What Makes Anaal Nathrakh So DAMN Good ?

[@vadoksam9235]

Oh how their new Endarkment is beyond amazing.

[@ASH4Ix]

One could even say it’s Beyond Words

[@terriblecertainity]

why the hate for " Forward!"? I love this one

[@AxelPizzi]

Love it as well

[@swarm69]

its kinda meh as AN songs go, and very out of style/character

[@zamsden]

@Nova Desideratum was excellent imho. It's a bit more industrial than the rest, but "The One Thing Needful" puts it over the top for me. Despite having discovered the primary choral riffs before this song, hearing them in the AN context just blew my mind. References: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6u8eqOrm7qjppY and kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmrEcpSZqpVpj7M

[@chrisdeathstorm]

I feel it's like their "Puritania" way different to their other stuff but a great song none the less

[@abyssalspecter93]

Awful album.

[@lightyagami1752]

I haven't watched the video yet, but for me AN has the perfect combo of unrelenting brutality and insanity, amazing melodious beauty at just the right parts and such poetry in their lyrics.

[@AVScilian]

What makes them so good? The fact that they are unique, they try new things and the music is broad and dynamic. Listening to interviews of Mick and Dave you can feel that the music isn't about the lifestyle, image or money. It's authentic, raw and deep and what THEY are inspired to express. Quantifying how good each album is compared to the last is a waste of time; what makes them so damn good is that they always bring something truly new to the table.

[@MantusXantossa]

God, it's just so good to hear and view this. There aren't much people to which I can share my love for this band with. I will never forget being a 16 year old and pick Domine out of the rack in the vinyl shop and being absolutely blown away by it. 34 now and I can still say, AN changed my perspective on metal and for me it's still the best fucking band in the world.

[@joedenby2645]

Great video, I was only a casual fan of Annaal Nathrakh but this has made me want to dig deeper and concentrate a bit more on certain albums. You should do more videos like this. \m/

[@spankyjeffro5320]

Eschaton got me into Anaal, loved them ever since. For me, the misanthropic vocals and sheer brutality drew me in, instantly. "As the world goes, the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must. Shallow be thy graves."

[@MultiMrParkour]

Haha its kinda funny to se you getting mad about Forward!, never gets old. That was the first song I heard of them and I love it. Never knew that it was the only song that they released the lyrics for, which I must sayn I wish I didnt read, but there is worse stuff out there. Anyway, since then - have gone back in their discography mostly because of your videos and also love the earlier stuff. \m/

[@thisisnotmyrealname6990]

El Cucuy yeah I found them out because of Forward!

[@sebastiantemaj222]

The beginning part of “In The Constellation of The Black Widow” still gives me chills

[@axelytreberg5427]

I started listening to Anaal Nathrakh around the time i also started to check out the storyline for Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs. Holy shit The amount of unforgiving despair i felt in my soul was amazing, especially when the story of the game and the sound of this band is such an "APOCALYPSE IS COMING AND WE DESERVE IT" vibe. Especially the suuuuper-nihilist lyrics and song titles like "Between the shit and piss we are born". Love it. Absolutely dig it.

[@olglez9230]

You have a really good point. The band are exceptionally heavy yet still retain melodic and catchy elements. They're on the bill at Damnation this year , so I hope to catch them

[@Thomzor]

I really loved the walkthrough of the albums! AN is an interesting beast when it comes to music. I have to say though, that The Whole Of The Law is a fantastic album. The track Depravity Favours The Bold is so fucking chaotic! But I enjoyed your video and think that all their albums have their own personality.

[@edrandell424]

100% agree, The Whole of the Law is incredible imo, and the first full album of theirs I bought and listened to, I've listened to it multiple, countless times, It has a ton of replay value for me. The very first AN song I heard was Do Not Speak, which was (is) brilliant too, but it wasn't till a few years later I got my 1st album of theirs with TWotL. Since then..... I've bought all of them :)

[@Nekorbmi]

Thank you for your channel. It has given me insights on some great music that I wouldnt normally find. I'm torn between Anaal or dragged into sunlight as being the best bands I listen to.

[@CausticRKS]

Once you Thrakh you can't go back dawg. SUCH an incredible band. Opened for them once, and I can't tell you how awesome that experience once. They gave my band a shoutout at the end of their set and pulled me up on stage. First time I had ever crowdsurfed, because that never was really my thing, but it was really special. Mick was nice enough to give me a little advice as well before their set. Dude has a formula that just works.

[@manuelplatino1926]

Actually Anal Maverick is not a bad name for an extreme metal band. To me Anaal Nathrakh has a perfect balance between chaos and aggression, a lot of experimentation and variety to make every listening compelling, great creativity in the vocal realm without falling in avant-garde weirdness (not that there is anything wrong with that), a great combination for any fan of all variations of extreme metal.

[@katrinaanderson2427]

Funny thing is forward was the song that got me into this bang. Lol

[@petertyson2]

I like the Song Forward, it has the ability to get me Amped Up and Pumped, ready to take on whatever the Day throws at me.

[@sollyross998]

Passion happens to be my favourite Anaal Nathrakh album. I just love the way Dave's clean singing contrasts his absolutely animalistic and barbaric screaming. His clean singing kind of reminds me of vocalists like Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. Not to mention the riffs are just awesome. I still can't believe Mick is Kordhell, who is, for those who don't know, the most popular Phonk artist.

[@chromesthesia]

Idol is my favourite Anaal Nathrakh song tho I named my new tarantula Endarkment

[@Blindashitmetalasfuck]

Thats hilarious and awsome and touching...

[@geraldhoffmann7344]

Strange how you could miss "the total fucking necro" demos

[@domonkossas251]

During the video I listened to the songs/albums you recommended and holy shit these guys are heavy af.

[@JustinJohnson-vc1gr]

A band for Chads

[@davidnihil_]

Rainer was on Tod Huetet Uebel actually.

[@regdenee]

That song is amazing

[@AltWriteWegner]

That's also a stereotypical Bethlehem song title. 😅

[@holyshiet787]

I'm still in shock that Kordhell is Mick Kenney, lol.

[@dksmith605]

I've been a fan of AN for about 20 years now, since The Codex Necro. When Humanity Is Cancer is still one of my favourite songs from them, but I must admit, although it is out of character for them, I thoroughly enjoy Forward!

[@pedroiglesiasreyes4929]

I took a decision sometime in the past year... I've made a compilation or greatest hits album with they're best songs taking out those not so good ones from each album, and I've achieved an almost 2 hour long glorious selection of the most outstanding themes from them, and it scares me how good this guys are !, if they were not so heavy they would be more visible for the unprepared ears, which is a blessing for us familiarized with heaviness, but dude ... how many people are missing this hidden? gem of a band !

[@happymonkeyfish]

Really good band, i remember coming across "In The Constellation.." in 2012 and laughing because i couldnt believe how insane the vocals were, the heaviest thing i listened to at the time was Black Dahlia Murder so it was quite a smack to hear daves screeching and wailing and singing I really like their stuff up to Constellation, the only album since that ive got a huge enjoyment of is The Whole Of The Law. Everything they put out is at least quite good though, I quite enjoy their Demos and debut, especially the Total Fucking Necro stuff as it basically sounds like Mayhem on meth

[@deathangelx13x]

In The Constellation was what got me hooked. But that album, Eschaton and Hell Is Empty are their best for me.

[@cannibalgrape9863]

I discovered the Codex Necro in like 2003 or 4 and I've been a fan ever since. I've rarely met people who ever know this band exists, which sucks as they're so fucking good.

[@Lucaslf2_]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Castigation and Betrayal when you covered Hell is Empty. Probably their nastiest song after The Codex Necro

[@putridabomination]

I'm going to listen to Anaal Nathrakh all week now \m/

[@CatFish107]

Sweet, you're plating clup examples. Thank you.

[@Swerve187]

fun fact one of the members of Anaal Nathrakh is a big tiktok artist now, his name is Kordhell

[@Drinkwithclass]

- Remember that this band was created as an studio only project, I'm pretty sure those inhuman screams have some kind of sampling or effect on them - Those clean choruses are epic, catchy and so memorable - A New Kind of Horror is their worst album by far - Check out Fukpig, the band of the other Kenney for some punkish AN

[@wyattxhim]

I have a few Fukpig LPs but I gotta say the latest album "Bastards" is kinda disappointing sadly

[@wyattxhim]

Plus I have seen them live and Dave does hit the pitch nearly as inhuman sounding like in the studio

[@rippindrummer666]

In the constellation of the black widow is my favorite, vanitas and hell is empty are right there too

[@Thefog666]

I bet you haven't listened to the band me and Mick did in early 2000's called Frost, night be down as frost uk on KZbin , it's just normal black metal.

[@wrongjam]

@@Thefog666 "cursed again" is a good album, it is all i have heard of you though.

[@valkyrion_ex1173]

Great video.👍 Personally, though I didn't care much for the first two AN albums. The production isn't what I like, and it all sounded more or less the same to me, really. I mostly listen to heavy metal and melodeath though, so I have a bias towards the melodic. However, AN is so consistent, the worst thing I can say about their worst album (Desideratum IMO) is that it was merely "okay". Ngl though, you were really, _really_ unfair to Vanitas. That album is so much more than just "Forging Towards The Sunset" - "To Spite The Face" has one of the best clean-sung lyrics that Dave has ever written; the intro to "Todos Somos Humanos" is freaking MASSIVE; and the final track is incredible. Lamenting the death of Dave's father by combining extreme metal with Italian opera? Genius, All Too Fucking Genius. Top 5 albums IMO are probably: 1. In the Constellation.../The Whole Of The Law 2. Vanitas 3. Eschaton 4. Hell is Empty... 5. A New Kind of Horror (it's flawed, but it's a deeply moving war album IMO) - basically Anaal Nathrakh's equivalent of Iron Maiden's AMOLAD).

[@Albertredneck]

You forgot "Make Glorious Embrace of Saturn". One of the best AN songs of all time.

[@amireal5458]

Thanks man, really wanted to get into them but didn't really know where to start, this video helped as a kind of guide, I got a lot of albums to punish myself to now.

[@pedroiglesiasreyes4929]

Don't follow then that way ... listen to they're entire discography, make you're own compilation of their best songs according to you, you'll get the true Anaal best album.

[@madseason5614]

My fav song is pandemonic hyperblast atm

[@W00DSMAN]

If you listen to a lot of extreme metal Thrakh scratches a lot of itches. They cover enough bases to be a band you can listen to whenever/where ever and the more you do the more you will appreciate how consistently brutal they have been for 20 years. Sure there has been more melody creeping in too but even their ballads put most bands hardest shit to shame.

[@pedroiglesiasreyes4929]

They are Mozart and Beethoven resuscitated to collaborate in making greatness in the limits of the eardrums decibels tolerance. Some of they're best themes are pure classical scores wrapped with lightnings and thunders ... but also torture screams.

[@rbze7255]

Subtitles be like I know no throk an honest rock unknown with rock anila frog the known the throg

[@hugonicolas987]

Since we're talking about AN, I need to add my thing, so here's my albums ranking: 1- Constellation, no surprise, mind-shattering album, I discovered that when I was 14, and my head is still fucked by it to this day, maybe top 20 album ever for me. Their best by a long shot. 2- Vanitas 3- Codex Necro 4- Eschaton 5- Hell is empty 5 1/2- When fire rains down from the sky, the first 3 tracks are really bangers 6- Whole of the Law 7- Passion, which has brillant tracks and ultra cool guest, but I find it hard to listen in one take 8- Dominus non es Dignus 9- Desideratum 10-New kind of horror, both of them are far less enjoyable, they lack substance, it just don't click for me

[@Grislybaer]

new kind of horror has my favorite anaal nathrakh chorus ever though... New Bethlehem's chorus is so evil

[@Albertredneck]

And Desideratum is full of memorable moments... Acheronta Movebimus, Unleash, One Thing Needful, The Joystream, Rage and Red...

[@peterpwner]

For some reason whole of the law for me, brutal and evil chaos

[@goutbreak]

Personally New Kind of Horror is not a bad album, it’s just… not AN. In a vacuum, I like it a lot, songs like The Apocalypse is About You, Are we Fit for Glory Yet?, and Reek of Fear, are experimental and in my opinion work very well. I also think Forward is a well made song, but like before, it just doesn’t feel like the band we all know. I personally consider it an opposite of Desideratum, Desideratum is too safe, it’s almost like a caricature of AN, with a small handful of good songs. New Kind of Horror is some bonkers straight out of left field unexpected and completely risky shit. It’s super interesting and I love the care for historical references, but it’s difficult to sit through. I do really enjoy Endarkenment and as I presume this is an AN album year i hope they do something awesome

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

A new kind of horror is my favorite lol

[@horseofunreason]

Fun fact, on Napster or Limewire, someone had taken a Pandemonic Hyperblast mp3 and changed the name and artist to The Rasmus - In the Shadows. I was searching for Anaal Nathrakh and found it, quite funny to have seen the reaction from people thinking it was The Rasmus.

[@Zenus_Thenus]

Massona is an influence, japanise noise

[@boquetsamuel7039]

Voice is extreme. Music is deep , dark , wierd . Riffs are awesome. It's ugly and beautiful. Calm and extreme. It's just the perfect band for freak like me. My favorite album is in the constellation of the black widow cause its the most extreme. So is it grind metal ? I agree with you on constellation but satanarchrist is one of the track i like the less. Were you shocked as i was when u heard clean voice in a so extreme band for the first time ? Your analyse is just great. Good job.

[@Zenus_Thenus]

I know them since the codex necro album. Their first album was a higher level of intense and agresion at that time making norwegian black metal not so brutal. All done by 2 normal guys in jeans and no corpse paint. They got some hard time for that . Every interview asked them about it. Nobody cares now. I saw your video about seeds of iblis which really enjoyed. No missing the chance now, new sub. Looks like we will have some good time together. Cheers buddy!

[@sandorbertalan875]

If i listen new kind of horror album when its comes forward then im going to smoke and coming back when new bethlehem starts.. awesome song.

[@volin_d]

Since you're a big AN fan I'm wondering if you've heard of a black metal band MasseMord and their album "Let the World Burn"? They play similar style to AN. The songs are brutal, sometimes turn into pure insanity, yet still they're quite melodic and accessible. I can highly recommend them, especially this album if you haven't heard it.

[@timpdegandire4557]

Great video! I think Illdisposed do that mix of melodic death metal and brutal death metal too. I could be wrong but it's a great band nevertheless. Try "I believe in me".

[@Sarvusify]

Comment Section Necromancy: The change of the AN sound around 2012 makes more sense when you put in perspective that Mick Kenney (who is also "solely" responsible for that whole "phonk" thing) is a songwriter for the metalcore band Motionless in White. So writing for a metalcore band possibly had some influence on the way he writes AN Songs now

[@theoogy8265]

Totally agree about Passion, maybe my favorite by them.

[@Albertredneck]

Passion grows and grows, it's so full of details.

[@CatFish107]

Also, huge event from 2020, with an offical lyric video.

[@CoomerGremlinDGGfan]

Thanks for doing this one

[@Albertredneck]

Blood Eagles is a fucking masterpiece.

[@branscombesurf]

Unleash got me started, immediately learned it on ye ol geetar and downloaded everything (legally, fuck pirating). Goddamn, love me some good Anaal with the daily drive on the 5.

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

Hmm, my favorite album is a new kind of horror and my favorite song is probably forward lol

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

No shout out to Castigation and Betrayal? That song is one of the most intense things you will ever hear in existence.

[@theimpendingblindness]

I love them too man.

[@xSpooKee]

I still remember when i heard In The Constellation Of The Black Widow never heard anything like it, i was so shocked. Still cherish this band to this Day, but my least fav by them is still A New Kind of Horror

[@mattbell555]

I love them all....

[@Memo.esperanza]

Desideratum is the best deathcore album.

[@romainbclt]

So... Am I the only one here with desideratum in my top 3 from AN ? I mean, I absolutely love this album

[@Albertredneck]

Best AN album after Constellation to me. Unleash is probably the sickest and prettiest music piece I've ever listened. It's my musical substitute of a cigarette.

[@Anorexiaification]

AN is really great!

[@goatmoonwarmaster4641]

This way to make videos is better with the audio of the music you talking about, check out Naglfar specifically the album sheol nobody talk about it and I don't get it.

[@PorphyryOvTyre]

You DO realize, all the “deathcore” or the song “Forward” complaints you made, were literally just negated by THE BAND THEMSELVES in the clip you put at the end of this, right?

[@mazeoftorment805]

surprised you didn't make this 5 years ago.

[@syrtus]

I'm surprised such a big fan can get one of the member's name wrong, as well as almost every song name.

[@DawnOfMutilation]

Besides all the points there is ONE other .. its the start of the charm of making : "Anal nathrak, uthvas bethud, do che-ol di-enve."

[@openingthegraves]

10:42 intestine baalism

[@babula1965]

So now Wyatt is about 37% black. so he gets to say 37% of the n word now

[@kevinogden6854]

ni

[@user-hu3iy9gz5j]

37% would amount to "Ni" (The knights who say Ni)

[@W_R_L_L_]

Feel better dude or not if you like that pain.

[@realestate2181]

I was going to say everything.

[@ExplosiveAction]

Love Codex Necro and the ep Total Fucking Necro, which was a download of demos you could compile yourself, with covers to print out. I love Desideratum where it seems nobody else does (name one other band who would include a John Cleese Fawlty Towers quote before furious blasting!), but their best track by far is the original demo version of Pandemonic Hyperblast. It's way more furious than the album version. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJS5mqOnncSLnrM

[@michaelelwell1331]

So the band bleeding through is going in the studio with anaal nathroth helping them wtf am I in for guys ?

[@ianhickman1205]

I mostly agree with your views, but Desideratum, whilst I admit is their one of their weaker albums, did contain drum samples from the Breakore / D'n'B artist Gore Tech. it may not have worked, but those overly compressed drums could be argued to be as much of a "out-of-comfort" zone as some of their previous guest spots.

[@wyattxhimarchives4380]

And Wyatt still can't stfu about this band

[@skepticmonkey6923]

Cant say i like Dominus and Eschaton as much as their later albums, I don't dislike any AN album but those felt like they had the least structure and production was meh. In the Constellation, Passion and Vanitas are all great, Desideratum is overhated, idc about being an elitist, the electronic and deathcore bits were fine to me. The Whole of the Law is in my opinion their best and one of the best metal albums ever, the blend of aggressiveness and melodic is just right, the way they mix animalistic screams and guitars with choral synths and samples is just genius, they seriously sampled Lacrimosa, god damn Mozart in an AN album, and it sound grandiose, its somehow elegant and violently brutal at the same time. A New Kind of Horror had its ups and downs, sure Forward is cheesy, but songs like The Reek of Fear or Obscene as Cancer are quite strong and even though they aren't as aggressive they are very well written. Endarkenment is good, probably their most melodic yet and yeah, its more of the same, Requiem honestly just sounds like a rehash of Of Horror, but it was a fun listen.

[@haditabacaria]

like you said .... listen A.N is like watching porn ...totally agree ... the chaos that i always looked for

[@chrishargis2201]

About to black out my neck. Oh boy

[@ZackFox]

I love these guys. They're the only band that makes me cringe when I listen to them. It's so fucking intense.

[@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556]

Forward was the song that got me into Anaal Nathrakh. It's a great song. So much better than a lot of their older stuff. I guess you just don't like the style update.

[@rickchadwick7378]

I was listening to them the other day and that vein in my dinky exploded and sprayed blood & piss everywhere. If that aint metal....then I dont know what is.

[@thesilverikarus]

This video kinda misses something. What is your opinion on their 2003 EP "When Fire Rains Down From The Sky, Mankind Will Reap As It Has Sown"?

[@kyu9649]

Will you review their 2020 album endarkenment when its gonna get released?

[@AltWriteWegner]

Duh-mean-ey (as in whey) Nun-Ass (haha) Dick-nuhs. SCNR.

[@iamthebeelzebub]

Eschaton is their best album. I listen to the first two songs every day. And Yellow King is the cherry on the top. And agree Desideratum is one long turd, Ita Mori in the end is the only good song.

[@floydmorrison2025]

Late to the party here... I think that you missed mentioning a crucial record here: the EP 'When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown' from 2003. I became interested in Anaal Nathrakh after reading Andee's write-up of 'The Codex Necro' on Aquarius Records (R.I.P.). I went back and got their demo collection 'Total Fucking Necro'' which ruled! Their stuff after 'The Codex Necro' kinda sucks IMO. Generic bullshit. I love their earlier hard shit and wish they would do that again

[@realdanielhorvath]

Eschaton is not their third album. You missed When Fire Rains Down From The Sky

[@wyattxhim]

That’s an EP

[@realdanielhorvath]

@@wyattxhim EP or LP... Technically you are you are Correct, But the 2005 Extended version has 9 songs which is album lenght, and none of the songs appears on later albums.

[@boggelzz]

haha yes get the when me your have the very balls

[@thisisnotmyrealname6990]

What even is this sentence?

[@wyattxhimarchives4380]

That fine crack must hit different

[@johanmaxen6698]

the secret to alot of anaal nathrakhs more fucked up vocals are done in the production phase where they add tons of distortion.

[@dominikheinz2297]

whats that banner in the bg with the skull? i like it

[@kitchenkn1fe]

Where could I buy "In the constellation of the black widow" LP?

[@ludwig4890]

Check Discogs if it's available there

[@syrtus]

Domine (Dom-in-ay) Non Es Dignus

[@prometheusgodofforbiddenli1027]

Why blacken the arm?

[@wyattxhim]

its a cover up + a fresh new clean slate for what im gonna end up doing to it in a month

[@prometheusgodofforbiddenli1027]

@@wyattxhim Hope you get around to doing a new Tattoo vid for the future.

[@Stephakaii]

I got into Anaal Nathrakh through my friend telling me to check out Hold Your Children because its in Watch Dogs Legion. Then I listened to Forward!, and became OBSESSED.

[@EjectedStomach]

Isn't Naked Whipper a German band?

[@Bb-yf7if]

Why did you black out your whole arm, not hating just have never seen that before

[@cobrak1ngs]

Bad tattoos

[@Holy_flipflops_of_Moses]

4:14 It's Latin, similar to Italian, you should pronounce every letter in a word, flat accent, you can easily find some latin tutorials online. Reading Latin like English sounds really dumb imo

[@Blindashitmetalasfuck]

I HATE HOW EXPENSIVE THEIR MERCH IS!!! Im disabled, so its basically off limits for me...

[@23gtrh2_02]

because theyre mainstream

[@DystopianDr3am]

Nah forward is fire, but yeah pretty forgettable btw

[@fuzzybunnyluv]

They're not. They have elemnts of 'screamo' and '-core', my two least favorite metal and punk offshoots. Wyatt is usually spot on with his taste, not here. G'day mates

[@user-hu3iy9gz5j]

I agree, screamo is cringe.. but tracks like Forging Towards the Sunset and Obscene as Cancer, which marginalize these elements, are great with otherwise crushing riffs and beautiful choruses