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Ankaa (album)

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Ankaa
Studio album by
Released22 April 2016
Genre
LabelSeason of Mist
Eths chronology
Ex Umbra In Solem
(2014)
Ankaa
(2016)
Singles from Ankaa
  1. "Alnilam"
    Released: 18 February 2016
  2. "Nihil Sine Causa"
    Released: 2 March 2016

Ankaa is the fourth studio album by the French metal band Eths, released on 22 April 2016 via Season of Mist. It is the first full album to feature vocalist Rachel Aspe, as well as the first without second guitarist Grégory "Greg" Rouvière and Guillaume "Yom" Dupré since Yom rejoined the band in 2011 (the pair left in 2013 and 2015 respectively). For this album, Dirk Verbeuren was hired to perform drum duties despite new drummer RUL joining Eths in 2015. The album's track list and first single "Alnilam" were first announced on February 18.[1] On 2 March they released their second song, "Nihil Sine Causa", which features additional vocals from Sarah Layssac (Arkan) and Jon Howard (Threat Signal).[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Staif Bihl unless stated

Ankaa
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Nefas" 3:49
2."Nihil Sine Causa" (feat. Jon Howard) 4:52
3."Amaterasu"Bihl, Berardo3:57
4."Seditio" 6:35
5."Nixi Dii"Bihl, Berardo7:58
6."Vae Victis" 5:05
7."HAR1" (feat. Björn Strid)Henley, Bihl4:03
8."Sekhet Aaru" 4:09
9."Kumari Kandam"Bihl, Berardo4:15
10."Alnitak" 4:04
11."Alnilam" 3:39
12."Mintaka" 5:06

Personnel

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Eths
  • Rachel Aspe - lead vocals
  • Staif Bihl - guitars, keyboards, programming, vocals, production, engineering
  • Damien Rivoal - bass guitar
Other personnel
  • Dirk Verbeuren - drums, percussion
  • Guillaume Dupré – additional percussion on tracks 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12.
  • Sarah Layssac - vocals on "Sekhet Aaru" and additional vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
  • Jon Howard - additional vocals on "Nihil Sine Causa"
  • Björn Strid - additional vocals on "HAR1"
  • Faustine Berardo - additional vocals on tracks 3, 5 and 9.
  • Serge Begnis - engineering
  • Nelson Leeroy - mixing
  • Mobo - mastering
  • Nicolas Senegas - artwork

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Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 178
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 154

References

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  1. ^ ETHS: New Song 'Alnilam' Available For Streaming Blabbermouth.net 18 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016
  2. ^ Eths Premiere New Song, “Nihil Sine Causa” Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Revolver. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016
  3. ^ "Faustine Berardo on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – Eths – Ankaa" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – Eths – Ankaa". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2016.