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THE REVIEW
Music:
- The art of combining sounds according to certain laws and conventions
- Particularly harmonious and pleasant sound or noise
- Annoying, insistent, and deafening sound or noise
Anathema, The Silent Enigma:
- The art of combining sounds without following any established laws or conventions
- Harmonious, pleasant, and ethereal sound or noise
- Oppressive, leaden, suffering sound or noise
But also:
- A melancholic wait for the melody
"Help me to escape from this existence"
- The darkest desolation…
"I'm drowning in a sea of abused vision and shattered dreams"
- …and the desperate anger of frustration
"Fallen am I... in the solitude of a broken promise"
and in all this there is no true song, no true "music"...
The Silent Enigma cannot be classified, except under the label "Work of Art".
The Silent Enigma is not gothic, much less doom, and moreover, it is not even death metal...
no, they are not Pink Floyd either.
Forget everything you are listening to because if you haven't heard this album, you cannot express any opinion on the other CDs you own or will buy, whether metal or not, because until this CD is yours, you will be missing the most beautiful of all.
The Silent Enigma is not music... it's only a delusion made of silences
"only a delusion of silence"
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Summary by Bot
Anathema's The Silent Enigma is described as an unparalleled work of art that defies traditional genre classifications. The album blends harmonious, ethereal sounds with oppressive and melancholic atmospheres. It evokes deep emotions and frustration without fitting into gothic, doom, or death metal categories. The review emphasizes its unique position as a masterpiece beyond conventional music.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Anathema
Liverpool-born band formed in 1990; began in doom/death metal and over decades evolved into an emotive, atmospheric/progressive rock group led by the Cavanagh brothers.37 Reviews
Other reviews
By Norvheim
The Silent Enigma represents the highest point not only of Anathema’s career but of an entire way of conceiving music.
It is a unique composition, which has the gift of knowing how to move in an incredible way.
By __Hide__
"The Silent Enigma is a deep inner journey, into the desolation and pain of the human soul."
"No album will sound like this one, the sensations you will experience with this CD you won’t experience with any other CD."
