The Silent Enigma
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| Studio album by Anathema | ||||
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| Label (s) | Peaceville Records | |||
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9/11 |
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65:18 |
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Anathema, Executive Producer "Hammy" Hamshaw |
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Studio (s) |
Lynx Studios, Newcastle , except … Alone at MA Studios, Liverpool , United Kingdom |
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The Silent Enigma is the second studio album by the British band Anathema . It was released on Peaceville Records in October 1995 .
Origin and style
The self-produced album was recorded in Newcastle , just to … Alone , additional recordings took place in Liverpool . It was mixed by Mags at The Academy studio in Dewsbury . Singer Darren White left the band while recording The Silent Enigma . Guitarist Vincent Cavanagh took over the vocals, which compared to Growling Whites was designed as a hoarse shouting . The songwriting on the album was refined compared to the first album and stood out from genre colleagues such as Paradise Lost . The songs are mostly slow, but sometimes there are fast death metal passages. ... Alone , on the other hand, contains acoustic guitars and string instruments as well as female vocals, the latter one of the typical elements of Gothic Metal . Rebecca Wilson sang this one. In Shroud of Frost a place spoken word -part, which was acquired by Deryk Fullwood.
reception
In Rock Hard magazine , Michael Rensen wrote that the band had "audibly developed", Cavanagh was replacing White "very efficiently despite limited vocal possibilities".
Track list
- Restless Oblivion - 8:01
- Shroud of Frost - 7:31
- ... Alone - 4:24
- Sunset of Age - 6:55
- Nocturnal Emission - 4:20
- Cerulean Twilight - 7:05
- The Silent Enigma - 4:25
- A Dying Wish - 8:11
- Black Orchid - 3:40
- Bonus title
- The Silent Enigma Orchestral - 4:12 (Digipak bonus title)
- Sleepless 96 - 4:31 (Digipak bonus title)