Me thn eygenikh xorhgia tou germanikou dwmatiou (kai me metarfrash apo Babelfish):
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The Gathering hunted their listeners already briefly after their Doom days through directly several change baths. Over stylistic paging words were lost sufficiently, likewise over the increasing measure of ripe ones and tension with each new album. The fact that those would go through volume however in the true life once within short time the complete range at feelings in the quick-motion apparatus would have thought however nobody: Only few weeks, after singer Anneke van Giersbergen nut/mother became, the father of the brothers Rutten, its indication remainder of the creative department died. Himmelhochjauchzend, to death betruebt, actually walk after musical processing.
Not really amazingly thus that the guitar was gestoepselt again into the amplifier. With Verzerrer broken far. From the outset grotesque, however fascinating sound areas creating. For schnoede of reef this volume is meanwhile much too creative. But "Shortest day" marches, instead of before itself too wabern. For the rhythm schlagzeug and bass are enough. To that extent it becomes fast clear why "Home" more only than a metaphor is. One comes home, finds confidence and perfects it. Is to be called: Psychedeli of "souvenirs" is supplemented and extended by metal of "if_then_else".
And in such a way the album requires full attention with daring jumps between these extremes the listener off. Over-clearly with the abrupt change of dreamed "Forgotten" Perl-end to the wildly ramming "Solace". Replaced of juvenil "Your of troubles of acres klimpernden more over". And so on. The Gathering cannot be nailed down any longer stylistic, them extract themselves from each grasp, which has a drawer as a goal. If the metaphor ever a sense had head cinema, here is it. Comes in order to consolidate this atmosphere still further, a sound, which looks for troepfelnden heights its-same with abyss-deep basses and crystal clear.
Actually the saying would have to follow here that The Gathering found their way. One would be only punished with this definition surely soon lies. We are thus waiting, to which the dutchmen will be still capable. "Home" anyhow shook a measure of perfection reached, combines it nevertheless everything that before was. And with "Forgotten reprise" one has EN passant the legitimate successor of the famosen "How ton measure A planet?" created. This album is true turning up and nevertheless reassuring. Dragging along and fascinatingly. Dive in!
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"Home" is that Studioalbum of the Netherlands formation The Gathering , whichin approximately one and a half decades of their existence degree migrations such as quantum transitions natural and more authentically presented, respected meanwhile, than other category sizes could do it ever. From Death over Gothic Metal, alternative, progressive skirt, up to Industrial sounds in a psychodelischen skirt covering the dutchmen around charm voice Anneke Van Giersbergen many reference fields pointed out.
Similarly as the two predecessors "also the sixty minuetige" Home "moves Souveniers" and "If Then Else" in very calm, meditativen, in addition, rockigen Gefilden. However the current work sounds more in-usually, above all still homogeneous and in itself more closed despite used complexity in parts.
Under the basic and affecting singing lines of the dream voice of Anneke hides itself a multilayered sound carpet, whose details undress only gradually in the ear and so, despite more reassuring down and for melancholischer tendency, nevertheless tension produces.
With "Home" The Gathering with singer Anneke van Giersbergen, Gitarrist René Rutten, Drummer Hans Rutten, Bassistin major flax Kooijman and Keyboarder franc Boeijen reach inescapably audibly a new level on their way of the musical perfection. Smearing of any category borders and the experimental like individual kind experiences and thought to transport in music, under neglect of all commercial defaults, let The Gathering appear singular.
Resplendent weaving from sounds of the TripHop, Prog sound and Synthie Spielereien fuse inseparably with individual instruments to a far spectrum of Pop music. "our music is and was always their own source of inspiration", explains Anneke van Giersbergen. "on the new album we stress three aspects of the human life, the hectic roller coaster of our time, the life-changing events and the solvent, reassuring atmosphere of internal luck. All in words and music calm." Fairy tale detention versponnene, darkens, like warm Songs works oppressively and recreating at the same time.
Despite complexity and musical multilayeredness the music works reduced to a minimum, fragil and dragging along, even in parts hypnotisch. "Home" is a timeless, complex, homogeneous and beautiful long-term sound event, for whose beauty no category name appears suitable, while the volumes respect and a deep bow are entitled.