Night of the vinyl dead records

Clear and blue splatter vinyl with lyric insert. Limited 399copies

Dutch band The Gathering started out as an atmosphericdoom/death metal act with the excellent "Always" album. Almost ADance their second album showed some changes. Gone were the deathmetal vocals, as well as original vocalist Bart Smits. In itsreplacement we find some dark wave vocals by Niels Duffhues andfemale vocalist Martine van Loon is a step up from Marike´sperformance on Always but still not even close to Anneke´s vocalperformance that would come on future release. So this 1993 albumwas pretty much one-of-a-kind, a captivating blend of gothicwave/rock, doom and progressive metal. And these styles weredexterously stitched together by Rutten´s great melodic guitarpirouettes. The guys were by all means looking at wider audiencethan just the metal one, and must have stirred the spirits, atleast on an underground level, as both gothic rock and doom metalwere rising in stature worldwide. However, those who had fallen forthe debut must have been horrified hearing this. The band soundedlike an entirely new outfit, and may have not become the fanbase´sinstant favourites as now no one was able to predict their nextstep. Well, at least on their third album, Mandylion, they didn´tgo very far; if we exclude the main female vocals and the morepronounced doom metal flair the delivery wasn´t radicallydifferent. I find it hard to decide which album is better andAlmost A Dance sounds like a logical step from the evolution of oneof the most innovative and forward-thinking acts at the dawn oftheir career and they were in for bigger things to come

Track list:
1. On A Wave
2. The Blue Vessel
3. Her Last Flight
4. The Sky People
5. Nobody Dares
6. Like Fountains
7. Proof
8. Heartbeat Amplifier
9. A Passage To Desire

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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