Home (The Gathering album)

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Studio album by The Gathering
Released	15 April 2006 (except North America) 18 April 2006 (North America)
Recorded	Late 2005 / early 2006, at La Divina Commedia Church in Maurik, The Netherlands
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	60:00
Label	Noise (N04182) (except North America) The End Records (TE065) (North America)
Producer(s)	Attie Bauw
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The Gathering chronology
Sleepy Buildings (2004)	Home (2006)

Home is an album by Dutch band The Gathering. The album was released on 15 April 2006 by Sanctuary Records through its heavy metal label Noise. The album had a separate release in North America which took place on 18 April 2006 by Brooklyn-based label The End Records.

In a recent interview for the San Diego-based magazine Modern Fix, drummer Hans Rutten described Home as being "more stripped-down...Souvenirs was quite structured and was quite heavy to make. This one is more simple, I think, but still there, still in a Gathering kind of way. But rhythmically speaking, it's more stripped-down, it’s more primitive, I think. I think 'primitive' is a good word...it’s more instinctive (and) more primitive. It’s not as layered as Souvenirs, and maybe it’s less 'trippish.' Maybe it’s more...yeah, primitive trip-rock, something like that."

The lyrics for Home were written by lead singer Anneke van Giersbergen. The music was composed by the band. Ulver's Kristoffer Rygg (credited as Trickster G) also appears for lyrics on "Box", "Home" and "Forgotten Reprise".