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On 27 September 2024, the project released its debut album Ocean Without a Shore , which – despite the earlier announcement – did not feature John Douglas, but Daniel Cardoso on drums. Among others, it contains the songs titled “Untouchable Part 3” and “Are You There? Part 2”.

Daniel Cavanagh has announced he is working on a solo album named Cellar Door , and has started a new musical project named Weather Systems. The project takes the name of Anathema’s 2012 album, and, according to a post on the Anathema Facebook page, “the music will be a continuation of the previous band’s legacy”. In December 2021, it was posted on Anathema’s Facebook page that John Douglas had joined the Weather Systems project.

At the end of August 2019, it was announced that Anathema would be leaving the Kscope record label and had signed a new deal with Mascot Label Group . Anathema planned to release their 12th studio album in 2020. However, Anathema announced an indefinite hiatus on 22 September 2020.

In 2017, the band released The Optimist , which won Album of the Year at the Progressive Music Awards.

Anathema went on their Resonance Tour through Europe in April 2015. These concerts served as live retrospective efforts, featuring songs throughout their catalog, including from their debut album Serenades . Former vocalist Darren “Daz” White and former bassist/keyboardist Duncan Patterson joined the band on stage for these concerts.

Following the success of their short Australian tour, an acoustic tour was announced for New Zealand and Australia in 2015. Daniel, Vincent and Lee performed these show without the other band members. Later that year, the band released an acoustic live album and video entitled A Sort of Homecoming , consisting in the record of a concert at the band’s hometown Liverpool Cathedral .

On 28 March 2014, the band announced their upcoming studio album would be called Distant Satellites . The album came out on 9 June 2014 on the Kscope label, and was produced by Christer-André Cederberg in Oslo, Norway. Several tracks were mixed by Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree ). Different from previous albums is the use of more electronica on this album. The album was released in four different versions: CD, vinyl, media book, and a deluxe version. The band toured the album starting 22 May in Istanbul, Turkey, continuing throughout Europe and travelling to Australia for the first time to perform three dates during August 2014.

The band performed on drummer Mike Portnoy’s Progressive Nation at Sea tour aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Pearl that sailed from the Port of Miami on 18 February 2014.

The band’s live album, named Untouchable , was released as a double vinyl album on 24 June 2013. The album is a recording of a special one-off gig at the ancient Roman theatre of Philippopolis in 2012, where the band were joined by the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra . The set was released on Blu-ray, DVD and CD under the name Universal , with an alternate track order, on 17 September 2013.

On 2 December 2012, Anathema announced their first concert in India. Anathema has performed at IIT Madras as part of the Saarang Rock Show on 12 January 2013.