if-then-else marks a turning point for The Gathering. After the ethereal, doom-laden How to Measure a Planet? (1998), they streamlined their sound:
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A 320kbps MP3 throws away roughly 75% of the original CD data. FLAC throws away zero. For an album as textural as if-then-else, lossy compression kills the ghost notes. The Gathering - if-then-else -2000- -EAC-FLAC-
By the turn of the millennium, The Gathering was already in crisis—creative and commercial. Their 1998 release, How to Measure a Planet?, was a sprawling, 70-minute behemoth that alienated some metal purists while winning over Trip-Hop and Post-Rock fans. if-then-else marks a turning point for The Gathering
If-then-else (released in July 2000 via Century Media) was the calculated response. It wasn’t a retreat to metal, nor a full surrender to electronica. It was a negotiation. Key tracks:
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