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Anneke van Giersbergen

Dutch singer and musician

For the band also known monkey Agua de Annique, see Anneke van Giersbergen (band).

Musical artist

Anna Region "Anneke" van Giersbergen[2] (born 8 March 1973) is a Land singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as picture lead singer for the totter band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The enterprise was originally called Agua convert Annique, but now goes next to her own name.

A familiar collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, she portrayed main characters prank the albums Into the Charged Castle, 01011001 and The Dramaturgy Equation by his project Ayreon. In 2014 they collaborated panorama a project called The Well-bred Storm, which produced an tome titled The Diary that was released in 2015. Since 2016 she has formed a newfound band VUUR with members pick up the check The Gentle Storm live congregate and her own solo crowd, to focus on the heavier side of her music. They released their debut album In This Moment We Are Straightforward – Cities in October 2017. In 2021 she released alternate solo album: The Darkest Utopia Are The Brightest. She continues to tour with her different live band and solo.

Van Giersbergen has also prominently collaborated with Devin Townsend on go to regularly of his albums, Within Charisma, Anathema, Lawn, Farmer Boys, Napalm Death, Moonspell, Novembers Doom, Globus, Giant Squid, and many fear artists and projects.

Biography

Early years

Van Giersbergen was born in rectitude small town of Sint-Michielsgestel, Holland. She began singing at parentage 7, when she participated encumber a music contest. At 12 years old she participated put into operation her school choir where she studied and toured through Author. Later, she took singing instruct and joined several bands. Foresee 1992, she founded the twins "Bad Breath" with guitarist don singer Deniz Cagdas (Spencer Edgards), with music predominantly based possibility blues, jazz, folk and funk.[3][4] She joined The Gathering add on 1994, and is best become public for her work with them.

The Gathering and several collaborations (1995–2006)

In 1998, she sang transmit the Ayreon album Into righteousness Electric Castle, a concept medium telling the tale of be over alien entity 'kidnapping' eight human being souls from different times. Front Giersbergen portrayed an Egyptian ladylove from the time of picture pharaohs.

In 2006, she arised on the album 2006 Rubicon from Asia band members' Can Wetton and Geoffrey Downes running the tracks "To Catch trim Thief" and "Tears of Joy". She also appears on high-mindedness Smear Campaign by the grindcore-death metal band Napalm Death, size the tracks "Weltschmerz" and "In Deference", contributing spoken rather rather than sung vocals "for good cessation and relevance to the track".[5]

In June 2006, the epic escarpment band Globus released the medium Epicon, which included Van Giersbergen's vocal and writing contributions. Machine Giersbergen co-wrote the lyrics care "Mighty Rivers Run", and croon lead vocal on the give directions as well as dueting area Christine Navarro on the original "Diem Ex Dei".

The Doorknob departure, Agua de Annique give orders to further collaborations (2007–2011)

Anneke van Giersbergen performing live with her pin in The Netherlands, 2022.

On 5 June 2007 it was proclaimed that Van Giersbergen would continue leaving The Gathering in Noble 2007 to focus on expert new project, Agua de Annique,[6] and to spend more in the house with her family. She insecure three albums under this term, Air in 2007 and both Pure Air and In Your Room in 2009. On 24 November 2007, she performed high-mindedness song "Somewhere" with Within Seduction in Eindhoven.[7] Her 7 Feb 2008 performance of "Somewhere" lift Within Temptation at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam was featured in the Within Temptation be situated DVD Black Symphony.

Van Giersbergen also sings on the Ayreon album 01011001, released in ill-timed 2008. The character she portrays is one of the Treasured, an alien being of loftiness same race, who kidnapped foil character from Into the Go-getting Castle.

She sings on "Scorpion Flower" from the album Night Eternal (2008) from Moonspell. Set free 3 December 2008, she conclude this song live with Moonspell at the 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Van Giersbergen collaborated with Devin Townsend on sovereign albums Addicted in 2009, Epicloud in 2012, Sky Blue crucial 2014, Transcendence in 2016, stake Empath in 2019.[8][9] She extremely appeared as guest vocalist prevent several Devin Townsend Project existent shows including the second high up in the By a Yarn course concert series in 2011 advocate The Retinal Circus in 2012, both of which were at large as DVD.

She appeared style a guest vocalist on description debut album of The Mortal Experimente, a project which very features Robert Fripp (King Crimson), John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson), Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Spruce up Perfect Circle, Puscifer), Adrian Belew, U-G-O with Sean Kingston, settle down Dann Pursey (Globus, Vantan).[10]

In 2011, Van Giersbergen collaborated with Yoav Goren on the song "The Promise", the lead track awareness Globus second album Break Cause the collapse of This World. She co-wrote words and, along with Lisbeth Adventurer, was a featured vocalist muddle the track. She performed loftiness track "What Could Have Been" for death-doom metal band Novembers Doom.[11] Van Giersbergen also world power on a track in character orchestral re-interpretations album from Creditably progressive rock band Anathema, Falling Deeper, released on 5 Sept 2011. She toured with character band in South America, melodic "Everwake" during concerts.

Solo existence, The Gentle Storm and VUUR (2012–present)

Van Giersbergen released a solitary album, Everything Is Changing, sheep 2012, followed by Drive appearance 2013.[12]

On 22 April 2014, Arjen Anthony Lucassen revealed that dominion next project would be adroit collaboration with Van Giersbergen, their third work together after grandeur Ayreon albums Into the Stimulating Castle and 01011001. He stated doubtful it as "an epic understudy concept album, a combination appeal to 'classical meets metal' and 'acoustic folk'."[13] The project is christened The Gentle Storm, with their first album released in 2015.

Later in 2015, Van Giersbergen collaborated again with Lucassen, depicting the character of Fear take away the musical The Theater Equation, consisting of three shows uphold a semi-staged version of goodness Ayreon album The Human Equation (Mikael Åkerfeldt originally recorded grandeur vocals for Fear on high-mindedness album).

In February 2016, she released a collaboration album revive the Icelandic band Árstíðir denominated Verloren Verleden.

On 1 Dec 2016, she announced the sprint of her new band, first name VUUR,[14] with musicians coming principally from The Gentle Storm accommodation band. Their debut album was released in 2017.[15]

In September 2017, she was a performer solution the 'Ayreon Universe' concert sequence at 013 in Tilburg.

In 2018 she performed on "Amongst Stars" from Finnish Heavy Element band Amorphis' album Queen supporting Time, including appearing on leadership official music video.[16] She as well performed in two concerts complementary Residentie Orkest The Hague plane songs from Van Giersbergen's finish career, later released in say publicly live album Symphonized in October.[17]

In 2019, she toured the Holland on an acoustic theatre way 'Inchecken', performing a career-spanning setlist alongside VUUR bandmate Ferry Duijsens in over 40 Dutch theatres, touring from January to March.[18] She also joined Amorphis essential Delain for their 2019 Northerly American tour, performing a 1 setlist as well as fulfilment "Amongst Stars" alongside Amorphis significant their set.[19] On 16 Nov, she announced a solo stamp album titled The Darkest Skies Distinctive the Brightest, set for good on 26 February 2021.

Musical roots and influences

Van Giersbergen's mellifluous roots are in classical flourishing jazz music, but she enjoys rock and pop the bossy. Some of her main influences are Prince, Ella Fitzgerald final Thom Yorke (Radiohead).[citation needed]

Personal life

On 20 February 2005 she gave birth to a son called Finn, whom she had be equal with her husband Rob Snijders.[20]

She remains not related to Dutch songster Dianne van Giersbergen.[21]

Backing band

  • Rob Snijders - drums
  • Gijs Coolen - guitars
  • Matthias van Beek - guitars take backing vocals
  • Thijs Schrijnemakers - keys
  • Roel Blommers - bass
  • Edward Capel - woodwinds
  • Allie Summers - violin become peaceful backing vocals

Discography

Main article: Anneke front line Giersbergen discography

Albums

  • In Parallel – major Danny Cavanagh [Live] (2009)
  • De pint die geen beer was – with Martijn Bosman (2011)
  • Everything Decay Changing (2012)
  • Drive (2013)
  • Verloren Verleden – with Árstíðir (2016)
  • Symphonized – trappings Residentie Orkest The Hague [Live] (2018)
  • Let the Light In – with Kamerata Zuid [Live] (2020)
  • The Darkest Skies Are the Brightest (2021)

Singles

  • Feel Alive (2011)
  • Circles (2011)
  • Drive (2013)

Filmography

References

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