Band: The Gathering
Title: The West Pole
Genre: Atmospheric Rock
Label: Psychonaut Records
Origin: Netherlands
Quality: MP3/CBR192Kbps/44.1KHz
Release Date: 2009

Tracklist:

01 - When Trust Becomes Sound
02 - Treasure
03 - All You Are
04 - You Promised Me A Symphony
05 - The West Pole
06 - Capital Of Nowhere
07 - No Bird Call
08 - Pale Traces
09 - No One Spoke
10 - Constant Run



* Silje Wergeland - Vocals (2009-) (Octavia Sperati)
(Silje Wergeland has been the singer of the Norwegian band Octavia Sperati for 8 years including several other projects. She did a superb job, as you can hear on our MySpace and new Gathering album 'The West Pole')
* René Rutten - Guitars
* Marjolein Kooijman - Bass (2004-)
* Hans Rutten - Drums
* Frank Boeijen - Keyboards

This album also includes two very talented guest singers: the Dutch Anne van den Hoogen and Mexican Marcela Bovio (from Stream of Passion), and some other guest musicians. What can we say about ‘The West Pole’? It’s a very vital, atmospheric and extravert rock orientated album, with all the quality and power The Gathering is so famous for, also with many new elements. The sound is guitar driven, alive and urgent; a strong and beautifully coloured album with haunting female vocals. It’s produced by guitar player René Rutten and mixed & mastered by Zlaya Hadzich (who also did the production of ‘Souvenirs’) and René.