THE GATHERING Begin Recording New Album
October 28, 2005According to a posting on the band's official web site, Dutch rock act THE GATHERING have commenced the recording sessions for their eighth full-length album with producer Attie Bauw, who has previously worked with the group on their "How to Measure a Planet?" CD (1998).
Founding member/drummer Hans Rutten had previously said about the recording process for the follow-up the well-received electronic/atmospheric-tinged opus "Souvenirs", "We will start recording in an old church in the south of Holland by the end of November. We will build a studio, together with Attie Bauw, in the main part of this little church. How it will sound? We have no idea, it's an experiment, as always! [laughs] We will start recording end of November 2005 and have a possible release date by the end of March 2006. We will master half of the album by January 2006. It will be a huge return of guitars! Yes, a guitar-orientated album."
THE GATHERING have just released their double-DVD, "A Sound Relief", in the U.S./Canada via The End Records. The DVD was made available in Europe through the band's own label, Psychonaut Records. The two-disc set features a live concert the band recorded on May 23, 2005 at the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam, plus bonus extras like the band's own tour impressions caught on video, video interviews and a TV special about 15-year career of THE GATHERING. The bonus disc also showcases a collection of beautiful 3-D animation clips, which were especially designed for the band by promising Dutch and Polish 3-D artists Michel de Klein and Marcin Pazera.
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