Since the break up of Anathema, Vincent Cavanagh has shifted his focus to creating audio pieces to accompany installations for visual artists. This particular journey began in 2017, in the year that Anathema’s final recording The Optimist was released, when…
View More The Radicant – We Ascend
With Anathema announcing themselves another casualty of 2020, and being placed on indefinite hiatus, I’m sure many have been reacquainting themselves with their full discography. Everyone has their own special and favourite albums from the band, as their mood and…
View More Anathema – Eternity
It seems to be traditional to start these things by saying just how difficult it was to choose 10 of the best albums, and that if you asked me to tomorrow the list would be totally different. However, to be…
View More The Decade in Review – Leo Trimming
In this update we feature: > Das Rad – Das Rad > Il Segno Del Comando – L’Incanto Dello Zero > Noisepoetnobody – Drone Box > Haken – L-1VE > Anathema – Internal Landscapes (Best of 2008-2018) > Cleaning Women…
View More A Different Aspect #26
The Marble Factory, Bristol Thursday, 28th September 2017 Fresh from their award for ‘Album of the Year’ by PROG Magazine for The Optimist, Anathema embarked on the U.K. leg of an extensive tour which has already seen them play in…
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Perhaps I should always read sleeve notes and promotional materials that frequently accompany releases. Sometimes I wonder if I’m missing the point of any album because of this. Then I usually conclude that the album should stand up or fall…
View More Anathema – The Optimist
The Globe, Cardiff Saturday, 5th November 2016 The Globe in Cardiff was sold out on Guy Fawkes Night to witness some musical pyrotechnics from this outstanding band, currently on the road in an ‘electric’ rock format after successfully touring and…
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Exeter Cathedral 5th March 2015 There has been a sacred building on the site of Exeter Cathedral since at least Roman times and this beautiful medieval cathedral was a perfect venue for the spiritually uplifting and emotionally drenched music of…
View More Anathema – Acoustic
I have been battering the keyboard at this reviewing lark for a few years now. As such I get sent albums from every corner of the disparate genre known as prog. You would think being a prog writer I would…
View More Anathema – Distant Satellites