The Gathering "Almost A Dance"

Almost a Dance is the second studio album by the Dutch doom metal band The Gathering, released in 1993 on Foundation 2000 Records.

Tracklist:

1. On a Wave 05:51  
2. The Blue Vessel 06:04   
3. Her Last Flight 08:45   
4. The Sky People 04:25
5. Nobody Dares 03:30  
6. Like Fountains 07:39  
7. Proof 06:15   
8. Heartbeat Amplifier 04:50  
9. A Passage to Desire 06:44   

Time:  54:03  

Tom Holkenberg, one of the producers, will later become better known as the electronic musician Junkie XL.

On this album, The Gathering left death growls and their death-doom influences aside, in favor to a more straightforward doom metal sound with clean vocals.

Arrangements by Hans Rutten, except Nobody Dares, arrangement by Niels Duffhues.

Tom Holkenborg appears by P.I.A.S.

Recorded live and mixed in September, 1993 at "Spitsbergen" Studio.