Monday, September 10, 2012

The Gathering/Disclosure/Psychonaut Records/2012 CD Review


  The  Gathering  are  a b and  from  the  Netherlands  that  has  a  history  that  goes  back  more  than  20 years  with  their  music  starting  out  as  being  death/doom  metal  but  then  evolved  into  a  gothic  metal  band  then  changing  their  style  to  atmospheric  rock  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Disclosure"  which  was  released  by  Psychonaut  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  drumming  with  no  fast  playing  or  blast  beats,  while  the  keyboards  bring  a  very  dark  and  atmospheric  sound  to the  music  with  some  influences  from  electronica,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  riffs  that  dominate  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  atmospheric rock  riffs  that  also  utilize  some  shoegaze,  gothic,  dream  pop  and  indie  rock  influences  in  the  riffing  as  well  as  a  brief  use  of  clean  and  soft  playing and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  clean  singing  female  vocals  with  some  male  vocals  being  utilized  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording,  in  addition  some  of  the  songs  are  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  album  from  The  Gathering  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Paper  Waves"  "Heroes  For  Ghosts"  and  "I  Can  See  Four   Miles".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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