Anata

Anata is a technical death metal band from Varberg, Sweden that formed in 1993.

To date, they have released two demos, four albums and a split album with Bethzaida. In 2005, they completed recordings for an album titled The Conductor's Departure, released in June 2006 on Earache Records/Wicked World Records. Anata have toured Europe with death metal acts such as Dismember, Decapitated, Rotting Christ, and Psycroptic. In 2006 Anata played at Maryland Deathfest, Baltimore, their first United States appearance to date. Anata have also performed at festivals in Europe such as Fuck the Commerce, Neurotic Deathfest, and Gothenburg Deathfest.

Their style employs significant and unique use of dissonance, including contrapuntal structures employing whole- and half-step harmony, as well as dissonant chords. As their music relies greatly on melody and counterpoint, in contrast to most death metal bands who focus more on moving chords and percussive effects (especially complex palm muting patterns), they are sometimes labeled melodic death metal. However, most fans consider this to be an inaccurate characterization, as the term generally refers to a particular style of death metal, namely, the "Gothenburg metal" sound pioneered by bands like In Flames and Dark Tranquillity, rather than simply death metal with a strong melodic element. Anata, though hailing from Sweden (considered the birthplace of melodic death metal), bears little resemblance to these bands; they bear a stronger resemblance to technical death metal pioneers such as Cynic and Atheist, who also employed a great deal of counterpoint (for both bands, the two guitars and bass are rarely playing the same part). However, Anata has little of the jazz fusion influences that Cynic or Atheist had, instead fusing the contrapuntal style with the modern technical death metal style of bands such as Psycroptic and Decapitated.

Slain Upon His Altar

I am lost in the land
Of withering shadows
Seeking no truth
Finding depth in various things
Weak in their spirit
And shallow are their hearts
Fading away like flowers
Under the sun
And this frailty had to be shared
My true belief was to be declared
The holy man opened his heart
And he let me receive the blessing
Of his lord
Drink the blood, drink the blood
The wine is turned into the blood of Christ
No, I choose to spit on his face
Forever walk the unlighted ways
Died on the cross
Where's your kingdom now?
All your knowledge is worthless
All your efforts are in vain
Sanguinary
Blood-thirst in my nature
Puppets of Christ in consanguinity
But I cut the strings long ago
What does he think of now
When he lies slain upon his altar
Dripping with blood
With the cross stabbed through his chest
Just like he was stabbed in his back
By his blind faith
Chalice fall, let the bell toll!
Transform wine into blood of God
Naked - Unsheltered!
The spirit of Christ
Now spilled outside the holy grail
Soul tread
Now for everyone to see
Now facing stone

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Edit Atlanta Journal 30 May 2016

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UAE Court Acquits American Father And Son Jailed Since 2014

Edit WorldNews.com 30 May 2016

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Cincinnati zoo shoots gorilla dead as child falls into moat

Edit The Times of India 30 May 2016

An American zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after staff shot and killed a gorilla who grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into a moat ... Zoo officials said the boy fell after he climbed through a public barrier at the Gorilla World exhibit on Saturday afternoon....

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Native Americans Grapple With Memorial Day, Should We Do the Same?

Edit WorldNews.com 30 May 2016

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The holocaust of North American Indian nations was, in some ways, even more destructive and deadly than that of the European Jews. And yet, since the American Revolution through World War II and the ongoing Global War On Terror, thousands of Native Americans have fought courageously in every war, some earning the Medal of Honor ... Should the rest of us do the same? ... Wars ... soldiers.5 ... 28 ... 140 ... ....

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Shark attack feared in Southern California woman's injury

Edit Orlando Sentinel 30 May 2016

Lifeguards shut down a Southern California beach on Sunday after a swimmer was pulled injured from the water with bite marks in a possible shark attack, authorities said. The woman, swimming in a wetsuit, was spotted in distress by a lifeguard boat at Corona Del Mar State Beach about 4 p.m., city... ....

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MY HEROES / Ex-heroes lift up people’s spirits in Ishinomaki

Edit The Japan News 16 May 2016

By Mishio Suzuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior SpecialistAccompanied by eight actors who have played superheroes in TV dramas, I visited the Ishinomaki Mangattan Museum in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 23 and 24 ... I was the concert’s emcee ... At the end of the event, the eight men sang “Itsuka Anata ni Aeru Hi made” (Until the day I can see you), a song Shishido wrote to encourage reconstruction efforts ... Please wait [for us].” ... + - ... ....

Communities neglected by Israel fundraise to build road

Edit Al Jazeera 14 May 2016

With a dramatic wave of his arm out the car window, Sheikh Abdullah Alqam signalled the invisible line that marks the Jerusalem municipal boundary. "You just left the Palestinian Authority area. Now you are in Jerusalem!" he bellowed, passing a bin that overflowed with rubbish ... After years waiting, the community has received permission from the municipality to pave another, longer road from the camp to the nearby Anata neighbourhood ... ....

Odisha: Evicted from outside CM Patnaik's chamber, SC/ST MLAs protest in well

Edit DNA India 12 May 2016

-->. Agitating SC/ST MLAs, have been demanding 38% reservation of seats for SC and ST students in medical and engineering colleges ... The issue was raised in the Assembly by Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra, who condemned the action of the securitymen on the legislators ... We condemn it," Mishra said ... PTI ... The protesting legislators have been evicted as per law," government chief whip Anata Das told reporters ... ....

Kerala Elections 2016: Modi's image is dimnishing day by day, says HD Deve Gowda

Edit DNA India 08 May 2016

-->. The former PM claimed that the Modi's image was 'dimnishing' each day and losses in Delhi and Bihar proved he was 'no longer powerful' ... "Prime Minister's image is decreasing day by day ... anata Dal (S) national secretary E M Balakrishnan presided over the meeting. ....

62 Pet Names Your Honeycake Deserves To Hear On Valentine's Day

Edit Huffington Post 12 Feb 2016

Sweetie pie. Honey. Babydoll. Pumpkin. What could be more normal, more unremarkable than the common endearments English-speaking Americans use to address their romantic counterparts?. That is, they seem relatively normal, since we're so used to them. But shift the lens a bit, and suddenly they're positively bizarre ... A -- um -- friend of mine sometimes calls her fiancé "sweatpants boy.") ... Carol J ... Spanish . ... Mi cielo ... Inday ... あなた Anata ... ....

Palestinian girl fatally shot by Israeli guard

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 24 Jan 2016

The girl was identified by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa as Ruqayya Eid Abu Eid, a resident of the Palestinian village of Anata ... 1 ... ....

13-Year-Old Palestinian Girl Tries to Stab Israeli Security Guard

Edit Breitbart 24 Jan 2016

Ynetnews reports ... Initial investigation found that the Palestinian girl, Raqiya Abu Eid, had a fight with her family, leading her to leave her home in the nearby village of ‘Anata with a knife in her bag, apparently planning to die....

Israeli guard shoots teen girl dead after knife attack

Edit New York Post 24 Jan 2016

13 y/o Palestinian attempted to stab security guard at entrance to Israeli town in West Bank, shot & killed. pic.twitter.com/RCU9vrIDQi. — Israel Reporter (@IsraelBreaking) January 23, 2016 ... Ruqayya’s mom, Reeda Abu Eid, said there had been no trouble before her daughter left home, a tent in the village of Anata....

Abbas slams Palestinian groups after knife-wielding teen girl shot dead by Israeli guard

Edit South China Morning Post 24 Jan 2016

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Palestinian groups of encouraging youths to take part in an almost four-month long surge of violence with Israel which has raised concern of wider escalation a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided ... READ MORE ... Her mother, Reeda Abu Eid, said there had been no trouble before her daughter left the family home, a tent in the Palestinian village Anata ... citizen ... READ MORE ... ....

Palestinian girl, 13, shot dead while attempting attack on Israeli settlement guard 'intended to die', ...

Edit The Independent 23 Jan 2016

A 13-year-old Palestinian girl who allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli security guard has been shot dead in the West Bank. Police claimed the teenager, named as Ruqayya Abu Eid, was “intending to die” when she travelled to the Anatot settlement near her family home ... He was arrested and taken for questioning ... She said there had been no trouble before her daughter left the family home, a tent in the Palestinian village of Anata....

13-year-old Palestinian girl shot dead after alleged attack on soldier

Edit Khaleej Times 23 Jan 2016

A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by an Israeli security guard she tried to stab at a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli police said on Saturday ... Her father arrived at the scene shortly after the incident and was arrested, she added ... Her mother, Reeda Abu Eid, said there had been no trouble before her daughter left the family home, a tent in the Palestinian village Anata ... ....

Palestinian girl, 13, shot dead after trying to stab Israeli guard - police

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Jan 2016

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by an Israeli security guard she tried to stab at a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli police said on Saturday ... Her father arrived at the scene shortly after the incident and was arrested, she added ... Her mother, Reeda Abu Eid, said there had been no trouble before her daughter left the family home, a tent in the Palestinian village Anata ... citizen....

Palestinian girl, 13, shot dead after trying to stab Israeli guard

Edit Canberra Times 23 Jan 2016

Jerusalem. A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by an Israeli security guard she tried to stab at a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli police said on Saturday ... Her father arrived at the scene shortly after the incident and was arrested, she added ... Her mother, Reeda Abu Eid, said there had been no trouble before her daughter left the family home, a tent in the Palestinian village Anata ... Reuters. ....

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'Anata' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Luna Mystika (2008)