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Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas



8.3 | 256 votes |
Release date: 15 October 2012
Style: Black metal, Grindcore, Industrial metal

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212 have it
32 want it


01. The Blood-Dimmed Tide
02. Forging Towards The Sunset
03. To Spite The Face
04. Todos Somos Humanos
05. In Coelo Quies, Tout Finis Ici Bas [feat. Dave Nassie]
06. You Can't Save Me, So Stop Fucking Trying [feat. Elena Vladimirova]
07. Make Glorious The Embrace Of Saturn
08. Feeding The Beast [feat. Steeve Hurdle]
09. Of Fire, And Fucking Pigs
10. A Metaphor For The Dead

The Best Grindcore Album Of 2012
Featured In "Getting Into: Anaal Nathrakh"

Additional info
Release dates:
- Europe: October 15th
- USA/Canada: November 6th

Produced by Mick Kenney.
Recorded in Orange County, California, 2011.
Steve Hurdle's contribution recorded by Robert "Rob" Mercier.

16.10.2012
December 21st was 67 days early.

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Comments: 66   Visited by: 851 users
06.08.2011 - 22:24
BreadGod
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I assume it will be released on December 21, 2012?
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12.08.2011 - 03:45
ChibiDemigod

Another I enjoy so damn much the last one
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26.05.2012 - 03:20
EdguyAsFuck

According to an interview with Dave it's probably going to be called "Vanitas". Super stoked.
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25.06.2012 - 20:37
.Nemesis.

Immortal and Lord Mantis had a baby. It was Anaal Nathrakh.

Yes I know Anaal Nathrakh came before Lord Mantis, but no other band I can think of fits the description.
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You try to awaken me, the flesh dripping with blood
My body is there, but my soul a perilous void
Aethereal existence coming off in ambient waves
I am nothing. I AM N1H1L.
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12.09.2012 - 22:32
MechanisT
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I have a gut feeling it's going to be even better than Passion. Looking forward to it.
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12.09.2012 - 23:39
J. N.
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Written by Guest on 12.09.2012 at 22:32

I have a gut feeling it's going to be even better than Passion. Looking forward to it.

Haven't you heard the teaser? It sounds like In The Constellation Of The Black Widow.

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12.09.2012 - 23:41
MechanisT
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Written by Guest on 12.09.2012 at 23:39

Written by Guest on 12.09.2012 at 22:32

I have a gut feeling it's going to be even better than Passion. Looking forward to it.

Haven't you heard the teaser? It sounds like In The Constellation Of The Black Widow.




Shit. As I imagined. Sounds better than Passion already. Stoked as hell now.
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13.10.2012 - 01:01
MechanisT
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The previews just ripped my being into tiny little fortune cookies.
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15.10.2012 - 08:14
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by Guest on 13.10.2012 at 01:01

The previews just ripped my being into tiny little fortune cookies.


HEY! I want my cookie. Give it back, son.
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15.10.2012 - 11:52
EmperorGonzo
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I am incredibly happy to say that this album has been playing non stop since this morning. Damn is it good. Easily giving it a 9. Has a little more structure, not soooo chaotic. Sounds great.
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15.10.2012 - 14:05
MechanisT
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Written by Cynic Metalhead on 15.10.2012 at 08:14

Written by Guest on 13.10.2012 at 01:01

The previews just ripped my being into tiny little fortune cookies.


HEY! I want my cookie. Give it back, son.


Replace 'c' with 'n' and we have a deal.
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15.10.2012 - 14:25
Rating: 9
Iskander

Wow... I usually only give 10's to all time favorite albums, so this is only a 9. Easily the best release this year for me. This album is the definition of controlled chaos, just perfect.
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15.10.2012 - 16:44
Rating: 9
Rulatore

This album is amazing. do you know other album from them that's similar ? I didnt like "Passion" and never heard the rest
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15.10.2012 - 17:09
Rating: 9
Starchild

This is awesome! I am not familiar wth them and this is their first album i've heard. So, are the previous albums anything similar or? I am asking because i can' hear grindcore and even black here and everywhere they are labeled as grind/black. :S Maybe i'm wrong but to me it sounds more like some sick extreme melodeath.
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15.10.2012 - 17:57
Rating: 7
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
Written by Guest on 15.10.2012 at 14:05

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 15.10.2012 at 08:14

Written by Guest on 13.10.2012 at 01:01

The previews just ripped my being into tiny little fortune cookies.


HEY! I want my cookie. Give it back, son.


Replace 'c' with 'n' and we have a deal.


Okay.

HEY ROOKIE! I want my nookie. Give it back, son.
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15.10.2012 - 18:24
Rating: 10
Moose

First time listening to this band, but I am very, very impressed.
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15.10.2012 - 19:33
J. N.
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Written by Rulatore on 15.10.2012 at 16:44

This album is amazing. do you know other album from them that's similar ? I didnt like "Passion" and never heard the rest

If you're looking for the chaotic sound, check 2001's The Codex Necro and 2009's In The Constellation Of The Black Widow.
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15.10.2012 - 19:47
J. N.
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Written by Starchild on 15.10.2012 at 17:09

This is awesome! I am not familiar wth them and this is their first album i've heard. So, are the previous albums anything similar or? I am asking because i can' hear grindcore and even black here and everywhere they are labeled as grind/black. :S Maybe i'm wrong but to me it sounds more like some sick extreme melodeath.

All of their albums have different sound, ranging from black metal, death metal, industrial metal, grindcore and crust. Shit's too extreme to give a proper genre.
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15.10.2012 - 22:05
MechanisT
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I still feel Eschaton is their greatest work, but yeah these guys are consistent as hell. Another great album to boast of.
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15.10.2012 - 22:22
J. N.
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Absolutely mind-blowing.
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15.10.2012 - 22:39
psykometal
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So I'm checking this album out on their youtube channel and this albums sounds a lot more death metal than other stuff I have heard from them. I have Eschaton and Hell Is Empty which are both very much black by majority but this album sounds much more death metal to me, especially the drumming. I like it, I never really got that into Anaal Nathrakh but I like what I'm hearing on this album so far.
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16.10.2012 - 07:38
Rating: 8
The Voyager
The Table
Was a little disappointed that they toned down the clean vocals. I may be in the minority, but I loved the clean choruses from Passion. Dave's voice is amazing. Still, a very good effort.
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16.10.2012 - 08:07
psykometal
A staff guy...
So I got the album now and am currently jamming it at home, this album is pretty fucking awesome. I'm gona have to go back and listen to the others again. Sometimes it just takes time to really get into a band's style, glad my tastes seem to have finally come around.
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16.10.2012 - 17:52
Neroese
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EPic shit.
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16.10.2012 - 19:52
chronic-headache

Where the hell are people getting it now...it's not supposed to be released until November 6th...
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16.10.2012 - 20:15
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Written by chronic-headache on 16.10.2012 at 19:52

Where the hell are people getting it now...it's not supposed to be released until November 6th...

The European release date was yesterday.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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16.10.2012 - 21:12
chronic-headache

Damn Europe...getting the soul kicked out of you before us Americans
Glad so many of you are loving it. I'm so very excited for this album!
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17.10.2012 - 00:49
psykometal
A staff guy...
Written by chronic-headache on 16.10.2012 at 21:12

Damn Europe...getting the soul kicked out of you before us Americans
Glad so many of you are loving it. I'm so very excited for this album!

Just DL for now, that's what I did. Lol. Been jamming it all day.
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17.10.2012 - 00:56
psykometal
A staff guy...
Speaking of that, I still fail to hear the grind that everybody talks about, I have listened to these guys a number of times over the years (but for some reason it wasn't until now that my brain finally clicked and went "holy fuck these guys are awesome, time to jam the fuck out of their discography and get very well acquainted with them!") but I have never really heard the grind aspect that so many talk about. I hear hints of grind-y moments on Domine but Codex is almost straight black metal and Eschaton and after all sound more like blackened death metal to me than grind. Every time I listen to a grind band like Nasum, Cattle Decapitation, Napalm Death, etc. they all just sound like death metal bands trying to play punk (obviosuly I'm aware that's not those bands intention but that's what I hear when I listen to them), which is why I don't care much for grind cuz I don't like punk. Am I missing something?
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17.10.2012 - 01:09
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Death metal bands trying to play punk? The funny thing is that I listen close to no punk at all. Some bands I dig have punk elements but that's it. I never felt you had to like punk to like grindcore or that you can't like grindcore if you already don't like punk.

But yeah.... There is shittons of grind in Anaal Nathrakh. I honestly have no idea how to explain that to you since it me it's natural.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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