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Black metal/grindcore duo provide the icing on the hate
When tasked with writing about a band as philosophically single-minded as Anaal Nathrakh, typical questions about the recording their new album or tour stories just don't seem to cut it. They don't even really tour anyway—they hate. The word "misanthropy" has followed them around from their demos through their new LP Eschaton, and for good reason; nominally black metal, influences from the filthiest crust and grind seep into their music to form the polar opposite of self-hating isolationist BM. Half-expecting a "YOUR PUNY QUESTIONS ARE BENEATH US" response, I ask vocalist V.I.T.R.I.O.L. (Dave Hunt) what misanthropy means to Anaal Nathrakh and to him personally, and his answers are surprisingly non-violent."The themes of misanthropy in Anaal Nathrakh are things that are present in our minds...
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