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Superheat

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Recorded in Europe on their "How To Measure A Planet" tour, "Superheat" captures all the dreamy tranquility of the Gathering while adding beautiful extended guitar solos. Anneke van Giersbergen's operatic voice, ranging from quiet croon to full-on emotion, seems more powerful live. The opening keyboard drift of "The Big Sleep" sets the mood for the album augmented by Rene Rutten's dense guitar chords. The elegence of Giersbergen's voice in "Rescue Me," the album's best song, is wonderfully contrasted by the raw power of the guitar. Theremin adds a celestial dimension. The pounding bass piano keys in "Probably Built In The Fifties" adds weight an already imposing song. "Superheat" wisely includes "Strange Machines" from an earlier album, a song about the mystique of air travel from the point-of-view of an age long past. With influences as diverse as Daed can Dance, Slowdive, Pink Floyd and Celtic Frost, the Gathering prove that the words "metal" and "etherial" can indeed be used together in the same sentence.

THIS ALBUM HAS REALLY GOOD SOUND, BETTER THAN MOST LIVE RECORDINGS I HAVE HEARD. THE VIDEO OF "ELEANOR" ON THE CD IS REALLY HIGH QUALITY. AND ALL OF THE SONGS HAVE A NEW FEEL TO THEM.

Yet another great record of the gathering... They definitly create the 'doom atmospheric' sound... Anneke, I Love You...

You never know what to truly expect from a band until you hear them in their natural environment. The Gathering's natural Environment is none other than the stage itself. As far as I'm concerned, The Gathering has never sounded better. There are very few bands out there who can play better live than in the studio(and plus, seeing pictures of Anneke is worth the cash on its own).

The Gathering is so big and good that even in a tiny island of the caribbean (Puerto Rico)they have the fan #1...I love the live version of every song...Anneke you are awesome...!

Superheat is a compilation of live songs by The Gathering. Nothing more, nothing less. There is nothing spectacular about this release and yet it is somewhat different from their other releases. Anneke's voice and the general sound of the songs is much stronger live and most any fan of The Gathering will be happy to add this to their collection. It contains a few of their best-known songs from Mandylion, Nighttime Birds and How to Measure a Planet? as well as a video track of the song Eleanor being performed live.

This also stands as a good introduction to The Gathering for someone who doesn't know them too well as it contains songs from their doom metal albums and their trippy album from the time. My personal favorite here is "Sand and Mercury", as it is a much different song live and Anneke's voice is much more distinct in this version.