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Novelty is the watchword for this group, always. Always willing to renew themselves and take risks, given that a certain kind of changes in direction, as we know, don’t always receive the right appreciation.
We are in 2006, and knowing this group, what could we ever expect after 16 years of continuous evolution? Obviously, a further expansion of musical horizons, always perfectly blended with wisdom, renewing a recipe that has always been their distinctive mark, which allows them to remain constantly relevant compared to many other groups devoted to the same genre, and above all, never predictable. In short, The Gathering do not disappoint and this "Home" is therefore not a cross and delight, but only delight.
Let me explain: it could be considered just another useless and artless change, but it’s not like that, and although many have abandoned the group for their (questionable?) choices for quite some time, this album is still another pleasant and beautiful piece that fits well in the substantial discography they have been able to produce. It is difficult to define the style of these Dutch artists at this point; the most varied reminiscences are blended with their personal skills, from pure rock to soft parts sung in a whisper/falsetto combined with more psychedelic digressions if you will, always maintaining a very melodic and melancholic line. Words, words, words, as a famous song goes, only listening will clarify your ideas since you won’t find riffs, drums, keyboards here, but many emotions that will be transmitted to you through the velvety and unmistakable voice of this band. Want to give a technical opinion? Classify their music by trying to understand who inspired them or attempting to find improbable and extravagant (and misleading) mixes with other groups to give an idea? Try it, but I can assure you it is very difficult.
Some reviews on the internet indeed claim that this album is influenced by Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Talk Talk, Tori Amos, Radiohead, and Cranberries. Would you understand what kind of music they make from this improbable collage, to which I would add "the more, the merrier"? By now, The Gathering stand on their own, a history of an inimitable and highly distinctive mosaic of sounds. I must say that, even if at the beginning and later with albums like "Mandylion" or "Nighttime Birds" they could certainly be considered a group belonging to the great metal family, today it is no longer so. Mind you, it's still music for those who are "devoted" to a certain type of listening, it shouldn't be trivialized and it's not the kind of songs you'd put on just to listen to something, given that such work always deserves a certain amount of attention, but the traces of doom/gothic metal here have completely disappeared by now. Around the web, they have all given the highest ratings to this album; personally, I spared the last star, as I find ita bit subdued compared to other more substantial works of theirs and overall a bit too soft.
The album flows easily and the songs all end at their most beautiful, because they capture you melodically, and thus the torpor that pervades them is such that you remain amazed when you realize the piece is over or about to be. Let yourself be carried away, as always, the trip in this case too can take you to unexplored territories of your mind and help you find at least for a moment a state of peace after an entire day, through space and time in a psychedelic key with a pinch of modernity.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
03 Alone (04:58)
Now you see me
Getting better
I'm right here on display
And i'll make it
A bit heavier
By going all the way
Did you find it
All much easier
So stoop to where i was?
With your power
And your knowledge
To leave me here
Alone
Alone..I'm all alone
Alone
Alone..I'm all alone
Now is the time
For being humble
By holding you down on your knees
I suspect you'll stay there and crumble
Rather so then to be alone
Alone
Alone..I'm all alone
Alone
Alone..I'm all alone
Do you believe your heart
Trying it all around to find
Your way
Back inside?
I will be there
For you to care
And you'll find
Peace of
Your mind
Alone
Alone..I'm all
04 Waking Hour (05:40)
The eyes are made to see
They see the path of our lives
The heart is there to feel
It feels the energy of our time
I can see it
I can feel it
This is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my heart
And its my moment
It is right there
And its staring me in the face
The sky's in make believe
I see the end of all demise
The only way to heal
Is in the honesty of your eyes
I can see it
I can feel it
Tthis is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my heart
And its my moment
It is right there
Staring me in the face
the fight is done
and who are we
to judge what will
become
all the iron arms are laid down away
followed by the heroes
who belong on rested earth
we pray
we feel the rescue coming in
within the walking soul to heal
we sense the coma wrapped in fear
and all the while we heed
the senses wait tube us to see
we beg of you to not let go
our names
will provide us with a soul
i can feel it
falling down
start again
life
can bring you down
the monumental truth
of ellegance in you
falling for
a part of who you are
and makes you shine inside
06 A Noise Severe (06:08)
I feel it slip
Slip away
From my hands
All the away
My heart pounds like none
I feel it slip
Slip away
Why am i?
Why am i here?
So distant from
My old life
My heart feels so sad
What am i doing here?
Doing here
You see i'm riding endlessly
What will become of me?
This higher power knows
You see i'm waiting patiently
And what this means to me?
Nobody ever knows
No...
You see in all the warmth i feel
Is this the end of me?
Only i should know
Mine
07 Forgotten (03:27)
Have you forgotten
All this beauty
Around you?
All your worries
Could easily fade
Behind you
Who is pulling you back
With such strength?
I hear you calling
Your voice is bright
You hear me calling back
After fighting
You're always right
You're always right
And i tried
Who is pulling you back
With such strength?
I hear you calling
08 Solace (03:53)
Toda una vida de lucha y de trabajo sostenida sin nunca aflojar
Toda una vida de lucha y de trabajo sostenida sin nunca flaquear
Un pajaro en su jaula en primavera sabe claramente que hay algo
En lo cual le podria ser util
Se siente fuertemente vinco sin nacer pero el no puede hacerlo
Que es? se dice
El no se recuerda bien y
Luego tiene ideas vagas y se dice...
I wonder how I hear your voice?
I feel you whispering
In my ear
I close my eye
If ever been seen, the sins on self
Reflecting upon the sign to dwell
And fade
Liberate me
If ever believe in higher ground
To cease the wrong and master before
We drown
Liberate me
Desde el punto de que independientemente de lo que se haga por mi
Yo no puedo volver a darle un equilibrio a mi vida
Me siento tranquilo con mi pero simplemente...
Calling on me
I hope i will remember you
How you pulled me into the truth
I still hear you
Whispering
I close my eye
If ever been seen, the sins on self
Reflecting upon the sign to dwell
And fade
Liberate me
If ever believe in higher ground
Cease the wrong and master before
We drown
Liberate me
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Far...
This deeper understanding
Is your way out.
09 Your Troubles Are Over (03:48)
Towards the light
I will move on
And so i learn
To move the one
Before the next
Steps i take
Will pave
The road
Ahead of me
I woke this morning
Wondering if i was alive
My head was spinning in circles
Turning to the other side
Apparent broken i hold on to walk
I stumbled over my body
I stumbled over my words
On control upon all wasted
As if i were beyond belief
Apparent broken i hold on to walk
Towards the light [but im afraid]
I will walk [behind the gate]
I will walk [to ride the rain]
Towards the light
I will walk [behind the frame]
I will walk [put up the gate]
Toward the light
Faster than
The speed of mind
Both my arms
Are wrapped around
This new experience
My head in clouds
My feet firmly on the ground
Towards the light
I will walk
I wrapped my arms
Around the ground
Beneath my feet
Towards the light
I will run
I will run
I will run
towards the light
Towards the light
I will move on
And so i learn
To move the one
Before the next
Steps i take
Will pave
The road
Ahead of me
10 Box (04:45)
Wandering
Walking
Drifting
With the tide
Browsing
Searching
Finding our
Way through life
What ever we find
It is all about to last for a while
Just a bad way to live on our place
The place that we awe our lives
It's a fragile small box
I feel like life its catching up
And the law
Self preservation is being broken
In the end we will give back
Wandering
Walking
Drifting
With the tide
Browsing
Searching
Finding
What ever we find
It is all about to last for a while
Just a bad way to live on our place
The place that we awe our lives
What ever we find
In it's all about to let
Better way (better way)
Awe our lives
It's a fragile small box
It's a fragile small box
It's a fragile small box
It's a fragile small box
12 Home (07:00)
I gave my life to you
And i have worked so hard
At it too
Would i do anything other
Than to raise you to be
The finest men?
After all this years
Of plough in through the breach
I have turn wise and grey
If ever you followed me
I've lived to see you grow
To be the finest men
I just followed my trail
And i found my way back home
In this life of hell
I wanted to display for you
I will never believe
Alone
In the cornice of this universal sky
Then completion often day pasess me by
As your honesty raises the light
We'll reach your baring heart
I will find the finest men
I just followed my trail
And i found my way back home
In this life of hell
I wanted to display for you
I will never leave you alone
I came in the shove
I will understand this freedom
And remind you of me
Will you pass me on
My pride?
I just followed my trail
And i found my way back home
In this life of hell
I wanted to display for you
I will never review
I found the life have
My way back home
Your lie had
My way back home
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