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all of my favorite doom/gothic bands change their style into electronic emotional kind of music ( I think we should give a name to this wonderful style) such as paradise lost (host album) anathema (natural disaster) and the gathering (how to measure, if_then_else, and their last masterpiece Souvenir) | what can I say about it totally tribal a journey through your motional world. Anneke's voice and her beauty make me commit suicide one day. ( I adore you ) anyway all music fans should listen this at least one time. ( true metallers don't try it it makes you lose your nerves cause no grunts and no distortion guitar ) Review by: semitrust Oh yes, there are distorted guitars, but they do lack the riffing of the yesteryear. Now, they waver around, creating textures, building sonic walls. This album is just so different from anything TG has done before. I don't think it's even near the same vein as If_then_else. This is chock full of anguish, pain, and anger. There's but a single moment of peace in this, and it's the fourth song, and even that is filled with sadness. I found it hard at first to like this masterpiece, it was difficult to hear due to the painful guitar sound, the extremely sad vocals, and the overall feel of impending doom, the horrible pain of the existential crisis. This is not Radiohead, but I feel Yorke was just around the corner, because this is postmodern trip rock at its best. NOT metal anymore, TG evolved, and went far into the left field. Highlight: A Life all Mine, with Garm contributing vocals. Totally recommended, 9.1 of 10. Review by: punkiller when i got this album 2 years back, i was a bit disappointed at first of the overall sound of this album. having been a fan of TG for almost 10 years i was trying to comprehend the progression of their music. and after a while this album grew on me. and now the only thing i can say is this album is top notch quality. i even jam 3 of the songs on this album. a beautiful masterpiece. to all the sceptic metalheads, u should have a listen to this album. good job TG. my rating: 9.5/10 Review by: imranzain79 Step into the darkblue room, turn on the soft skyblue lights, sit into your new chair with remote control for even more comfort, take your favorite I. Asimov book and press the 'play' button of your CD-player. The CD should certainly be The Gathering ? Souvenirs. The Gathering is getting more and more interesting. The new album Souvenirs is like an experiment. The Gathering is mixing gothic metal with trip-hop and ambient. Experimental Gothic - I would say. And indeed it is. "MassiveAttacklike" tunes and familiar gothic sounds drifting and floating on the background and the eversoft voice of Anneke Van Giersbergen just take you away. Take you onto some soft rainclouds. Everything is not bright and shiny.. but it's not bad either. It's the reality with its good and sad sides. The album has this wicked emotion like peace and beauty is opposed by a troubled mind. 'Broken Glass' and 'You Learn About It' are the softest tracks on the album. Softest but not the most positive. Well to be true there's not much positivity on the album at all. And then 'Even The Spirits Are Afraid' and 'Monsters' are like rebels ? tring to fight against the peacefulness of the album. They manage to get some disorder but overall the album is soft and melanholic. And that's not bad. Actually it's rather good. On a cloudy night when the body is tired of a hard day - it's just the best to relax and enjoy some beauty of Experimantal Gothic and The Gathering's Souvenirs is perfect for this task. Review by: A_Dramatic_Poem
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