Anathema Weather Systems

Received this new surround recording a couple of days ago from Kscope and been giving it a spin. Unfortunately, it's a DVD-V and not lossless, but nevertheless, a very good discrete surround mix.

Anathema has definitely moved beyond it's metal/gothic roots to much more of a prog rock sound. Weather Systems is in a similar style as We're Here Because We're Here. It has some similarities to Porcupine Tree and SW's solo work, although it certainly has it's own distinct sound. Very enjoyable, and nice to have another new surround recording released this year.

Excellent! I really like the music although the sound quality of the DVD can definitely be improved. Hopefully, this lossless version will be an improvement. Thanks for the heads up and the link to obtain the download.

Sorry you overpaid for the CD/DVD combo. My purpose for posting was more to note that there was a new surround mix being released, since these are few and far between these days, rather than an in-depth review of the sound quality of the release. In fact, it was posted after an initial listen, and was more about the music and the mix than the actual sound quality of the DVD.

The post obviously generated very little interest since no one responded or I would have returned and posted more information about the shortcomings of the DVD after further listening. The FLAC download (free to those who purchased the CD/DVD from Burning Shed) does improve the sonics considerably, but don't take my word for it.

I do wish there were more surround mix downloads available, but it is still rare to find these days. The download on Burning Shed was added because of the complaints about the DVD and the misleading description on the website which indicated it had DTS, and not just DD audio.