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Athanator : The Perfect Enemy
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Metal band that comes from old school with aggressive and powerful thrash sounds, frenetic lyrics, and fast and furious riffs supported by marching beats that fill any brain with schizophrenic metal. A mix between Slayer, Metallica and Kreator with classi
Genre: Metal/Punk: Thrash/Speed Metal
Release Date: 2007
The Perfect Enemy
Athanator
Record Label: LIXO Sonido+Discos
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1. Thoughts On the Battlefield 3:01 + MP3 $0.99
2. Fill Your Heart With Fury 3:28 + MP3 $0.99
3. Unsocial God 2:33 + MP3 $0.99
4. Perfect Enemy 4:31 + MP3 $0.99
5. Purified 3:31 + MP3 $0.99
6. Bleed for a Chance to Live 4:10 + MP3 $0.99
7. Gallery of Dreams 3:54 + MP3 $0.99
8. The Search 4:27 + MP3 $0.99
9. Smile of the Death 3:30 + MP3 $0.99
10. Crypt of My Heart 3:25 + MP3 $0.99
11. Hatred of Shattered 3:08 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Since their humble start in 1989 as an underground band from Medellin, Colombia, ATHANATOR have managed to establish themselves as one of America's top thrash metal acts through hard work, relentless concerts, and consistently solid albums. What has set ATHANATOR apart from the rest of the metal scene since the very beginning is their use of death obsession and imagery in lyrics and artwork, as well as a talent for writing epic, memorable melodies, which underline their solemn yet killer approach to heavy music.

The band went through the usual demo recordings and line-up changes in the beginning stages, but in 2000 made its first mark with the CD "Rise the Death". A one-off affair with (of all places) Colombia's LIXO Sonido + Discos, this CD did not only plant ATHANATOR's flag in the underground metal landscape, but also gained the band a multi-fan around the world.
In 2002 a tribute to Slayer called "Rise the Slaughter", led the band as the first thrash metal act honoured by metal fanzines, e-zines and every metal head in the town. They have been in many sold-out concerts catching fans, performing on many gigs including a support show for German Thrashers: DESTRUCTION.

Ateneo Porfirio Barba Jacob Corporation signed a deal with ATHANATOR to release at mid 2004, their "Earth of Blood" album.15 tunes from the old school thrash metal with new sounds supported by promotional video clips and many shows across the country that put ATHANATOR on international carpet and opened doors in Metal Blast Records from Germany, Dirrty Records from USA and Rise Star Records from Chile to plug the album across the world.

Also, "Walk down the Dark" song extracted from "Earth of Blood" left the band on nominations for Best Metal video on "London Music Awards" (UK) as well as for City TV "Mucha-Musica" (Colombia) music awards in 2005 and gives the chance to be at Ancon Festival, Altavoz International Festival and lot more concerts around main cities from their loved country.

For September 2006 the follow-up album join explicit lyrics that feed from their experiences, as well as inspiration from their own nightmares as well: "The Perfect Enemy" an album with eleven aggressive and powerful thrash sounds, frenetic lyrics, and fast and furious riffs supported by marching beats that fill any brain with schizophrenic metal.

The Perfect Enemy is available worldwide at non-exclusive deal through www.cdbaby.com and it comes with new videos, interviews as well as concerts heading to American masters: Sadus and Krisiun, tours around the globe to keep the metal act that will be hitting the world during the forthcoming years!

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REVIEWS

Klassischen Thrash Metal
author: Christian Metzner
                            
Klassischen Thrash Metal gibt es von diesen vier Gestalten hier aus Kolumbien. Athanator haben sich alte Helden wie Destruction, Sodom oder Kreator als Vorbild genommen und holzen hier recht anständig drauflos, und zwar ohne Gnade. Natürlich kommt man an die Vorbilder noch nicht ran, auch der Sound ist leider etwas dünn ausgefallen, weshalb die Scheibe nicht die Brutalität zum Hörer transportiert, welche die Songs aufgrund ihres zügigen Tempos eigentlich besitzen. Das Riffing ist auch noch etwas ausbaufähig, es werden zwar hier und da schon richtig gute Ideen verbraten, aber dazwischen gibt es noch zuviel ausbaufähiges Durchschnittsgedöhns. Am wichtigsten jedoch ist, das nächste Mal deutlich mehr Wert auf einen anständigen Sound zu legen. In ihrem Heimatland Kolumbien hat die Horde anscheinend schon einige ausverkaufte Gigs absolviert (u.a. mit Destruction), weshalb wir sicher bald wieder von ihnen hören werden. Immerhin liegt der Veröffentlichungstermin von "The perfect enemy" schon knapp ein Jahr zurück.
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IS the Perfect album
author: Javier Barrero
                            
Gran producción este “The Perfect Enemy” de los Athanator, un veterano grupo de Medellín que viene trabajando desde finales de los 80’s y que con este trabajo siguen demostrando su valía. Musicalmente es Thrash de la escuela vieja, ese que extrañamos hoy en día. El cd comienza con “Thoughts on the Battlefield”, una intro con sonido de metralletas dan una idea clara de lo que trata el tema: Guerra, batallas, violencia y las ideas de un soldado en medio de esta situación. “Fill your Heart with Fury” sigue la descarga. Thrash bien hecho. “Unsocial God” va acorde a la progresión del trabajo. “Perfect Enemy” es mi tema preferido, ritmo parejo, lento pero denso. “Purified” nos recuerda de dónde viene Athanator: vieja escuela thrashera. “Bleed for a Change to Live” es un tema rítmico, poco común para un grupo como Athanator, pero igualmente certero. “Gallery of Dreams” es un himno de Thrash que suena muy bien en vivo. A pesar de ser un tema que habla sobre la búsqueda (Muchas veces infructuosa) del amor, “The Search” es una auténtica metralla de grandes riffs y cambios. “Smile of the Death” es una remembranza de los buenos tiempos del thrash de la Bahía de San Francisco, cuando la música se hacía más con el corazón que con la calculadora. “Crypt of my Heart” sigue la tónica de todo el trabajo. No desentona. Cierra el cd “Hatred and Shattered”. Gran final. Técnicamente el trabajo demuestra que el grupo sabe que hoy se hace necesario utilizar los recursos que se requieran para sonar actuales, sin que la magia del metal de los 80’s muera. Athanator estrena el CD el 15 de junio en Medellín. En Bogotá lo vimos en el Thrashing Colombia 2. En vivo arrasan.
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From Colombia a brutal thrash metal album
author: Mike Lazaris
                            
The songs are great! I think you've done an even better job on the few tracks I have listened to from the new Athanator CD. It's fantastic that you have added variety to your Thrash sound with some killer solo's on top of not just thrash! All that and you've included some great melodies to create one very interesting and addictive combination of modern Thrash with todays sound and style heavy metal also offers!
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