The Gathering Ifthenelse 2000 Eacflac File

One of the album's standouts, with a melancholic and spacey atmosphere that highlights the band's ability to create vast, immersive soundscapes.

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: The roaring, guitar-driven opener that sets the urgent, cerebral tone of the record. the gathering ifthenelse 2000 eacflac

A high-energy opener that, as the name suggests, takes the listener on a "loud, cerebral journey".

if_then_else was meticulously recorded between January and March 2000 at Studio Koeienverhuurbedrijf and S&K Studio, and subsequently mixed and mastered on ProTools at the renowned Bauwhaus Studio in Amsterdam. Because the album features a complex, multi-layered mix of heavy guitars, analog keyboards, classical strings, and brass, lossy formats like MP3 completely squash the subtle details. If_then_else - The Gathering | Album - AllMusic One of the album's standouts, with a melancholic

By the turn of the millennium, The Gathering had fully shed their early 1990s death-doom metal roots. Following the moody gothic metal of Mandylion (1995) and the expansive, space-rock horizons of How to Measure a Planet? (1998), if_then_else arrived as a highly experimental masterpiece.

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Swirling, psychedelic wall-of-sound showcasing complex bass and synth interplay.