About the composer
Anorexia Nervosa is a French pop group, playing a kind of music that is described as "Black metal".
As - understandably - I am not really acquinted with this kind of music, I will repeat what a fan thought of it:
"I replayed the entire thing, still in a daze at what my ears where being
assaulted with! Hyper speed, plenty of agression, huge orchestrations and keys,
fat guitars, one of the most raw voices in black metal I have ever heard, are all
being thrown at you in one of the most intense releases in black metal to date.
Granted that this style has been done a million times before, its never been
done this well. The production of the album is also a point winner for this
disc, with one of the fattest, thickly produced sounds. Its all good! Its an
album that has set new standards in this genre, and I think they'll take a
while to be met."
So, a wall of sound, predominantly built on guitars played like a machine gun, with
nihilistic texts that focus on death and hate.
Still, even here some music and melody can be found, for instance, under the
title Hail Tyranny we hear the well-known Prelude of Serge Rachmaninov.
| Date | 2001 |
| Performers | Singer, guitars, percussion, keyboards and backing vocals |
| Length | 7.15 minutes |
| Particulars | The piece opens with a long, dark sound, then a short choral, after which the avalaunche of sound begins, interpunctuated by short moments of peace and recognizable singing. |
| Textual variations | The text of the song is a mixture of mainly
English, with some French, interspaced by the first line of the Stabat Mater
poem, mixed with two lines of the very old hymn "Vexillis regis prodeunt",
like this: Stabat Mater Dolorosa, fulget crucis mysterium (the cross shines forth in mystic glow) Stabat Mater Dolorosa, vexilla regis prodeunt (the royal banners forward go) An example of the English text: We are Death The ancient knowledge The source of origin The red and white sacred hatred Enthroned, materialized The wrath of heaven and hell united in one Worship us, be faithful Beautiful great and cursed |
No Colorbar, as the song has no resemblance to classical Stabat Mater compositions
| CD | Osmose Productions OPCD 125: Anorexia
Nervosa Nihilistic Orchestra- New + Obscurantis + Order A brand new bible for the XXIst century youth |
| About this CD | Recorded at a studio in Nantes, France,
September 2001. I bought this CD on the Internet, Amazon.com, 2003 |
| Orchestra | Anorexia Nervosa |
| Soloists | Stefan Bayle, lead & rythm guitars Neb Xort, strings, grand piano Pier Couquet, bass guitar Nilcas Vant, drums, percussion RMS Hreidmarr, lead vocals |
| Other works | Mother Anorexia Châtiment de la Rose Black Death, Nonetheless Le Portail de la Vierge The Altar of Holocaust Ordo ab Chao: The Scarlet Communion Hail Tyranny (Rachmaninov's Prelude) |
E-mail:
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