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René Rutten
Nijmegen, Netherlands
René Rutten is credited on 168 releases across 43 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1990–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
168
Pressings credited
43
Albums
4
Decades active
43
In collections
Biography
René Rutten (born 2 July 1972 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a Dutch guitarist for The Gathering. He founded the band with his brother Hans in 1989, and together they released eleven studio albums, four live albums, and four EPs. His latest work with The Gathering was Beautiful Distortion, released in 2022. In 2015 Rutten formed a new band, "Habitants", who released their debut album in 2018.
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Credited work
168 releases · 43 albums · active 1990–2026
- Performance · 181
- Other credits · 56
- Mastering · 38
- Engineering · 10
- Production · 5
Studios: Woodhouse Studio · Beaufort Studio · Loud (3) · New Road Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Mandylion
1995

Always...
1992

How To Measure A Planet?
1998

Nighttime Birds
1997

Souvenirs
2003

If_then_else
2000

Home
2006

Superheat - A Live Album
2000

Beautiful Distortion
2022

The West Pole
2009

A Noise Severe
2007

Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening
2004

Tribute To Dead Can Dance: The Lotus Eaters
2004

Almost A Dance
1993

Silence Of Another Kind
2006
Frequent collaborators
- The Gathering
- Various
- Habitants (2)
- Diógenes (8)
- Anneke van Giersbergen
- Bauda (2)
- Drive By Wire
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