The West Pole
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| Studio album from The Gathering | ||||
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May 2009 |
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| Label (s) | Psychonaut Records | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
54:01 |
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René Rutten |
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The West Pole is the ninth studio album by the Dutch band The Gathering . It was released in 2009 on the band's own label Psychonaut Records.
Creation and publication
After Home , longtime singer Anneke van Giersbergen left the band in the summer of 2007. The Gathering announced a new album in early 2009 and announced a month later that the Norwegian Silje Wergeland was the new singer. The West Pole was recorded with Marcela Bovio ( Stream of Passion ) and Anne van den Hoogen as guest singers . René Rutten and Zlaya Hadzich mixed and mastered the album.
Track list
- When Trust Becomes Sound - 3:53
- Treasure - 4:06
- All You Are - 4:34
- The West Pole - 6:35
- No Bird Call - 5:38
- Capital of Nowhere - 6:35
- You Promised Me a Symphony - 2:54
- Pale Traces - 7:46
- No One Spoke - 4:32
- A Constant Run - 7:44
style
Hans Rutten announced The West Pole as a "lively, atmospheric and extroverted" rock album, which is typical of The Gathering, but also contains some new stylistic elements. References to earlier albums like Mandylion or How to Measure a Planet? are noticeable. The focus is mostly on Wergeland's singing, which is similar to that of van Giersbergen. Many of the pieces on the album are calm and sometimes sparsely orchestrated, the mood is melancholy.
reception
The press reactions to the album were mixed and often focused on the new singer. Michael Edele from laut.de says: “Silje has a warm, pleasant voice that goes with the songs [...] so far. However, I dare to say that she lacks both the volume and the incomparable charisma of her predecessor. ”He also criticizes the“ sometimes only partially exciting songs ”. Boris Kaiser from Rock Hard thinks, "The mixture of alternative - and post-rock in 2009 no longer sounds progressive and exciting as it did ten years ago, but somehow a little dusty" Kristian Selm from Babyblauen Seiten sums up, however, that "the demands and expectations are of course quite high, but maybe The Gathering is still in the process of finding how it should really go on. All in all a solid, good album, which in moments lets you know that there is still enough fire burning in this band. "
Web links
- The West Pole at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of The West Pole on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ↑ March 2009 ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , gathering.nl , accessed February 1, 2013.
- ^ Eduardo Rivadavia: The West Pole at Allmusic (English), accessed on February 1, 2013.
- ^ A b Michael Edele: “The West Pole” by The Gathering , laut.de , accessed on February 1, 2013.
- ↑ a b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: The Gathering: The West Pole , Baby Blue Pages , accessed on February 1, 2013.
- ↑ Boris Kaiser: The Gathering. The West Pole , Rock Hard # 265, accessed February 1, 2013.
