Post Description
Artist.......: The Gathering
Album........: TG25 Diving Into The Unkown
Label........: The Gathering
Genre........: Metal
Catnr........: PSYN0022
Source.......: CD (LP)
Rip.date.....: 2015-01-21
Str.date.....: 2015-01-00
Quality......: 250kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://gathering.nl/
track title time
Disc 1/3
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1. Kevin's Telescope 3:19
2. Strange Machines 6:02
3. Treasure 4:06
4. The May Song 3:42
5. Shortest Day 4:03
6. Leaves 5:57
7. Gemini I 4:53
8. You Learn About It 5:08
9. Liberty Bell 6:02
10. All You Are 4:34
11. Afterwords 4:03
12. Stonegarden 4:59
13. Saturnine 5:13
14. Rollercoaster 4:46
15. Broken Glass 4:54
Disc 2/3
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1. Even The Spirits Are Afraid 5:06
2. Waking Hour 5:37
3. No Bird Call 5:38
4. Amity 5:47
5. Nighttime Birds 6:56
6. Echoes Keep Growing (Edit) 6:06
7. Travel 9:06
8. Home 5:47
9. Adrenaline 4:08
10. Great Ocean Road 6:16
11. Heroes For Ghosts 10:42
Disc 3/3
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1. A Life All Mine 4:37
2. Amity 5:34
3. In Motion II 3:58
4. Golden Grounds 4:33
5. The Big Sleep 5:28
6. Like Fountains 5:33
7. Alone 4:24
8. Herbal Movement 5:00
9. Rescue Me 6:27
10. Kevin's Telescope 3:25
11. Red Is a Slow Color 5:35
12. No One Spoke (Acoustic Version) 2:49
13. Treasure (Acoustic Version) 3:22
Runtime 203:35
Size 366.47
Release Notes:
Creative, classy and highly refined "symphonic metal" outfit from Holland. First
album (Always, 1993) was a fairly straightforward death metal album, although
heavy use of keyboards made it stand out a bit from other such albums at the
time. Followed by Almost A Dance (1994), an album which saw the departure of
"growling" vocalist Bart Smits. Smits was replaced primarily by Niels Duffhues,
a strange choice for the band; Duffhues' punk-ish tone was decidedly out of step
with the music, and the album was largely written off as a result. A shame,
because many of the songs on Almost A Dance are quite well written. The album
also featured occasional vocals by Martine van Loon, a low-key singer with a
pretty tone but one that seldom took to the forefront of a composition. It would
appear that the seed had been planted in the band's head to try their uniquely
compelling songwriting style with a passionate female vocalist; the result was
the addition of the incomparable Anneke van Giersbergen, an incredible singer
capable of stretching miles of emotion out of each and every syllable. The next
album, 1995's Mandylion, remains one of the very best heavy metal albums ever
recorded. van Giersbergen's poetic and haunting lyrics, paired with the band's
orchestral ruminations, resulted in darkly important songs that seamlessly blend
from one to the next. The follow-up, 1997's Nighttime Birds, acts as a companion
piece to Mandylion: similar in tone and delivery, Birds is filled with the
melodic and adventurous play that has become the trademark of this very
important band. Superheat and If-Then-Else followed in early 2000. After a break
with Century Media following the release of If_Then_Else, the band took time off
before going into the studio to work on the 2003-released followup Souvenirs.
The Gathering will be of interest to more than just heavy metal fans: they have
the potential to appeal to countless different audiences, from metal to
progressive rock to anyone who values excellent songwriting and powerful female
vocalists.
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