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Anata


Anata is a technical death metal band formed in Varberg, Sweden in 1993.

To date, they have released two demo, four albums and a split album with Bethzaida. In 2005, they completed recordings for an album titled The Conductor's Departure, released on June 12, 2006 on Earache Records/Wicked World labels. Anata have toured Europe with death metal acts such as: Dismember, Decapitated, Rotting Christ and Psycroptic. In 2006 Anata played at Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore; their first US appearance to date. Anata have also performed at festivals in Europe such as Fuck the Commerce, Neurotic Deathfest and Gothenburg Deathfest.

Musical style

Their style employs significant and unique use of dissonance, including contrapuntal structures employing whole- and half-step harmony, as well as dissonant chords. As their music relies greatly on melody and counterpoint, in contrast to most death metal bands who focus more on moving chords and percussive effects (especially complex palm muting patterns), they are sometimes labeled melodic death metal. However, most fans consider this to be an inaccurate characterization, as the term generally refers to a particular style of death metal, namely, the "Gothenburg metal" sound pioneered by bands like In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, rather than simply death metal with a strong melodic element. Anata, though hailing from Sweden, considered the birthplace of melodic death metal, bears little resemblance to these bands. Rather, they bear a stronger resemblance to technical death metal pioneers such as Cynic and Atheist, who also employed a great deal of counterpoint (for both bands, the two guitars and bass are rarely playing the same part). However, Anata has little of the jazz fusion influences that Cynic or Atheist had, instead fusing the contrapuntal style with the modern technical death metal style of peers such as Psycroptic and Decapitated.

Discography

Demos

  • Bury Forever the Garden of Lie (1995)
  • Vast Lands of My Infernal Dominion (1997)


Studio releases

  • The Infernal Depths of Hatred (1998)
  • Dreams of Death and Dismay (2001)
  • Under a Stone With No Inscription (2004)
  • The Conductor's Departure (2006)


Split albums

  • WAR Vol. II - Anata vs. Bethzaida (1999, split album with Bethzaida)


Band members

===Current members===
  • Fredrik Schälin ? Lead vocals, guitar
  • Andreas Allenmark ? guitar, backing vocals
  • Henrik Drake ? Bass
  • Conny Pettersson ? Drums


Former members

  • Mattias Svensson ? Guitar (1993?1996)
  • Martin Sjöstrand ? Bass (1993?1996)
  • Robert Petersson ? Drums (1993?2001)


External links

Official websites



Anata at online databases



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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anata
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