The Codex Necro is the first studio album by British extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh. It was released on 22 November 2001.
The album was re-released on 24 April 2006, with four additional bonus tracks taken from the John Peel BBC Radio One Session broadcast on 16 December 2003.[1] It was again re-released in 2009, with four additional bonus tracks taken from the We Will Fucking Kill You demo.[2]
Upon its release, The Codex Necro received positive reviews and numerous "album of the month" awards from various publications,[citation needed] and in 2009 and 2010 appeared in several notable "albums of the decade" lists, such as the Terrorizer Critics' "Albums of the Decade",[citation needed]Decibel magazine's "100 Albums of the Decade",[citation needed] and "The Decade's Best Metal" on avclub.com.[5]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Supreme Necrotic Audnance"
4:43
2.
"When Humanity Is Cancer"
5:19
3.
"Submission Is for the Weak"
5:16
4.
"Pandemonic Hyperblast"
3:52
5.
"Paradigm Shift – Annihilation"
6:07
6.
"The Technogoat"
4:38
7.
"Incipid Flock"
5:22
8.
"Human, All Too Fucking Human"
4:48
9.
"The Codex Necro"
6:07
Total length:
44:45
Bonus live tracks on 2006 re-release
No.
Title
Length
10.
"Pandemonic Hyperblast"
3:18
11.
"How the Angels Fly In (We Can Never Be Forgiven)"