Artist.......: The Gathering
Album........: A Noise Severe
Label........: Psychonaut
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: PSYN0009
Source.......: DVD (LPCM 2.0)
Rip.date.....: nov.-22-2007
Str.date.....: nov.-00-2007
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.gathering.nl/
track title time
01. shortest day 05:40
02. in between 04:41
03. liberty bell 05:28
04. probably built in the fifties 06:43
05. even the spirits are afraid 06:05
06. saturnine 04:26
07. monsters 05:23
08. alone 04:58
09. a noise severe 07:26
10. leaves 05:43
11. elΘanor 06:27
12. in motion #i 06:27
13. waking hour 05:56
14. on most surfaces 06:32
15. strange machines 08:46
16. adrenaline 04:35
17. third chance 07:16
18. black light district 16:20
19. travel 10:05
20. ending 00:12
Runtime 129:09 min
Size 185,3 MB
Release Notes:
live concert recorded at the Teatro Caupolicßn in
Santiago, Chile on March 24th. The show clocks more than
120 min!!
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.