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The Silent Enigma

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Released
  
23 October 1995

Producer
  
Anathema

Artist
  
Anathema

Label
  
Peaceville Records

Length
  
54:37

The Silent Enigma(1995)
  
Eternity(1996)

Release date
  
23 October 1995

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Recorded
  
May-June 1995 at Lynx Studios, Newcastle, except "...Alone" (recorded at M. A. Studios, Liverpool)

Genres
  
Doom metal, Death-doom, Death metal, Gothic metal

Similar
  
Anathema albums, Doom metal albums

Anathema restless oblivion


The Silent Enigma is the second album by British rock band Anathema, released on 23 October 1995 through Peaceville Records.

Contents

The Silent Enigma represents a turning point in Anathema's career (it is the first album to feature guitarist Vincent Cavanagh singing lead vocals, replacing Darren White) and sees the band incorporating more clean vocals and melodic elements, while still retaining the band's early death-doom style. The album was originally titled Rise Pantheon Dreams, a title later used by White for his post-Anathema project The Blood Divine.

Where Darren's vocals were more guttural, Vincent's newer style pushed the possibilities for Anathema onwards and upwards, with a scope and breath beyond his years. Lauded by the metal press, the album has since been described by Terrorizer magazine as "one of Anathema's best". The special edition of the album also features two bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Anathema.

2003 Remastered Release

A remastered version of The Silent Enigma was released on 2003 by Peaceville Records. The 2-disc package features the band's the entire The Silent Enigma album fully re-mastered on CD, along with a DVD featuring a live performance recorded in Kraków, Poland, in March 1996, as well as promotional videos for the tracks "Sweet Tears", "Mine Is Yours to Drown In (Ours Is the New Tribe)", "The Silent Enigma", and "Hope".

DVD

Promotional Videos
  1. "Sweet Tears"
  2. "Mine Is Yours"
  3. "The Silent Enigma"
  4. "Hope"
Live (Krakow 1.3.96)
  1. "Intro"
  2. "Restless Oblivion"
  3. "Shroud of Frost"
  4. "We the Gods"
  5. "Sunset of Age"
  6. "Mine Is Yours"
  7. "Sleepless"
  8. "The Silent Enigma"
  9. "A Dying Wish"

Personnel

  • Vincent Cavanagh - vocals, guitars
  • John Douglas - drums, percussion
  • Duncan Patterson - bass
  • Danny Cavanagh - guitars

    • Guest musicians

  • Derek Fullwood - spoken word on "Shroud of Frost"
  • Rebecca Wilson - female vocals on "...Alone"

    • Production

  • Meany - photography (band)
  • Simon Mooney - photography
  • Danny Cavanagh - orchestral arrangements
  • Mags - mixing
  • Hammy - executive producer
  • Kev Ridley - engineering
  • Joseph Wright of Derby - cover art. "Lady In Milton's Comus", 1785.

    • Songs

    1Restless Oblivion8:02
    2Shroud Of Frost7:31
    3Alone4:25

    References

    The Silent Enigma Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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