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ANAAL NATHRAKH HAVE A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT?

 Monday, February 21st, 2011 at 1:30pm by

I know I’m not the lone inhabitant of the MS Mansion greatly anticipating the next Anaal Nathrakh album; 2009′s In the Constellation of the Black Widow was a firey storm of intense, raging, non-corpsepaint black metal that topped several MS writers’ year-end lists and ended up as #2 in our Readers’ Poll. Despite having been around for over a decade and having released six prior albums, Anaal Nathrakh saw their profile greatly elevated by Black Widow, morphing them from underground faves to trumpeted victorious underdogs. The album even saw them garner a ton of visibility in the mainstream metal press.

So I was surprised to learn via a tip from MS reader Drew G. that Anaal Nathrakh have a new album coming out very soon… yet no one is talking about it.

The band announced via a MySpace blog in January that the album was “100% complete.” Various sources corroborate that Passion is the album’s title, but there’s much disagreement about the exact release date. Drew claims a release date of May 23rd via Candlelight Records, backed up by the oft-dubious Wikipedia. Metal-Archives.com also cites May 23rd as a release date, but neither site lists a source. A little Googling landed me on the site of Earsplit PR, the company that handles Candlelight’s press; an update posted there on February 3rd about several Candlelight bands lists May 17th as the release date for Passion.

I’m gonna go with the official source and bet that the album is coming out on Tuesday, May 17th. May 23rd being a Monday, it could just be that that’s the release date in Europe (where records generally are released on Mondays instead of Tuesdays). Either way, one thing is certain: new Anaal Nathrakh in May. Hooray!

Those attending the Scion Rock Fest in Pomona, CA on March 5th can catch Anaal Nathrakh live. Lucky ducks.

-VN

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Saunders/660453371 Tom Saunders

    Have my ticket to see them in May in England. Very excited!

  • el fucko

    anaal sex for the ears!

    can’t wait for this new album.

  • Pokemanzzz

    SO STOKED, thank you Metalsucks!

  • Andy Synn

    I’ve been talking about them.

    But only to myself.

    Quietly.

    While self-harming with a rusted bread knife.

  • SP420

    2011 is only going to get better and better because all the bands that had awesome releases in 2009 are going to release new ones this year.

  • Darth Brooks

    Codex Necro is the nastiest thing ive ever heard. I welcome the dragons breath!!

  • msv81

    Fantastic news! I’ve been compiling a list of bands who are coming out with new stuff this year and AN wasn’t on there until now. “In the Constellation of the Black Widow” is one of the most insane albums I’ve ever heard. These guys are pretty much the only band I’ve heard successfully pull off combining black metal with grindcore and other extreme genres.

    If they can top the 2009 disc, I’ll be impressed. Either way, the list I’ve been compiling grows bigger with each passing week. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; 2011 will be the best year for music in a very long time if even half of the shit coming out lives up to its potential. Hell, it’s only February and I’m already in love with more new music than all of 2010 combined. Sorry for those who think otherwise; last year, while some really good stuff came out, was VERY weak when compared to the majority of years within the new millenium.

  • Daniel Guzmán

    Fuck yeah, this news made my shitty day.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Murphy/1037267155 Ian Murphy

    Can’t come fast enough. Loved ‘Black Widow’.

  • http://grindtodeath.blogspot.com Alex Layzell

    At a guess, I would of thought this would be released via Kenny and Emburys label FETO Records, as was Constellation, but yes a new A.N. is due soon,.

  • James

    Not sure how they could top Constellation in terms of aggression and extremity.
    I’m betting they pursue a different course altogether.

    Either way I’m a big fan and eager to hear what they’ve come up with.

  • Javascript

    They posted on their Facebook page that the album is coming out on May 23, that’s where that date is coming from.
    (http://www.facebook.com/#!/Anaalnathrakhofficial/posts/163118253737532)

    And i’ve been fucking talking about it! Can’t decide if I’m more excited for this or the new Septic Flesh…hard to say

  • http://jimsfear.blogspot.com/ ferocious_fetus

    Sucks that they headline one of the side tents @ the Scion Fest same time as Morbid Angel. I hope enough they get a decent crowd, last time they headlined LA the audience was small, they still killed though.

  • Dirtman73

    Anal Buttcrack, huh huh.

  • turkey

    mmmmm….anal nutsack