Ankaa is the fourth studio album by the French metal band Eths, released on 22 April 2016 via Season of Mist. It is the first full album to feature vocalist Rachel Aspe, as well as the first without second guitarist Grégory "Greg" Rouvière and Guillaume "Yom" Dupré since Yom rejoined the band in 2011 (the pair left in 2013 and 2015 respectively). For this album, Dirk Verbeuren was hired to perform drum duties despite new drummer RUL joining Eths in 2015. The album's track list and first single "Alnilam" were first announced on February 18.ETHS: New Song 'Alnilam' Available For Streaming Blabbermouth.net 18 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016 On 2 March they released their second song, "Nihil Sine Causa", which features additional vocals from Sarah Layssac (Arkan) and Jon Howard (Threat Signal).Eths Premiere New Song, “Nihil Sine Causa” Revolver. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016
Track listing
Personnel Eths Rachel Aspe - lead vocals Staif Bihl - guitars, keyboards, programming, vocals, production, engineering Damien Rivoal - bass guitar
Other personnel Dirk Verbeuren - drums, percussion Guillaume Dupré – additional percussion on tracks 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 12. Sarah Layssac - vocals on "Sekhet Aaru" and additional vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Jon Howard - additional vocals on "Nihil Sine Causa" Björn Strid - additional vocals on "HAR1" Faustine Berardo - additional vocals on tracks 3, 5 and 9. Serge Begnis - engineering Nelson Leeroy - mixing Mobo - mastering Nicolas Senegas - artwork
Charts Chart (2016) Peak position
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