Anathema Judgement
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JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 4th 2020


60929 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Haha yep, I'm soulless - but this album has me on drip, so all is well

BenThatsMyJamin
May 4th 2020


4013 Comments


I'll have to listen to this one again in full, I find their newer albums to be rather inconsistent in that the highs (e.g. Untouchable, Internal Landscapes) are so good they struggle to maintain that quality over whole albums

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 4th 2020


60929 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Agree 100% (esp with those picks) - WYBWH just about keeps it up, but WS and Distant Satellites suffer from this big time. Maybe the Optimist gets around it too, idk

BenThatsMyJamin
May 4th 2020


4013 Comments


Yeah WS was the most glaring one for me (those tracks are just TOO good) but I remember getting a similar feeling from WHBWH and Optimist. Might be time to dive back in for a discog refresh!

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 4th 2020


60929 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Lol yes do it, what could go wrong ;] Also, isn't it time for a new one vaguely soon?

BenThatsMyJamin
May 4th 2020


4013 Comments


They've been pretty consistent since the reunion so hopefully yh, though I know they've been quite busy touring recently (well, not RECENTLY recently heh)

pollastrerostit
May 6th 2020


859 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I didn't care much about stuff after we're here, the untouchables were good though.



[honestly my least favourite here] ugh yes so good

[2]

Although you can see how this must have been an important song for them



Forgotten Hopes is the best

ElioG
May 6th 2020


805 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I remember an old interview with Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride, around 1999, stating "we are just normal guys, we drink beers making jokes all the time and stuff, we are not those depressive guys many think we are". Listening to Judgement, you just cannot believe those guys were making jokes at the time or feeling good... This anger and misery and frustration are popping up, they are almost liquid to touch.

ElioG
May 6th 2020


805 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

And those Gilmouresque solos... Idk, it feels like they were exchanging floyds at the time instead of fluids lol

pollastrerostit
May 6th 2020


859 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah and MDB themselves realeased The light at the end of the world in 99, then the dreadful hours in 2001. what a fun party it must have been.





JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 6th 2020


60929 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Hahaha I can imagine MDB getting pissed and having a laugh after sessions for some Dreadful Hours tracks tbh - definitely not the case for these

ElioG
May 6th 2020


805 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, bizarre. Btw TLATEOTW is such a good record.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 6th 2020


60929 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

ah yeah, I should check that and probs Line of Deathless Kings; never went through that band that thoroughly

ElioG
May 6th 2020


805 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

You should, pretty consistent band.

pollastrerostit
May 6th 2020


859 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Light at the end is amazing, probably their best. LDK can be easily the weakest of their mid-period, Songs of Darkness is better, although I came to appreciate LDK a lot as well



Hahaha I can imagine MDB getting pissed and having a laugh after sessions for some Dreadful Hours tracks tbh - definitely not the case for these

definitely, this is super miserable

Fowo
June 8th 2020


719 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

One of 2 Anathema albums that are good

DoofDoof
June 8th 2020


15312 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

edgy take

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 8th 2020


60929 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

back that shit up by claiming that the other is the optimist or serenades i dare u

DoofDoof
June 8th 2020


15312 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm guessing he's referring to 'Alternative 4' but I could be wrong

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 8th 2020


60929 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I'll be very disappointed if so, partially bc consensus, partially because that's bottom 2 or 3 Anathema



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