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Poll Question: Who's better?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2011 at 09:02
Blackfield's latest album is not bad but it was disappointing.  The first two are amazing.

Hoping both bands are working on new albums!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:48
Blackfield.

Anathema is a great band too. But just everything Steven Wilson did becomes superior! (And that's not just a freaking out fan's point of view!) Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2012 at 18:29
Antahema for their doom metal.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2012 at 19:30
Anathema... by a landslide

It should also be noted: I listen to everything Steven Wilson does just out of principle. Blackfield is no exception, and I love the hell out of it. But it's Anathema... they've created (what I would say) 7 masterpeice albums of pure music bliss.

The Silent Enigma
Eternity
Judgement
A Natural Disaster
Alternative 4
We're here becuase we're here
A Fine day to Exit

You just can't compare a discography like that to a couple decent prog-pop albums with a few excellent tracks.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2013 at 12:16
Originally posted by jav1919 jav1919 wrote:

Anathema, even though I consider Blackfield's first two albums great.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2013 at 12:31
Anathema is intoxicating , especially live while Blackfield has their first 2 jewels and a couple of following duds plus that wretched DVD live where Aviv looks like a weirdo. Sorry, not even close .....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 01 2013 at 15:50
I like both.
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2013 at 03:18
I have the last 6 Anathema albums which all now reside on my I-pod and in terms on number of tracks per artist rank about 4th. When this poll was made I hadn't even heard of them. They are easily my favourite new discovery of the last 12 months or so.
I love Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree but have never heard Blackfield. Should I check them out or would I better off exploring say Riverside's back catalogue first?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2013 at 03:29
Now I vote for Anathema. Both bands are great though
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2013 at 03:33
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Should I check them out or would I better off exploring say Riverside's back catalogue first?

Blackfield are quite accessible so it shouldn't take a lot of time to check them out. The first two albums are definitely whorthwile to listen to, both are great Britpop-tinged art rock in the same vein as 'Stupid Dream' and 'Lightbulb Sun'.

The third album is much weaker so you can put it down a bit. Blackfield IV is really not as bad as it was greeted, it's really a pretty neat album, but way too short and poppy.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2013 at 01:46
Originally posted by ole-the-first ole-the-first wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Should I check them out or would I better off exploring say Riverside's back catalogue first?

Blackfield are quite accessible so it shouldn't take a lot of time to check them out. The first two albums are definitely whorthwile to listen to, both are great Britpop-tinged art rock in the same vein as 'Stupid Dream' and 'Lightbulb Sun'.

The third album is much weaker so you can put it down a bit. Blackfield IV is really not as bad as it was greeted, it's really a pretty neat album, but way too short and poppy.

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I like Stupid Dream although I haven't listened to it for a long time. I'll probably check them out depending on price.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2013 at 05:58
1 Riverside
2 Anathema
 
Blackfield, not so much.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2016 at 09:26
Anathema.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2016 at 03:13
well Anathema has more albums than Blackfield. Not a fair poll.
I like the Anathema albums staring with The Silent Enigma up to Judgement. Not impressed with the rest.
Blackfield's third album (Welcome to My DNA) was rather weak, but still listenable in small dozes.

I prefer The Gathering and Antimatter to those two. Big smile


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