Anaal Nathrakh News

2020

August

Wednesday, August 5

https://loudwire.com/anaal-nathrakh-endarkenment-album-song/

ANAAL NATHRAKH GO APOCALYPTIC ON ‘ENDARKENMENT’ TITLE TRACK, NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED

Apocalyptic extreme metal battalion Anaal Nathrakh have returned with Endarkenment, their 11th full length album, due Oct. 2 on Metal Blade. Previewing the oncoming devastation, the group has released a music video for the title track, which also serves as the album's opener

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https://www.brooklynvegan.com/19-new-songs-out-today-33/

....ANAAL NATHRAKH - "ENDARKENMENT"

UK extreme metallers Anaal Nathrakh are releasing their new album Endarkenment on October 2 via Metal Blade, and the lead single/title track is a jackhammering sonic assault that comes with an animated, social commentary-fueled video (by David Brodsky).


Saturday, August 8

https://www.deadpress.co.uk/news-anaal-nathrakh-detail-eleventh-album-endarkenment/

NEWS: Anaal Nathrakh detail eleventh album, ‘Endarkenment’!

Birmingham extreme metal duo Anaal Nathrakh just shared the details of ‘Endarkenment’, which will be the band’s eleventh album and follow-up to 2018’s ‘A New Kind Of Horror’.

Produced by Mick Kenney (one half of Anaal Nathrakh), ‘Endarkenment’ will be released on October 2nd 2020 via Metal Blade Records.

You can check out the artwork, full track listing, a stream of the title track, and pre-order options below


Monday, August 10

https://killyourstereo.com/news/1109421/anaal-nathrakh-enter-into-an-age-of-endarkenment-with-hectic-new-song/

Anaal Nathrakh enter into an age of ‘Endarkenment’ with hectic new song

Anaal Nathrakh’s brand of extreme blackened, grinding death metal is as consistent as it thought-provoking and heavy. That was true of ‘A New Kind Of Horror‘ (2018) and the very same is looking to be accurate for their next album, ‘Endarkenment.’ With it’s recently released first single and eponymous cut being the kind of explosive, riff-heavy style the band are highly regarded for. With all of multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney’s noisy guitars and sick blast beats, and vocalist Dave Hunt’s huge power-metal refrains sitting in their usual places.

Like other Anaal Nathrakh albums, there’s many liner notes to accompany the themes and messages of their songs. ‘Endarkenment‘ is no different. With Dave sharing about this forthcoming album and it’s subsequent titular song’s theme of “post-truths,” personal selfishness and political dogma, that:

There has been, and continues to be, increasingly widespread rejection of Enlightenment-style values such as rationalism, skepticism, the rejection of faith in favour of judgements dependent on empirically verifiable phenomena and so on. There are local versions in many places, but in our native UK, this was summed up by politician/sinister gnome Michael Gove’s famous claim that we’ve ‘had enough of experts‘. Thus we enter the age of endarkenment.“

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September

Sunday, September 6

https://www.metalsucks.net/2020/09/05/anaal-nathrakh-release-new-single-the-age-of-starlight-ends/

Anaal Nathrakh Release New Single, “The Age of Starlight Ends”

SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2020 AT 9:48 AM BY METALSUCKS

Anaal Nathrakh have premiered “The Age Of Starlight Ends” from their eleventh studio album, Endarkenment, due October 2 via Metal Blade Records.

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October

Wednesday, October 7

https://outburn.com/interviews/anaal-nathrakh-new-dark-ages/

ANAAL NATHRAKH: New Dark Ages

October 6, 2020

INTERVIEW WITH DAVE HUNT (V.I.T.R.I.O.L.)

BY GEORGE PACHECO

COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIE KORNER

Intense. There are a number of adjectives one could use to describe Britain’s Anaal Nathrakh, but this one just seems to fit like an iron glove. In fact, there’s been plenty of ink spilt about this duo of vocalist Dave Hunt (V.I.T.R.I.O.L.) and instrumentalist/drum programmer/songwriter Irrumator, also known by the human name of Mick Kenney, from their raw black metal origins to the chaotic and grinding riff machine they are today.

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Friday, October 30

http://bravewords.com/news/anall-nathrakh-angel-witch-bolt-thrower-featured-on-in-game-soundtrack-to-watch-dogs-legion

ANAAL NATHRAKH, ANGEL WITCH, BOLT THROWER FEATURED ON IN-GAME SOUNDTRACK TO WATCH DOGS: LEGION

ANALL NATHRAKH, ANGEL WITCH, BOLT THROWER Featured On In-Game Soundtrack To Watch Dogs: Legion

The brand-new Ubisoft title Watch Dogs: Legion was released October 29th worldwide on Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, Playstation 4, Stadia, PC, and will be released on the forthcoming Playstation 5. Metal fans might be surprised to hear three towering British bands - Anaal Nathrakh, Angel Witch, and Bolt Thrower - while exploring the streets of near-future London.

The tracks featured are as follows:

Anaal Nathrakh - "Hold Your Children Close And Pray For Oblivion" from The Whole Of The Law (2016)

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2021

April

Sunday, April 11

https://www.antimusic.com/news/2021/April/10Carnifex_Cover_Korn_Classic_Dead_Bodies_Everywhere.shtml

Carnifex Cover Korn Classic 'Dead Bodies Everywhere'

Keavin Wiggins | 04-11-2021

Carnifex have shared a visualizer video for their brand new cover of the Korn song "Dead Bodies Everywhere," one of the tracks from Korn's chart topping 1998 "Follow The Leader" album.

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The band recorded the cover earlier this year at Back Lounge Studios in their hometown of San Diego, CA and it was produced by the band and Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh, Bleeding Through).

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Wednesday, April 14

https://bravewords.com/news/anaal-nathrakh-metal-blade-records-to-reissue-the-codex-necro-total-f-king-necro-on-cd-lp

ANAAL NATHRAKH – METAL BLADE RECORDS TO REISSUE THE CODEX NECRO, TOTAL F**KING NECRO ON CD, LP

April 14, 2021

On June 11, Anaal Nathrakh will release CD and LP reissues of their classic full-length debut, The Codex Necro, plus Total Fucking Necro - a compilation album comprised of two complete Anaal Nathrakh demos (1999's Anaal Nathrakh and Total Fucking Necro) with an additional track and Mayhem cover songs. Preorder at MetalBlade.com.

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Sunday, August 1

https://xsrock.com/august-2021-hard-rock-and-metal-new-releases/

Re-releases of Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here and When Fire Rains Down From The Sky, Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown dropped from Metal Blade on August 13.


2022

December

Monday, December 19

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/anaal_nathrakhs_future_seems_uncertain_we_will_figure_out_what_might_be_next_if_anything.html

Anaal Nathrakh have apparently played their final show, which took place at the Scala venue in London last Wednesday (December 14th) with Sigh and De Profundis.

As noted by Metal Injection, their lineup included Akercocke and Voices members, with guitarist Mick Kenney being absent as the latter has experienced a "change of plan… which meant that his focus had to shift, for the time being at least."

Once the London show ended, Anaal Nathrakh posted a thank you to everyone in attendance, and within that statement comes the news that they either have an uncertain future or they are just trying to decide what to do next, saying "nothing has been booked or agreed, and we will see what the future brings."

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