Anaal Nathrakh was created for one purpose - to be the soundtrack for armageddon, the audial essence of evil, hatred and violence, the true spirit of necro taken to its musical extremes. Since being founded in 1999, the band has gained a reputation for embodying precisely these things, with a history including not only the release of four albums and an EP to rapturous acclaim, but collaborations with such legendary figures as Attila Csihar (Mayhem), Shane Embury and Danny Herrera (Napalm Death), Nick Barker (Testament, Dimmu Borgir), Joe Horvath (Circle of Dead Children), Sethlans Teitan (Watain) and so on.
This, alongside appearing on BBC Radio 1 at the personal behest of sadly missed icon John Peel, headlining a stage at the renowned cult Inferno Festival in Norway as their debut international live appearance, countless placings in ‘best album of the year’ polls and album of the month awards in the press and cover appearances on leading magazines such as Terrorizer… Anaal Nathrakh’s status as one of the leading lights in extreme metal is undeniable.
Hallmarked by breathtaking musical ferocity, inventiveness and breadth, married with a mercurial, intensely misanthropic and sharp intelligence, Anaal Nathrakh’s sound is imbued with a palpable sense of menace that is virtually unmatched in metal.
And as 2009 begins with the world apparently going to wrack and ruin, the band unveil their latest merciless, deranged, schizophrenic album ‘In The Constellation Of The Black Widow’.
Anaal Nathrakh
Genre(s)
Black Metal/Grindcore
Lyrical theme(s)
Annihilation, Armageddon
Origin Formed in Current label Status
United Kingdom (Birmingham, England) 1998 Candlelight Records Active
Current line-up
V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (Dave Hunt) - Vocals (Mistress (UK), Benediction)
Irrumator (Mick Kenney) - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Programming (Frost (UK), Mistress (UK), Exploder (UK), Professor Fate, Deliverance, Fukpig)
Live members:
Venator - Guitars (Exploder (UK))
Misery - Bass (Mistress (UK), Exploder (UK), Fukpig, Frost (UK))
St. Evil (Steve Powell) - Drums (Detrimentum (UK), Theoktony)
Former/past member(s)
Bass:
Leicia (1998-2000)
Shane Embury (Live 2004-2005, Session on "Eschaton" and "Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here") (Napalm Death, Lock Up, Brujeria, Unseen Terror, Warhammer (UK), Meathook Seed, Venomous Concept, Azagthoth (UK), Drop Dead, Blood from the Soul, S.O.B. (Jpn), Insidious Disease)
Additional notes
The band originally started as a Raw Black Metal band. With the release of "Domine Non Es Dignus", they have shifted more towards a Brutal Death/Black Metal sound.
Vocalist Attila Csihar (Mayhem (Nor), Aborym, Keep of Kalessin, Plasma Pool, Tormentor (Hun)) does guest vocals from time to time, and, in particular, on "When Fire Rains Down..." [...]
Discography
Anaal Nathrakh Demo, 1999
Total Fucking Necro Demo, 1999
The Codex Necro Full-length, 2001
Total Fucking Necro Best of/Compilation, 2002
When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown EP, 2003
Domine Non Es Dignus Full-length, 2004
Eschaton Full-length, 2006
Hell Is Empty, And All the Devils Are Here Full-length, 2007
More of Fire than of Blood Single, 2009
In the Constellation of the Black Widow Full-length, 2009
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