THE GATHERING drummer Hans Rutten has checked in with the following update:

"Hi all,

First of all we, the band, wish you a superb 2008! We are doing fine, we hope the same goes for you.

Lots of [re]releases coming up:

First, we have put our entire Psychonaut Records catalogue on iTunes shop. It's all there, from Always, Black Light District, until our latest one A Noise Severe. Of course all the Century Media releases are available too, so our entire catalogue is digital now.

Speaking of Century Media: C.M. is about to release Sand and Mercury, a 10 [!] CD box with all our Century Media releases gathered in a nice box for a fair price [around 30/35 EUR]. I wrote liner notes for every album. the box set is limited to 3,000 copies.

This year it's 10 years ago we released How To Measure A Planet?, so you figure out what will be Century Media's next special release ;o)

Another special release: Vic records will re-release Downfall - The Early Years this spring. It contains the Downfall CD as well as an interesting 6 track demo we did for Almost A Dance with former vocalist Bart Smits. Recorded at the beginning of 1992, this demo was the last recording we did with Bart. Very interesting material.

The owner of Vic records, Roel, is an old school mate of me and Bart and kindly asked us to do a re-release, as the original Downfall CD isn't available anymore.

This release is a true revival of the old school demo tape days. More info at www.vicrecords.com

And back into the present:

We were asked by ProductieHuis & MusicLab Brabant to write music for a dance ensemble. This cross-over combination of music and dance will be called Arr. 2. More info in Dutch only.

And yes, we are working on new material. Trust us and don't worry. You will hear new Gathering songs in 2008."

Cheers,

Hans