Anathema (band)

Anathema
Live at Festimad 2007, 8 June 2007
Background information
Also known as	Pagan Angel (1990)
Origin	Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Genres	Alternative rock, progressive rock, gothic metal (early), death/doom (early)
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Peaceville, Music for Nations, Kscope
Associated acts	Cradle of Filth Antimatter Porcupine Tree Steven Wilson HIM Anneke van Giersbergen
Website	www.anathema.ws
Members	Vincent Cavanagh Daniel Cavanagh Jamie Cavanagh John Douglas Lee Douglas Daniel Cardoso
Past members	Darren White Duncan Patterson Shaun Steels Martin Powell Dave Pybus Les Smith

Anathema are a British rock band from Liverpool. The line-up consists of singers and guitarists Vincent and Daniel Cavanagh, their brother Jamie Cavanagh at bass, siblings John and Lee Douglas, respectively drummer and singer, and keyboardist Daniel Cardoso since November 2012.

The band was founded as Pagan Angel in 1990 by the three Cavanagh siblings, John, and singer Darren White, as a death/doom band. At the time White was the only singer of the band. The following year, Jamie left and was replaced by Duncan Patterson. Under this line-up, Anathema released their first EP, The Crestfallen (1992), and their first album, Serenades (1993). However, White left in 1995; Vincent decided to act as Anathema's vocalist in addition to his guitarist function in the albums The Silent Enigma (1995) and Eternity (1996), which were going into a more gothic metal direction.

In 1997, John left the band, and was replaced by Shaun Steels for the album Alternative 4 (1998). Both Patterson and Steels left the same year, replaced by Dave Pybus and a returning John Douglas, while former My Dying Bride keyboardist and violinist Martin Powell also joined the band (Daniel Cavanagh was also acting as the band's only keyboardist, and shared this position since). The only album released with this line-up was Judgement (1999): the same year Powell switched positions with Cradle of Filth's keyboardist Les Smith who joined Anathema, and Lee Douglas, John's sister, was added to the line-up as a backing and occasional lead vocalist.