Vanitas
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This album is just peak music back to back.
With Vanitas, Anaal Nathrakh finally managed to put it all together into a fully idealized masterpiece. The production is perfectly crisp, while the instrumentation pulls from basically every genre of extreme metal you can think of, from Meloblack to Deathgrind. Not only that, but the hooks and choruses take heavy inspiration from the Metalcore/Alt Metal which was popping at the time (e.g. You Can't Save Me), seamlessly blending in all of these ... read more
Such a good comeback after the last album in everyway this album is better any maybe even their second best at the moment as the riffs and overall songwriting is amazing as i think this album is them at their best in terms of playing but not best overall. This is the first time I've actually kind of liked the clean vocals they added a lot to the songs they were on and the harsh vocals are incredible like on every album. This album goes back to the melodic and industrial approach and i ... read more
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Now I guess this would be standard for Anaal Nathrakh, but bro, if this is standard, then this band probably would just be good at their worst. "Vanitas", despite releasing only a year and a few months after "Passion" from 2011, is one of the band's most consistent releases. Is it as good as "In The Constellation..." or "Hell Is Empty..." or even "Eschaton"? No, but Vanitas has some very great songs on it nonetheless. On top of ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | The Blood-Dimmed Tide 3:20 | 88 |
| 2 | Forging Towards the Sunset 3:46 | 91 |
| 3 | To Spite the Face 4:03 | 91 |
| 4 | Todos Somos Humanos 4:14 | 86 |
| 5 | In Coelo Quies, Tout Finis Ici Bas 4:32 | 86 |
| 6 | You Can't Save Me, So Stop Fucking Trying 3:02 | 85 |
| 7 | Make Glorious the Embrace of Saturn 2:42 | 79 |
| 8 | Feeding the Beast 4:59 | 78 |
| 9 | Of Fire, And Fucking Pigs 3:01 | 83 |
| 10 | A Metaphor For the Dead 4:19 | 88 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
