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Eschaton is the third album by British post-black metal band Anaal Nathrakh. Musically, the album continues in the direction of the previous album, Domine Non Es Dignus, moving further away from the chaotic, wall-of-noise grindcore excursions of The Codex Necro, into simpler verse-chorus song structures with occasional clean vocals and more melodic riffs. However most reviewers (digitalmetal.com, Terrorizer magazine and so on) have commented that the overall atmosphere and production are at the same time a step back towards the out-and-out ferocity of the band's debut. The music is still intense, featuring hyperfast drum machine blast beats and V.I.T.R.I.O.L.'s harsh vocals.
The album is also significant in featuring significant guest appearances by Shane Embury (Embryonymous) on bass and Attila Csihar on vocals, the latter offering vocal work on the track "Regression To The Mean", according to the accompanying booklet.
The sample "Kill everybody in the whole world!" from the intro of "The Destroying Angel" is clipped from the British comedy series Blackadder II.
The sample "Drive deeper the thorn," at the start of "The Necrogeddon" is Sam Neill as Damien in the film Omen III: The Final Conflict.
The background on the album's cover art is a sample of the Mandelbrot set.
One of the cryptic quotations in the liner notes ("I suspect you would rather not hear these details..." etc.) is from Robert W. Chambers' novella The King in Yellow. It's probable that this book also inspired the title of Track 6.
"Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes" is Latin for "the war of all against all", which is described by philosopher Thomas Hobbes in the book Leviathan as the natural state of humanity.
An Eschaton is a form of prophecy concerning the end of the world. The clean vocal chorus of Timewave Zero "the 21st of December 2012, the end of time" is a reference to the Mayan Eschaton which states that 21/12/12 (by the roman calendar) will be the day when the Gods recreate the world for the 7th and final time.
The Destroying Angel is another name for the Amanita genus of fungi, the most toxic fungi in the world that are capable of killing a healthy adult human from one bite
