Vincent Cavanagh (born 29 August 1973 in Liverpool) is an English singer and guitarist best known as a co-founder (and the sole constant member) of British rock band

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. Vincent took over as Anathema's vocalist following the departure of

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from the group after the ''

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'' EP. He also started playing keyboards when the band switched from doom metal to a more ambient/progressive rock style. He co-wrote several Anathema songs including "Memento Mori", "Restless Oblivion", "The Beloved", "Re-Connect", "Deep", "Pitiless", "Judgement", "Emotional Winter", "Leave No Trace", "Underworld", "Balance" and recently, "Thin Air". Around 1998–1999 Vincent was a member of a band called Valle Crucis. They released an EP called ''Three Adorations'' on which he sang and played guitar. In 2010 Vincent joined the French Rock band

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in studio to sing and write strings arrangements for a song off their second album. He is the younger brother of Anathema's other guitarist

Danny Cavanagh Daniel Cavanagh (born 6 October 1972) is an English guitarist and singer who formed the British band Anathema in 1990 with his brother Vincent Cavanagh. He is the band's principal songwriter, a role he had previously shared with bassist Dunc ...

, who formed the band with him in the early 1990s. He is also the twin of

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, the band's former bassist.

Solo career

After Anathema was put on hiatus in 2020 Vincent decided to concentrate on his solo project called The Radicant. It is the umbrella alias of his creative output, encompassing a transdisciplinary exploration of music, sound art, visual media and technology. The Radicant is a botanical term to define a plant whose roots are not set but constantly in motion.

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* 1973 births English heavy metal guitarists English heavy metal singers English tenors Living people 21st-century English singers 21st-century British guitarists 21st-century British male singers {{UK-singer-stub