''Beautiful Distortion'' is the eleventh album by Dutch rock band the Gathering. It was released on 29 April 2022 via the Gathering's imprint

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. It is their first full-length album in over nine years, after the band took an hiatus in 2014. It is also the first studio album to feature the band's founding bassist

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since their 2003 effort '' Souvenirs''. He replaced Marjolein Kooijman, who had previously replaced him.

Background

The band had first announced that they were recording an album in February 2021, when they had shared pictures from inside the studio. Attie Bauw, the producer of this album, had also previously produced the Gathering's albums ''

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''. The album's first single, "In Colour", was released on 13 October 2021. This was followed by their second single "We Rise", released via a music video on 9 February 2022. At 4:33, the music video is shorter than the "single edit" version of the song posted on their Bandcamp page. On the same day of ''Beautiful Distortion''s release, an EP titled ''Interference'', is also being released, which is meant as a companion piece to the album. A music video for the EP's song "Stronger" was released in December 2021. Following the release, the Gathering will perform concerts for AutoReverse: 30th Anniversary Tour, which includes four dates in the Netherlands, three in Mexico, and one each in Colombia, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil.

Track listing

Personnel

The Gathering *

Silje Wergeland Silje Wergeland (born 9 November 1974) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and pianist. She is best known as the current lead vocalist of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering (since 2009). She was also the frontwoman of Norwe ...

– vocals *Frank Boeijen – keyboards and piano *

– bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, percussion *

René Rutten René Rutten (born 2 July 1972 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a Dutch guitarist for The Gathering. He founded the band with his brother Hans in 1989, and together they released eleven studio albums, four live albums, and four EPs. His latest ...

– guitars, keyboards, percussion *Hans Rutten – drums, percussion Production *Attie Bauw – production *Studio Captain – artwork *Maor Applebaum – mastering

Notes

References

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