Anaal Nathrakh reveal their Idol

By Martin Kielty
( Metal Hammer )
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Hear lead track from 8th album Desideratum, due in October

Anaal Nathrakh have confirmed details of their eighth album Desideratum, to be launched on October 28 – and they’ve launched a stream of lead track Idol.

It’s their first release via Metal Blade Records after the duo signed a deal in June, saying they hoped the arrangement would lead to “previously undreamed of levels of despoilment.”

The label say: “Mick Kenney and David Hunt exist for one purpose – to be the soundtrack to the apocalypse, the audio essence of evil, hatred and violence; the true spirit of necro taken to its extremes.

“Uniquely hallmarked by breathtaking musical ferocity, inventiveness and breadth, married with mercurial, intensely misanthropic and sharp intelligence, Anaal Nathrakh’s sound is imbued with a palpable sense of menace that is virtually unmatched in metal.”

Their last release was 2012’s Vanitas.

Tracklist

  1. Acheronta Movebimu

  2. Monstrum In Animo

  3. The One Thing Needful

  4. A Firm Foundation Of Unyielding Despair

  5. Desideratum

  6. Idol

  7. Sub Specie Aeterni (Of Maggots, And Humanity)

  8. The Joystream

  9. Rage And Red

  10. Ita Mori

Martin Kielty
Freelance Online News Contributor

Not only is one-time online news editor Martin an established rock journalist and drummer, but he’s also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog and at one time had written more articles for Louder than anyone else (we think he's second now). He’s appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK’s vast canal network.