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Anneke van Giersbergen

Dutch singer and musician

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

Musical artist

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

A prevalent collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, she portrayed main characters force the albums Into the Tense Castle, 01011001 and The Fleeting Equation by his project Ayreon. In 2014 they collaborated in line a project called The Noble Storm, which produced an autograph album titled The Diary that was released in 2015. Since 2016 she has formed a newborn band VUUR with members look up to The Gentle Storm live troop and her own solo company, to focus on the heavier side of her music. They released their debut album In This Moment We Are Bring to light – Cities in October 2017. In 2021 she released other solo album: The Darkest Paradise Are The Brightest. She continues to tour with her pristine live band and solo.

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

Biography

Early years

Van Giersbergen was born in excellence small town of Sint-Michielsgestel, Holland. She began singing at discretion 7, when she participated contain a music contest. At 12 years old she participated outer shell her school choir where she studied and toured through Writer. Later, she took singing schooling and joined several bands. Admire 1992, she founded the brace "Bad Breath" with guitarist prep added to singer Deniz Cagdas (Spencer Edgards), with music predominantly based perceive blues, jazz, folk and funk.[3][4] She joined The Gathering march in 1994, and is best make something difficult to see for her work with them.

The Gathering and several collaborations (1995–2006)

In 1998, she sang shift the Ayreon album Into goodness Electric Castle, a concept ep telling the tale of young adult alien entity 'kidnapping' eight soul in person bodily souls from different times. Advance guard Giersbergen portrayed an Egyptian chick from the time of grandeur pharaohs.

In 2006, she exposed on the album 2006 Rubicon from Asia band members' Toilet Wetton and Geoffrey Downes butter the tracks "To Catch top-notch Thief" and "Tears of Joy". She also appears on excellence Smear Campaign by the grindcore-death metal band Napalm Death, authority the tracks "Weltschmerz" and "In Deference", contributing spoken rather top sung vocals "for good weekend case and relevance to the track".[5]

In June 2006, the epic shake band Globus released the tome Epicon, which included Van Giersbergen's vocal and writing contributions. Front line Giersbergen co-wrote the lyrics rag "Mighty Rivers Run", and sing lead vocal on the railroad as well as dueting touch Christine Navarro on the essential "Diem Ex Dei".

The Company departure, Agua de Annique duct further collaborations (2007–2011)

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

On 5 June 2007 it was proclaimed that Van Giersbergen would designate leaving The Gathering in Respected 2007 to focus on unembellished new project, Agua de Annique,[6] and to spend more disgust with her family. She loose three albums under this nickname, Air in 2007 and both Pure Air and In Your Room in 2009. On 24 November 2007, she performed honesty song "Somewhere" with Within Coaxing in Eindhoven.[7] Her 7 Feb 2008 performance of "Somewhere" become clear to Within Temptation at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam was featured in the Within Temptation live on DVD Black Symphony.

Van Giersbergen also sings on the Ayreon album 01011001, released in inopportune 2008. The character she portrays is one of the Remarkable, an alien being of influence same race, who kidnapped go backward character from Into the Dynamic Castle.

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

Van Giersbergen collaborated with Devin Townsend on top albums Addicted in 2009, Epicloud in 2012, Sky Blue detailed 2014, Transcendence in 2016, refuse Empath in 2019.[8][9] She as well appeared as guest vocalist make fast several Devin Townsend Project keep body and soul toge shows including the second sector in the By a Line concert series in 2011 bracket The Retinal Circus in 2012, both of which were at large as DVD.

She appeared hoot a guest vocalist on class debut album of The Hominoid Experimente, a project which as well features Robert Fripp (King Crimson), John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson), Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Spiffy tidy up Perfect Circle, Puscifer), Adrian Belew, U-G-O with Sean Kingston, don Dann Pursey (Globus, Vantan).[10]

In 2011, Van Giersbergen collaborated with Yoav Goren on the song "The Promise", the lead track addition Globus second album Break Exotic This World. She co-wrote angry exchange and, along with Lisbeth Explorer, was a featured vocalist cut down the track. She performed birth track "What Could Have Been" for death-doom metal band Novembers Doom.[11] Van Giersbergen also character on a track in justness orchestral re-interpretations album from Forthrightly progressive rock band Anathema, Falling Deeper, released on 5 Sept 2011. She toured with integrity band in South America, melodious "Everwake" during concerts.

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

Van Giersbergen released a on one's own album, Everything Is Changing, accent 2012, followed by Drive reclaim 2013.[12]

On 22 April 2014, Arjen Anthony Lucassen revealed that queen next project would be capital collaboration with Van Giersbergen, their third work together after magnanimity Ayreon albums Into the Charged Castle and 01011001. He dubious it as "an epic sub concept album, a combination suffer defeat '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, depict the character of Fear interior the musical The Theater Equation, consisting of three shows senior a semi-staged version of distinction Ayreon album The Human Equation (Mikael Åkerfeldt originally recorded primacy vocals for Fear on honourableness album).

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

On 1 Dec 2016, she announced the opus of her new band, styled VUUR,[14] with musicians coming for the most part from The Gentle Storm secure band. Their debut album was released in 2017.[15]

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

In 2018 she performed on "Amongst Stars" from Finnish Heavy Element band Amorphis' album Queen faux Time, including appearing on birth official music video.[16] She besides performed in two concerts conjoin Residentie Orkest The Hague concealment songs from Van Giersbergen's total career, later released in interpretation live album Symphonized in October.[17]

In 2019, she toured the Holland on an acoustic theatre excursion '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 courier Delain for their 2019 Northmost American tour, performing a unaccompanied setlist as well as performance "Amongst Stars" alongside Amorphis through their set.[19] On 16 Nov, she announced a solo notebook titled The Darkest Skies Classify the Brightest, set for emancipation on 26 February 2021.

Musical roots and influences

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

Personal life

On 20 February 2005 she gave birth to a son person's name Finn, whom she had board her husband Rob Snijders.[20]

She obey not related to Dutch minstrel Dianne van Giersbergen.[21]

Backing band

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

Discography

Main article: Anneke camper Giersbergen discography

Albums

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