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2017's The Optimist is Anathema's first album since 2014's spellbinding Distant Satellites and contains the band's darkest, most challenging and unexpected material.

Recorded in Winter 2016 at Attica Studio in Donegal and Castle of Doom Studios in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan (Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian, Super Furry Animals) at the helm. Doogan's influence is instantly tangible as for the first time in years Anathema recorded as a live band for an album, capturing an energy normally only present on stage. A technique that should be welcomed by fans aware of the band's supreme live power - previously captured on the celebrated concert film, Universal.

CD in digipak with 16 page booklet.

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Including 3 bonus from 1999 rehearsal.

CRAFT embodies the black metal virtue of raw spiritual energy expressed through violent, ripping guitar-work and unholy rhythms enhanced by demonic vocals. The band has long enjoyed a massive cult status within underground circles, yet also gained strong acclaim and recognition by mainstream metal media and critics. Swedish nihilist horde CRAFT unleash the long awaited reissue of 2005's hallmark album 'Fuck The Universe'. Commonly regarded as one of the most important black metal releases of the last 20 years, 'Fuck The Universe' pays respects to the orthodox black metal of the past while dishing out noteworthy levels of extremity and fear

Released on Scream / Bellaphon

1. If These Walls Could Talk 02:51
2. Ambulance Chaser 03:03
3. Fulguration 01:32
4. Arterial Spray Obsession 02:39
5. Necrodecontamination 01:20
6. The League Of Extraordinary Grave Robbers 02:30
7. The Admirable Teachings Of Burke & Hare 02:26
8. Capricious Provisional Cadaver Grater 01:33
9. Decomposer 02:15
10. Viva! Blunt Force Trauma 01:02
11. Cold Storage Fever 01:36
12. Mucopurulent Mayhem 00:59
13. Mortuary Wars 03:30
14. Convivial Corpse Disposal Methodology 06:37