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Sand of Mercury in an instrumental that has a stunning, almost surreal beauty that I have never seen matched especially the ending solo. Afterall, it is the musicians who contribute most to the music, not the vocalist. The instrumental sections in the various songs on Mandylion are what I could consider mindblowing, and are probably on progressive metal levels of technicality. I would cite the middle section of "Leaves" as a perfect example of The Gathering's capabilities in creating this exuberant pastoral quality through melodies that aren't particularly difficult to emulate, yet brilliant as far as actual songcraft is concerned. Mandylion probably represents the more aggressive and forceful era of The Gathering's career as it contains a certain edge, perhaps due to the different style of production.

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A modern classic, Mandylion propelled The Gathering into the start of their lengthy and successful career. But there comes a problem with Anneke's sumptuous voice, it doesn't fit the music. That is to say, the band is no slouch either.

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In my opinion, this is their best album. It's a shame she's departed the band, but hopefully the band can turn this departure into a positive.

Haunting, riveting, and euphoric all at once, Mandylion needs to be heard. How to Measure a Planet. It doesn't help that the music just sounds plodding and pedestrian.

Disc 2, 1—3 Demo recorded in June at Beaufort Studio. Posted by Lauryn Mercer on February 22, at 5: This album is the first that features the sole vocal abilities of Anneke van Giersbergen. What defines The Gathering's sound is mostly distorted, melodic riffs which alternate between quite heavy chord based guitar riffs and beautiful guitar harmonies.

Keyboards have a strong presence in The Gathering's music which makes for a great atmosphere within the songs. Mandylion to this day feels like a one-of-a-kind release that helps give relevance and a level of respect to a genre too often in need of it.

Yer Metal Is Olde: The Gathering – Mandylion

The madnylion does a pretty good job of doing its own thing. Not because people hated them but because they mostly came off as a gimmick to try to bolster otherwise mediocre albums.

Mandylion, as previously stated, signified a regeneration of the band in every way, shape and form. All lyrics written by Anneke van Giersbergen ; all music composed by The Gathering.

Of course not, but I love it for what it is. There is a richness to this album that is hard to describe without listening to it, but it's the same sense of luxury that you feel when driving a large, powerful, comfortable car after clunking about in an old jalopy for a while.

There isn't a sense of danger, but of beauty and care instead. Dutch Albums Chart [4].

Even in their time playing extreme metal, they had this weird, spacey, alien-like quality about them that I find difficult to describe. The album works like a Benz too, idling along at a mandylipn speed and intensity for the most part, though always seeming like it could suddenly charge forwards with a touch of the accelerator.

But this is the only album with Anneke I find immensely enjoyable. Skip to main content.

The Gathering - Mandylion - Reviews - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives

You've never heard it before and you can't imagine it, when someone tells you gathdring music is a way to hear everything you can feel. Probably not; seems like merely decent stuff. If you are into heavy, atmospheric female fronted music or interested in it I wouldn't just recommend downloading it first, but to outright buy it immediately.

You're not alone there. Despite a great deal of instrumental time, there is no showboating or attention-grabbing performance mandyylion the other musicians, all choosing economy and texture over the more traditional metal principles of excitement and standalone riffs or solos.

The Gathering - Mandylion review - Metal Storm

Sure, they had some albums before this but this put them on the map. Chelsea Wolfe Birth Of Violence. Of course, the track is edited down to approximately 4 minutes when the album version is closer to 6 minutes runtime.