Mandylion (album)

Mandylion
Studio album by The Gathering
Released 22 August 1995
Recorded Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany, 1-16 June 1995
Genre Gothic metal, doom metal, progressive metal
Length 52:40
Label Century Media
Producer Siggi Bemm, Waldemar Sorychta, and The Gathering
The Gathering chronology
Almost a Dance
(1993)		 Mandylion
(1995)		 Nighttime Birds
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]
Metal Storm[3]

Mandylion is the third studio album by the Dutch band the Gathering. It was released on 22 August 1995 by Century Media Records. The record is their first album to feature vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen. The album was recorded and mixed at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany between 1 and 16 June 1995, under the guidance of Siggi Bemm and Waldemar Sorychta.

Two of the songs have quotes from popular culture inserted into them: "Strange Machines" contains a passage from George Pal's film version of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, and "Sand & Mercury" ends with a recording of J.R.R. Tolkien reading a quote from Simone de Beauvoir.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Anneke van Giersbergen; all music composed by The Gathering.

Original release
No. Title Length
1. "Strange Machines"   6:04
2. "Eléanor"   6:42
3. "In Motion #1"   6:56
4. "Leaves"   6:01
5. "Fear the Sea"   5:50
6. "Mandylion" (instrumental) 5:02
7. "Sand & Mercury"   9:57
8. "In Motion #2"   6:08

Disc 2, 1–3 Demo recorded in June 1994 at Beaufort Studio.
Disc 2, 4–7 Demo recorded in early 1995 at Double Noise Studio in Tilburg.

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[4] 20

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "The Gathering Mandylion review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  2. ↑ Spencer, Trey (16 July 2007). "The Gathering - Mandylion". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  3. ↑ "The Gathering - Mandylion". Metal Storm. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  4. ↑ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Gathering&titel=Mandylion&cat=a
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