Dutch band THE GATHERING check in with the following:

"We are proud to announce the fact that there will be a Chilean The West Pole album release party. It will be held April 30th at Rock Y Guitarras, located in Santiago. We hope it will be crowded!

A big thanks to all the people working behind the scene for this event. We hope we can visit you again soon!"

The band recently announced: "Hope you are all doing fine and well! First of all: we will do a couple of try out gigs before we start the festival season. We will play in Heerlen and Purmerend, both located in The Netherlands. Please note these are try-out gigs. Things will go wrong. But that’s also the fun part, we just play and we will see what happens! Both evenings will be a lot of fun for sure.

Today we received The West Pole vinyl test pressing. As we are living in a digital world I forgot the sound of a black 12 inch on a turntable. It is incredible! The sound is so much warmer, rounder, the high tones are crispy, bass sounds so creamy. Well I can go on for a while, but above all be sure you grab a copy of The West Pole on vinyl before they cost 200 dollar on eBay! By the way, it is a double album, 180 grams, specially remastered for vinyl, and with a different running order. Still available at our webshop, but we will only make 500 copies (limited), and they go fast."

The Gathering have made a fourth track from The West Pole available for streaming at this location. The West Pole will be released on May 4th in Europe (May 8th in Germany).

The album will be available in North America on June 2nd, via Season Of Mist.

The West Pole features the following tracklisting: 'When Trust Becomes Sound', 'Treasure', 'All You Are', 'You Promised Me A Symphony', 'The West Pole', 'Capital Of Nowhere', 'No Bird Call', 'Pale Traces', 'No One Spoke', 'Constant Run'.

More on The Gathering, including their live itinerary, at this location.