THE GATHERING will release collection of raritetes and B-sides "Accessories - Rarities And B-Sides" via Century Media on August 22nd. CD1 offers “the b-sides” from all of their out-of-print CD-Singles – including rarities like “Adrenaline” and “Theme From ‘The Cyclist’”, as well as cover versions from Talk Talk, Dead Can Dance and Slowdive. CD 2 is full of unreleased demo recordings. In the end of 1996, The Gathering did demos for their "Nighttime Birds" album with German Krautrocker Eroc (Grobschnitt, etc.). For the first time ever you can hear all of the alternate versions as well as two instrumentals that were not used on "Nighttime Birds". Track-list:

CD one – the b-sides:
1. In Motion #1 (live)
Taken from Strange Machines CD-Single
2. Leaves (live)
Taken from Strange Machines CD-Single
3. Adrenaline
Taken from Adrenaline/Leaves CD-Single
4. Third Chance
Taken from Adrenaline/Leaves CD-Single
5. Strange Machines (live w/Orchestra)
Taken from The May Song CD-Single
6. In Power We Trust The Love Advocated (Dead Can Dance cover version)
Taken from Kevin’s Telescope CD-Single
7. When The Sun Hits (Slowdive cover version)
Taken from Adrenaline/Leaves CD-Single
8. Confusion (demo/ Eroc session)
Taken from Adrenaline/Leaves CD-Single
9. Shrink
Taken from Liberty Bell CD-Single
10. Frail (live)
Taken from Liberty Bell CD-Single
11. Theme From ”The Cyclist”
Taken from Rollercoaster CD-Single
12. Leaves (live w/Orchestra)
Taken from Rollercoaster CD-Single
13. Life Is What You Make It (Talk Talk cover version)
Taken from Amity CD-Single
14. Amity (live at Isabelle)
Taken from Amity CD-Single

CD two – the rarities:
1. New Moon, Different Day *
2. Kevin’s Telescope (instrumental) *
3. Shrink *
4. The Earth Is My Witness *
5. Diamond Box (previously unreleased instrumental) *
6. Nighttime Birds *
7. On Most Surfaces *
8. Hjelmar’s (previously unreleased instrumental) *
9. My Electricity **
10. Probably Built In The Fifties **
11. Illuminating **
12. Red Is A Slow Colour **
13. Travel **

* Demo session for Nighttime Birds, recorded at Woodhouse Studios, Germany. Mixed by Eroc November 1996.
** Demo session for How To Measure A Planet?, recorded at Texel, the Netherlands, February 1998.

THE GATHERING have posted an MP3 clip of a brand new track called "Debris", taken from the group's forthcoming mini-CD Black Light District, at this location.

VOIVOD guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy) will be collaborating with Holland's THE GATHERING on the latter's next full-length release, which is scheduled to be issued in October. According to THE GATHERING drummer Hans Rutten, “Piggy will do a solo on a yet-to-be-titled song. The whole band are all big admirers of VOIVOD. CD's like Dimension Hatross, Nothingface, and Angelrat are all timeless classics.”
Prior to the release of the above-mentioned CD, THE GATHERING will issue a 30-minute album, entitled Black Light District, in June via the group's own Psychonaut Records.