^ woops, fair call on "Destiny" there, i normally stop at "Regret" because "Destiny" is a pretty meh album ending (and apparently would have been fine as an instrumental? xD).
Devin obviously does it on purpose, though (i.e. direct riff reusage and obvious word choices that stick out), while all the ones besides WHBWH/WS for Anathema are lyrical only and fairly oblique. i think the case has indeed been made for the snubs at Patterson on Judgement, and while i suppose the "cries on the wind"/"serenades" thing in "Temporary Peace" is there, the lot of them simply make me go, "who cares?" the problem with bringing up Devin is that all of his moments of this device are so well done. when the "Voices in the Fan" reference happens in "Color Your World," i don't shrug my shoulders, i go
god damn! this obviously isn't required for the intersong referencing (and Devin does indeed have some very subtle references), but i hardly see why it's even worth doing if you don't do it well.
now that i think more about your point, the references in "Temporary Peace" kinda make some sense: given that it's a track about finding some kind of absolution despite the temporariness, it does seem well-used in the sense that the references 'make peace' with the old Anathema sound, on the first record where they seriously departed from the mostly-metal they'd been playing up to that point.
in actual news, you can
preorder Pentecost III for the first time on vinyl through Peaceville/Burning Shed now (release is in July). i think i'm gonna grab one — Pentecost is an underappreciated gem from their metal days and, imo, a perfect (if slower!) predecessor/companion to The Silent Enigma.
edit: also, for musical references, the bridge in "Pitiless" is built from the chord progression in "Forgotten Hopes." does this really count when they are basically part of a suite, though? how do people see those opening 4 tracks of Judgement, anyway?