The Whole of the Law

The Whole of the Law
Studio album by Anaal Nathrakh
Released	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)
Recorded	February – May 2016[1][2]
Studio	Necrodeath Studios (Birmingham, United Kingdom)[3]
Genre	Black metal, grindcore, industrial metal, death metal
Length	42:12
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Mick Kenney
Anaal Nathrakh chronology
Desideratum (2014) The Whole of the Law (2016) A New Kind of Horror (2018)

The Whole of the Law is the ninth full-length studio album by British extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh. It was released on 28 October 2016 on Metal Blade Records.[4]

Background

The lyrics to "Depravity Favours the Bold" are based on Au Lecteur (To the Reader), a poem by Charles Baudelaire. The song title "...So We Can Die Happy" comes from an interview with a young Syrian boy in which he said ‘If they want to use chemical weapons on us, they should just get on with it. But can they make them smell of bread so at least we can die happy?’ The album cover is a cropped and blackened version of the painting, Dante and Virgil, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Nameless Dread"	1:12
2.	"Depravity Favours the Bold"	3:07
3.	"Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion"	3:35
4.	"We Will Fucking Kill You"	3:54
5.	"...So We Can Die Happy"	4:06
6.	"In Flagrante Delicto"	3:38
7.	"And You Will Beg for Our Secrets"	3:21
8.	"Extravaganza!"	4:13
9.	"On Being a Slave"	5:40
10.	"The Great Spectator"	3:45
11.	"Of Horror, and the Black Shawls"	5:41
12.	"Powerslave" (Iron Maiden cover;[6] bonus track)	6:55
13.	"Man at C&A" (The Specials cover;[7] bonus track)	4:10
Total length:		53:17

Personnel

Anaal Nathrakh

• Dave Hunt (a.k.a. V.I.T.R.I.O.L.) – vocals
• Mick Kenney (a.k.a. Irrumator) – guitar, bass, programming, artwork, production

References

1. "Anaal Nathrakh on Facebook". Facebook. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
2. "Anaal Nathrakh on Facebook". Facebook. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
3. "Anaal Nathrakh – The Whole of the Law". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
4. "Anaal Nathrakh reveals details for new album". Metal Blade Records. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
5. "Dante and Virgil, 1850 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau - WikiArt.org". www.wikiart.org. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
6. "Album Review: ANAAL NATHRAKH the Whole of the Law". 2 November 2016.
7. "Album Review: ANAAL NATHRAKH the Whole of the Law". 2 November 2016.