The Gathering (band)

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The Gathering
Budapest concert, 31 January 2010
Background information
Origin	Oss, Netherlands
Genres	Progressive rock alternative rock trip hop shoegazing gothic metal (early) death-doom (early)
Years active	1989–2014 2018–present
Labels	Century Media Psychonaut Hammerheart Sanctuary The End Foundation 2000 Season of Mist Alone
Members	René Rutten Hans Rutten Frank Boeijen Silje Wergeland Hugo Prinsen Geerligs
Past members	Jelmer Wiersma Bart Smits Marike Groot Niels Duffhues Martine van Loon Anneke van Giersbergen Marjolein Kooijman
Website	www.gathering.nl

The Gathering are a Dutch rock band formed in Oss, North Brabant in 1989. The band's lineup currently consists of founding brothers René Rutten (guitars) and Hans Rutten (drums), Silje Wergeland (lead vocals), Hugo Prinsen Geerligs (bass) and Frank Boeijen (keyboards).

The band's earliest releases were categorized as atmospheric doom metal with influences from extreme metal acts like Celtic Frost and Hellhammer, undergoing numerous vocalist changes before breaking out in 1995 with Mandylion. It was the Gathering's first album to feature lead singer Anneke van Giersbergen and the band's first to chart in the Netherlands. With van Giersbergen, the band's sound shifted from gothic metal to one influenced by shoegaze, post-rock and trip hop, starting with their fifth studio album How to Measure a Planet? in 1998.

In 2007, van Giersbergen left the group to focus on her new band Agua de Annique.^[1] The band replaced her with Wergeland, of the band Octavia Sperati. The band went on hiatus from 2014 to 2018, and their most recent album, Beautiful Distortion, was released on 29 April 2022.