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Yeah. Boring, right? You might say, "Oh no, another metal review! Let's immediately arm ourselves with blinders and slices of ham to shield our conscience and ears so that the cuddliness of our world isn't disturbed by something too 'strange' to appreciate."
But no. Yeah... because this is not metal. Strange, isn't it? To be honest, no, because apart from the latest reviews where I expressed all my passion for Nordic power metal, they almost always concerned very "borderline" bands.
We've already talked about Anathema, remember? Only those were different times, and the English band could boast of being one of the best doom bands around. Those were definitely different times.
Now, I don't know much about the genre to which Anathema most likely wants to take us back with this Alternative 4, which is a kind of atmospheric rock vaguely psychedelic and even a bit gothic, so I will avoid comparing them to bands I don't know (as many do), thus avoiding saying big nonsense.
I will therefore limit myself to an objective opinion, obviously lacking what an expert of the genre might grasp after listening to this CD, whether this is a déjà vu, a distant echo of pieces that once were or something else.
So, in my opinion, this CD is good. The cover, a little less so.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Fragile Dreams (05:33)
Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed
Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you
Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years
Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you
02 Empty (02:58)
Empty vessel under the sun wipe the dust
From my face another morning black sunday
Coming down again,coming down again
empty vessel empty veins,
Empty bottle wish for rain that pain again
Wash the blood off my face the pulse from
My brain and I feel that pain again
I'm looking over my shoulder coz millions
Will whisper I'm killing myself again maybe
I'm dying faster but nothing ever lasts I
Remember a night from my past when I was
Stabbed in the back and its all coming
Back and I feel that pain again
I abhor you I condam you coz this pain
Will never end you got away without a
Scratch and now youre walking on a lucky
Path i have to laugh but you 'd better watch
Your back
There's pathetic opposition they're the
Cause of my condition I 'll be coming back
For them I've a solution for this sad
Situation nothing left but to kill myself
Again because I'm so empty!
03 Alternative 4 (06:15)
It's killing you, you're killing me,
I'm clinging on to my sanity,
All I need is a short term remedy
Come and hide me from this terrible reality...
Dreaded memories flood back to me
But there's still a wilful mind behind these cold,
psychotic eyes,
Now I tread this path so differently,
I've opened my mind and darkened my entire life.
I'll dance wit the angels to celebrate the holocaust,
And far beyond my far gone pride,
Is knowing that we'll soon be gone,
Knowing that I'll soon be gone...
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By fede
"Alternative 4 is one of the most refined and sweet records of the Anathema discography, ethereal and violent when needed, sentimental, emotional, psychologically deep and touching."
"'Inner Silence' is the most common story in the world, a love broken by death, supported by a crying piano and stretched, ethereal guitars."
