Anaal Nathrakh performed what might have been their closing present on the Scala venue in London on December 14, 2022. On the time of the present announcement, Anaal Nathrakh stated that guitarist Mick Kenney would be absent as he skilled a “change of plan… which meant that his focus needed to shift, in the meanwhile at the very least.”
Upon the present’s completion, the band thanked everyone for coming and stated (with a note of hope for fans) that they have been going to “take a second to catch our breath, after which determine what may be subsequent, if something.” Luckily, Anaal Nathrakh mentioned they’d keep it up and in the end performed a number of reveals all through 2023. Or within the band’s personal phrases, “There’s simply an excessive amount of endarkenment, an excessive amount of unfinished enterprise and an excessive amount of visceral thrill, each for us and hopefully for followers, to not.”
However what’s subsequent for the band? In response to Anaal Nathrakh vocalist Dave Hunt, a Mick-less model of the band might proceed to play reside. And sure – there may be a brand new studio album too.
“Final time we spoke about it, yeah [there could be new material and shows],” mentioned Hunt. “I reside in Birmingham and Mick lives someplace close to Los Angeles, so it is not like we’re round one another’s homes for a cup of sugar day-after-day, however we discuss often and that was nonetheless the plan. It is attainable that we might find yourself doing one thing within the studio after which I might proceed with it on this reside format. It’s totally a lot ‘we’ll see what we’ll see’. It ain’t over ’til it is over, and the spirit continues to be there, but when something has been realized from the previous few years it is to not attempt to predict how issues are going to work out.”
As for reside reveals, Hunt added: “Nicely, it was a one-off plan [to have a stand-in for Mick], however the response was optimistic. Mick and I had a chat, and the sensation was that we did not need to say that that was it. However we did know that it might be a very long time till Mick would have the ability to take part once more. To go touring successfully on Endarkenment for the subsequent 10 years can be taking the piss, however hopefully we will go on the market and provides individuals one thing they need to see. We’re gonna do some stuff in 2024, and I would should suppose lengthy and arduous earlier than going past that.”
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