Anathema - A Natural Disaster
| Release date: | 3 November 2003 |
| Style: | Atmospheric rock |
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01. Harmonium
02. Balance
03. Closer
04. Are You There?
05. Childhood Dream
06. Pulled Under At 2000 Metres A Second
07. A Natural Disaster
08. Flying
09. Electricity
10. Violence
02. Balance
03. Closer
04. Are You There?
05. Childhood Dream
06. Pulled Under At 2000 Metres A Second
07. A Natural Disaster
08. Flying
09. Electricity
10. Violence
Reviews 
Lyrics Produced by Anathema and Dan Turner.
Engineered by Dan Turner and Les Smith, assisted by Nick Griffiths.
Recorded and mixed at Parkgate Studios, Battle, Sumemr 2003.
Tracks 2 & 7 mixed at Electric Mayhem, Nottingham.
Artwork by Travis Smith. Art direction by Vincent Cavanagh.
All songs by D. Cavanagh except 2 by D. Cavanagh, V. Cavanagh, J. Douglas
Re-released on 180 grams double vinyl by Peaceville Records in 2011, both limited to 2000 copies
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8.5
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Rating: 8.5 |
I must warn you now, A Natural Disaster is not metal, even less than the mainly acoustic Judgement and A Fine To Exit. I guess that when Danny Cavanagh said that it was the heaviest album they had ever recorded, he was either stoned, or completely hammered. No doubt, A Natural Disaster is an album of dark emotional depressive rock that shows the most progressive side of Anathema. And yet the very purpose to this album was to come back to the times of Eternity and Alternative 4 i.e. to make a music more aggressive, definitely more metal than the latest releases. Well this is just not really the case... Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.5
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Rating: 9.5 |
I can't believe these guys, the Cavanagh bros and Co. are talented musicians, there no hint of doubt about that, I mean, Anathema keeps getting better every release, last time we listened them in their new "atmospheric/acoustic" phase with "A Fine Day To Exit", now with "A Natural Disaster" they pushed things further and created another melancholic masterpiece. Read more ›› |
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
If "A Fine Day To Exit" was ultimately a disappointment for me, then this album became a great surprise. While the previous album was more atmospheric, "A Natural Disaster" shows band concentrate more on the beautiful melodies - a strong point of their earlier records (the title track is one of the most beautiful Anathema songs, in my opinion, and Flying is really beautiful too). At the same time, we can hear the return to a heavier sound on "Pulled Under At 2000 Metres A Second". Another highlight of this album is "Closer" - it sounds a bit repetitive, but not in a bad sense, and I really like the usage of vocoder on it. 
---- "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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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
I always found the album starting off somewhat weakly. It takes until "Pulled Under At 2000 Metres A Second" and "A Natural Disaster" to reach the album's high point, especially the title track is my favorite moment of this album with the superb vocals by Lee Douglas. Not a spectacular album by any means IMO, but I do enjoy it to a fair amount.
---- My vision is augmented
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2250  |
Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 18.05.2020 at 23:28 Here I agree. Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 18.05.2020 at 23:28 Here I disagree. My highlights are Closer and Are you there. 7.5 overall. Same as for We Are Here... rather one of their weaker ones (though better than A Fine Day and their latest stuff).
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333 |
Written by Redel on 19.05.2020 at 00:05 Well, okay, but who are you gonna trust on this? Yourself or rather the mighty Jope of Steele? Now that's a dilemma 
---- My vision is augmented
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