6/1/2023 0 Comments Anathema alternative 4 rarPiano and keys are indeed the instruments that probably stand out the most on Alternative 4. A huge fan of Pink Floyd and Waters’s solo work, Duncan took on much of the songwriting duties between Eternity and Alternative 4, penning 6 of the 10 songs of Alternative 4 and playing piano and keyboards in addition to bass on the album. Duncan Patterson, the band’s bass player, is the person responsible for this evolution. However, the songwriting on Alternative 4 is sharper and more experimental, pushing to the fore the dark, experimental undertones of the music, while letting the metal aggression slip more into the background. In a way, Alternative 4 begins where Eternity – the band’s previous album – had ended: with a fascinating hybrid of metal and Roger Waters / Pink Floyd influences. On Alternative 4, Anathema’s fourth full-length album, the band continued to push the boundaries of their sound, moving further away from their doom/death origins and more into dark atmospheric rock territories.
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