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Liverpool, Merseyside, England (1990 – present)

There is more than one artist with the name Anathema.

1) Anathema is a band from Liverpool, Merseyside, England primarily known as one of the pioneering and leading acts, incorporating growling, poetic lyrics and complex arrangements into the traditional doom riffage. Later in their career, beginning with “Eternity”, they moved away from this sound into more melodic, .

Anathema formed in 1990 as a doom metal band, initially under the name ‘Pagan Angel’. In November of that year, the band recorded their first demo, entitled “An Iliad of Woes”. This demo caught the attention of several bands from the English metal scene, allowing Anathema to play gigs with bands like Bolt Thrower and Paradise Lost.

At the beginning of 1991, the band adopted its current name, and gained a lot of attention with the release of their second demo entitled “All Faith Is Lost”, resulting in a four-album deal with Peaceville Records. Their first release under the label was “The Crestfallen EP” in November 1992. They took the material from that album on the road, touring with Cannibal Corpse.

Serenades, Anathema’s debut LP, attracted a lot of mainstream attention, propelling their “Sweet Tears” music video onto the MTV playlist.

Anathema’s first European tour was in 1994, and was closely followed by gigs at the Independent Rock Festival in Brazil.
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  • KevinVillage

    you can stick your fingers in your ears and tell me you're not listening, but i know you are

    51 minutes ago

  • KevinVillage

    it does not need to be inspired, silly, it is simply an observation that you do or do not agree with. i don't see why people get all up in arms about it, but it's amusing, so i'll make sure to emphasize the point: ANATHEMA SOUNDS LIKE COLDPLAY.

    52 minutes ago

  • datCometchen

    that being said the whole "...sounds like coldplay" metaphor is sore worn out and uninspired.

    yesterday evening

  • datCometchen

    Sunlight sounds like Anathema celebrating a good song...

    yesterday evening

  • KevinVillage

    that being said there is nothing wrong with anathema making pop music

    yesterday evening

  • KevinVillage

    sunlight sounds like coldplay

    yesterday evening

  • Llovpu

    never mind, just one more fan of the first albums got mad.. surely there is no trace of Coldplay. They develop, they created an incredible atmosphere in this album, the band lives and do experiments. But fans always want the band to stop at one point without moving to any other directions..

    yesterday evening

  • datCometchen

    Untouchable Pt. 2 is nothing like Coldplay... Coldplay don't have any female voice, nor are Danny's or Chris' voice any similar. The melody is like nothing Coldplay ever created. The only thing that is similar is that it's piano-driven... but that goes for probably 1.000.000 different bands all over the planet. Why is every piano-driven softer ballad a modern rock band creates these days automatically associated with Coldplay? For me that speaks for a lack of musical vision.

    yesterday afternoon
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UK TOUR STARTS TONIGHT!

8 Feb 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/weareanathema

ANATHEMA kick off their UK tour TONIGHT playing 'an evening with' at Durham Live Lounge! Purchase your tickets in advance HERE. For the full list of shows visit our tour …

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