Composer/Musician Reacts to Anathema - Fragile Dreams (REACTION!!!)

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

The album "Hindsight" (2008) is the group re-doing some of their earlier songs, making them less "doom-metal" and closer to "prog rock". It was actually released *after* "A Fine Day to Exit" (2001). The original version was off "Alternative 4" (1998), and even then they were starting to expand their music from the early doom metal. For doom metal, you'd really want something from "Serenades" (1993) or "The Silent Enigma" (1995). The verison on Hindsight is 5:30, and they have a live version which is 7:32 long on "A Sort of Homecoming" (2015 concert album). The song is easy to stretch into a longer version without feeling too long. And it isn't coincidence that "Alternative 4" is about when I started to take notice of Anathema. IMO their albums get better and better up to "Weather Systems".

[@Titoichi1986]

Distant Satellites feels like they were trying things out and The Optimist is the fleshed out ideas from DS mixed with their love for Radiohead

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

... I really should have added that I simply haven't had the time to listen to their most recent studio album, "The Optimist". So I do not mean to suggest that it's a step down from "Weather Systems".

[@LastofAvari]

I prefer the original version of Fragile Dreams.

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

Similar to Katatonia, only Anathema's first two albums were related to doom metal, and after that they moved to a more goth rock style, and their later stuff (which this very much is) is more goth/prog/alternative (even a bit of pop) mix. Very beautiful stuff. Probably my favorite from them is Weather Systems, and from it I love Untouchable Pt. 1 and 2. I'm sure others have mentioned it, but their last album, The Optimist, is the sequel to A Fine Day to Exit. The Lost Song trilogy would be fantastic to do as well.

[@wolverine669]

Anathema was death/doom in their early days, like "Serenades" and "Crestfallen" ep, but never just doom. And then changed their style into poppy prog rock. Even this song was re-recorded, sounding less "doomy" as the original one. Though "Alternative 4" was still a great album. If you want some doom metal, try bands like Isole, Count Raven, The Obsessed, Pallbearer, Place Of Skulls Or my favourite, funeral doom genre, then there's Abyssic, Frowning, Eye Of Solitude, Ahab, Shape Of Despair...

[@paravarium]

I'm all about accessible prog. When you can mesh palatability with technicality 🥰 New Contortionist, New Leprous, Tesseract, Caligula's Horse. Sleep Token, Katatonia, porcupine tree, believe it or not even Dream Theater have poppy songs and many I love right up there with the epics.

[@rolandweigert5169]

For a modern doom listen to Khemmis. For me actual the best doom band. All doom fans should know them.

[@diablilloperdio]

Awesome band. They began as doom metal, but in my opinion they quickly evolved into a more rock/indie sound, which is totally their own. The original of this is on Alternative 4 record. It's a more straight forward rock version.

[@chrisb2942]

Anathema is such a great band. I much appreciated this reaction. It's THE one underrated band. There is hardly an album that has more often rotated over the years than a fine day to exit but hindsight is extremely great too.

[@WhispersInChaos]

So lovely to see reactions to Anathema. Could you possibly consider reacting to "Untouchable"? It's my favourite song of all time. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for your content!

[@Rok_Piletic]

"Falling Deeper" is an album of orchestral re-interpretations released on 5 September 2011. The album is a follow-up to 2008's Hindsight, for which the band recorded different versions of their past songs.

[@GhaithHachem]

For some doom, try some songs from their album "The Silent Enigma" (1995) I would recommend Restless Obilivion and A Dying Wish. Also for some heavy works as they started branching out from the doom style try the album "Eternity" (1996). "The Beloved" is one of my favorite songs. I would also recommend the original version of Fragile Dream from the Alternative 4 album as well as One Last Goodbye and Emotional Winter from the "Judgement" album

[@Kuyjac258]

If you want to check out the doom metal side of Anathema then you need Silent Enigma. They became less doom and more Prog once Vincent took over vocals. Anathema are one of my all time favourite bands. Two albums of theirs you should really check out is Weather Systems and Judgement as they are truly two of the most beautiful albums recorded.

[@nessmachinehead9395]

U should check Saturnus for Doom Metal

[@thebluriam]

I highly recommend "One Last Goodbye" off their album Judgements. It's about as doomy as you can get without actually being Doom Metal. It's about the singers' Mothers' death and how it affected him.

[@mordante01]

Singer, lead guitarist and bassist. There are/were 3 brothers in the band.

[@darth-imperius]

Both One last goodbye & Are you there are about their mum, with lyrics written by Danny.

[@StormKillzone]

yees this is actually one of my favorite songs by them. so beautiful!

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Bryan - *closes eyes and drinks in melody* Me - "I love this man hahahaha"

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

When you doing cradle famski ? Anything from damnation and a day ❤️

[@jonhorrocks8999]

Try the original and new versions of Sunset of Age.

[@milanstojilovix]

I never even knew this version of the song existed holy smokes

[@annipsy2185]

same

[@sergiuosan8674]

Unfortunately, the early version of the song is better in my opinion. However, still a great song, really glad you liked it. Anathema are a really complex band, they experimented different styles over time, maybe it would be worth it to dig in a little bit and listen to more songs from them. Keep up the good work and thank you for following my recommendation!

[@zaarthal24]

If you're going to do doom metal, you've gotta throw in some Funeral Doom. My personal favorite is Shape of Despair. I'd recommend the songs "Woundheir" or "...in the Mist" but anything off that album is great! Prepare your body.

[@randomstuffzofdoom]

Restless Oblivion is my favourite Anathema song, but I guess my name gave that away.

[@rolandweigert5169]

You need to check out untouchables live.you did not here lee yet. She has such a beautiful voice, and all thre layer theyr vocals just incredible.

[@markototev]

This was an acoustic version of a more metal version of the song, but it isn't still doom metal. Still great though. And the full version, the original, has more guitars :) Check out their previous bass player's project - Duncan Patterson - Eternity parts IV - XXIII. He takes motifs from their songs he wrote and turns them into a.. score I guess. It really transforms those songs and it's nice if you recognize those motifs but the composition stands on its own. I don't think it's gonna be a great for a reaction video, but I'm pretty sure you'd appreciate it quite a bit.And if you wan't to check their best album, the beginning of their departure from Doom - check out the album Alternative 4 (from which this song comes from).

[@zyklqrswx]

on the subject of Doom Metal, did you try out Paradise Lost yet?

[@CriticalReactions]

It's in the list. With the wild influx of requests every week I'll get to it sometime in the next decade ;)

[@zyklqrswx]

@@CriticalReactions I understand :3 seems like the channel has really taken off over lockdown if it helps you cut the list down a bit, the one request of mine I'd really love to see you get around to is a full listen of Amogh Symphony's concept album, The Quantum Hack Code

[@onearthonelegion]

Anathema - A Dying Wish The original album version

[@ed8845]

Listen to Elder - Dead Roots Stirring kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHmVc3SkbcyNqJY or, Elder- Sanctuary kzbin.info/www/bejne/poDGXoV5fM9pn6c

[@DanBeauleArt]

Dam it dude we have a lot of the same taste. This album kicks ass. Found it when I graduated art school from Pittsburgh in the 90s. I do like the very first album though called silent enigma. Completely different sound and one of my favortie doom metal albums of all time. The orchestration alone is great. These guys are now tied to Stephen Wilson who produced their last couple of albums. There new stuff is greT. Check out Untouchable Pt1and2. Check out Storm Corrosion, Wilson and Akerfelft band.

[@moccles]

Ah, so what you've stumbled upon here is Anathema's most popular song of all time, from the earlier transitional period away from doom into a sort of atmospheric rock band. However, 'Hindsight' is an album of reworked, intimate versions of their best songs, so you actually don't even have the original version! Still beautiful though, right? I'm not gonna complain. You're getting thrown suggestions from loads of people so I can see how there was a lot of genre misfiring. I said before that it's a deep and varied genre, so hopefully there's enough personal interest from yourself to repeat this week's theme another time!

[@moccles]

If you want to explore more Anathema, I would suggest working outwards from the album you already know, so Judgement or A Natural Disaster are perfect places to move, and then just go from there to either the album before Judgement or the album after A Natural Disaster, etc.

[@CriticalReactions]

Yeah, I'm finding this out after the fact. I'm thinking of doing an extra video one of these weeks just to check out old Anathema -- which was my goal for this video.

[@6lillium]

Great album and choice..... I would next visit We're Here Because We're Here ( Steven Wilson involvement!) and Weather Systems. Also please consider Riverside again. I feel good about those selections I gave, especially this one m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4K5lquqptWWpKs 🎥 Riverside - Escalator Shrine - KZbin Remember, in prog music, wether technical ( Dream Theater) or stripped down ( Pink Floyd), repetition of musical themes and movements, is a norm for the genre.

[@TavitoCarbone]

Midnight Odyssey - From a Frozen Wasteland

[@dimitriid]

This song its the same later style you were already familiar with. Not sure why you didn't do a bit more research if you wanted to do a "Doom metal" track from Anathema or just grab the earliest records like we suggested. I am also disappointed from the fans that just want to hear their favorite songs instead of listening to your very specific request of "Doom metal" and not recommending songs from Serenades or The Silent Enigma to react to.

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

Agreed. Still an enjoyable video but totally agree.

[@thekingofgingers]

What accent is that? He says exit so strangely

[@dirtyharry07]

Scouse (from Liverpool, UK)

[@thekingofgingers]

@@dirtyharry07 I meant this Bryan dude, not the singer. When he keeps saying about the album A Fine Day to Exit he sounds like he's saying aeugsit.

[@benardolivier6624]

Unfortunately the choice of song will not fit the Doom Metal category since Alternative 4 was already a departure from their early sound. You should have checked Sunset of Age instead.

[@tylerschnabel1743]

You need to check out even earlier albums from them. The vocalist actually gets into some wails and growls.

[@CriticalReactions]

I really should. I only know them for their recent stylings and I should dig into their past to, in the very least, see where they came from.

[@miguelramos8201]

That is not the original version. At least listen to the original version from the Alternative 4 record: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boCZmpiGotijl68. Its always great to hear that music on the live concerts and the crowd guys wild.

[@CriticalReactions]

I wish I had known there were two versions before diving into this. I absolutely enjoyed this version but would also like to see how it originally existed.

[@miguelramos8201]

Go for it. Even if it you dont youtube it :)

[@shade51]

Beautiful song. I don't see how this would be called Doom Metal or whatever. But WHO CARES? Great music is great music.

[@kadirsarac24]

this is the acoustic version of the original song

[@annipsy2185]

what on earth version is that? lol , the other ones wayyy better

[@CriticalReactions]

Yeah, I'm discovering that this was a re-imagining now, after doing the video. I'm probably going to make an extra video this week to check out the original and/or checking out one of Anathema's earliest songs. I mean, my goal here was to listen to an earlier Anathema song since I was already familiar with the modern style and I didn't meet that goal at all.

[@annipsy2185]

@@CriticalReactions yes that would be great if you do it it again. also, try "lost control" ,if you dont know it

[@tomopeth]

Wrong fragile dreams version if you were looking for doom metal. Songs off their albums Serenades or even the Silent enigma might have been a better try.

[@annipsy2185]

suuuper wrong lol

[@MauroGReynoso]

Good, but is not the original version

[@Trikipum]

original version was much better.. seriously....