Mandylion (album)

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Mandylion
Studio album by The Gathering
Released	August 22, 1995
Recorded	June 1, 1995 - June 16, 1995 Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany
Genre	Atmospheric doom Progressive metal
Length	52:40
Label	Century Media Records
Producer	Siggi Bemm, Waldemar Sorychta, and The Gathering
Professional reviews
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The Gathering chronology
Almost a Dance (1993) Mandylion (1995) Nighttime Birds (1997)

Mandylion is an album by the Dutch band The Gathering, released in 1995 by Century Media Records. It is their first album with vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen.

Two of the songs have quotes from popular culture inserted into them: "Strange Machines" contains a passage from George Pal's film version of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, and "Sand & Mercury" ends with a recording of J.R.R. Tolkien reading a quote from Simone de Beauvoir.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Strange Machines" – 6:04
2. "Eléanor" – 6:42
3. "In Motion #1" – 6:56
4. "Leaves" – 6:01
5. "Fear the Sea" – 5:50
6. "Mandylion" – 5:02
7. "Sand & Mercury" – 9:57
8. "In Motion #2" – 6:08

[edit] 2005 reissue

In 2005, Century Media released a two-disc deluxe reissue of the album. The second disc consists of demo recordings as well as a music video for the song "Leaves". The track listing is as follows:

1. "In Motion #1"*
2. "Mandylion"*
3. "Solar Glider (Instrumental)"* (previously unreleased)
4. "Eléanor"**
5. "In Motion #2"**
6. "Third Chance"** (from Nighttime Birds)
7. "Fear the Sea"**

Tracks marked * were recorded in June 1994 at Beaufort Studio, and tracks marked ** were recorded in early 1995 at Double Noise Studio in Tilburg.