Anathema - Serenades
| Release date: | February 1993 |
| Style: | Death doom metal |
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01. Lovelorn Rhapsody
02. Sweet Tears
03. J'ai Fait Une Promesse
04. They (Will Always) Die
05. Sleepless
06. Sleep In Sanity
07. Scars Of The Old Stream
08. Under A Veil (Of Black Lace)
09. Where Shadows Dance
10. Eternal Rise Of The Sun [2003 remaster bonus]
11. Nailed To The Cross / 666 [2003 remaster bonus]
12. Dreaming: The Romance
02. Sweet Tears
03. J'ai Fait Une Promesse
04. They (Will Always) Die
05. Sleepless
06. Sleep In Sanity
07. Scars Of The Old Stream
08. Under A Veil (Of Black Lace)
09. Where Shadows Dance
10. Eternal Rise Of The Sun [2003 remaster bonus]
11. Nailed To The Cross / 666 [2003 remaster bonus]
12. Dreaming: The Romance
Guest review
Lyrics Recorded at Academy Studios, West Yorkshire, in June, July & September 1992.
Produced by Anathema and Hammy. Engineered by Mags. Mixing engineered by Keith Appleton.
All music written and arranged by Daniel and Anathema. All lyrics by Darren. All orchestral arrangements and additional instrumentation by Daniel.
Cover photography by David Penprase. Design and lyout by Dave Pybus and Anathema.
Released on vinyl and CD by Peaceville, released on cassette for Poland by Loud Out.
Original CD, 2001 Peaceville CD reissue, and 2002 Russian release (by Soyuz) include one bonus track:
10. Dreaming: The Romance [23:24]
Released in Poland on CD in 1994 by Metal Mind with one bonus track:
11. Crestfallen [10:16]
Released in the United States on CD in 1994 by Futurist, without "Dreaming: The Romance", but with five bonus tracks (including most of Crestfallen):
10. All Faith Is Lost [8:02]
11. ...And I Lust [5:47]
12. The Sweet Suffering [6:41]
13. Everwake [2:41]
14. Crestfallen [10:14]
Reissued as a double CD by Peaceville in 1995, with the original CD on disc one and Crestfallen on disc two.
The 2003 remastered digipack CD reissue on Peaceville included three bonus tracks:
10. Eternal Rise of the Sun [6:38]
11. Nailed to the Cross / 666 [4:09]
12. Dreaming: The Romance [23:23]
There is another Russian CD reissue on Ayat, which includes four bonus tracks titled Promo's:
11. Sweet Tears [4:14]
12. Mine Is Yours [4:36]
13. The Silent Enigma [4:24]
14. Hope (Roy Harper cover) [4:40]
Rating:
7.4
7.4
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Rating: 7.4 |
What a prolific year for the growing death-doom sub-genre. 1993 not only saw some of the best releases from Disembowelment, Katatonia and My Dying Bride, but this was beginning of some of these bands transitioning into the developing Gothic metal subgenre. Anathema's debut album was one such death-doom release. The timing of this album was better than their previous EP The Crestfallen, as Serenades is another installment in the band's death-doom era that was unique at the time of its release. This was always my least favorite Anathema record out of all of their metal albums, and there have been reasons why. I listened to this album recently for the sake of this review to see if anything changed about the album. Read more ›› |
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104  |
Definitely a great album. It's the only Anathema full-length album that I can really enjoy, along with The Silent Enigma of course (which is still better than this).
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
People consider this a masterpiece? I haven't listened to it in a while now being that I prefer Anathema's rock era, but I remember there being not a whole lot to like about this album. Pretty stale and unimaginative second/third-tier doom if memory serves...
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 22.02.2014 at 18:20 I really like it but it's the least good debut by the classic Peaceville death7doom triology by faaaaaaar. The Silent Enigma is so much better. 
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by [user id=147752] on 22.02.2014 at 23:01 From Alt 4 to Natural Disaster, anything before or after tends to bore me even though they're completely different sounds. They started out a little unrefined and now their problem (in my opinion) is too much refinement.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2247  |
A very good album. At that time I was gathering everything I found by this band. I like J'ai fait une promesse and Sweet tears. Sleepless is outstanding. Production was clearly subject to improvement.
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
2 or 3 pretty amazin songs, the rest ; ok, but nothing special. Not overrated nor underrated IMO
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| Starvynth i c deaf people Staff Posts: 3165  |
Besides Alternative 4 their only full-length album I am still enjoying and a classic release of the golden Peaceville doom/death era. "J'ai Fait Une Promesse" and "Sleepless" are my favorites on this album.
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| Crawltipede Posts: 91  |
I can tell they have a lot of ideas for the arrangement, but I don't know if it's a production problem or something else that causes the sound to be weird, and the male lead singer's voice doesn't seem to be well brought out... Just my personal opinion. 
---- I will regret nothing.
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