Afterwords (The Gathering album)
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| Studio album by The Gathering | ||||
| Released | 25 October 2013 | |||
| Length | 41:29 | |||
| Label | Psychonaut PSYN0019 | |||
| Producer | René Rutten | |||
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Afterwords is the eleventh studio album by the Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering released via Psychonaut label on 25 October 2013.
The record is the last album before the band went on hiatus and bassist Marjolein Kooijman quit in 2014. Afterwords is somewhat a continuation of the previous album, Disclosure, containing remakes of five of the songs. De-constructed to just a few main elements, with a melody and perhaps a few lyrics retained, the songs start almost from scratch to build up completely different compositions.
S.I.B.A.L.D. stands for "Sometimes it's better a little dusty".
© 2012 Psychonaut Records ℗ 2012 The Gathering
Taking the elements from the previous album, the band has rebuilt some of the songs, structurally sounding more or less similar. “Echoes Keep Growing” is just an extension to “I Can See Four Miles”, while “Sleep Paralysis” (“Paralyzed”), “Tuning In, Fading Out” (“Missing Seasons”) and “Bärenfels” (“Heroes For Ghosts”) are more instrumental versions with a lot of emphasis on electronics. There is also some new material, the opening and wonderful “S.I.B.A.L.D.”, “Gemini III” and “Afterlights”, which is a short instrumental intro into “Sleep Paralysis”. It also features a New Musik’s cover of “Areas” and “Afterwords” with Bart Smits (the first vocalist of the band) on the vocals, both songs which are utterly unnecessary as they don’t fit into the dynamics of the album.
—Review on terrarelicta.com (6.5/10)
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