Silent Enigma

Anathema | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fierce Records
• ASIN: B000003H34
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #551,125 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Restless Oblivion

2. Shroud of Frost

3. ...Alone

4. Sunset of Age

5. Nocturnal Emission

6. Cerulean Twilight

7. The Silent Enigma

8. A Dying Wish

9. Black Orchid

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the most emotional doom album ever, August 25, 2003

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Thanos Tsagalidis (thessaloniki,Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Enigma (Audio CD)

imagine what comes out combining pure doom metal melancholy with the atmosphere of pink floyd,yes pink floyd.i was/am amazed by this album,vincent's vocals(though i was afraid after darren left).it's divine dark and melancholic atmosphere are so beautiful given.start listening it from the begining, without stoping and you will realise that this is not just music but true melancholic emotions flowing from the deepest of anathema right into your heart.the lyrics can stand as a poetry anthology themselves,while anathema seem not to play music but create a dark world, a lost heaven.anathema are blessed by the nocturnal muse, and make history with the silent enigma.buy it with no second thought,i'd die for it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNDER RATED, March 24, 2000

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"devil-boy" (CANADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Enigma (Audio CD)

In the ANATHEMA's history, this album is probably their most under rated due to the fact that it recieved almost no press. It is my personnal fave of all their albums (YES, I LIKE IT MORE THAN SERANDES, WHICH IS BRILLIANT). This was their first album after the departure of old vokillist Darren White, new vokillist, new sound. Here we start hearing the interjection of clean vocals but still a little deathy. The songs are more cohesive and tend to have a nice flow, but what really kills is the guitar riffs and harmonies. There are wicked textures added to the songs when they alternate from heavy to mellow guitar parts. Opening track 'RESTLESS OBLIVION' is worth the price alone for this disc. This album is a great link between their old and new material. Under rated classic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece, November 8, 2008

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Music Lover (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Enigma (Audio CD)

I am not really that big a fan of the band, but a tremendous fan of this album!
It is truly a masterpiece. Yes it is dark and melancholy, but it is true art. The soundscape is magnificent, I marvel at the atmosphere they create. The back cover features an angel holding his head in what could be agony or frustration, and that is what this sounds like. Beautiful agony! To quite from the title track: "Happiness in a broken vision".

And most importantly, the album is a cohesive whole, not just a bunch of songs stuck together in a compilation. Listen to the full artwork, not just individual songs, and you might appreciate the journey it takes you on.