Mandylion (album)

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Mandylion
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Studio album by
Released22 August 1995
Recorded1–16 June 1995
StudioWoodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany
Genre
Length52:40
Label Century Media
Producer Siggi Bemm, Waldemar Sorychta and The Gathering
The Gathering chronology
Almost a Dance
(1993)
Mandylion
(1995)
Nighttime Birds
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Mandylion is the third studio album by the Dutch band the Gathering. It was released on 22 August 1995 by Century Media Records. The record is their first album to feature vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen. The album was recorded and mixed at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany between 1 and 16 June 1995, under the guidance of Siggi Bemm and Waldemar Sorychta.

Contents

Two of the songs have quotes from popular culture inserted into them: "Strange Machines" contains a passage from George Pal's film version of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine , and "Sand & Mercury" ends with a recording of J. R. R. Tolkien reading a quote from Simone de Beauvoir.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Anneke van Giersbergen; all music is composed by The Gathering.

No.TitleLength
1."Strange Machines"6:04
2."Eléanor"6:42
3."In Motion #1"6:56
4."Leaves"6:01
5."Fear the Sea"5:50
6."Mandylion" (instrumental)5:02
7."Sand & Mercury"9:57
8."In Motion #2"6:08
Disc 2 - 2005 Century Media Reissue
No.TitleLength
1."In Motion #1 (Demo)"7:28
2."Mandylion (Demo)" (instrumental)4:42
3."Solar Glider (Demo)"4:35
4."Eléanor (Demo)"6:38
5."In Motion #2 (Demo)"7:18
6."Third Chance (Demo)"5:53
7."Fear the Sea (Demo)"6:28

Disc 2, 1–3 demo recorded in June 1994 at Beaufort Studio.
Disc 2, 4–7 demo recorded in early 1995 at Double Noise Studio in Tilburg.

Personnel

The Gathering
Production

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