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If you think there's no room for black metal at OBSCENE EXTREME, you clearly haven't heard the caustic evil of Birmingham, England's ANAAL NATHRAKH!


With core members of grinding sludge unit MISTRESS and UK death metallers BENEDICTION, ANAAL NATHRAKH combine epic black metal bombast with ear-splitting grindcore violence, and more recently touches of industrial and shrieking noise too – no wonder live members have included NAPALM DEATH'S Shane Embury and Danny Herrera, and LOCK-UP and DIMMU BORGIR's Nick Barker. ANAAL NATHRAKH – and their seventh full-length, 2012's "Vanitas" - isn't the sound of people pretending to be Vikings in the snow, it's lighting-fast grinding venom that'll turn the pit into a warzone.

Bio

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.


Uniquely hallmarked by breathtaking musical ferocity, inventiveness and breadth, married with mercurial, intensely misanthropic and sharp intelligence, Anaal Nathrakh’s sound is imbued with a palpable sense of menace that is virtually unmatched in metal. Decibel Magazine says, 'these dudes split ‘terrifyingly heavy and fierce’ and ‘giant dork’ straight down the middle and sew it up again like Dr. Frankenstein working on the monster.' MetalSucks adds, 'ANAAL NATHRAKH are one of the best bands out there when it comes to evoking horror and terror.', 'a master class in extreme metal'. Of their live performances, Terrorizer magazine recently said 'Anaal Nathrakh leave no room for dissention or ambivalence when they hit the stage. And when Dave finally shouts out that immortal quote about humanity's inevitable downfall, you fucking feel the boot slam down on to your neck'. Or according to The Quietus, 'Anaal Nathrakh's performance was undoubtedly one of the most powerful and intimidating examples of controlled anarchy you're ever likely to see'. Having made the transition from studio project to a true live band, the band have gone on to play many of the most prestigious metal events out there including Hellfest in France, Inferno in Norway, Scion and the Maryland Deathfest in the USA, Summer Breeze in Germany and many more with great success. With their latest album Vanitas garnering numerous accolades including appearing in various 'best of 2012' lists and winning first place in the Terrorizer readers' album of the year poll (alongside second places in 'best vocalist' and 'best band'), Anaal Nathrakh are set to reach ever higher on their mission to send the Earth crashing into the Sun in 2013.


Discography

Release date Release name Media
2012 Vanitas CD
2011 Passion CD
2009 In the Constellation of the Black Widow CD
2007 Grind Your Mind - A History of Grindcore EP
2002 Total Fucking Necro EP

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