Vincent Cavanagh
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Vincent Cavanagh is an English
singer and guitar
ist best known as a co-founder of British
art rock band Anathema
. Vincent took over as Anathema's vocalist following the departure of Darren "Daz" White from the group after the Pentecost III
EP
. He also started playing keyboards when the band switched from doom metal to a more ambient/progressive rock style.
He co-wrote several Anathema songs including Memento Mori, Restless Oblivion, The Beloved, Re-Connect, Deep, Pitiless, Judgement, Emotional Winter, Leave No Trace, Underworld, Balance and, recently, Thin Air.
Around 1998-1999 Vincent was a member of a band called Valle Crucis. They released an EP called Three Adorations on which he sang and played guitar.
In 2010 Vincent joined the French Rock band Devianz
in studio to sing and write strings arrangements for a song of their second album.
He is the younger brother of Anathema's other guitarist Danny Cavanagh, who formed the band with him in the early 1990s. He is also the twin of Jamie Cavanagh, the band's bassist.
England
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singer and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist best known as a co-founder of British
United Kingdom
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art rock band Anathema
Anathema (band)
Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
. Vincent took over as Anathema's vocalist following the departure of Darren "Daz" White from the group after the Pentecost III
Pentecost III
Pentecost III is an EP by the British doom metal band Anathema. It was recorded in 1994 but, due to a merging between labels Peaceville Records and Music For Nations, was not released until 1995. By this time, Darren White had been ousted from the band, whose remaining members were already working...
EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
. He also started playing keyboards when the band switched from doom metal to a more ambient/progressive rock style.
He co-wrote several Anathema songs including Memento Mori, Restless Oblivion, The Beloved, Re-Connect, Deep, Pitiless, Judgement, Emotional Winter, Leave No Trace, Underworld, Balance and, recently, Thin Air.
Around 1998-1999 Vincent was a member of a band called Valle Crucis. They released an EP called Three Adorations on which he sang and played guitar.
In 2010 Vincent joined the French Rock band Devianz
Devianz
- Biography :* September 2004: creation of Devianz by Guyom Pavesi, Maxime Decitre and Benoît Blin.* April 2005: the band enters the LB Lab studio with Stéphane Buriez .* December 2005: release of the first album Una Duna In Mezzo All’Oceano ....
in studio to sing and write strings arrangements for a song of their second album.
He is the younger brother of Anathema's other guitarist Danny Cavanagh, who formed the band with him in the early 1990s. He is also the twin of Jamie Cavanagh, the band's bassist.