)

Album: Weather Systems
Type: Full-length

Release date: April 16th, 2012

Catalog ID: KSCOPE209

Label: Kscope Music

Format: CD, Slipcase

Mp3 | 320Kbps | 55:44 | 128Mb

Tracklist: 

1. Untouchable (Part 1)  06:14

2. Untouchable (Part 2)  05:33

3. The Gathering of the Clouds  03:27

4. Lightning Song  05:25

5. Sunlight  04:55

6. The Storm Before the Calm  09:23

7. The Beginning and the End  04:53

8. The Lost Child  07:02

9. Internal Landscapes  08:52

Jamie Cavanagh is listed as live member in the booklet and is only credited for playing bass on The Storm Before The Calm.

The narration on "Internal Landscapes" is from a 1981 interview with Joe Geraci.
"Internal Landscapes" is dedicated to William Cavanagh.

*Recorded at Aerial Studios, Wrexham; Parr Street Studios, Liverpool and Christer-André Cederberg's place, Oslo
*Mixed at Christer-André Cederberg's place, Oslo.
*Mastered at Propeller mastering, Oslo



  Distant Satellites (2014)

Album: Distant Satellites
Type: Full-length

Release date: June 9th, 2014

Catalog ID: KSCOPE302

Label: Soyuz Music

Format: CD

Mp3 | 192Kbps | 56:45 | 78,1Mb

Tracklist: 

1. The Lost Song (Part 1)  05:54

2. The Lost Song (Part 2)  05:45

3. Dusk (Dark Is Descending)  06:00

4. Ariel  06:29

5. The Lost Song (Part 3)  05:22

6. Anathema  06:41

7. You're Not Alone  03:27

8. Firelight  02:43  instrumental

9. Distant Satellites  08:17

10. Take Shelter  06:07

The credits mention Jamie Cavanagh as the band's bassist while acknowledging that Christer-André Cederberg played bass on the álbum.

Recorded and mixed at Cederberg Studios, Olso

Drums recorded at Urban Sound Studios, Oslo

Mastered at Propellor Studios, Oslo

  The Optimist (2017)

Album: The Optimist
Type: Full-length
Release date: June 9th, 2017
Catalog ID: KSCOPE356
Label: Kscope Music
Format: CD
MP3 | 320Kbps | 58:38 | 136Mb

Tracklist:
1. 32.63N 117.14W  01:18  instrumental
2. Leaving It Behind  04:27
3. Endless Ways  05:49
4. The Optimist  05:37
5. San Francisco  04:59  instrumental
6. Springfield  05:49
7. Ghosts  04:17
8. Can't Let Go  05:00
9. Close Your Eyes  03:39
10. Wildfires  05:40
11. Back to the Start  11:41

Recorded at Attica Audio in Donegal, Ireland and Castle of Doom in Glasgow, Scotland.

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