Anathema

[Mad Melvin]

I borrowed "a natural disaster" album from my friend and I think this is fucking great! :eek
What ive read on the internet, the other albums are a lot heavier and even better than this one. Which album should I get next?

[Helm]

you should burn this album and throw the remains away and never listen to anything by anathema that isn't Serenades, Pentecost III, Crestfallen EP or the illiad of woes demo.

[adept_ninja]

you should burn this album and throw the remains away and never listen to anything by anathema that isn't Serenades, Pentecost III, Crestfallen EP or the illiad of woes demo.
I didnt really like their other albums either but you should still give them a try melvin. Anathema rocks though check out "shape of dispair" sounds alot different but you might like them.

[Ninjavenom]

Helm's right on the money. Ignore everything but what he mentioned.

[Immortal Goat]

Serenades, definitely. J'ai Fait Une Promesse sounds like it's sung by a fuckin angel, and the rest of the album is just dark, gritty depressing shit. Normally, I don't go for that, but this is well written, not goth-poem like.

Actually, I-Mockery is the reason I own Serenades. Thank you. :)

[Mad Melvin]

I tried pentecost and serenades, but I thought they were quite boring. :(
Natural Disaster is still their best album, but I liked A Fine Day To Exit too.

[Helm]

You don't understand those earlier albums, which I guess is ok, since they're not for everybody. I guess you didn't even try. Some music makes you work for it. The newer stuff is very very accessible though, so I guess congratulations on being musically shortsighted enough to neglect real musical treasures in favour of instant (and cheap) gratification by yet another horrible radiohead clone.

[Mad Melvin]

Thank you, I guess. :/
I really wanted to like those albums, but like I said, I found them to be boring. But thats just my opinion.
And I agree with you, that the new albums are quite similar to Radiohead (especially AFDTE), but I wouldnt call it a horrible clone.

[Helm]

to understand these albums, you must understand and enjoy doom metal even a little.

And yes, horrible clone is putting it mildly for a band that was once so great.

[Dixie]

Way too Radiohead-like stuff for me now. The old albums were great!Don't like ANY of the new stuff. Yuck. Porcupine Tree is getting that way for me too now.

[TheLogLady]

i've been a anathema fan for a pretty long time, and i really like the earlier doomier stuff quite a bit...but i have to say that "judgement" is by far my favorite. it's one of the few albums that gives me goosebumps everytime.

[Mr. Fugo]

All their doom-stuff is great. Judgement and Eternity are the only cd's I've got that arent froom the doom era, and they are pretty good too.