Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 20/06/2026 Judgement - Anathema This week’s album is the first of my 15 by British progressive rock band Anathema, with their pivotal 1999 release, Judgement. Formed in 1990 by brothers Danny and Vincent Cavanagh Anathema were part of what became known as the “Peaceville 3, who alongside My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost were seen as pioneering bands in the developing death/doom metal genre that was gaining underground metal attention at the time. However, by the time we got to Judgement, Anathema’s 5 th studio album, they had evolved into a more progressive, atmospheric rock band with emphasis more on slower songs laced with keyboard atmospheres and clean vocals. There was though still plenty of emphasis on guitars but the abrasiveness of the earlier albums had been diluted. I originally got into Anathema from their previous album, Alternative 4, which was their first album to adopt purely clean vocals and was very mu...
