It's Anaal, not Anal Nathrakh
At some point in your life, I'm sure your parents defended you to listen to a certain rock band. For people who grew up in the seventies, maybe it was KISS or BLACK SABBATH or MARYLIN MANSON, if you're a bit younger. For the more extremes, your folks hid your CANNIBAL CORPSE and DIMMU BORGIR records. They were wrong, of course. Those bands never wanted to attack anything but your gullibility and your innocence, with an imagery that went right beyond young underdeveloped capacity to understand. When Marylin sung about Satan, you understood Satan and not "the avatar of rebellion, freedom and individuality". That's shit you figure out when you're older. But still, your folks were wrong. The tall doll with make-up and fuck me boots were not the one they should have feared.
ANAAL NATHRAKH don't wear make-up or profane garments. No upside down crosses or explicit violence towards the little baby Jesus. Yet, they make the music of everybody who support these ideology with theatrical antics sound like clownish shit. They are the band your parents should have feared. These two very presentable young men are hell bent on one thing. Audio apocalypse. They have produced what is probably the most violent music ever recorded. The vibrations alone can make your mood darker and corrupt your mind with aggressive thoughts. How bad can it be, right? Click here. I'm warning you though. Lower the volume a little and get ready for the biggest audio assault of your existence. Even then, nothing can totally prepare you for what you're about to hear. You might even tell yourself "but it's not even music, it's just noise". That's the worst part for your pure and fragile eardrums. You might have to listen to it several times to hear the musical patterns. Because I assure you, this is a song.
But who are those insane, strapping young lads? They names are Irrumator and V.I.T.R.I.O.L, but they don't mind if you call them Mick and Dave. They are two British dudes with a long history in extreme music. They founded Anaal Nathrakh in 1998 as a raw black metal project. But their name only has to do with the genre. It's supposed to be from the movie EXCALIBUR. It's the first two words from Merlin's magic spell. When you listen to it, force is to admit it sounds about right. They quickly got bored with a genre that was plagued with poseurs and dogmas. So they created their own style, midway in between vicious grindcore and industrial black metal. In 2001, they released an album called THE CODEX NECRO, that is the epitomy of sonic hatred and features a scary fucking cover art. They accomplished what everybody in black metal wishes to do. Back in everybody against the wall with something new and terrifying and ask "what now?" They pushed extreme metal forward.
So where could they go from there? Believe it or not, they evolved. THE CODEX NECRO was only the seed of their music. It's still incredibly violent, but as they developed, they established a vision to their apocalypse. In 2004, they released an album called DOMINE NON ES DIGNUS, where they started inserting tortured melodies and clean, almost operatic vocals. DO NOT SPEAK is a good example. It all boiled up to 2009's masterpiece called IN THE CONSTELLATION OF THE BLACK WIDOW, which featured a killer cover art and different, more industrial oriented song structure. So, if you're looking for a boogeyman to scare your kids away from the devil (or turn them into extreme art forever), ANAAL NATHRAKH might just be the band you need. They will live forever as an urban legend and in the nightmare of well-meaning parents. They are soft-spoken, polite and they have found the the audio equivalent to hell on earth.
ANAAL NATHRAKH don't wear make-up or profane garments. No upside down crosses or explicit violence towards the little baby Jesus. Yet, they make the music of everybody who support these ideology with theatrical antics sound like clownish shit. They are the band your parents should have feared. These two very presentable young men are hell bent on one thing. Audio apocalypse. They have produced what is probably the most violent music ever recorded. The vibrations alone can make your mood darker and corrupt your mind with aggressive thoughts. How bad can it be, right? Click here. I'm warning you though. Lower the volume a little and get ready for the biggest audio assault of your existence. Even then, nothing can totally prepare you for what you're about to hear. You might even tell yourself "but it's not even music, it's just noise". That's the worst part for your pure and fragile eardrums. You might have to listen to it several times to hear the musical patterns. Because I assure you, this is a song.
But who are those insane, strapping young lads? They names are Irrumator and V.I.T.R.I.O.L, but they don't mind if you call them Mick and Dave. They are two British dudes with a long history in extreme music. They founded Anaal Nathrakh in 1998 as a raw black metal project. But their name only has to do with the genre. It's supposed to be from the movie EXCALIBUR. It's the first two words from Merlin's magic spell. When you listen to it, force is to admit it sounds about right. They quickly got bored with a genre that was plagued with poseurs and dogmas. So they created their own style, midway in between vicious grindcore and industrial black metal. In 2001, they released an album called THE CODEX NECRO, that is the epitomy of sonic hatred and features a scary fucking cover art. They accomplished what everybody in black metal wishes to do. Back in everybody against the wall with something new and terrifying and ask "what now?" They pushed extreme metal forward.
So where could they go from there? Believe it or not, they evolved. THE CODEX NECRO was only the seed of their music. It's still incredibly violent, but as they developed, they established a vision to their apocalypse. In 2004, they released an album called DOMINE NON ES DIGNUS, where they started inserting tortured melodies and clean, almost operatic vocals. DO NOT SPEAK is a good example. It all boiled up to 2009's masterpiece called IN THE CONSTELLATION OF THE BLACK WIDOW, which featured a killer cover art and different, more industrial oriented song structure. So, if you're looking for a boogeyman to scare your kids away from the devil (or turn them into extreme art forever), ANAAL NATHRAKH might just be the band you need. They will live forever as an urban legend and in the nightmare of well-meaning parents. They are soft-spoken, polite and they have found the the audio equivalent to hell on earth.
