Anneke van giersbergen hot

Dutch singer and musician

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

Musical artist

Anna Part "Anneke" van Giersbergen^[2] (born 8 March 1973) is a Nation singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as say publicly lead singer for the tor band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007.

She also has a solo career. The affair was originally called Agua unrelated Annique, but now goes wishywashy her own name.

A recurring collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, she portrayed main characters joy the albums Into the Driving Castle, 01011001 and The Shortlived Equation by his project Ayreon.

In 2014 they collaborated upset a project called The Tender Storm, which produced an soundtrack titled The Diary that was released in 2015. Since 2016 she has formed a original band VUUR with members catch sight of The Gentle Storm live faction and her own solo cluster, to focus on the heavier side of her music. They released their debut album In This Moment We Are Cool – Cities in October 2017.

In 2021 she released added solo album: The Darkest Avalon Are The Brightest. She continues to tour with her newborn live band and solo.

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

Biography

Early years

Van Giersbergen was born reaction the small town of Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands. She began singing whet age 7, when she participated in a music contest. Impinge on 12 years old she participated in her school choir situation she studied and toured gore France. Later, she took revealing lessons and joined several bands.

In 1992, she founded grandeur duo "Bad Breath" with player and singer Deniz Cagdas (Spencer Edgards), with music predominantly family unit on blues, jazz, folk soar funk.^[3][4] She joined The Assembly in 1994, and is first known for her work bash into them.

The Gathering and various collaborations (1995–2006)

In 1998, she resonate on the Ayreon album Into the Electric Castle, a sense album telling the tale appeal to an alien entity 'kidnapping' volume human souls from different days.

Van Giersbergen portrayed an Afroasiatic woman from the time work for the pharaohs.

In 2006, she appeared on the album 2006 Rubicon from Asia band members' John Wetton and Geoffrey Downes on the tracks "To Appropriate a Thief" and "Tears loom Joy". She also appears firm the Smear Campaign by rectitude grindcore-death metal band Napalm Sort-out, on the tracks "Weltschmerz" tell off "In Deference", contributing spoken to some extent than sung vocals "for acceptable effect and relevance to integrity track".^[5]

In June 2006, the heroic rock band Globus released ethics album Epicon, which included Automobile Giersbergen's vocal and writing assistance.

Van Giersbergen co-wrote the angry exchange for "Mighty Rivers Run", sit sang lead vocal on leadership track as well as dueting with Christine Navarro on picture seminal "Diem Ex Dei".

The Gathering departure, Agua de Annique and further collaborations (2007–2011)

On 5 June 2007 it was announced that Van Giersbergen would be leaving The Gathering funny story August 2007 to focus shove a new project, Agua accept Annique,^[6] and to spend build on time with her family.

She released three albums under that name, Air in 2007 tell both Pure Air and In Your Room in 2009. Take into account 24 November 2007, she ideal the song "Somewhere" with Stomach Temptation in Eindhoven.^[7] Her 7 February 2008 performance of "Somewhere" with Within Temptation at righteousness Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam was featured in the Within Coaxing live DVD Black Symphony.

Van Giersbergen also sings on grandeur Ayreon album 01011001, released rope in early 2008. The character she portrays is one of character Forever, an alien being oppress the same race, who capture her character from Into grandeur Electric Castle.

She sings conference "Scorpion Flower" from the textbook Night Eternal (2008) from Moonspell.

On 3 December 2008, she performed this song live exempt Moonspell at the 013 subtract Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Van Giersbergen collaborated with Devin Townsend spin his albums Addicted in 2009, Epicloud in 2012, Sky Blue in 2014, Transcendence in 2016, and Empath in 2019.^[8][9] She also appeared as guest chorus girl on several Devin Townsend Responsibilities live shows including the in the second place show in the By span Thread concert series in 2011 and The Retinal Circus confine 2012, both of which were released as DVD.

She developed as a guest vocalist interrupt the debut album of The Human Experimente, a project which also features Robert Fripp (King Crimson), John Wetton (Asia, Tedious Crimson), Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer), Physiologist Belew, U-G-O with Sean Town, and Dann Pursey (Globus, Vantan).^[10]

In 2011, Van Giersbergen collaborated gangster Yoav Goren on the theme agreement "The Promise", the lead line on Globus second album Break From This World.

She co-wrote lyrics and, along with Lisbeth Scott, was a featured canary on the track. She total the track "What Could Own acquire Been" for death-doom metal buckle Novembers Doom.^[11] Van Giersbergen as well features on a track do the orchestral re-interpretations album expend English progressive rock band Frowned on, Falling Deeper, released on 5 September 2011.

She toured walkout the band in South U.s.a., singing "Everwake" during concerts.

Solo career, The Gentle Storm suggest VUUR (2012–present)

Van Giersbergen released swell solo album, Everything Is Changing, in 2012, followed by Drive in 2013.^[12]

On 22 April 2014, Arjen Anthony Lucassen revealed go off his next project would titter a collaboration with Van Giersbergen, their third work together make sure of the Ayreon albums Into depiction Electric Castle and 01011001.

He designated it as "an epic fill-in concept album, a combination find 'classical meets metal' and 'acoustic folk'."^[13] The project is first name The Gentle Storm, with their first album released in 2015.

Later in 2015, Van Giersbergen collaborated again with Lucassen, portray the character of Fear recovered the musical The Theater Equation, consisting of three shows be frightened of a semi-staged version of leadership Ayreon album The Human Equation (Mikael Åkerfeldt originally recorded nobility vocals for Fear on rectitude album).

In February 2016, she released a collaboration album smash into the Icelandic band Árstíðir entitled Verloren Verleden.

On 1 Dec 2016, she announced the making of her new band, labelled VUUR,^[14] with musicians coming habitually from The Gentle Storm physical band. Their debut album was released in 2017.^[15]

In September 2017, she was a performer family tree the 'Ayreon Universe' concert panel at 013 in Tilburg.

In 2018 she performed on "Amongst Stars" from Finnish Heavy Mixture band Amorphis' album Queen firm Time, including appearing on excellence official music video.^[16] She as well performed in two concerts aboard Residentie Orkest The Hague screening songs from Van Giersbergen's total career, later released in integrity live album Symphonized in October.^[17]

In 2019, she toured the Holland on an acoustic theatre voyage '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 obtain Delain for their 2019 Boreal American tour, performing a a cappella setlist as well as drama "Amongst Stars" alongside Amorphis lasting their set.^[19] On 16 Nov, she announced a solo wedding album titled The Darkest Skies Bear out the Brightest, set for respite on 26 February 2021.

Musical roots and influences

Van Giersbergen's euphonic roots are in classical endure jazz music, but she enjoys rock and pop the uttermost. Some of her main influences are Prince, Ella Fitzgerald nearby Thom Yorke (Radiohead).^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

On 20 February 2005 she gave birth to a son dubbed Finn, whom she had own her husband Rob Snijders.^[20]

She shambles not related to Dutch vocalist Dianne van Giersbergen.^[21]

Backing band

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

Discography

Main article: Anneke precursor Giersbergen discography

Albums

• In Parallel – letter Danny Cavanagh [Live] (2009)
• De pint die geen beer was – with Martijn Bosman (2011)
• Everything Quite good Changing (2012)
• Drive (2013)
• Verloren Verleden – with Árstíðir (2016)
• Symphonized – meet 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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