The first official independent concert DVD by the Gathering is scheduled to be released on Psychonaut records mid October.The DVD will come as a double DVD that contains a disk with the live concert in DTS 5.1,recorded at the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam in front of an international audience on May 23rd. The second disk will feature great bonus extra's like a tour documentary, video interviews and a TV special about 12,5 year the Gathering. The bonus disk also features a collection of beautiful 3D animation clips especially made for the band by promising 3D artists Michel de Klein and Marcin Pazera.
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The first CD offers “the b-sides” from all of their out-of-print CD-Singles – including rarities like Adrenaline and Theme From ‘The Cyclist’ or cover versions from Talk Talk, Dead Can Dance and Slowdive.
The second CD is full of unreleased demo recordings. In the end of 1996, the Gathering did demos for their Nighttime Birds album with German Krautrocker Eroc [Grobschnitt, etc.].
For the first time ever you can hear all of the alternate versions as well as two instrumentals that were not used on Nighttime Birds.
The second CD is full of unreleased demo recordings. In the end of 1996, the Gathering did demos for their Nighttime Birds album with German Krautrocker Eroc [Grobschnitt, etc.].
For the first time ever you can hear all of the alternate versions as well as two instrumentals that were not used on Nighttime Birds.
Hans Rutten comments: “We love the sound of this demo Eroc mix, crystal clear and with a lot of dynamics. Eroc had some great, crazy ideas, a pity we didn’t work together on the album.”
Eroc adds: "Quite often demos and pre-productions end up having a lot more of that 'special something' as compared with the corresponding final results - where endless weeks of trying to 'get things perfect' have a tendency to squeeze out every last drop of spontaneity from the music."
The other lost pearl from the band’s archive are the so-called Texel Tapes with pre-productions for How To Measure A Planet? including great alternate versions.
Accessories - Rarities And B-Sides also features detailed liner notes by the band, rare photos and a special packaging.
Starting as a raw, death metal influenced band, and creating what later should be called gothic metal, the Gathering have been an extraordinary group since the early ‘90s. From their rough metal roots, to the atmospheric tunes Mandylion had to offer, to dreamy, profound songs on Nighttime Birds or How To Measure A Planet? to their latest adventures within the progressive/triprock field, the Dutch crew always remained true to themselves while building up a continuously increasing fan base.
the Gathering Accessories - Rarities And B-Sides released on Century Media Records August 22nd, 2005.
