Floydian influence pays off - I really like this band. They create excellent atmospheric rock songs just like Pink Floyd. And they pay tribute to their major influence by lifting passages from the Floyd (on this one they steal the melody from Astronomy Domine and on A Natural Disaster they steal bits from Animals). To me, that s ok because they are paying homage to the masters of this genre. Anathema continue where Floyd left off and they do a fine job of it. Sadly, Rick Wright passed away almost ensuring the Floyd will never get back together again. Anathema is a band to check out if you miss the glory days of Floyd. I m not saying this band is totally copying. I think they have fused their own sound based on a sum of their influences.
Floored - The album itself is awesome, another great from Anathema. If you want to get technical thins is the album where they started changing their style into the band that they are today. I think that they have gotten better with each album, but there is something that makes this album shine. If you buy this album make sure you buy the Digi version with the BONUS tracks. I bought this album without even realizing that the tracks were Pink Floyd covers. I was listening and was just floored at how amazing they sound. I always attributed Anathema as a modern day Pink Floyd and finally hearing them cover my favorite band was just amazing.
The best of Anathema - Anathema is one of the bands, which creates himselffrom album to album. After my opinion this album is their climax. They deserve to be in a position, which must be better than they are in. Feel and Fragile Dreams are songs to be memorized. Just go and buy this album. Otherwise you will miss a lot.