''Ankaa'' is the fourth studio album by the French metal band
Eths, released on 22 April 2016 via
Season of Mist
Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pag ...
. 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. On 2 March they released their second song, "Nihil Sine Causa", which features additional vocals from Sarah Layssac (Arkan) and Jon Howard (
Threat Signal).
Track listing
Personnel
;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
Björn Ove Ingemar "Speed" Strid (born 10 September 1978) is a Swedish vocalist who has worked with bands such as Allegaeon, Disarmonia Mundi, Terror 2000, Coldseed, The Night Flight Orchestra, Act of Denial, Gizmachi, and most notably Soilw ...
- 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
Charts
References
2016 albums
Eths albums
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