The Gathering

I know I could easily find some info on the band but I'm a lazy bastard. Some of you guys obviously listen to Antimatter and know all kinds of things. I saw their album and the cover looked rather interesting (I'm the kind of person who buys cds if the cover looks nice even if I hadn't heard the music itself, but since money doesn't grow in trees I thought I could find out more about the music for once) and now would you kind spirits please tell me about the music. Gothic / dark wave? Which album should I possibly buy? Female/male singer?

Antimatter is a more what I would call a project than a real band...
It's mainly the work of Duncan Patterson and Mick Moss...
You can here some of their tunes online.. I dunn oexactly on which urls but http://www.antimatter.best.cd is nice and you will find links to the others sites

About singer, it's depending on the songs.. The last album [Light Out] is more male singer orientated than the first one [Saviour] But both are really nice piece of soft music!!

Burn

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Recently Antimatter has posted in its site a new "virtual album", you can download it and then check it In this album there are songs from the two studio albums in demo & live versions, plus some covers I think

http://www.antimatter.tk/

I bought their album lights out today, it's really nice, relaxing, athmospheric stuff, it reminds me of portishead at times

Didn't knew they were related to Anathema. Interesting stuff.

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Umm. Yeah. Maybe I'll stop by the record store today.

For me Antimatter has brought back the magic that left a bit in Anathema... And simple, maybe Light Out is in my top 3 CDs I bought this year!

Burn

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Maybe i'm paranoid, yeah that's my problem
You almost have to be when you look like me

all antimatter albums are marvellous. i tihnk my favourite is 'saviour' though.

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"...god is in the rain..."

antimatter are AMAZING *cough*

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Antimatter rules. They have been my beloved company for endless hours generally and especially lately.

And the "Black Sun" cover to Dead Can Dance from the virtual album is out of this earth...

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You reminded me a bit of Dan Swano there , like kind of only, I guess

I think Saviour is more immediately rewarding, but Lights is more of an experience that grows and grows with each listen. Anti for me tend to flow in and out of my playlists but never I never really tire of listening to them, and when its the right time to put it on you can really really appreciate it. Id suggest downloading some tracks from the site and go from there.

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haha, man, i dont see myself as a musician, but as a CONDUCTOR.

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insecure people lack confidence and are uncertain about their own abilities and about whether other people really like them.

Just got Antimatter- Planetary Confinement...

Bloody hell this band is HUGE!! I like their prevbious two albums (tho I still prefer Saviours to Light Out) But this album is a MUST!
It's I think until now the album I got this year! Pure, magnificient, soft, deep, goose-bumping almost in every song!

Run for it!!

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I have it but did not listen to it yet!

EXCELLENT album. Probably my favorite one from them to date.

My final review I made it a bit deeper

Just got Antimatter's Planetary Confinement...

Bloody hell this band is HUGE!! I like their previous two albums (though I still prefer Saviours to Light Out) but this album is a MUST!
It's I think until now the album I got this year! Pure, magnificent, soft, deep, goose bumping almost in every song!

Duncan's part is for the first time the one I enjoy a bit less (but it's still great). I have to say though beautiful as usual, I feel like there not enough evolution compared to what Mick Moss has achieved. It's not bad though! The way Line of Fire is built going crescendo in intensity is fantastic! The cover of Mr. White, written by Trouble is somehow the less interesting of the tracks, maybe simply because it was not written by one of Antimatter's member. Eternity pt. 23 will surely awakes the interest of some Anathema fan not converted yet to the Antimatter. This piece, closing what I consider already as Antimatter's best achievement, is a tribute to the "less is more" motto. Take the time to listen to this track and let it invade your senses!

The songs written by Moss (the acoustic ones) are all jewels. The fact Moss decided to go for an all-acoustic recording is paying off. Each instruments sounds so (a)live... This brings back the emotion one could feel during their live performances! If you had the chance to see Antimatter live, you'll understand perfectly what I mean.
Mick has also considerably increased his vocal skill! His warm voice is somehow contrasting with the coldness of the violin that appears in the English Session songs (the tracks Moss is responsible for).

Planetary Confinement is probably the album that could bring Antimatter to a broader audience. It's also after that album Duncan Patterson decided to depart to new horizons, with his new project Ion. Mick Moss will then remain the only one in command of the Antimatter vessel. The 4th album is already on the way.
Leaving Eden should arrive next featuring Anathema's Danny Cavanagh. After such an album as Planetary Confinement, I can only ask one thing: that 2006 comes quick!

But waiting for this 4th album, you'll have enough to discover or rediscover Antimatter with Planetary Confinement! Just run for it!!

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Maybe i'm paranoid, yeah that's my problem
You almost have to be when you look like me

Great album!!!

My favourite song at the moment is Epitaph!

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this album is not perfect... but very good...

my fave song is Relapse ... just love it!!!

It is indeed a good album.

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