Mandylion is the third studio album by the Dutch band the Gathering. It was released on 22 August 1995 by Century Media Records. The record is their first album to feature vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen. The album was recorded and mixed at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany between 1 and 16 June 1995, under the guidance of Siggi Bemm and Waldemar Sorychta.
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.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Anneke van Giersbergen; all music is composed by The Gathering
- "Strange Machines" 6:04
- "Eléanor" 6:42
- "In Motion #1" 6:56
- "Leaves" 6:01
- "Fear the Sea" 5:50
- "Mandylion" (instrumental) 5:02
- "Sand & Mercury" 9:57
- "In Motion #2" 6:08
Time: 52:36
All music by The Gathering.
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen.
Produced by The Gathering as well.
The album is dedicated to Harold Gloudemans, a friend of the band who passed away on 13.08.1994.
The spoken samples on track 1 have been taken from the 1960 film "The Time Machine".
The monologue at the end of track 7 is from a recorded 1968 interview of J.R. Tolkien quoting Simone de Beauvoir, a French philosopher and writer: "There is no such thing as a natural death. Nothing that happens to Man is ever natural, since his presence calls the whole world into question. All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident. And even if he knows it and consents to it, an unjustifiable violation". "Well, you may agree with the words or not, but those are the keyspring of The Lord of the Rings".
Photo taken at De Refter, Ubbergen, Holland.
Official music video:
- Leaves
Recording information:
Recorded & mixed from June 1st to June 16th, 1995 at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen, Germany.
Mastered at DMS.
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