The Gathering - If_Then_Else
Century Media
Atmospheric / Radio-oriented Metal
11 songs (52'53)
Release year: 2000
The Gathering, Century Media
Reviewed by Chris

Yet another band difficult to describe :). Bascially it's nice melodic atmospherical music, metal based, with a very nice female vocal on top of it.

What else can I say, it sounds kinda pop-ish and I'm not sure it's really metal. I like the ambience it creates but I'm really unable to tell you much more about it. Let's say it's very accessible music, perhaps even girlfriend material :). It certainly won't hurt, but don't expect bigg riffs blowing your face, cause you'll be disapointed. As for the production it's the way it should be for that kind of music I guess.

I guess it's radio oriented too much for me to really enjoy it and could very much be on MTV. I'm not a huge fan of this album and I prefer ALOT their old release I also have in my collection : Nightime Birds. This one is too grungy for me musically and the voice reminds me too much of the shit we can hear on the radio. The female vocal have a nice voice, don't get me wrong, it's the way it is used here that I don't like. In the end I find this album very commercial and above all very boring. I admit it might just be me, so I'll let you make your own judgement and try it for yourself.

Killing Songs :
Saturnine.
Chris quoted 50 / 100
Jack quoted 85 / 100
Goat quoted 95 / 100
Other albums by The Gathering that we have reviewed:
The Gathering - Disclosure reviewed by Goat and quoted 90 / 100
The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet? reviewed by Goat and quoted CLASSIC
The Gathering - Mandylion reviewed by Charles and quoted CLASSIC
The Gathering - The West Pole reviewed by Goat and quoted 70 / 100
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds reviewed by Charles and quoted 91 / 100
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