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Title: Nice sound, a bit repetitive
Review: Anathema, along with several others in the early to mid 90's helped defined the sound for doom metal. This album only touches the surface of the doom metal scene. The overall feel of the album (by about song 5 or 6) is boring. There are some songs that are definitely worth the listen such as "Sweet Tears". The album starts off fairly strong and quickly lapses into a boring repetition of the exact same melodies over and over again. If Anathema had been able to keep some of the energy of the earlier songs throughout this would have probably rated higher, but with the last half (at least) of the album being unbearable it will have to remain at 2 stars.
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