Vanitas (Anaal Nathrakh album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Vanitas
| type = studio
| artist = Anaal Nathrakh
| cover = Anaal Nathrakh Vanitas.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|10|23}}
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Black metal, grindcore, death metal, industrial metal
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=58}}
| label = Candlelight
| producer = Mick Kenney
| prev_title = Passion
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Desideratum
| next_year = 2014
}}
Vanitas is the seventh full-length studio album by British extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh. It was released on 23 October 2012, on Candlelight Records.{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/vanitas-mw0002431029/releases | title=Vanitas – Anaal Nathrakh:Releases | publisher = AllMusic | access-date = 3 January 2013}} The album was released in North America on 6 November 2012.{{cite web|title = ANAAL NATHRAKH: Prepare For Release Of Vanitas|publisher = candlelightrecordsusa.com|date = 6 September 2012|url = http://candlelightrecordsusa.com/site/news/anaal-nathrakh-prepare-for-release-of-vanitas|access-date = 3 January 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160629151943/http://candlelightrecordsusa.com/site/news/anaal-nathrakh-prepare-for-release-of-vanitas/|archive-date = 29 June 2016|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last = Raggett|first = Ned|title = Vantas – Anaal Nathrak|publisher = Allmusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/vanitas-mw0002431029|access-date = 3 January 2013}}
| rev2 = Blabbermouth.net
| rev2Score = 7.5/10{{cite web|last = Rivadavia|first = Eduardo|title = Anaal Nathrakh – Vanitas (Candlelight)|publisher = Blabbermouth.net|url = http://www.blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=2495|access-date = 6 February 2013}}
| rev3 = Blistering
| rev3Score = 8.5/10{{cite web|last = Bowling|first = Matthew|title = Anaal Nathrakh – Vanitas (Candlelight Records)|publisher = Blistering|url = http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/28727/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1|access-date = 3 January 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121101093518/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/28727/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1|archive-date = 1 November 2012|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}
|rev4 = Decibel Magazine
|rev4score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite journal|last=Norton|first=Justin|title=Anaal Nathrakh, Vanitas|journal=Decibel Magazine|date=January 2013|issue=99|page=82}}
| rev5 = Exclaim!
| rev5Score = 7/10{{cite web|last = Walschots|first = Natalie Zina|title = Anaal Nathrakh – Vanitas|publisher = Exclaim!|date = 7 November 2012|url = http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/anaal_nathrakh-vanitas|access-date = 3 January 2013}}
| rev6 = The NewReview
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7Score = 7/10{{cite web|last = Currin|first = Grayson|title = Anaal Nathrakh: Vanitas|publisher = Pitchfork|date = 8 November 2012|url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17319-vanitas/|access-date = 3 January 2013}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 37:58
| all_lyrics = Dave Hunt
| all_music = Mick Kenney
| title1 = The Blood-Dimmed Tide
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Forging Towards the Sunset
| length2 = 3:46
| title3 = To Spite the Face
| length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Todos Somos Humanos
| length4 = 4:14
| title5 = In Coelo Quies, Tout Finis Ici Bas
| length5 = 4:32
| title6 = You Can't Save Me, So Stop Fucking Trying
| length6 = 3:02
| title7 = Make Glorious the Embrace of Saturn
| length7 = 2:42
| title8 = Feeding the Beast
| length8 = 4:59
| title9 = Of Fire, and Fucking Pigs
| length9 = 3:01
| title10 = A Metaphor for the Dead
| length10 = 4:19
}}
Personnel
=Anaal Nathrakh=
- Dave Hunt (a.k.a. V.I.T.R.I.O.L.) – vocals
- Mick Kenney (a.k.a. Irrumator) – guitar, bass, programming, artwork, production
=Additional personnel=
- Dave Nassie – guitars ("In Coelo Quies, Tout Finis Ici Bas")
- Steeve Hurdle – guitars ("Feeding the Beast")
- Elena Vladi – additional vocals ("You Can't Save Me, So Stop Fucking Trying")
- Robert "Bob" Mercier – recording ("Feeding the Beast")
References
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