Anabantha is a Mexican gothic doom metal band. Their songs are in Spanish, … Read Full Bio ↴Anabantha is a Mexican gothic doom metal band. Their songs are in Spanish, with a female voice and sometimes a clear male voice that accompanies her in their laments.

The band originall formed in 1997 Fronted by Duan Marie and Vlad Landeros on keyboards.

1998 brought a change of the band name to Transdellic (Trans=beyond: Dellos=Viewable. During this time they were joined by Jimmy Gallozo on drums and recorded their first demo called Crying Freedom.
2000 brough back the name Anabantha

In 2002, some musicians decide to leave permanently from the band. This metamorphosis of ANABANTHA. (Duan and Vlad) resulted in the album entitled "Without Saying Goodbye" With songs like: Talismans, Ice Angel, Dark Heart Paradise and Night.

In 2003 he was beginning to write and agrabar the demo letanías
Chapter II with songs like; Crucificame, Possession, spasm of
Venom.

In 2004 they recorded their demo album "Acoustic", that contains different kinds of songs like; Deja Vú, Desaparecer, The Twilight, The Flower, Spring, plus some songs inspired on poetry, from Pablo Neruda: "Poem. 20, Agua sexual." And the damned poet, HP Lovecraft: "El ser bajo la luz de la luna"

In 2005 they started recording "Without Saying Goodbye", which has the peculiarity of being the first album ever edited as a promotional drive with 9 issues and later as a disc double
(Spanish and English). This production includes songs such as; Deja vu, Angel Ice, Talismans, Madrugadas, Desaparecer, Heavens, among others;
In addition they made a cover of a band Called "Never Marry a Railroad Man" (Never give cases with a Ferrocarrilero).

In the same year they published their second studio album "Letanías Forbidden Chapter", which includes songs such as; "Ay de la noche", "Sangre", "Tu me matas", "Velo negro", and some others.

Matame
Anabantha Lyrics

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Alude oculta
Lujuria y sed
Doncell confieso
Lo siento en mi cuerpo
La casta noche
De puridad
Lejos del tiempo
Soñemos de nuevo

Arde en mis sueños
Fresca pasión
Mi fiel doncella
Desnuda en las hiedras
Lugar perpetuo de bendición
Ferviente encanto
Flagela mis venas

Átame átame
A la eternidad
Mátame mátame
Una vez más

Umbral sobrio
En mi reten
Es tanto el frío
Amorfa inocencia
Mi piel es fuego
Mi alma dolor
Dulce Albedrío
Efímero el cielo

Tu aura brilla
La puedo ver
En la ribera
Menguante de luna
Son tus Palabras
De Oráculo
Mis alabanzas
Predican tus penas

Átame átame
A la eternidad

Mátame mátame
Una vez más

Overall Meaning

The song "Matame" by Anabantha is a haunting and melancholic ode to love and lust that explores the darker aspects of desire. The lyrics are full of imagery that evokes feelings of intense longing and passion, but also of pain and desperation. The first verse sets the stage with an "alude oculta" or hidden allusion to lust and desire, and a confession of these feelings in the body of the "doncell" or maiden. The "casta noche" or chaste night of purity is contrasted with the wild and animalistic nature of desire, and the need to "soñemos de nuevo" or dream again suggests a desire for escape from reality.

The second verse intensifies the longing and the imagery, with the singer dreaming of a "perpetuo lugar de bendición" or a perpetual place of blessing where he can indulge in his "fresca pasión" or fresh passion with his "fiel doncella" or faithful maiden. The "flagela mis venas" or flagellation of his veins suggests violence and intense emotion, and the repeated refrain of "Átame átame/A la eternidad/Mátame mátame/Una vez más" or "Bind me, bind me/to eternity/kill me, kill me/once again" reinforces the sense of desperation and pain.

Overall, "Matame" is a powerful song that captures the intensity and complexity of love and lust, and the ways in which they can both elevate and destroy us.

Line by Line Meaning

Alude oculta
Hidden allusion

Lujuria y sed
Lust and seduction

Doncell confieso
Maiden I confess

Lo siento en mi cuerpo
I feel it in my body

La casta noche
Chaste night

De puridad
Of purity

Lejos del tiempo
Far from time

Soñemos de nuevo
Let's dream again

Arde en mis sueños
It burns in my dreams

Fresca pasión
Fresh passion

Mi fiel doncella
My faithful maiden