Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers
| Release date: | 11 May 1993 |
| Style: | Progressive thrash metal |
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01. Sound The Alarm
02. Sense Of Will
03. Too Many Prophets
04. Release
05. Division
06. Tools Of Separation
07. Grateful
08. A Screaming Breath
09. My Soul's Affliction
10. Driven
11. Brotherhood?
12. Release [remix]
Top 20 albums of 1993: 17
02. Sense Of Will
03. Too Many Prophets
04. Release
05. Division
06. Tools Of Separation
07. Grateful
08. A Screaming Breath
09. My Soul's Affliction
10. Driven
11. Brotherhood?
12. Release [remix]
Top 20 albums of 1993: 17
Reviews 
Lyrics - Engineered by Dave "Fuzzy" Duirnak.
- Produced by Kenn Nardi.
- Cover photography by Jennifer Horvath.
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9.4
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Rating: 9.4 |
"Screams And Whispers" is the fourth and last album USA (St. Louis) based prog/thrash band Anacrusis released before their split up in 1993. This release is much different from their early creation, the "Annihilation Complete" demo and the first full-length album "Suffering Hour." "Screams and Whispers" is most mature of all the Anacrusis albums; the raw speed and thrashiness of Suffering Hour has been replaced with really nice melodies and well thought out arrangements. There's no atmosphere to a usual thrash band, but this album has plenty of it - there's that glow around the music which brings up certain emotions to listeners. A lot of what's mentioned has been achieved with a new feature used on this album - orchestral hits (notice the huge influence of Celtic Frost's "In To the Pandemonium" album here, that has been stated by Ken Nardi himself in the band biography) and of course the unique vocals combined with brilliant twin guitar work. Read more ›› |
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Even like 3 years after my first listening "session" with this piece, I can't really measure how much I really like it. Once I retrieve it from the magic box of mine I spend days only spinning these eleven songs, then it takes like half a year to even touch it again. I know many people have the same thing with certain music but for me it's only like 2-3 bands. What I can tell though right at the beginning of this is that it's one of the most important progressive thrash metal release ever since it hit the stores. Read more ›› |
11.05.2023
| 11.05.2023 |
Time to sound the alarm! Happy 30th anniversary, Screams and Whispers. May 11th, 1993 you have come to see the light of day. It is so good to still have you around today. Please stay with us as long as you can. Redel's picks | More picks ›› |
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| Vasil de Shumen Posts: 334 From: Bulgaria  |
This is: 1) the best album of 1993 ( vastly better than "Heartwork" and "Covenant" ); 2) the best progressive thrash ever made; 3) most overlooked album in all metal history. 20 years ago I said "This is perfect !". Today I say "This is just ... geniously !!" I recommend this recording to all who like strong, expressive, beautiful and excellent-recorded thrash with deep and meaningful lyrics ... Best song - "Sound The Alarm"
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Posts: 5244 From: USA  |
Written by Vasil de Shumen on 19.09.2013 at 21:08 I respect your opinion but I disagree. These two are classics: Coroner - Grin Voivod - The Outer Limits
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
Written by tea[m]ster on 20.09.2013 at 16:34 I prefers Screams & Whispers by far over The Outer Limits and Grin (which imo is their weakest after RIP)
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 59836 From: Sweden  |
Vasil - not best in 1993, but also not best prog thrash, bands 1th 2 albums was much better then this one, but this is still awesome, its so sad it was bands last album(so far) but still is one fucking amstepice , underated
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| JC Steele Steelemeister Posts: 3143 From: Finland  |
Not thrash at all IMO, but rather a great album in the progressive genre.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
This certainly is thrash, albeit technical/progressive, but thrash nonetheless.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Redel Posts: 1820 From: Germany  |
Indeed a great album. Their best for me. I also like Manic impressions and Reason (both more than the debut). But SAW -- as apposed to the other three -- does not have a single filler song IMO, albeit there are eleven songs in total. They are all good I think. Release and Sound the Alarm stand out for me. Funny thing is that I listened to these albums for the first time only a couple of days ago. Apparently I had the band's entire discography sitting on my hard drive over the last 15 years or so. If I recall correctly a friend recommented and gave them to me in Budapest back in 2003. I totally forgot to check them out. Then I stumbled over a thread here and found out that I had all their albums available only a couple of clicks away.  Been spinning them continously since then.
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| Starvynth i c deaf people Posts: 2712 From: Germany  |
Written by Bad English on 02.10.2013 at 17:26 But why do you call it an 'amstepice' (I assume that's Swedish for 'masterpiece') and underrated, but yet rate it 6/10 only?  Did your taste change that much?
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 59836 From: Sweden |
Written by Starvynth on 28.02.2019 at 19:50 2013, typo spellings error and rate was maybe in 2007
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Starvynth i c deaf people Posts: 2712 From: Germany |
Written by Bad English on 28.02.2019 at 20:02 Ahh, okay. I wasn't quite sure if you meant 'masterpiece' or 'hamster piss'.
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| Redel Posts: 1820 From: Germany |
Written by Starvynth on 28.02.2019 at 20:21 Hilarous. Exactly my reading.
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| Necrodamus Posts: 435 From: USA  |
Can't believe I am just listening to this now. What an amazing album. And so ahead of it's time. To me, this album is to thrash metal what Crimson is to death metal. Unorthodox, out of the box, and so unique. Not a bad song on here, and the pacing is perfect as well. Will probably never hear anything else quite like it, and I'm totally fine with that.
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| nonZero Posts: 1177 From: UK  |
Fans of Anacrusis should check out Kenn Nardi's solo album
---- Top 400 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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| metalriff Posts: 133 From: India |
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| Redel Posts: 1820 From: Germany |
Written by metalriff on 09.04.2021 at 12:26 You do know that he sings "Gratefuuul", right? 
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| qlacs "The Quaker" Posts: 1514 From: Hungary  |
Haven't heard it in a few years, coming back to it it's still such a good record. Hasn't aged a bit. Few songs that could've been better, but the rest is stellar. Still too overlooked.
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| Tom Muller Posts: 218 From: Luxembourg  |
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