Always ...
| Always ... | ||||
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| Studio album from The Gathering | ||||
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Publication |
1992 |
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admission |
February and March 1992 |
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| Label (s) | Foundation 2000 | |||
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
47:56 |
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The Gathering and Han Swagerman Sr. |
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Studio (s) |
Beaufort Studio, Bovenkarspel |
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Always… is the debut album by the Dutch band The Gathering . It was published by Foundation 2000 in 1992.
Creation and publication
After two demo recordings , The Gathering signed a record deal with Foundation 2000. Recordings for the debut album took place from late February to early March 1992. Henk van Koeverden was involved as a guest musician (keyboard). After the release of Always… the band performed in Belgium and Israel. However, since the collaboration with the singers Bart Smits and Marike Groot did not work, both had to leave the band. They were eventually replaced by Niels Duffhues and Martine van Loon.
Track list
- The Mirror Waters - 7:10
- Subzero - 6:52
- In Sickness and Health - 7:00
- King for a Day - 6:35
- Second Sunrise - 6:42
- Stone Garden - 4:58
- Always ... - 2:38
- Gaya's Dream - 6:02
style
The Gathering play a mixture of Death , Doom and Gothic Metal on the album . The longer pieces, with their changes in tempo and mood, are usually structured in a complex manner; slower and gloomy passages predominate. The keyboard plays an important role in the instrumentation. Bart Smits sings gutturally . Comparisons have been made in the press between Paradise Lost and Tiamat .
reception
The reactions to the album were mostly positive. Ernis from metalstorm.net describes Always… as a “good Doom Death album”, but rates the later releases with Anneke van Giersbergen higher. Robert Müller finds the pieces “not always so convincingly structured” and considers the album as a whole to be “[z] a bit strange, but certainly also quite original.” Frank Albrecht from Rock Hard praises the “slightly depressive-somber compositions "And thinks the album is" [e] simply eerie-beautiful ".
Individual evidence
- ^ The Gathering , laut.de , accessed on May 9, 2013.
- ^ A b Frank Albrecht: The Gathering. Always ... , Rock Hard # 71, accessed May 9, 2013.
- ↑ a b Robert Müller: The Gathering - Always… , Metal Hammer 09/1992, accessed on May 9, 2013.
- ↑ a b Ernis: The Gathering - Always… , metalstorm.net , accessed on May 9, 2013.