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Anubis
12+ albums
Progressive rockthrash metalNeo-progvisual keiprog rock
about
There is more than one band with this name; 1) Australian Progressive Rock sextet Anubis was formed in Sydney in March 2004 by vocalist/bassist Robert James Moulding and keyboard player/guitarist David Eaton, and were subsequently joined by Douglas Skene (guitars, also of Hemina), Dean Bennison (guitars), Steven Eaton (drums) and Nick Antoinette (bass). This line-up released the albums 230503 (2009) and A Tower of Silence (2011) through Australian independent label Bird's Robe Records. With their richly layered keyboards and guitars, conceptual lyrics and vocal harmonies, Anubis have developed a reputation for releasing cinematic and evocative concept albums, with A Tower of Silence in particular becoming a minor breakthrough album in Europe, where it's still critically acclaimed. Nick Antoinette parted ways with the group in early 2013 as the band were writing the Hitchhiking to Byzantium album which was subsequently recorded as a quintet with Robert Moulding handling all the bass parts. By the time of it's release in 2014, Anthony Stewart had joined the band on bass and they toured Australia and Europe in 2014/2015, with the live album Behind our Eyes taken from these shows. By the end of the Hitchhiking to Byzantium tour, Anubis had shared bills with both UK progressive heavyweights Anathema and 70's legends Uriah Heep. 2017's The Second Hand came about in the wake of that tour, with much of the album culled from jam sessions and group arranging sessions. It was record
