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The Gathering is a Dutch band which came to fame in the second half of 1990s with vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen. Their first two albums, Always... (1992) and Almost a Dance (1993), which played a part in the formation of gothic metal, were recorded with four different vocalists. Their subsequent release, Mandylion (1995), featured the debut of Anneke van Giersbergen singing with the band for the first time. Their following studio albums Nighttime Birds (1997), How to measure a planet? (1999), if_then_else (2000) and Souvenirs (2003) showed the progression of the band from gothic-influenced metal to a somber alternative rock....

I The Gathering, originari di Oss, Paesi Bassi, nascono nel 1989 come band gothic/doom metal; dal 1998 abbandonano il metal e il loro stile si evolve gradualmente verso quello attuale, un rock alternativo dalle tinte psichedeliche. La nascita del gruppo si deve ai fratelli Hans e René Rutten e a Bart Smits, a cui si uniscono successivamente Hugo Prinsen Geerligs, Jelmer Wiersma e Frank Boeijen. A distinguerli dalle altre band metal sono le tastiere, che all'epoca non erano molto comuni nel genere. Il primo disco, Always..., viene rilasciato nel 1992 dopo alcuni demo che li hanno portati ad aprire per...

a one-man old school death metal band from Ohio, US that was formed in 2007. A demo "Ars Notoria " was released in 2008 whose tapes were released by Skeleton Plague records and a full length "Tenements of Ephemera" was released in march 2010. Presently signed to I, Voidhanger Records. http://www.facebook.com/thewakedeadgathering .