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Anathema
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Vinnie Apicella
Anathema's seemingly existed for an eternity. in fact so too does their
music, much of which embraces those hollowed darker moments that hearken back
to the instrumentally strewn days of yore spawning an ethereal and
spiritual Baroque-like quality designed to transport the listener to another
time and place, past and future, solitude beyond the stars. Place
yourself momentarily within an unimaginable context of classic Pink Floyd
with all of their atmospheric legend and up through traditional and
modern day folk currents of a stately Therion style where somewhere
between exists this entity known as Anathema. This classy digi-pak
offering features Anathema in their lighter moments, long a feature of the
band having crossed and burned bridges since their decade plus origins,
and here a peaceful solace enveloped in the many serene scenes
layered within fifteen genuine tracks and one concluding video enhanced
"Hope." "Resonance" was designed as a two part audio documentation that later
in 2002 will culminate with a compressed volume of their grim and
more aggressive moments. For present, follow a softly flowing stream
measured in ambient textures, gothically-blessed pieces colored in acoustics
and moments of female enchantment amongst previously released LP
versions and alternate overseas rarities plus an unreleased gem in the live
form of "Angelica." Listeners will be further drawn by the inclusion of
three covers originally appearing on Peaceville's own "Compilation X"
that feature "One Of The Few" and "Goodbye Cruel World," drawn from
the expected Pink Floyd well, and "Better Off Dead," an unexpected change
in tempo as well as cover choice from Bad Religion's "Stranger
Than Fiction" release. For those in need of a particularly mellow
phase, Anathema's first offering of "Resonance" will be sure to please
and perhaps provide none more so evident of a calm before a
developing Spring storm. .
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