Six weeks after the fabulous concert at Plovdiv's Roman Theater, ANATHEMA have announced that touring member DANIEL CARDOSO has joined the band full-time.

The keyboardist will bring his additional talents as a producer and drummer into the fold, with mainman Daniel Cavanagh sure the results will create the “strongest incarnation” of the band.

Cavanagh says: “ANATHEMA is delighted and proud to announce that DANIEL CARDOSO is joining the band on a full time permanent basis as a key element of our musical team.

“Anyone who has seen us live this last year will have seen Daniel behind the keyboard rack with us. Some of you will know his production skills with our friend Anneke van Giersbergen, Head control System and many other works. Others of you may know him as one of the most bad ass drummers working in Europe today.

“I now feel that alongside the brilliant and rarely gifted songwriter John Douglas, who remains integral to what we do, with this addition we can now accomplish anything musically that we might imagine. Everywhere I look in the band I see great talent.”

Cardoso will continue to focus on live synth and keyboard work, although he’ll switch to the drumkit for “any songs that might require the different style he can bring.”

ANATHEMA has filmed the show at the Roman theater last September and the blu-ray is expected to come out in 2013 via Kskope.