Beautiful Distortion
by The Gathering
- Type: Album
- Released: 29 July 2022
- Label: Psychonaut
- Country: Netherlands
- Length: 48:17
- Community rating: 3.12/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Hans Rutten, Frank Boeijen, Attie Bauw, Silje Wergeland
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Following a decade-long absence, the highly influential Dutch rock ensemble returns with an incredibly lush, atmospheric soundscape. The arrangements eschew their early metal roots entirely, prioritizing ethereal trip-hop beats, melancholic dream pop textures, and sweeping progressive rock layers.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic
Tracklist
- In Colour (5:49)
- When We Fall (5:23)
- Grounded (6:52)
- We Rise (6:47)
- Black is Magnified (6:19)
- Weightless (5:50)
- Pulse of Life (6:44)
- On Delay (4:30)
Credits
- The Gathering - primary artist, arranged by [arrangement made by]
- Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass guitar [bass guitars], electric guitar [electric guitars], keyboards, grand piano, percussion, music by
- Hans Rutten - drums, percussion
- Frank Boeijen - keyboards, electric organ [hammond], electric piano [rhodes], electric piano [wurlitzer], grand piano, music by
- Silje Wergeland - lyrics by, vocals
- Noel Hofman - trumpet [uncredited]