Anathema - Weather Systems

8.3 | 704 votes |

Release date:	16 April 2012
Style:	Atmospheric rock
Owners:	595 have it 53 want it

Disc I
01. Untouchable Part 1
02. Untouchable Part 2
03. The Gathering Of The Clouds
04. Lightning Song
05. Sunlight
06. The Storm Before The Calm
07. The Beginning And The End
08. The Lost Child
09. Internal Landscapes

Disc II [Limited edition DVD 5.1 mix]
01. Untouchable Part 1
02. Untouchable Part 2
03. The Gathering Of The Clouds
04. Lightning Song
05. Sunlight
06. The Storm Before The Calm
07. The Beginning And The End
08. The Lost Child
09. Internal Landscapes

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Produced, engineered and mixed by Christer-André Cederberg. Co-produced by Vincent & Daniel Cavanagh.
Assistant recording engineer - Andrea Wright.

Recorded at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, Aerial Studios in Wrexham and at Christer's place in Oslo.
Mixed at Christer's place. Mastered by Chris Sansom at Propeller Mastering, Oslo.

All string arrangements by Dave Stewart except The Storm Before The Calm - by Vincent Cavanagh & Dave Stewart.
Performed by the London Session orchestra.
Leader: Perry Montague-Mason.
Session fixer: Isobel Griffiths.
Strings produced by Dave Stewart, recorded by Steve Price at Angel Studios, London.

Art, design and layout by Vincent Cavanagh & Sarah Derat, assisted by Scott.

Internal Landscapes is dedicated to William Cavanagh.

Staff review by
Dream Taster

Rating:
8.2

Liverpool, United Kingdom. In the distance the gathering of the clouds dims the sunlight, an omen of an impending rainstorm. In the beginning there was lightning, and in the end a drenched landscape.

Needless to say that whatever kind of rock featured on Weather Systems is literally miles away from Anathema's death/doom sound of decades past. But then again it is no less riveting. Spellbinding is more like it. Once more the Cavanagh brothers manage to fascinate me with their ability to write beautiful music. Be warned though that there is very little variation in the formula that was presented on its predecessor We're Here Because We're Here.

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MechanisT Account deleted	Permalink 14.09.2011 - 18:45 MechanisT Account deleted Sweet! Looking forward to it. Loading...
BloodTears ANA-thema Posts: 11835 From: Portugal	Permalink 14.09.2011 - 19:07 Rating: 8 BloodTears ANA-thema Posts: 11835 From: Portugal Ditto. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass. My Instagram Loading...
tirim4 Posts: 63 From: Sweden	Permalink 14.09.2011 - 19:49 Rating: 9 tirim4 Posts: 63 From: Sweden So what are we talking about? A completely new album? Loading...
Roro Posts: 943 From: Egypt	Permalink 14.09.2011 - 20:15 Roro Posts: 943 From: Egypt Hope it'll be better than the last one Loading...
John Shock Posts: 500 From: Portugal	Permalink 09.11.2011 - 13:45 John Shock Posts: 500 From: Portugal Written by Roro on 14.09.2011 at 20:15 Hope it'll be better than the last one What last one? ...We're Here...or Falling Deeper? ... Loading...
Roro Posts: 943 From: Egypt	Permalink 10.11.2011 - 15:10 Roro Posts: 943 From: Egypt Falling deeper is a compilation, i am talking about we're here . Loading...
zero Posts: 99	Permalink 01.02.2012 - 12:29 Rating: 8 zero Posts: 99 Can't wait Loading...
John Shock Posts: 500 From: Portugal	Permalink 01.02.2012 - 21:34 John Shock Posts: 500 From: Portugal Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful cover Loading...
Víctor Posts: 13	Permalink 03.02.2012 - 06:44 Víctor Posts: 13 Into wishlist Loading...
idleblood Posts: 4 From: Sri Lanka	Permalink 07.02.2012 - 16:51 Rating: 10 idleblood Posts: 4 From: Sri Lanka Most amazing thing after Alcest - Les voyages de l'âme..... Loading...
Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1113 From: Finland	Permalink 05.03.2012 - 17:39 Rating: 8 Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1113 From: Finland Written by Byro on 05.03.2012 at 17:34 Written by Guest on 01.02.2012 at 14:13 Falling Deeper is not a compilation. Yes, it is Yes and no While being old songs, some of the arrangements are completely revamped. Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden	Permalink 05.03.2012 - 20:03 Rating: 7 X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden Written by Guest on 05.03.2012 at 17:44 Those tracks are new. But not all of them, most songs are reworkings of old songs. I wouldn't call it a compilation but it's definitely not a proper full length album. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden	Permalink 05.03.2012 - 22:47 Rating: 7 X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden Written by Guest on 05.03.2012 at 22:32 Every track is never-released-before and new. I wasn't discussing that, whatever. I loled at the parenting thing though. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2641 From: Germany	Permalink 07.03.2012 - 23:24 Rating: 8 InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2641 From: Germany Oh hell yeah ---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself. Loading...
Kenos Account deleted	Permalink 07.03.2012 - 23:35 Kenos Account deleted Written by InnerSelf on 07.03.2012 at 23:24 Oh hell yeah This is going to be seriously awesome. Loading...
InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2641 From: Germany	Permalink 07.03.2012 - 23:41 Rating: 8 InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2641 From: Germany Written by Guest on 07.03.2012 at 23:35 This is going to be seriously awesome. I know :') ---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself. Loading...
BLIND GUARDIAN Posts: 46 From: Cyprus	Permalink 12.03.2012 - 20:14 Rating: 8 BLIND GUARDIAN Posts: 46 From: Cyprus The album is a freakin masterpiece!! HELL YEAH! Loading...
Kenos Account deleted	Permalink 12.03.2012 - 22:02 Kenos Account deleted Mmmh... The first tracks were amazing, but it loses points towards the end, especially in "The Lost Child", maybe one of their weakest songs. It's good, excellent at times, but no masterpiece like WHBWH and... Well, half of Anathema's discography. At the moment something like a 7.5 or 8, more or less. Best tracks: "Untouchable Part 1-2" and "The Beginning And The End". Loading...
thisempty Posts: 9 From: Portugal	Permalink 13.03.2012 - 06:14 thisempty Posts: 9 From: Portugal Kenos, you're so very wrong! Let it sink man. It's a grower. The only critique i have is that sometimes if feels to pop. I can't sleep today, been listening to it non stop since it leaked. This album is life resumed in a few songs. It's so emotional, so beautiful. The world is such a fuckep up place, but listening to this i kinda let go of all the shit and just be at peace for a few hours. Anyway, time to go listen to some evil black metal cause i'm getting corny as fuck. Loading...
thisempty Posts: 9 From: Portugal	Permalink 13.03.2012 - 06:23 thisempty Posts: 9 From: Portugal And The Lost Child is haunting, beautiful!! If you say it's one of the weakest songs they ever released you must be on drugs. Loading...
itw Posts: 2 From: Australia	Permalink 13.03.2012 - 07:46 Rating: 10 itw Posts: 2 From: Australia Also been listening non-stop. Awesome album. As much as I liked WHBWH this one is better in my opinion. Loading...
PocketMetal Posts: 750 From: Iran	Permalink 13.03.2012 - 10:04 Rating: 8 PocketMetal Posts: 750 From: Iran What is going through my ears feels good ! Loading...
Unhealer Eclecticist Posts: 2311 From: Argentina	Permalink 14.03.2012 - 02:18 Rating: 6 Unhealer Eclecticist Posts: 2311 From: Argentina Boy, Lee is really present on this record. Still don't know what to think of it... Loading...
Kenos Account deleted	Permalink 14.03.2012 - 11:53 Kenos Account deleted Written by thisempty on 13.03.2012 at 06:14 Kenos, you're so very wrong! Let it sink man. It's a grower. The only critique i have is that sometimes if feels to pop. I don't mind pop, but redundancy... And at times I find this album redundant. Even more than its predecessor - which I adore. Loading...
JD Account deleted	Permalink 14.03.2012 - 18:08 JD Account deleted Written by thisempty on 13.03.2012 at 06:23 And The Lost Child is haunting, beautiful!! If you say it's one of the weakest songs they ever released you must be on drugs. I agree, it's probably the best song in there alongside with "The Beginning And The End". Loading...
strade Posts: 677 From: USA	Permalink 14.03.2012 - 23:59 strade Posts: 677 From: USA Loving it. ---- My lo-fi synth project: http://luciddreamer.bandcamp.com Loading...
EW Posts: 26 From: Australia	Permalink 15.03.2012 - 00:18 Rating: 10 EW Posts: 26 From: Australia Written by BLIND GUARDIAN on 12.03.2012 at 20:14 The album is a freakin masterpiece!! HELL YEAH! Agreed. it is perfect. Loading...
BehzadSh Posts: 94 From: Iran	Permalink 15.03.2012 - 16:26 Rating: 10 BehzadSh Posts: 94 From: Iran Perfect. you may laugh at me, but I cried out during the whole album. perfect album, can't say anything else, just perfect ---- http://www.last.fm/user/behzadsh Loading...
Enissa Posts: 815 From: Greece	Permalink 19.03.2012 - 00:01 Rating: 8 Enissa Posts: 815 From: Greece Really awesome album, and definitely better than "We're here.."! Loading...
swatata Posts: 59 From: Bulgaria	Permalink 19.03.2012 - 22:31 Rating: 10 swatata Posts: 59 From: Bulgaria The Begining and The End is definetly my favourite. And the whole album is the most amazing thing i heard from this year so far. 10/10 Loading...