Eschaton

Eschatology

Eschatology is a part of theology, philosophy, and futurology concerned with what are believed to be the final events in history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world or the World to Come...

is the third album by British black metal band Anaal Nathrakh

Anaal Nathrakh

Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 who fuse black metal, grindcore, death metal and industrial music. They are currently signed to Candlelight Records....

. Musically, the album continues in the vein of the previous album, Domine Non Es Dignus

Domine Non Es Dignus

Domine Non Es Dignus is the second studio album by British black metal group Anaal Nathrakh. It was released in 2004. The title means "Lord, you are not worthy" in Latin.-Background:...

. Some reviewers have commented that the overall atmosphere and production are at the same time a step back towards the out-and-out ferocity of the band's debut

The Codex Necro

The Codex Necro is the first full length album by the British black metal band Anaal Nathrakh, released in 2001.The album was re-released April 24, 2006, with four additional bonus tracks taken from the John Peel BBC Radio One Session which was broadcast 16 December 2003...

. The album features guest appearances by Shane Embury

Shane Embury

Shane Embury is a British bassist and member of Napalm Death.-Napalm Death:Embury is the only member left who has been in the band since the Scum tour, replacing previous bassist Jim Whitley in 1987...

 (Embryonymous) on bass, and Attila Csihar

Attila Csihar

Attila Csihar , also sometimes known as Void, is a Hungarian black metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work on the album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem. Author Ian Christe describes his vocals as "operatic."-Biography:...

 performs vocals on "Regression to the Mean".

Background

The album cover art is a sample of the Mandelbrot set

Mandelbrot set

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. "The Necrogeddon" is a re-recording from "Total Fucking Necro

Total Fucking Necro

Total Fucking Necro is a compilation album made up of the two Anaal Nathrakh demos, Anaal Nathrakh and Total Fucking Necro, and one previously unreleased track from the unreleased We Will Fucking Kill You 2001 demo...

". The album features sound samples from the television series Blackadder II

Blackadder II

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 ("The Destroying Angel"), and the films Saw

Saw (film)

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 ("The Yellow King") and Omen III: The Final Conflict

Omen III: The Final Conflict

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 ("The Necrogeddon"). Lyrics for the song "When Lion Devours Both Dragon and Child" include an adaptation of text from the Book of Job

Book of Job

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, chapter 10, and the clean sung parts describe and quote "The Madman's Parable" by Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Track listing

• All songs written by Anaal Nathrakh.

1. "Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes
   Bellum omnium contra omnes
   Bellum omnium contra omnes, a Latin phrase meaning "the war of all against all," is the description that Thomas Hobbes gives to human existence in the state of nature thought experiment that he conducts in De Cive and Leviathan ....
   
   " – 3:16
2. "Between Shit and Piss We Are Born" – 3:54
3. "Timewave Zero" – 3:01
4. "The Destroying Angel
   Destroying angel
   The name destroying angel applies to several similar, closely related species of deadly all-white mushrooms in the genus Amanita. They are Amanita bisporigera and A. ocreata in eastern and western North America, and A. virosa in Europe. Another very similar species, A. verna or fool's mushroom was...
   
   " – 3:11
5. "Waiting for the Barbarians" – 4:46
6. "The Yellow King
   The King in Yellow
   The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by Robert W. Chambers and published in 1895. The stories could be categorized as early horror fiction or Victorian Gothic fiction, but the work also touches on mythology, fantasy, mystery, science fiction and romance...
   
   " – 4:54
7. "When the Lion Devours Both Dragon and Child" – 4:57
8. "The Necrogeddon" – 4:11
9. "Regression to the Mean" – 3:12

Anaal Nathrakh

• V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
  Dave Hunt (musician)
  Dave Hunt is a British heavy metal vocalist. He was born in Solihull, West Midlands, England. He currently is the vocalist of both Benediction and grindcore/black metal band Anaal Nathrakh...
  
   – vocals
• Irrumator
  Mick Kenney
  Mick Kenney is a musician, artist, and producer from Birmingham, UK. He relocated to California, Orange County in 2007. He currently plays in extreme metal acts Anaal Nathrakh, and Suffer well. His past bands include Fukpig, Frost, Professor Fate and Mistress.He is the owner of Necrodeath...
  
   – all instruments

Additional musicians

• Attila Csihar
  Attila Csihar
  Attila Csihar , also sometimes known as Void, is a Hungarian black metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work on the album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas by Mayhem. Author Ian Christe describes his vocals as "operatic."-Biography:...
  
   – vocals
• Ventnor – guitar
• Drunk – samples
• Shane Embury
  Shane Embury
  Shane Embury is a British bassist and member of Napalm Death.-Napalm Death:Embury is the only member left who has been in the band since the Scum tour, replacing previous bassist Jim Whitley in 1987...
  
  – bass

Production

• Mick Kenney – production, recording, engineering, mixing, mastering
• Dave Hunt – mastering