Anathema return in April with Weather Systems, their brand new studio album.

Weather Systems is the follow-up 2010’s We’re Here Because We’re Here. That album featured prominently in numerous end-of-year polls and the producer, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), has described it as ‘definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.’

The bar for Weather Systems has been set pretty high then but Daniel Cavanagh from the band is certain that the album will exceed these lofty expectations, ‘it feels like we are at a creative peak right now, and this album reflects that. Everything from the production to the writing to the performances are a step up from our last album.’ He continues, ‘This is not background music for parties. The music is written to deeply move the listener, to uplift or take the listener to the coldest depths of the soul.’

The intertwining melodic structures of these profoundly beautiful songs are intensely powerful, yet simple. These are songs that will transport the listener closer to the heart of life, that is to say, to the heart of themselves.
It is also an album of polarity. The play of opposites; light and shade, birth and death, love and fear. The simple truths of life and loss, hope and strength and darker internal themes are all explored here. 

The album was recorded in Liverpool, North Wales and Oslo, each place significant to Anathema past, present and future. The record was produced and mastered by five times Norwegian Grammy nominated Christer-André Cederberg (Animal Alpha, In the Woods…, Drawn), who Daniel has described as ‘a revelation. His calmness and brilliance has helped to bring about the greatest inter-band chemistry that Anathema have experienced together in their career.’ This career stretches back to 1990 when the band formed in Liverpool. Since then the band have embarked on a remarkable musical journey, initially emerging as pioneers of melodic heavy music and continually evolving over the ensuing years, always remaining true to their original goal of creating forward thinking, meaningful, passionate and honest music.

Anathema are a collective of two families; brothers and childhood friends. This album will please fans who call for more of Lee Douglas’s vocals, as her role within Anathema’s brand of alternative, melodic rock has matured to become an integral energy. In this way and more, Weather Systems is the sound of a band finding their voice and growing in stature, moving further along their artistic path with a truly stunning musical vision.

Their best ever work? ‘Not yet’ says Daniel, but he does believe that with Weather Systems they have surpassed previous glories; ‘we are pleased and proud of the record and we feel that, alongside the best moments of WHBWH, this record contains our very best work so far in what is becoming a long career.’

The band will be touring Europe in April and May to promote the new album, check their website for info and ticket links: www.anathema.ws/tour.cfm

Weather Systems will be available on Kscope from April 16th 2012.

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To listen to previous podcasts, visit the podcast page at www.kscopemusic.com/podcast

Tracks featured:
Mothlite – ‘Something in the Sky’ (from Dark Age)
Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri - ‘Naked’ (from Not The Weapon But The Hand)
North Atlantic Oscillation – ‘Soft Coda’ (from Fog Electric)
Gazpacho – ‘What Did I Do?’ (from March of Ghosts)
Gavin Harrison and O5Ric - ‘The Man Who Sold Himself’ (from The Man Who Sold Himself)

While this podcast looks forward to what we have coming up over the next few months, the latest edition of Classic Rock Prog looked back at 2011 and there were three Kscope albums in their critics top 15 albums of the year. Steven Wilson’s Grace for Drowning was voted number 2 in the poll ahead of Falling Deeper by Anathema at #10 and Blackfield’s Welcome To My DNA at #11 (see below).

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For artist’s mini-sites, click below;
Mothlite
Gavin Harrison & 05Ric
Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri
Gazpacho
North Atlantic Oscillation
Steven Wilson
Blackfield
Anathema

At the end of September Kscope hosted a special night at the Union Chapel in London. Nosound, Engineers, Bruce from The Pineapple Thief and Anathema all performed stripped back sets in this breath-taking venue.

Live recordings of the artists involved along with interviews, recorded at sound-check, backstage and aftershow, are featured in the latest Kscope podcast which is now online.

The Union Chapel in north London; arguably London’s nicest venue. It’s a working church, built in the Victorian gothic revival style in the 1870s, it’s also a centre for the arts. It’s unspoiled inside, the audience sit in pews, it’s gorgeous. We invited four of the Kscope family to perform unique versions of some of their repertoire: you’ll hear tunes from Nosound, Engineers, Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief (with Alx Leeks) and Anathema. PLUS pre-show, backstage and aftershow interviews with all the artistes as we were (very kindly) allowed to go running around with a microphone.

A gallery of photographs from the night by Anne-Marie Arpin is now online at www.kscopemusic.com/union-chapel and Classic Rock Prog’s review of the evening can be read here.

Podcast content:
Interviews with Giancarlo Erra (Nosound), Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief), Mark Peters (Engineers), Vinny and Danny Cavanagh (Anathema)
Tracks featured:
Nosound – Lightdark (original from ‘Lightdark’)
Engineers – What it’s Worth (original from ‘In Praise of More’)
Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) – My Debt to You (original from ‘Tightly Unwound’)
Anathema – A Natural Disaster (original from ‘A Natural Disaster’)

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Falling Deeper, the new release from Anathema was released last week. The album, recorded with a full 26 piece string section, features brand new arrangements of songs from the band’s earliest days as pioneers of heavy music. Classic Rock Prog have described the album as, ‘a more than worthy addition to Anathema’s fine body of work.’

The album entered the UK indie chart at #30 and #8 in the Alternative chart in Holland.

A fresh musical and lyrical approach has transformed songs such as Crestfallen, Kingdom, Sunset of Age and Everwake, which features the incredible voice of Anneke van Giersbergen.

The record has been produced by Daniel Cavanagh and was recorded and mixed by Andrea Wright at the legendary Parr St Studios, Liverpool (where the likes of Elbow, Coldplay and Echo and the Bunnymen have also recorded albums). The orchestral arrangements are from Dave Stewart who worked so successfully with Anathema on We’re Here Because We’re Here.

An extensive video interview with Danny Cavanagh where he discusses the album, the songs on it and plays excerpts on the piano is now on the Falling Deeper mini-site.

Anathema are playing at the A Night at the Union Chapel, a special Kscope evening that takes place on Friday September 30th (full details here)

TRACKLIST
Crestfallen 
Sleep In Sanity
Kingdom
They Die
Everwake
J’ai Fait Une Promesse
Alone
We The Gods
Sunset of Age

Order the CD / Vinyl / Download from iTunes UK / Germany

Anathema’s Falling Deeper mini-site
Buy Anathema albums from the Kscope store

Kscope presents… ‘A Night At The Union Chapel’ featuring Anathema , The Pineapple Thief, Engineers and Nosound – 7.30pm, Friday 30th September 2011

On Friday 30th September Kscope will be hosting a one-off night at the Union Chapel in London, with a number of acts from the roster performing special stripped back sets in this breathtaking venue.

Anathema will headline the show, performing a special acoustic show comprising of members Vincent, Danny and Lee. They will be joined by Engineers, Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief and Nosound (solo set).

Click here for tickets, for what promises to be a very special night, are available from the Union Chapel costing £18 (plus booking fee). Get in quick.

Union Chapel

Anathema
Engineers
The Pineapple Thief
Nosound

Kscope is pleased to announce Falling Deeper, the stunning new album from Anathema. Falling Deeper continues where the acclaimed 2008 album Hindsight left off. The album features brand new arrangements of songs with full 26 piece string section and haunting melodies from the band’s earliest days as pioneers of heavy music.

This is an album which will excite old and new Anathema fans equally. A fresh musical and lyrical approach has transformed songs such as Crestfallen, Kingdom, Sunset of Age and Everwake, which features the incredible voice of Anneke van Giersbergen.

The record has been produced by Daniel Cavanagh and was recorded and mixed by Andrea Wright at the legendary Parr St Studios, Liverpool (where the likes of Elbow, Coldplay and Echo and the Bunnymen have also recorded albums). The orchestral arrangements are from Dave Stewart who worked so successfully with Anathema on We’re Here Because We’re Here.

Released in 2010, We’re Here Because We’re Here was awarded Classic Rock’s Prog ‘Album of the Year’ in 2010 as well as a host of other accolades.

Tracklist
Crestfallen / Sleep in Sanity 7.21
Kingdom 4.23
They Die 2.10
Everwake 3.06
J’ai Fait une Promesse 4.22
Alone 7.15
We The Gods 3.01
Sunset of Age 7.39

Falling Deeper will be packaged in a deluxe digibook, click here to pre-order
click here to pre-order the vinyl edition, due for release a week before the CD.

For more info, audio samples, a FREE track from the album, downloads and more, go to: www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

Anathema are to release a new single, Dreaming Light, on Kscope on July 4th. The single will be available digitally along with Engineers’ new remix of the track Universal and the video for Dreaming Light by the award winning director, Christopher Kenworthy.

Watch the video here:

Dreaming Light is the second single to be lifted from last year’s album, We’re Here Because We’re Here. Awarded Classic Rock’s Prog Album of the Year as well as a host of other accolades, the album was the band’s first collection of new material band since the 2003 album, A Natural Disaster. A multi-coloured, multi-layered work of unbridled emotion, passion, and intensity, the new album was embraced by their legions of fans and the worldwide press. We’re Here Because We’re Here was mixed by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), who described it as “definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.”

Danny and Vincent from the band have just completed a tour of the USA & Canada with Steven Wilson’s Blackfield performing special acoustic Anathema sets and the full band will be performing at a host of festivals this summer. For full live dates, visit Anathema’s site

www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

Anathema are to release a new single, Dreaming Light, on Kscope on June 20th. The single will be available digitally along with Engineers new remix of the track Universal and the video by award winning director, Christopher Kenworthy.

Dreaming Light is the second single to be lifted from last year’s album, We’re Here Because We’re Here. Awarded Classic Rock’s ‘Prog Album of the Year’ in 2010 as well as a host of other accolades, the album was the band’s first collection of new material band since the 2003 album, A Natural Disaster.

A multi-coloured, multi-layered work of unbridled emotion, passion, and intensity, the new album was embraced by their legions of fans and the worldwide press. We’re Here Because We’re Here was mixed by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), who described it as “definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.”

Danny and Vincent from the band have just returned from the USA & Canada with Steven Wilson’s Blackfield where they were performing special acoustic Anathema sets and receiving rave reviews. This summer the full band is also playing some club shows and appearing as Special Guests to Dream Theater in Europe and headlining with Anneke Van Giersbergen in Latin America:
4th July at Ippodromo Capanelle, Rome, Italy (Special Guests to Dream Theater)
5th July at Villafranca Castle, Verona, Italy (Special Guests to Dream Theater)
6th July at Komplex 457, Zurich, Switzerland (Special Guests to Dream Theater)
7th July at Colossal, Aschaffenburg, Germany (headline Anathema show)
8th July at Atak, Enschede, The Netherlands (headline Anathema show)
10th July at P60, Amstelveen, The Netherlands (headline Anathema show)
26th July at Circo Volador, DF, Mexico (with Anneke Van Giersbergen)
28th July at Teatro Colegiales, Buenos Aires, Argentina (with Anneke Van Giersbergen)
31st July at Teatro Caupolican, Santiago, Chile (with Anneke Van Giersbergen)

Anathema will also be performing at a host of festivals this summer including Wave Gotik (Germany) June 10th, Hellfest (France) June 19th, Night of the Prog Festival (Germany) July 9th, High Voltage Festival (London) July 23rd, Vagos Open Air (Portugal) August 5th and Brutal Assault (Czech Rep) August 13th.

To buy tickets for all shows please visit anathema.ws/​tour

For more info, downloads and audio samples from We’re Here Because We’re Here, visit the mini-site at: kscopemusic.com/​anathema
For more info, downloads and audio samples from Engineers, visit the mini-site at: kscopemusic.com/​engineers

Buy Anathema and Engineers albums from: the Kscope store​

anathema.ws

We’re Here Because We’re Here, the latest album from Anathema, has just been named Classic Rock’s Prog Album of the Year. The award caps a triumphant year for the band which has seen them finally release the long-awaited album and embark on a succession of several successful tours.


They finish the year with a short tour of Ireland before playing their first gig in their hometown of Liverpool for almost fifteen years on December 21st. The gig, which takes place at the legendary Cavern Club, is in aid of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital’s Imagine Appeal. In addition to the Anathema’s special set there will also be a live auction of rock memorabilia donated by the band and friends. Click here to buy tickets for the show, or if you can’t make it but would still like to donate to the Imagine Appeal, go to Anathema’s website.

The band are going to be back out on tour in February with a series of days around the UK and in France (full details below). They will be joined on the UK and Irish dates by their Kscope label mates North Atlantic Oscillation.NAO also scored high in the Classic Rock’s critic’s poll with their debut album being named #6 in the Prog album of the year poll just behind Someone Here is Missing by The Pineapple Thief which was at #3.

Anathema – We’re Here Because We’re Here Tour from Kscope on Vimeo.

Tour dates
2010
17th December An Cruscian Lan, Cork, Ireland
18th December The Village, Dublin, Ireland
19th December Spring and Airbrake, Belfast, UK
21st December The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK

2011
9th February Live Lounge, Durham, UK
10th February Cathouse, Glasgow, UK
11th February Academy 2, Sheffield, UK
12th February Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
14th February The Assembly, Leamington, UK
15th February Academy 3, Manchester, UK
16th February Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, UK
17th February Scala, London, UK
19th February Le Splendid, Lille, France
20th February La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
21st February Ninkasy, Lyon, France
22nd February Cooperative de Mai, Clermont Ferrand, France
23rd February Bikini, Toulouse, France
24th February Theatre Barbey, Bordeaux, France
25th February Le Cargo, Caen, France
26th February LE 106, Rouen, France
27th February L’Antipode, Rennes, France

Two classic Anathema albums, A Fine Day To Exit and A Natural Disaster, are also to be reissued on double heavyweight vinyl on Kscope’s sister label, Peaceville.
Click here to buy from the Kscope store.
Click here for the Peaceville store.

For more information and downloads from We’re Here Because We’re Here, go to the mini-site at www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

To buy Anathema albums, go to the Kscope store

North Atlantic Oscillation have announced that they will shortly be going into the studio to start work on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut Grappling Hooks, which was released earlier this year on Kscope.

Before they return to the studio they are playing some more live dates with label-mates Anathema, having just completed a tour with Engineers.

In addition to this they will be playing at the London Calling festival at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on November 12th. They hope to return to Europe for some more dates as well as embarking on their first tour of the US.

Dates are as follows:

Touring with Anathema in the UK and Ireland
17th December An Cruscian Lan // Cork
18th December The Village // Dublin
19th December Spring and Airbrake // Belfast

The band have also recently made some live recordings that they made for a recent BBC session, as well as new remix available. The remix (By Brazilian act Worldengine) is available for free in exchange for re-tweeting the link through the tweet for a track site while the BBC tracks can be downloaded from the band’s site in exchange for a small donation to a charity of your choice. Go to www.naoband.com/charity for more details.

For more info on the album, downloads, a free MP3 from Grappling Hooks, go to the mini-site at: www.kscopemusic.com/northatlanticoscillation

The first Kscope podcast is now available to download. This episode features interviews with Steven Wilson and North Atlantic Oscillation along with music from the label’s catalogue including tracks from Anathema, The Pineapple Thief, NAO and Steven Wilson.

A new edition of the podcast will be available on the last Friday of every month.

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Anathema’s Hindsight European tour kicks off next week. The tour starts in Utrecht, Holland on Wednesday 8th October and sees the band playing gigs across 12 countries over October and November.

The tour follows the release of Hindsight, the new semi-acoustic album of classic tracks. Hindsight has received widespread critical acclaim across the world with Metal Hammer naming it as one of its albums of the month, Rocksound describing it  as ‘quality renditions of quality songs’ and Terrorizer stating that it’s ‘a treat for old and new fans… Anathema remain an extraordinary band’.

Following the Dutch gigs the tour visits Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, France, the UK and Greece.

Full dates are below or can be found on the mini site which also contains info on the album, audio samples, downloads and more.  Support on the tour comes from Demains.

The Hindsight tour dates:
8/10 HOLLAND, Tivoli, Utrecht
9/10 HOLLAND, W2, Den Bosch
10/10 BELGIUM, Biebob, Vosselaar 
11/10 HOLLAND, Boerderij, Zoetermeer
12/10 GERMANY, Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg 
13/10 GERMANY, Matrix, Bochum 
14/10 GERMANY,  Longhorn, Stuttgart
15/10 tbc
16/10 GERMANY, Centrum, Erfurt 
17/10 GERMANY, Columbia Club, Berlin 
18/10 GERMANY, Markthalle, Hamburg 
19/10 DENMARK, Pumpehuset, Copenhagen 
20/10 POLAND, Proxima Club, Warsaw 
21/10 POLAND, Studio Club, Krakow 
22/10 GERMANY, Backstagewerk, Munich 
23/10 SWITZERLAND, Z7, Pratteln 
24/10 ITALY, New Age, Treviso 
25/10 ITALY, Rolling Stone, Milan 
26/10 ITALY, Alpheus, Rome 
28/10 AUSTRIA, Szene, Vienna
29/10 HUNGARY, Avalon Club, Budapest
31/10 SWITZERLAND, Les Docks, Lausanne
1/11  FRANCE, Lyon, Villeurbanne 
2/11  FRANCE, Lille Splendid
4/11 ENGLAND, Academy Club, Manchester
5/11 SCOTLAND, Cathouse, Glasgow
6/11 ENGLAND, Carling Academy, Sheffield
7/11 ENGLAND, Islington Academy, London
8/11 ENGLAND, Barfly, Birmingham
9/11 ENGLAND, Zodiac, Oxford
10/11 ENGLAND, Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
29/11 GREECE, Athens Fuzz Club 
30/11 GREECE, Thessaloniki Principal Club

Following the release of Hindsight, the new semi-acoustic album of classic tracks, Anathema have announced a major European tour in support of the album. Hindsight has received widespread critical acclaim across the world with Metal Hammer naming it as one of its albums of the month, proclaiming it contains Moments of sublime beauty and Rocksound have described the album as Quality renditions of quality songs.

The first new release from Anathema for five years is now available on Kscope. Taken from the new semi-acoustic album, Hindsight, the two track download features the brand new track Unchained (Tales Of The Unexpected) alongside a new arrangement of Flying.

Hindsight will be released on CD by Kscope on August 25th 2008 and will be available to download from August 11th. For more information on the album release go to www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

Both downloads are available from major download sites but high quality FLAC downloads are available from the Burning Shed download store (mp3 downloads also available from Burning Shed)

Anathema - Unchained (Tales Of The Unexpected) & Flying 

The Pineapple Thief have also released a download EP this week following the success of their recent album, Tightly Unwound. In addition to featuring a single edit of the lead track, Shoot First and an alternate version of My Debt To You, the EP also features two completely new tracks.

Second Chance was written and recorded during the Tightly Unwound sessions while Too Far Gone is a completely new piece that Bruce has recently written when starting work on the new album.

The Pineapple Thief – Shoot First download EP

A video for Shoot First has been shot by the acclaimed director Lasse Hoile (Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Dream Theater, Blackfield). The video is now premiering on the Tightly Unwound mini-site

Anathema return in August with their new album, Hindsight on Kscope.

To mark the release Kscope have launched a new website at www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

The site contains info on the release and forthcoming tour dates, audio samples, downloads and more. In addition to this, for a limited period, fans who sign up to the mailing list will receive a free mp3 of the track Fragile Dreams.

Hindsight features old and new favourites from the band’s career, with new arrangements utilising acoustic, electrical and orchestral instruments to construct the deep, emotional landscapes Anathema have become renowned for.

This album will also feature the beautiful cello playing of Dave Wesling from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. A close friend of the band, Dave previously toured with the band in 2004 and is featured on the DVD A Moment in Time.

The record has been arranged, recorded, performed and produced solely by the band.

Anathema have been at the forefront of the UK rock/metal movement for many years. They began their journey as pioneers of melodic heavy music, influencing a myriad of bands to follow them, before outgrowing all genres and limitations as they fearlessly explored new territory and new ways to express feeling through sound. 

They have gained a sizable worldwide following and much critical acclaim. Having played hundreds of shows in over 30 countries on their Natural Disaster tour, they are currently working on the follow up to Hindsight, an album of brand new material entitled Horizons. This is set to be an album beyond all expectations. 

Hindsight will be released on CD on August 25th 2008 and will be available to download from August 11th.

The album is preceded by a two track download single which features the brand new track Unchained (Tales Of The Unexpected) alongside a new arrangement of Flying. This will be available from all major download platforms from July 28th.

www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

Tracklist:
Fragile Dreams
Leave No Trace
Inner Silence

One Last Goodbye

Are You There?

Angelica 
A Natural Disaster
Temporary Peace
Flying
Unchained (Tales Of The Unexpected)

Kscope is pleased to announce the forthcoming semi-acoustic album from UK band Anathema. Hindsight features old and new favourites from the band’s career, with new arrangements utilising acoustic, electrical and orchestral instruments to construct the deep, emotional landscapes Anathema have become renowned for.
This album will also feature the beautiful cello playing of Dave Wesling from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. A close friend of the band, Dave previously toured with the band in 2004 and is featured on the DVD A Moment in Time. The record has been arranged, recorded, performed and produced solely by the band.

Anathema have been at the forefront of the UK rock/metal movement for many years. They began their journey as pioneers of melodic heavy music, influencing a myriad of bands to follow them, before outgrowing all genres and limitations as they fearlessly explored new territory and new ways to express feeling through sound.

Anathema have gained a sizable worldwide following and much critical acclaim. Having played hundreds of shows in over 30 countries on their natural disaster tour, they are currently working on the follow up to Hindsight, an album of brand new material entitled Horizons. This is set to be an album beyond all expectations.

Hindsight will be released on CD by Kscope on August 25th 2008 and will be available to download from August 18th.

Anathema will be reuniting with the other two major pioneers of northern heavy music, Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride for two special shows later this year.
September 18th – Bataclan, Paris, FRANCE
September 19th – The Forum, London, UK

Tracklist:
Fragile Dreams
Leave No Trace
Inner Silence
One Last Goodbye
Are You There?
Angelica
A Natural Disaster
Temporary Peace
Flying
Unchained (Tales Of The Unexpected)

Watch this space for the new mini-site for Hindsight COMING SOON.
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