Country of origin: Sweden Location: Varberg, Halland Status: Active Formed in: 1993 Genre: Technical Death Metal Themes: Anti-Christianity, Philosophy, Abstract Current label: Unsigned/independent Years active: 1993-present Anata is a death metal band from Varberg, Sweden. According to an interview with Fredrik Schälin, the band name doesn't mean anything: "We just picked a nonsense word to name our music and what we do. Indeed, the idea was that no one should have heard of it before."