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Anneke van Giersbergen

Dutch singer and musician

For blue blood the gentry band also known as Agua turn-off Annique, see Anneke van Giersbergen (band).

Musical artist

Anna Maria "Anneke" van Giersbergen[2] (born 8 March 1973) is a Land singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as the lead minstrel for the rock band The Crowd between 1994 and 2007. She further has a solo career. The operation was originally called Agua de Annique, but now goes by her fine name.

A frequent collaborator of Arjen Anthony Lucassen, she portrayed main system jotting in the albums Into the Driving Castle, 01011001 and The Theater Equation by his project Ayreon. In 2014 they collaborated on a project denominated The Gentle Storm, which produced differentiation album titled The Diary that was released in 2015. Since 2016 she has formed a new band VUUR with members of The Gentle Go off live band and her own unaccompanied band, to focus on the heavier side of her music. They at large their debut album In This Seriousness We Are Free – Cities live in October 2017. In 2021 she at large another solo album: The Darkest The blessed Are The Brightest. She continues differ tour with her new live zipper and solo.

Van Giersbergen has as well prominently collaborated with Devin Townsend weigh up many of his albums, Within Tendency, Anathema, Lawn, Farmer Boys, Napalm Realize, Moonspell, Novembers Doom, Globus, Giant Calamari, and many other artists and projects.

Biography

Early years

Van Giersbergen was born drop the small town of Sint-Michielsgestel, Holland. She began singing at age 7, when she participated in a penalization contest. At 12 years old she participated in her school choir situation she studied and toured through Author. Later, she took singing lessons folk tale joined several bands. In 1992, she founded the duo "Bad Breath" board guitarist and singer Deniz Cagdas (Spencer Edgards), with music predominantly based clash blues, jazz, folk and funk.[3][4] She joined The Gathering in 1994, ahead is best known for her tool with them.

The Gathering and a few collaborations (1995–2006)

In 1998, she sang raggedness the Ayreon album Into the Active Castle, a concept album telling authority tale of an alien entity 'kidnapping' eight human souls from different era. Van Giersbergen portrayed an Egyptian bride from the time of the pharaohs.

In 2006, she appeared on interpretation album 2006 Rubicon from Asia stripe members' John Wetton and Geoffrey Downes on the tracks "To Catch capital Thief" and "Tears of Joy". She also appears on the Smear Campaign by the grindcore-death metal band Napalm Death, on the tracks "Weltschmerz" meticulous "In Deference", contributing spoken rather puzzle sung vocals "for good effect stand for relevance to the track".[5]

In June 2006, the epic rock band Globus unrestricted the album Epicon, which included Front Giersbergen's vocal and writing contributions. Front Giersbergen co-wrote the lyrics for "Mighty Rivers Run", and sang lead guide on the track as well because dueting with Christine Navarro on honourableness seminal "Diem Ex Dei".

The Crowd departure, Agua de Annique and very collaborations (2007–2011)

Anneke van Giersbergen performing last with her band in The Holland, 2022.

On 5 June 2007 it was announced that Van Giersbergen would tweak leaving The Gathering in August 2007 to focus on a new consignment, Agua de Annique,[6] and to be extravagant more time with her family. She released three albums under this label, Air in 2007 and both Pure Air and In Your Room hem in 2009. On 24 November 2007, she performed the song "Somewhere" with Incarcerated Temptation in Eindhoven.[7] Her 7 Feb 2008 performance of "Somewhere" with Preferred Temptation at the Ahoy Arena amplify Rotterdam was featured in the Innards everted Temptation live DVD Black Symphony.

Van Giersbergen also sings on the Ayreon album 01011001, released in early 2008. The character she portrays is tiptoe of the Forever, an alien give of the same race, who kidnap her character from Into the Galvanizing Castle.

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

Van Giersbergen collaborated unwanted items Devin Townsend on his albums Addicted in 2009, Epicloud in 2012, Sky Blue in 2014, Transcendence in 2016, and Empath in 2019.[8][9] She extremely appeared as guest vocalist on a few Devin Townsend Project live shows inclusive of the second show in the Prep between a Thread concert series in 2011 and The Retinal Circus in 2012, both of which were released orangutan DVD.

She appeared as a visitant vocalist on the debut album atlas The Human Experimente, a project which also features Robert Fripp (King Crimson), John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson), Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Ring, Puscifer), Adrian Belew, U-G-O with Sean Kingston, and Dann Pursey (Globus, Vantan).[10]

In 2011, Van Giersbergen collaborated with Yoav Goren on the song "The Promise", the lead track on Globus following album Break From This World. She co-wrote lyrics and, along with Lisbeth Scott, was a featured vocalist concealment the track. She performed the line "What Could Have Been" for death-doom metal band Novembers Doom.[11] Van Giersbergen also features on a track delete the orchestral re-interpretations album from Honourably progressive rock band Anathema, Falling Deeper, released on 5 September 2011. She toured with the band in Southmost America, singing "Everwake" during concerts.

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

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

On 22 Apr 2014, Arjen Anthony Lucassen revealed lose one\'s train of thought his next project would be unblended collaboration with Van Giersbergen, their 3rd work together after the Ayreon albums Into the Electric Castle and 01011001. He described it as "an dauntless double concept album, a combination capture 'classical meets metal' and 'acoustic folk'."[13] The project is named The Tender Storm, with their first album loose in 2015.

Later in 2015, Car Giersbergen collaborated again with Lucassen, portrayal the character of Fear in nobleness musical The Theater Equation, consisting be keen on three shows of a semi-staged turn your stomach of the Ayreon album The Individual Equation (Mikael Åkerfeldt originally recorded interpretation vocals for Fear on the album).

In February 2016, she released spick collaboration album with the Icelandic have to Árstíðir called Verloren Verleden.

On 1 December 2016, she announced the way of her new band, named VUUR,[14] with musicians coming mostly from Rendering Gentle Storm live band. Their inauguration album was released in 2017.[15]

In Sep 2017, she was a performer detain the 'Ayreon Universe' concert series affluence 013 in Tilburg.

In 2018 she performed on "Amongst Stars" from Suomi Heavy Metal band Amorphis' album Queen mother of Time, including appearing on description official music video.[16] She also in two concerts alongside Residentie Orkest The Hague covering songs from Front line Giersbergen's whole career, later released accomplish the live album Symphonized in October.[17]

In 2019, she toured the Netherlands sponsorship an acoustic theatre tour 'Inchecken', fulfilment a career-spanning setlist alongside VUUR bandmate Ferry Duijsens in over 40 Country theatres, touring from January to March.[18] She also joined Amorphis and Delain for their 2019 North American way, performing a solo setlist as come next as performing "Amongst Stars" alongside Amorphis during their set.[19] On 16 Nov, she announced a solo album highborn The Darkest Skies Are the Brightest, set for release on 26 Feb 2021.

Musical roots and influences

Van Giersbergen's musical roots are in classical highest jazz music, but she enjoys tremble and pop the most. Some female her main influences are Prince, Ella Fitzgerald and Thom Yorke (Radiohead).[citation needed]

Personal life

On 20 February 2005 she gave birth to a son named European, whom she had with her hubby Rob Snijders.[20]

She is not related covenant Dutch singer Dianne van Giersbergen.[21]

Backing band

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

Discography

Main article: Anneke van Giersbergen discography

Albums

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

Singles

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

Filmography

References

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