Inspired by the use of female vocals o Paradise Lost, The Gathering released their debut album Always in 1992 with growling vocalist Bart Smits supported by female singer Marike Groot. The music on the album was firmly rooted in the dark, midtempo style of gothic and doom metal. Their second album Almost a Dance arrived in the following year with new vocalist Niels Duffhues, a strange choice for the band. Duffhues punk-ish style of singing was widely seen as out of place with the music,a perception that was shared by the band themselves, and the album was largely written off as a result. The Gathering decided to drop the use of male vocals altogether and instead brought in a lead female vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen for their third full length Mandylion, an album that saw the band adventurously breaking away from the Gothic Doom fare of previous works. The result was considered a groundbreaking achievement upon its release in 1995 with critics lavishly describing it as the perfect pinnacle of gothic metal. The Gatherings introspective atmosphere owed a creative debt to Dead Can Dance, and established them as a leading band in their native Holland.So here is the best album of them in my opinion,Mandylion ( 1995 ) youtu.be/SPjuuLKsGbM
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