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Review:
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After a long wait since 2003's A Natural Disaster,
finally there is a new album by these Liverpudlians. They
started as a doom metal band back in the early 90's but
their sound has come a long way since then, and this is
their most commercial album to date. The title comes from
the words of a song that allied soldiers sung to the tune
of Old Lang Syne in the trenches of World War 1 Lee Douglas
is now a fully fledged member and her vocals are intertwined
with those of lead singer Vincent Cavanagh to create gorgeous
harmonies. Musically they are a more symphonic Radiohead,
Elbow and especially Porcupine Tree, and it comes as no
surprise that Steve Wilson mixed the album, he seems to
everywhere at the moment, does he ever sleep? The words
majestic, elegant, dreamy, haunting, profound, mesmerising
and melancholic spring to mind when listening to this collection
of songs that often start achingly slowly before building
and building, gaining momentum and power, subsiding and
then building again, creating epic sweeping soaring soundscapes
that drift you away on a cloud of consciousness. It is also
an album graced by royalty, 'Angels Walk Among Us' features
none other than His Infernal Majesty Ville Valo. This is
crossover prog of the highest standards, and apart from
'Get Off, Get Out', which breaks out into a serious groove,
certainly not a party record, rather one for deep contemplation
and relaxation. Their website is http://www.anathema.ws/
, an absorbing 8.75 out of 10.
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