Without a record label for 2003 – 2008, Anathema couldn’t do much.  They played a couple of live gigs and they released 3 free songs (which you could download from their website for free).  I’ve been to 2 of their gigs, one of them was at the ‘Unholy Trinity’ in the UK, and Anathema rocked the place.  Their stage presence, the atmosphere and the movement they created was by far better than that of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride.
Thanks to their switch to atmospheric rock, in 2008, they signed …