For more than 20 years Birmingham’s Anaal Nathrakh have been creating a sound all of their own, coming across like no one else as they blend black and death metal, industrial and grindcore in a unique way that seriously hurts, in the best kind of way. On album number 11 they are in a pretty apocalyptic mood, positing that the sorry current state of affairs has placed the world on the brink of The Endarkenment, as opposed to The Enlightenment. It’s not unfair to state that over the years the band have developed a core song style that has grown somewhat predictable, with a storm of breakneck ultra-violence - created entirely by multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney - giving way to a soaring, almost operatic chorus. This song type is definitely here in force on Endarkenment, and is best repr...
