Name: The Optimist - Anathema
Brand: Anathema
SKU: 0802644894454
Price: 57.86 EUR
Availability: InStock

Artist

Liverpool's Anathema, started out in the early '90s as strictly a doom metal outfit, with the requisite growled vocals and the trademark muddy sound, but when original singer Darren White left the band in 1995, with guitarist Vincent Cavanagh taking the reins, Anathema started their slow journey into completely uncharted (and unexpected) territory. In fact, Anathema's metamorphosis over the past decade is one of the most remarkable band transformations in recent memory, as album after album has sounded more and more progressive and melodic, in no small part fueled by Cavanagh's superb singing voice. 2001's A Fine Day to Exit, aided by excellent songs like Release and Pressure, was an artistic breakthrough, as the band completely shed themselves of their metal roots, while still putting out powerful, brooding atmospheric rock.

On 22 September 2020 the band announced that they would go on an indefinite hiatus.

Tracks

A1 32.63N 117.14W

A2 Leaving It Behind

A3 Endless Ways

A4 The Optimist

B1 San Francisco

B2 Springfield

C1 Ghosts

C2 Can't Let Go

D1 Close Your Eyes

D2 Wildfires

D3 Back To The Start

Releases

Formats

CD, Vinyl, CDr, Blu-ray, File

Labels

Kscope, Kscope

Countries

Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Europe, UK & Europe

years

2017

Members

~~Martin Powell~~,~~Rebecca Wilson~~,~~Deryk Fullwood~~,~~Darren White~~,Danny Cavanagh,~~Les Smith~~,Jamie Cavanagh,~~Duncan Patterson~~,~~Shaun Taylor-Steels~~,John Douglas (2),Vincent Cavanagh,Lee Douglas (2),~~Dave Pybus~~,Daniel Cardoso