According to a new online post by singer Silje Wergeland of Dutch/Norwegian rockers THE GATHERING, the band will spend the summer making a new studio album. "We already have around seven songs we are working on and we are all super-enthusiastic about them," she writes. "We are in a very creative place at the moment; ideas are flowing!"

She adds, "We found a new place we will do pre-production of the new songs. Very cool and relaxing place.

"It is really fun for me this time to be part of this song-making process from the beginning.

"A few days ago Frank [Boeijen, keyboards] and me sat down with a brand new song we ended up really happy about.

"Today I am off to work in the studio with René [Rutten, guitar] on some other new songs.

"I can't tell you much about the direction of the songs, but I can say it is going really well! And one more thing: THE GATHERING never stops surprising."

Je ne me suis pas du tout penché sur les The Gathering récents (à part "souvenirs", qui commence déjà à dater), mais ce morceau me plaît beaucoup!

Maintenant, un album acoustique d'Opeth reste encore très divertissant par rapport au dernier Helloween à titre d'exemple...

Deris ne chante pas faux et réussit à tenir une note plus de deux secondes, ce qui déjà n'est pas le cas sur l'album acoustique sus-cité. na.

Et c'est vrai, n'épiloguons pas, surtout quand on sait à quel point Damnation est complètement sublime.