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This album from the Dutch band The Gathering
lives very much on the great voice of Anneka van Giersbergen who also wrote
all lyrics. The music is not that spectacular although there are a couple of
nice guitar riff in some of the songs. Other than that it seems like the music
consists of a never-ending heavy ballad. The music needs some kind of action
if it's not going to bore you after a couple of songs. On this album the same
rhythm is repeated over an over again without much happening. As I said in the
beginning the music is at least enlightened by Anneke's very nice voice. She
is definitely one of the best vocalists in the metal world today. Without her
voice this album would have been a little flat and I would probably not have
given it this high grade. I guess this isn't my cup of tea (and I don't like
tea...) but I really like the vocals. The album was recorded and mixed at
Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany, engineered by Siggi Bemm and Waldemar
Sorychta (also involved in the Therion recordings). The band dedicated this
album to a good friend who had passed
away.
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1. Strange Machines 2. |
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Eléanor 3. In Motion #1 4. Leaves 5. Fear the Sea |
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6. Mandylion 7. Sand and Mercury 8. In Motion #2 |
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