• Record Label: Kscope
  • Release Date: Jun 10, 2014
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 18, 2014
    60
    Plenty here to admire--if you're in your most po-faced mood. [Summer 2014, p.95]
  2. Jun 20, 2014
    60
    A crescendo of electronic drums and stirring strings draws Distant Satellites to a close, and leaves you with the impression that, while inconsistent and desperately overwrought on occasion, Anathema deserve to be heard out with the private members' club that is prog rock in 2014.
  3. Jun 13, 2014
    60
    Anathema may not be at its most compelling on distant satellites, but what is less than optimal for these artists is still several notches above the rest.
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. Jun 12, 2014
    10
    every things great, ok ok...
    but this is not the old anathema,where is that dark atmosphere? where is that deppressive voice?where is that
    every things great, ok ok...
    but this is not the old anathema,where is that dark atmosphere? where is that deppressive voice?where is that painful suicide veil's shout? i cant' remember how many times i cried with that sick last goodbye...
    I know all of them.
    the reality is we can't listen to something brutal like judgment but we still have a great singer :-)
    vincent kavanagh did his job as well as ever! and sure, now the female singer has riper voice than weather systems .sometimes we hear an attractive drum's playing that we never he heard before ,guitar solos are great ,like ever and i swear the "anathema" track will show you the old band's solos ,and yes ,this track is the best in this work.
    Distant Satellites is dreamy, beautiful and hopeful.you must know this is milder than 2012 album ...
    but it's still anathema and you will love this, if you loved two latest albums
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