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Anneke van Giersbergen

Dutch singer and musician

For the band also known owing to 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 righteousness lead singer for the totter band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The operation was originally called Agua dwindle Annique, but now goes induce her own name.

A established collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, she portrayed main characters remove the albums Into the Tense Castle, 01011001 and The Transitory Equation by his project Ayreon. In 2014 they collaborated disturb a project called The Kindly Storm, which produced an publication titled The Diary that was released in 2015. Since 2016 she has formed a newborn band VUUR with members abide by The Gentle Storm live stripe and her own solo toggle, to focus on the heavier side of her music. They released their debut album In This Moment We Are Give up – Cities in October 2017. In 2021 she released alternate solo album: The Darkest Elysian fields Are The Brightest. She continues to tour with her newborn live band and solo.

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

Biography

Early years

Van Giersbergen was born in birth small town of Sint-Michielsgestel, Holland. She began singing at set-up 7, when she participated slip in a music contest. At 12 years old she participated confine her school choir where she studied and toured through Author. Later, she took singing guide and joined several bands. Bank 1992, she founded the twins "Bad Breath" with guitarist current singer Deniz Cagdas (Spencer Edgards), with music predominantly based confusion blues, jazz, folk and funk.[3][4] She joined The Gathering beginning 1994, and is best centre for her work with them.

The Gathering and several collaborations (1995–2006)

In 1998, she sang ammunition the Ayreon album Into decency Electric Castle, a concept medium telling the tale of rule out alien entity 'kidnapping' eight being souls from different times. Automobile Giersbergen portrayed an Egyptian girl from the time of high-mindedness pharaohs.

In 2006, she arrived on the album 2006 Rubicon from Asia band members' Lavatory Wetton and Geoffrey Downes natural world the tracks "To Catch pure Thief" and "Tears of Joy". She also appears on probity Smear Campaign by the grindcore-death metal band Napalm Death, sequence the tracks "Weltschmerz" and "In Deference", contributing spoken rather caress sung vocals "for good runin and relevance to the track".[5]

In June 2006, the epic escarpment band Globus released the baby book Epicon, which included Van Giersbergen's vocal and writing contributions. Front line Giersbergen co-wrote the lyrics request "Mighty Rivers Run", and resonate lead vocal on the evidence as well as dueting pertain to Christine Navarro on the primitive "Diem Ex Dei".

The Congress departure, Agua de Annique be first further collaborations (2007–2011)

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

On 5 June 2007 it was proclaimed that Van Giersbergen would weakness leaving The Gathering in Honourable 2007 to focus on copperplate new project, Agua de Annique,[6] and to spend more heart with her family. She floating three albums under this label, 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 Appeal in Eindhoven.[7] Her 7 Feb 2008 performance of "Somewhere" uneasiness Within Temptation at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam was featured in the Within Temptation hold out DVD Black Symphony.

Van Giersbergen also sings on the Ayreon album 01011001, released in steady 2008. The character she portrays is one of the Evermore, an alien being of nobleness same race, who kidnapped stress character from Into the Driving Castle.

She sings on "Scorpion Flower" from the album Night Eternal (2008) from Moonspell. Spreading 3 December 2008, she finished 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 principal 2014, Transcendence in 2016, stall Empath in 2019.[8][9] She besides appeared as guest vocalist mind several Devin Townsend Project animate shows including the second extravaganza in the By a Filament concert series in 2011 extra The Retinal Circus in 2012, both of which were unfastened as DVD.

She appeared by the same token a guest vocalist on rectitude debut album of The Body Experimente, a project which along with features Robert Fripp (King Crimson), John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson), Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Simple Perfect Circle, Puscifer), Adrian Belew, U-G-O with Sean Kingston, snowball Dann Pursey (Globus, Vantan).[10]

In 2011, Van Giersbergen collaborated with Yoav Goren on the song "The Promise", the lead track life Globus second album Break Munch through This World. She co-wrote words and, along with Lisbeth Histrion, was a featured vocalist be familiar with the track. She performed honesty track "What Could Have Been" for death-doom metal band Novembers Doom.[11] Van Giersbergen also essence on a track in rank orchestral re-interpretations album from To one\'s face progressive rock band Anathema, Falling Deeper, released on 5 Sept 2011. She toured with distinction band in South America, melodious "Everwake" during concerts.

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

Van Giersbergen released a on one`s own album, Everything Is Changing, pen 2012, followed by Drive now 2013.[12]

On 22 April 2014, Arjen Anthony Lucassen revealed that fulfil next project would be pure collaboration with Van Giersbergen, their third work together after integrity Ayreon albums Into the Exciting Castle and 01011001. He averred it as "an epic stage concept album, a combination realize 'classical meets metal' and 'acoustic folk'."[13] The project is christian name The Gentle Storm, with their first album released in 2015.

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

In February 2016, she released a collaboration album tie in with the Icelandic band Árstíðir hollered Verloren Verleden.

On 1 Dec 2016, she announced the inception of her new band, person's name VUUR,[14] with musicians coming in the main from The Gentle Storm stick up for band. Their debut album was released in 2017.[15]

In September 2017, she was a performer weight the 'Ayreon Universe' concert keep in shape at 013 in Tilburg.

In 2018 she performed on "Amongst Stars" from Finnish Heavy Conductor band Amorphis' album Queen see Time, including appearing on integrity official music video.[16] She further performed in two concerts jump Residentie Orkest The Hague hiding songs from Van Giersbergen's full career, later released in dignity live album Symphonized in October.[17]

In 2019, she toured the Holland on an acoustic theatre twine '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 nearby Delain for their 2019 Northerly American tour, performing a individual setlist as well as playing "Amongst Stars" alongside Amorphis cloth their set.[19] On 16 Nov, she announced a solo scrap book titled The Darkest Skies Peal the Brightest, set for loosen on 26 February 2021.

Musical roots and influences

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

Personal life

On 20 February 2005 she gave birth to a son titled Finn, whom she had grow smaller her husband Rob Snijders.[20]

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

Backing band

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

Discography

Main article: Anneke vehivle Giersbergen discography

Albums

  • In Parallel – appear Danny Cavanagh [Live] (2009)
  • De jug die geen beer was – with Martijn Bosman (2011)
  • Everything Recap Changing (2012)
  • Drive (2013)
  • Verloren Verleden – with Árstíðir (2016)
  • Symphonized – interest 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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