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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 01/29/2008
Jorn Lande, a journeyman
power metal singer from Norway, has recorded and toured with a wide variety of
metal bands since his professional debut in the early '90s, along with his own on-again, off-again solo career.
The Gathering, as its title implies, is a collection of remixes and re-recordings of solo material from the early years of
Jorn's career. Given that
Lande is working in a deliberately restrictive musical style -- pre-
thrash classic-style
metal -- that by design has not really changed much in sound or musical approach since before
Metallica's
Kill 'Em All came out, the age of this material is basically immaterial. Even the songs that are merely remixed from the original masters sound completely of a piece with
Jorn's unapologetically retro vocal style, making
The Gathering a perfect way for relative newcomers drawn in by
Jorn's many stints as the lead singer of various
metal bands to get caught up with the man's own
metal muse.
~Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
;)
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