 Also forming in 1990, the Liverpool-based band Anathema released a "highly acclaimed" EP, "The Crestfallen", in 1992.The "crushing emotional doom/death" of this EP remained on their 1993 debut full-length "Serenades", "the most traditional doom-styled album in their catalog".Their juxtaposition of the fragile and ferocious "fostered a keen fan base".