''When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown'' is the first EP by British
extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ...
group
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 in Birmingham by multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney and vocalist Dave Hunt. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. The band's name is Irish for ''snake's breath'' ( anál ...
. It was released by Mordgrimm Records in Europe and on
Earache Records
Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...
in North America. The EP was written right after ''
The Codex Necro
''The Codex Necro'' is the first studio album by British extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh. It was released on 22 November 2001.
The album was re-released on 24 April 2006, with four additional bonus tracks taken from the John Peel BBC Radio One ...
'', and features guest appearances by
Aborym's
Sethlans Teitan
Davide Totaro (born 12 September 1978), known professionally as Set Teitan or Sethlans Teitan, is an Italian guitarist based in Sweden. He was the guitarist of industrial black metal band Aborym from 1997 to 2005, lead guitarist for Bloodline ...
on guitar and
Attila Csihar
Attila Csihar (; born 29 March 1971), also sometimes known as Void, is a Hungarian extreme metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work in Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and American drone-doom project Sunn O))). Author Ian Christe descr ...
of
Mayhem on vocals. It was re-released in 2006 with three additional bonus live tracks.
"Genesis of the Antichrist" is a remake of their earlier song "
Anaal Nathrakh
Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 in Birmingham by multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney and vocalist Dave Hunt. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. The band's name is Irish for ''snake's breath'' ( anál ...
".
Track listing
Personnel
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Irrumator – all instruments
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Sethlans Teitan
Davide Totaro (born 12 September 1978), known professionally as Set Teitan or Sethlans Teitan, is an Italian guitarist based in Sweden. He was the guitarist of industrial black metal band Aborym from 1997 to 2005, lead guitarist for Bloodline ...
– guitar
*
V.I.T.R.I.O.L. – vocals
*
Attila Csihar
Attila Csihar (; born 29 March 1971), also sometimes known as Void, is a Hungarian extreme metal vocalist, best known for his vocal work in Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and American drone-doom project Sunn O))). Author Ian Christe descr ...
– vocals ("Atavism")
References
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Anaal Nathrakh albums
2003 EPs
Earache Records EPs