THE GATHERING - DOWNFALL

DISK I: 1. Heartbeat Amplifier, 2. Her Last Flight, 3. On a wave, 4. The Illusionist, 5. Passage to desire, 6. Of Pavilions and Fountains (ALL 6 songs from PROMO 1992, pre production 'Almost A Dance' songs with Bart Smits on vocals!)), 7. In Sickness and Health, 8. Gaya's Dream, 9. Always...('UNRELEASED' E.P.) 10. Second Sunrise, 11. Six Dead, Three to Go, 12. Downfall, 13. Another Day, 14. Share the Wisdom (REHEARSAL DEMO 1990).


DISK II. Dethroned Emperor (CELTIC FORST cover), 2. Subzero, 3. Anthology in Black, 4. Second Sunrise, 5. Downfall,6. In Sickness and Health (DEMO An Imaginary Symphony 1990), LIVE recordings 1990 - 1993: 7. Anthology in black, 8. Downfall, 9. Subzero, 10. Second Sunrise, 11. Gaya's dream, 12. Stonegarden, 13. Heartbeat Amplifier
 

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Bart Smits – all vocals
Frank Boeijen - keyboards
Jelmer Wiersma - guitar
Rene Rutten - guitar
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten – drums

Cover design and layout by Ivan S. “de Pivan” Bragin (vicrecords.com/deadhouse)

All music by The Gathering, all lyrics by Bart Smits, all songs published by Psychonaut Music Publishing (PMP), except for 'Dethroned Emperor', written by Tomas Fischer and Published by Maldoror Musikverlag. All demo, rehearsal and promo tracks digitalised at Q-point, Hilversum, The Netherlands, Winter 2007 / 2008. All live recordings digitalised by Bart Smits, Winter / Spring 2008. All tracks restored and mastered by Mike Wead at Solna Soundlab, Solna, Sweden, Spring 2008.
 

 
  The album will be a complete collection of all THE GATHERING's early recordings. All promo's, (unreleased) e.p, demo's, rehearsal tapes, the band recorded before and just after their legendary debut 'Always'. Now finally collected, restored and mastered by Mike Wead (King Diamond / Mercyful Fate). This gigantic double CD contains in total 27 songs with a total playing time of over 140 minutes. Together with several live recordings this album contains all material from THE GATHERING's early days, 1989 - 1993. Contains further more extensive liner notes and rare old pictures and 7 never before released tracks.