Skupina bola založená pôvodne v roku 1989 bratmi Hansom a René Ruttenovcami a Bartom Smitsom. Čoskoro sa pridali Hugo Prinsen Geerligs, Jelmer Wiersma a Frank Boeijen. Od členov iných začínajúcich skupín sa The Gathering líšili najmä tým, že ich...

Píseň: Liberty Bell

Interpret:
Gathering, The
Album:
How To Measure A Planet?
No brainwaves or activity
while the craft is in the air
It's getting dark, it's getting light
we are sitting in a chair


We have fastened every belt
we cannot float out of our seats
It's so enormously frightening
When our tail reaches superheat


Another timezone
a change of season
it is turning dark again
We're getting ready for yet
another orbit around our planet


It is time for the galactic cruise
To come to an end
One last view on the world
and the time we have spend