Anathema - Eternity
| Release date: | 11 November 1996 |
| Style: | Doom metal |
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01. Sentient
02. Angelica
03. The Beloved
04. Eternity Part I
05. Eternity Part II
06. Hope [Roy Harper cover]
07. Suicide Veil
08. Radiance
09. Far Away
10. Eternity Part III
11. Cries On The Wind
12. Ascension
Digipack bonus tracks:
13. Far Away [acoustic version]
14. Eternity Part III [acoustic version]
15. Angelica [live]
Re-release bonus tracks:
16. Intro [live]
17. Restless Oblivion [live]
18. Shroud Of Frost [live]
19. We, The Gods [live]
02. Angelica
03. The Beloved
04. Eternity Part I
05. Eternity Part II
06. Hope [Roy Harper cover]
07. Suicide Veil
08. Radiance
09. Far Away
10. Eternity Part III
11. Cries On The Wind
12. Ascension
Digipack bonus tracks:
13. Far Away [acoustic version]
14. Eternity Part III [acoustic version]
15. Angelica [live]
Re-release bonus tracks:
16. Intro [live]
17. Restless Oblivion [live]
18. Shroud Of Frost [live]
19. We, The Gods [live]
Reviews 
Lyrics Recorded at The Windings, Hrwd Valley, Wales.
Produced & engineered by Tony Platt.
Assistant engineer - Martin Wilding.
Mastered at Battery Studios by Ian Anderson.
Limited edition digipack includes two extra tracks:
13. Far Away (Acoustic) (5:23)
14. Eternity: Part III (Acoustic) (5:06)
A 2003 reissue includes another bonus track:
15. Angelica (Live)
Japan edition includes three bonus tracks:
13. Far Away (Acoustic)
14. Eternity: Part III (Acoustic)
15. Sleepless '96
"Dawn" (by Farquaharson) & "Fantine" (by Hall) courtesy of Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery).
Optical image of stars in cloud courtesy of
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh / AATB / Science photo Library.
Band photography Porl Medlock.
All tracks published by Vile Music except "Hope" published by Pink Floyd Music / Copyright Control.
The Roy Harper cover opens with the track Bad Speech and progresses then into Hope; this reflects the way it was originally released on "Whatever Happened to Jugula?" in 1985.
Rating:
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Rating: 9.0 |
After the wonderful doom/death releases of "Serenades" and "The Silent Enigma" Anathema reach 1996 with their third full-length release, "Eternity", with Vincent remaining in the position of the singer offering to the band various ways of expression. With this release this unique UK band evokes a bitter taste of "eternity", the beauty of forever yet the bitterness of reality and simple questions/thoughts like "do you think we are forever?" reminding of how limited is our time on earth. Anathema drink from the wine of despair, sorrow, painful beauty, bitterness and cherish with us deep emotions through poetic and utterly esoteric lyrics, through melodies of their souls cutting deep in your heart with rose-leafs leaving behind bleeding wounds and aching scars. Read more ›› |
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9.8
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Rating: 9.8 |
This is the part I've anticipated the most, the time where I look into Anathema's Gothic metal era (although some would still say they are not there yet). Eternity has a special place in my heart for being not only my favorite Anathema record, but what I consider to be one of the most underrated Gothic metal albums of all time. Seriously, everyone cites this and Alternative 4 as doom metal or even not metal at all, from here to Metal Archives, with it even being snubbed by certain critics and music media as to whether this album is important during the development of Gothic metal. For someone who has listened to this style of music for eight years now, this is definitely Gothic metal at its finest, rivalling some of Type O Negative's definitive albums. Hear me out on this one, because there is definitely a lot to explain. Read more ›› |
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
Another brilliant album! I'm not sure which one I like more - this one or "The Silent Enigma".  On the previous albums main songwriter was Danny Cavanagh, but this time a lot of songwriting was done by Duncan Patterson, which resulted in a more diverse album with such great songs as Eternity, Far Away, Cries On The Wind etc.
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| Echonia Posts: 13  |
8.6 is bloody low raiting for this incredible album. Silent Enigma , Eternity and Alternative 4 is the Holy Trinity of atmospheric metal. 
---- We are just..a moment in time!
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
Very beautiful release, it's my first album from them and I'm really glad I picked it up when I did on Halloween night of '11.
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2246  |
This is a brilliant album. Their second best after TSE. Interestingly, this was exactly the point when Anathema moved away from the dark metal tunes. And I find it very astonishing that this happened only within one year (from 1995 to 1996). While, for me, Anathema never again reached the outstanding quality of TSE, on Eternity they are still so emotionally deep, this album kills me every time. Highlights: Eternity (part I), Angelica and of course the great Pink Floyd cover Hope. What makes this band one of my favourites is the fact that they are still kind of enjoyable for me with their atmospheric rock these days. For me, this is a good example of a band that moved away quite far out of the metal scene, and still they produce quite decent stuff.
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| Cobalto Posts: 71  |
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
Written by Redel on 16.10.2016 at 01:26 Roy Harper isn't Pink Floyd, but he did vocals on their song "Have A Cigar".
---- My vision is augmented
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2246 |
Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 24.05.2020 at 22:14 You are absolutely right. A fact I found out about some time after I wrote this comment. I actually thought over all the years this was a Pink Floyd cover, dont know why I never verified it.
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333 |
Not exactly my cup of tea kind of music, and the genre doesn't fit to the current season at all, maybe at late fall and winter the album should be returned to with better success. The approach here sounds slow, steady songs, no huge standout or huge filler moments. The production is heavier than the music IMO, which gives the false impression that these songs are extremier than they actually are. I think the majority of songs here are good, not my favourite songs any of them, but definitely enough to keep the album interesting. I'd throw a hypothesis here that this album, when approached with a more negative mental or emotional atmosphere than what I myself possess, will produce better results when listening. Good album with what I'm able to get out of it at this moment.
---- My vision is augmented
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Trapped in time A mirage of hope and change A swirling mass, no mercy now! If the truth hurts... Prepare for pain: DO YOU THINK WE'RE FOREVER?!?! Still as crushing as it was 28 years ago. A brilliant display of ice-cold heartbreak.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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