''Pentecost III'' is an EP by the

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. It was recorded in 1994 but, due to a merging between labels

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, was not released until 1995. By this time, Darren White had been ousted from the band, whose remaining members were already working on their next album, '' The Silent Enigma''. ''Pentecost III'' was re-issued as on one CD with '' The Crestfallen'' in 2001.

Track listing

All lyrics written by White, all music written by Anathema.

Notes

*The album's liner notes state that "''Pentecost III'' is dedicated to Tony Doyle, to Lin Mari Lowles, and to all the people who shared the grief of the terrible tragedy that befell us all this year 1994". Tony and Lin were two old friends of Anathema. Tony died from heart complications in his early twenties and, on the way to the

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, Lin died in a

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. * The track "Memento Mori" contains the hidden track "Nailed to the Cross/666". On the ''Pentecost III/Crestfallen'' EP re-issue this hidden track is moved to the end of "They Die", the last track on the disc. * The album artwork is a 1891 painting by

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called "Perseus and Andromeda". * Orchestral versions of "Kingdom" and "We, the Gods" were recorded for the 2011 compilation '' Falling Deeper''.

Credits

Daniel Cavanagh Daniel Cavanagh (born 6 October 1972) is an English guitarist and singer who formed the British band Anathema in 1990 with his brother Vincent Cavanagh. He is the band's principal songwriter, a role he had previously shared with bassist Du ...

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Vincent Cavanagh Vincent Cavanagh (born 29 August 1973 in Liverpool) is a British composer, vocalist, and producer, currently releasing music under the moniker The Radicant. His work spans electronic music, contemporary art, dance and immersive technology, wi ...

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References

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