The famous British band Anathema will once again return to Bucharest, Romania on May 24th 2008 for a special unplugged performance, at the "Grigore Preoteasa" Hall, famous for it's concerts, although the acoustics might not be the best. This is a special show, dedicated to the long-time Romanian fans, part of the Warm-Up Party for the ARTMANIA Festival 2008, one of the most important events of it's kind. This unplugged Anathema concert will begin at 20.00 hours and tickets are already onsale in the Diverta stores or online. As their number is limited, the quick will be the rewarded ones. For every Anathema show is one to be remembered.
Anathema is one of the most successful British bands, with a cult following, and one of the real founders and developpers of doom metal - closer to death/doom - until the sudden and inspired departure from the genre marked by the 1996 album Eternity.
At first, the band was a doom metal one, who recorded a demo and changed it's name from Pagan Angel to Anathema in 1991. After another demo, All Faith Is Lost, it recorded the first EP - Crestfallen - in 1992 and later launched a great, surprinsingly fresh first album called Serenade, a real masterpiece of the genre. After several concerts and tours, in 1996 the old style was completely changed, under the influence of the brilliant Vincent Cavanagh - a great composer and vocal - and the band released Eternity, in 1996.
The changed were astounding and brought a new level of fame for the band, although some of the earlier fans were dissapointed. In the summer of 1998 the group finally released their long-awaited new album, for many their masterpiece, Alternative 4, a conceptual album, much like Pink Floyd's The Wall or WASP's Crimson Idol (to name only two). Marked by Cavanagh style and ideas, it marked the great change in Anathema's history, and is still remembered as one of the best album of the 1990's.
Just one year later, in 1999, Judgement was released, following in the footsteps of Alternative 4, yet even more experimental and strange, with a decisive Pink Floyd influence. More and more of the concerts were acoustical, unplugged performances, of tremendous success. Further LPs were released, such as A Fine Day to Exit or A Natural Disaster, promoted through several concerts and tours. The new album, which is eagerly expected by fans and critics, will be most likely released in 1998.
March 2008
