Name: Endarkenment
Brand: Anaal Nathrakh

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157262

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Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-02

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Supplier GB

The Orchard

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039841572629

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Anaal Nathrakh

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Metal

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Metal Blade

Anaal Nathrakh is a black metal and grindcore band hailing from Birmingham, England. Formed in the late 1990s, they quickly gained recognition with their intense and aggressive sound.
The band's first demos, "Anaal Nathrakh" and "Total Fucking Necro," were released in 1999 under a deal with Leviaphonic Records. These demos showcased their raw talent and set the stage for their future success.
Influenced by bands such as Belphegor, Marduk, Emperor, and Gorgoroth, Anaal Nathrakh has carved out their own unique niche in the extreme metal scene. Their music combines blistering guitar riffs, relentless drumming, and ferocious vocals to create a sonic assault like no other.

Metal Blade is an independent heavy metal label that was founded in Los Angeles, CA on February 1, 1982 by Brian Slagel. Over the years, Metal Blade has gained a reputation for launching the careers of numerous popular metal bands including Metallica, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, and many others.

The label has gone through various changes in its label codes and variants throughout the years. From 1982 to 1983, they used "tan labels and axe with blood stains" for most releases. However, there were exceptions such as "black labels" available only on the Metal Massacre compilation and "custom tan labels" for certain releases like Bitch's Damnation Alley.

In 1984, Metal Blade switched to using "silver labels and axe with blood stains," which were actually used only in that year. Some pressings from this period with earlier dates are actually from 1984. These silver labels were also reused in the 2016 reissues of Slayer's Show No Mercy album. Additionally, some releases sold in 1987 featured these silver labels but were likely old stock distributed in new sleeves.

Extremity has been Anaal Nathrakh's stock in trade for more than two decades, and with 11th album, Endarkenment, they maintain their legacy of aural devastation. However, for all the furor they stir up, the duo have never been a two-dimensional entity, with a great deal of depth involved in everything that they do, and on many levels the new record is distinguished from its predecessors. "I think in terms of feel, it's brighter, more open and direct than maybe we've been in the past," states vocalist Dave Hunt. "Obviously I don't mean it's happy-go-lucky sounding, or suggestive of a sunny disposition. I mean something more like it burns with light rather than glowers with darkness. It's coruscating." The evolution since 2018's towering A New Kind Of Horror has been personal and profound, and is very much in line with that experienced by many of their listeners. "Personally, I feel more cynical, more bitter, with a greater sense that the world is fucked, and is continually re- fucked by people who have no idea what they are doing. Musically, I think we're more mature - not less frenetic, but better able to channel our energies where they'll be most effective. That's an ongoing process, you never finish growing into what you're doing and being better able to push at the edges of what you can do. But we aren't interested in evolving what we do, only how we do it. We remain unlike the vast majority of other bands in our sound, and we're proud of what we do."

Endarkenment

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