Anneke van Giersbergen
Encyclopedia
Anneke van Giersbergen is the former lead singer of the Dutch
progressive
/alternative rock
band The Gathering
which she departed in August 2007. Since then, she has been involved in a solo project called Agua de Annique
which also included her husband & drummer of the band, Rob Snijders
. She now performs under her own name Anneke van Gierbergen with her husband & other members. She has also worked with Lawn
, Farmer Boys
, Ayreon
, Napalm Death
, Novembers Doom
, Moonspell
, Globus
, Arjen Anthony Lucassen
, Giant Squid
, Devin Townsend
, Anathema
and Within Temptation
.
, Netherlands
. By the age of 7, she participated in soundmix
contests
and at age 12 joined her school
choir
and later joined her first rock band.
She played with several bands before becoming part of the duo Bad Breath who played a mix of blues
, jazz
, folk
and funk
. She joined The Gathering
in 1994, and she is most notable for her work with them.
In 1998, she sang on the Ayreon
album Into the Electric Castle
, a concept album telling the tale of an alien entity 'kidnapping' 8 human souls from different times. Anneke portrayed an Egyptian woman from the time of the pharaoh
s.
She appears on the album Rubicon
from John Wetton
and Geoffrey Downes on the tracks "To Catch a Thief" and "Tears of Joy".
She also appears on the 2006 album Smear Campaign
by the grindcore
/death metal
band Napalm Death
, on the tracks "Weltschmerz" and "In Deference," contributing spoken rather than sung vocals "for good effect and relevance to the track."
In June 2006, the epic rock band Globus released the album "Epicon", which included Anneke's vocal and writing contributions. Anneke co-wrote the lyrics for "Mighty Rivers Run", and sang lead vocal on the track as well as dueting with Christine Navarro on the seminal "Diem Ex Dei".
On 5 June 2007 it was announced that Anneke would be leaving The Gathering in August 2007 to focus on a new project, Agua de Annique
, and spend more time with her family.
On 24 November 2007 she performed the song "Somewhere" with Within Temptation
in Eindhoven.
On 7 February 2008 she performed the song "Somewhere" with Within Temptation at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam
featured in the Within Temptation live DVD Black Symphony
.
Anneke also sings on the Ayreon
album 01011001
, released in early 2008. The character she portrays is one of the Forever, an alien being of the same race who kidnapped her character from Into the Electric Castle
.
She sings on "Scorpion Flower" from the album Night Eternal
(2008) from Moonspell
. On 3 December 2008, she performed this song live with Moonspell in the 013, Tilburg
.
Anneke collaborated with Devin Townsend
on his album Addicted in 2009 and sang on most songs on it.
She appears as a guest vocalist on the debut album of The Human Experimente, a project which also features Robert Fripp
, John Wetton
, Adrian Belew
, and Maynard James Keenan
.
Anneke collaborated with Yoav Goren on the song "The Promise", the lead track on Globus
second album "Break From This World". She co-wrote lyrics as well as being a featured vocalist along with Lisbeth Scott
on the track.
In 2011, she performs the track What Could Have Been for Death/doom metal
band Novembers Doom.
Anneke will feature on a track in the upcoming album by English Progressive Rock
band Anathema
, Falling Deeper. She has been touring with the band in South America and will sing the song "Everwake". The album will be released in September 5, 2011.
She is due to release a new album in early 2012 under her own name which will be distributed by the Dutch division of PIAS Recordings
music, but she enjoys rock
and pop
the most. Her main influences are Prince, Ella Fitzgerald
and Thom Yorke
(Radiohead
).
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
progressive
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
/alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band The Gathering
The Gathering (band)
The Gathering is a Dutch alternative rock band, founded in 1989 by brothers Hans and René Rutten and vocalist Bart Smits in the small city of Oss, North Brabant....
which she departed in August 2007. Since then, she has been involved in a solo project called Agua de Annique
Agua de Annique
Agua de Annique is the solo project of the former The Gathering vocalist, Anneke van Giersbergen.- History :The project was announced June 5, 2007, the same day that both The Gathering and Anneke van Giersbergen issued separate announcements that van Giersbergen would leave the band in August.She...
which also included her husband & drummer of the band, Rob Snijders
Agua de Annique
Agua de Annique is the solo project of the former The Gathering vocalist, Anneke van Giersbergen.- History :The project was announced June 5, 2007, the same day that both The Gathering and Anneke van Giersbergen issued separate announcements that van Giersbergen would leave the band in August.She...
. She now performs under her own name Anneke van Gierbergen with her husband & other members. She has also worked with Lawn
Lawn (band)
Lawn is a Dutch Alternative-Indie rock band. They have released two albums: Lawn-dro-mat and Backspace . Their song Fix includes a duet with Anneke van Giersbergen, the former vocalist from fellow Dutch band The Gathering.-Current band members:*Job - vocals/guitars*Titus - vocals/guitars*Maarten...
, Farmer Boys
Farmer Boys (band)
Farmer Boys is a heavy metal band from Stuttgart, Germany. They reached their peak of popularity with their album The World Is Ours, released in 2000; the videos for singles "Here Comes The Pain" and "If You Ever Leave Me Standing" were put into heavy rotation by German alternative music channels...
, Ayreon
Ayreon
Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
, Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
, Novembers Doom
Novembers Doom
Novembers Doom is a death/doom metal band from Chicago, Illinois. They are currently signed to The End Records. Novembers Doom is one of the earliest U.S. death/doom metal bands that are still active today along with Evoken and Rigor Sardonicous....
, Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
, Globus
Globus
Globus is Latin for sphere or globe. It may also refer to:-Business:* Glo-Bus, a global business strategy simulation game* Globus , an Indian clothing retail store* Globus , a Swiss department store chain...
, Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony "Oswold Jr." Lucassen is a progressive metal/rock composer, singer and musician from the Netherlands, best known for his long-running progressive opera project titled Ayreon....
, Giant Squid
Giant Squid (band)
Giant Squid is a post-metal band from San Francisco, California, currently signed to Translation Loss and Vega Vinyl. They were previously signed to The End Records.-Early years :...
, Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
, Anathema
Anathema
Anathema originally meant something lifted up as an offering to the gods; it later evolved to mean:...
and Within Temptation
Within Temptation
Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...
.
Biography
Van Giersbergen was born in Sint-MichielsgestelSint-Michielsgestel
Sint-Michielsgestel is a municipality and a town in the southern part of the Netherlands.Sint-Michielsgestel is located directly south of 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of North Brabant province. Its name refers to archangel St...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. By the age of 7, she participated in soundmix
Audio mixing (recorded music)
In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
contests
Competition
Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...
and at age 12 joined her school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
and later joined her first rock band.
She played with several bands before becoming part of the duo Bad Breath who played a mix of blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
and funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
. She joined The Gathering
The Gathering (band)
The Gathering is a Dutch alternative rock band, founded in 1989 by brothers Hans and René Rutten and vocalist Bart Smits in the small city of Oss, North Brabant....
in 1994, and she is most notable for her work with them.
In 1998, she sang on the Ayreon
Ayreon
Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
album Into the Electric Castle
Into the Electric Castle
Into the Electric Castle is a progressive metal two-disc album released in 1998 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen A. Lucassen. It is the third album of his Ayreon project....
, a concept album telling the tale of an alien entity 'kidnapping' 8 human souls from different times. Anneke portrayed an Egyptian woman from the time of the pharaoh
Pharaoh
Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term "pr-aa" which means "great house" and describes the royal palace...
s.
She appears on the album Rubicon
Icon II: Rubicon (album)
Icon II: Rubicon is a studio album recorded by Asia band members John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes. It is their second under the Icon off-shoot.-Track listing:#"The Die Is Cast" - 6:17#"Finger on the Trigger" - 4:01...
from John Wetton
John Wetton
John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...
and Geoffrey Downes on the tracks "To Catch a Thief" and "Tears of Joy".
She also appears on the 2006 album Smear Campaign
Smear Campaign (album)
-Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals*Shane Embury – bass*Mitch Harris – guitar, backing vocals*Danny Herrera – drums*Anneke van Giersbergen – guest vocals on "In Deference"...
by the grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
/death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
, on the tracks "Weltschmerz" and "In Deference," contributing spoken rather than sung vocals "for good effect and relevance to the track."
In June 2006, the epic rock band Globus released the album "Epicon", which included Anneke's vocal and writing contributions. Anneke co-wrote the lyrics for "Mighty Rivers Run", and sang lead vocal on the track as well as dueting with Christine Navarro on the seminal "Diem Ex Dei".
On 5 June 2007 it was announced that Anneke would be leaving The Gathering in August 2007 to focus on a new project, Agua de Annique
Agua de Annique
Agua de Annique is the solo project of the former The Gathering vocalist, Anneke van Giersbergen.- History :The project was announced June 5, 2007, the same day that both The Gathering and Anneke van Giersbergen issued separate announcements that van Giersbergen would leave the band in August.She...
, and spend more time with her family.
On 24 November 2007 she performed the song "Somewhere" with Within Temptation
Within Temptation
Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...
in Eindhoven.
On 7 February 2008 she performed the song "Somewhere" with Within Temptation at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
featured in the Within Temptation live DVD Black Symphony
Black Symphony
Black Symphony is a live album and DVD from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was released worldwide on September 22–24, 2008 and is available on 2-disc DVD, 2-disc CD, and Blu-ray.- Information :...
.
Anneke also sings on the Ayreon
Ayreon
Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
album 01011001
01011001
01011001 is the seventh studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's long-running Ayreon project. "01011001" is the binary representation of the ASCII value of the letter Y...
, released in early 2008. The character she portrays is one of the Forever, an alien being of the same race who kidnapped her character from Into the Electric Castle
Into the Electric Castle
Into the Electric Castle is a progressive metal two-disc album released in 1998 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen A. Lucassen. It is the third album of his Ayreon project....
.
She sings on "Scorpion Flower" from the album Night Eternal
Night Eternal
Night Eternal is the eighth full-length album by the Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on May 16, 2008 in Europe and on June 10, 2008 in North America...
(2008) from Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
. On 3 December 2008, she performed this song live with Moonspell in the 013, Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
.
Anneke collaborated with Devin Townsend
Devin Townsend
Devin Garret Townsend is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist....
on his album Addicted in 2009 and sang on most songs on it.
She appears as a guest vocalist on the debut album of The Human Experimente, a project which also features Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
, John Wetton
John Wetton
John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...
, Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
, and Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan is an American rock singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor. Originally from Ohio, Keenan spent his high school and college years in Michigan. After serving in the Army in the early 1980s, he attended Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids...
.
Anneke collaborated with Yoav Goren on the song "The Promise", the lead track on Globus
Globus
Globus is Latin for sphere or globe. It may also refer to:-Business:* Glo-Bus, a global business strategy simulation game* Globus , an Indian clothing retail store* Globus , a Swiss department store chain...
second album "Break From This World". She co-wrote lyrics as well as being a featured vocalist along with Lisbeth Scott
Lisbeth Scott
Lisbeth Scott is a vocalist who was featured on the soundtracks for the films The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Munich. For the first film, she co-wrote and performed the song "Where." She also co-wrote and performed "Good...
on the track.
In 2011, she performs the track What Could Have Been for Death/doom metal
Death/doom
Death/doom, sometimes writes as death-doom or deathdoom, is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It combines the slow tempos and pessimistic or depressive mood of doom metal with the deep growling vocals and double kick drumming of death metal...
band Novembers Doom.
Anneke will feature on a track in the upcoming album by English Progressive Rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Anathema
Anathema (band)
Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
, Falling Deeper. She has been touring with the band in South America and will sing the song "Everwake". The album will be released in September 5, 2011.
She is due to release a new album in early 2012 under her own name which will be distributed by the Dutch division of PIAS Recordings
PIAS Recordings
[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
Musical roots and influences
Anneke's musical roots are in classical and jazzJazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
music, but she enjoys rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
the most. Her main influences are Prince, Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
and Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...
(Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
).
Personal
On 20 February 2005 she gave birth to a son named Finn, whom she had with her husband Rob Snijders.Discography
With The Gathering
- MandylionMandylion (album)Mandylion is the third album by the Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering. It was released on August 22, 1995 by Century Media Records. It is their first album to feature vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen...
(1995) - Adrenaline / Leaves - EP (1996)
- Nighttime BirdsNighttime BirdsDisc 2, 1–8 EROC Demo Session recorded at at Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany, Mixed by EROC, November 15th to 30th, 1996. Disc 2, 9–10 recorded at S&K Studios, Doetinchem, Netherlands, September 1st to 4th, 1997. Produced by The Gathering & Dirk Kemper. Taken from the "Kevin's Telescope" EP. Disc...
(1997) - How to measure a planet?How to Measure a Planet?How To Measure A Planet? is fifth studio album by the Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering. It was released on 26 January 1999 by Century Media Records...
(1998) - if then elseIf then else-Additional Musicians on the album:*Bart van Vegchel - French horn [tracks 1, 6, 11]*Ad Verspaandonk - Trombon [tracks 6, 11]*Emmeke Bressers - Oboe [track 6]*Jasper Slotboom - cello [track 6]*Marthe Kalkhoven - cello [track 6]...
(2000) - Superheat - Live (2000)
- Amity - EP (2001)
- Black Light District - EP (2002)
- In Motion - DVD (2002)
- SouvenirsSouvenirs (The Gathering album)The CD version also contains a track in the pregap called "Telson." On the vinyl edition of this album, Telson is the final track.-Personnel:The Gathering* Anneke van Giersbergen – lead vocals/guitars* René Rutten – guitars* Frank Boeijen – keyboards...
(2003) - Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic EveningSleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic EveningSleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening is a live album by the Dutch alternative rock band The Gathering, released in Europe on January 26, 2004 and in the United States on March 9, 2004 by Century Media Records. The album was recorded at The LUX Theatre in Nijmegen, Netherlands on August 22nd,...
- Live (2004) - Accessories - Rarities and B-Sides - Compilation (2005)
- A Sound Relief - DVD (2005)
- HomeHome (The Gathering album)-Personnel:* Anneke van Giersbergen - lead singer/guitars* René Rutten - guitars/flute* Marjolein Kooijman - bass* Hans Rutten - drums* Frank Boeijen - keyboards-External links:*...
(2006) - A Noise SevereA Noise Severe-References:...
- DVD (2007)
With Agua de Annique/Solo
- Air (2007)
- Day After Yesterday - Single (2007)
- Come Wander With Me - Single (2008)
- Pure AirPure Air (album)Pure Air is the second release of the band Agua de Annique formed by the former The Gathering vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen. It was released in 2009. It contains tracks from their first album Air, and also songs featuring Anneke with other artists .- Tracklist :#"The Blower's Daughter Pure Air is...
(2009) - The Blower's Daughter - Single (2009)
- In Parallel with Danny Cavanagh (2009)
- Hey Okay! - Single (2009)
- In Your RoomIn Your Room (Agua de Annique album)In Your Room is the third studio album by Agua de Annique formed by the former The Gathering vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen. It was released on October 30, 2009.- Tracklist :#Pearly#Hey Okay!#I Want#Wonder#The World#Sunny Side Up#Physical...
(2009) - Sunny Side Up - Single (2010)
- Live In Europe (2010)
- Feel Alive - Single (2011)
- Circles - Singles (2011)
- Everything Is Changing (2012)
As guest vocalist
- Farmer BoysFarmer Boys (band)Farmer Boys is a heavy metal band from Stuttgart, Germany. They reached their peak of popularity with their album The World Is Ours, released in 2000; the videos for singles "Here Comes The Pain" and "If You Ever Leave Me Standing" were put into heavy rotation by German alternative music channels...
- CountrifiedCountrified (Farmer Boys album)Countrified is the first full length album of the German heavy metal band Farmer Boys. All of the album's songs make reference to farm life or farm animals. It also has a cover track of Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down Again". The album is the band's heaviest album ever recorded and it strongly...
(1996) - track #9 "Never Let Me Down AgainNever Let Me Down Again"Never Let Me Down Again" is Depeche Mode's nineteenth UK single, released on August 24, 1987, and the second single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses. A relatively moderate hit in the UK, at #22, it was a smash in West Germany, where it hit #2, and a Top 10 success in several other...
" (Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
cover song) - AyreonAyreonAyreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
- Into the Electric CastleInto the Electric CastleInto the Electric Castle is a progressive metal two-disc album released in 1998 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen A. Lucassen. It is the third album of his Ayreon project....
(1998) - Lawn - Backspace - Fix (2004)
- Wetton/Downes: ICON II: RubiconIcon II: Rubicon (album)Icon II: Rubicon is a studio album recorded by Asia band members John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes. It is their second under the Icon off-shoot.-Track listing:#"The Die Is Cast" - 6:17#"Finger on the Trigger" - 4:01...
(2006) tracks #4 and #5 - GlobusGlobus (music)Globus is the commercial name of a mix of producers, musicians and vocalists from the prominent movie trailer music production company Immediate Music...
- Epicon (2006) - Track #2 "Mighty Rivers Run", Track #7 "Diem Ex Dei" - Napalm DeathNapalm DeathNapalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
- Smear CampaignSmear Campaign (album)-Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals*Shane Embury – bass*Mitch Harris – guitar, backing vocals*Danny Herrera – drums*Anneke van Giersbergen – guest vocals on "In Deference"...
(2006) - Tracks 1 & 7, "Weltschmerz", "In Deference" - AyreonAyreonAyreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
- 010110010101100101011001 is the seventh studio album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's long-running Ayreon project. "01011001" is the binary representation of the ASCII value of the letter Y...
(2008) - MoonspellMoonspellMoonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
- Night EternalNight EternalNight Eternal is the eighth full-length album by the Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released on May 16, 2008 in Europe and on June 10, 2008 in North America...
(2008) - Track #4 "Scorpion Flower" - Within TemptationWithin TemptationWithin Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...
- Black SymphonyBlack SymphonyBlack Symphony is a live album and DVD from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was released worldwide on September 22–24, 2008 and is available on 2-disc DVD, 2-disc CD, and Blu-ray.- Information :...
(2008) - Track #10 "Somewhere" (Live Only) - Giant SquidGiant Squid (band)Giant Squid is a post-metal band from San Francisco, California, currently signed to Translation Loss and Vega Vinyl. They were previously signed to The End Records.-Early years :...
- The IchthyologistThe IchthyologistThe Ichthyologist is the second studio album by post-metal band Giant Squid.It was released on February 3, 2009, independently by the band, limited to 1,000 copies in special packaging....
(2009) - Track #6 "Sevengill" - The Devin Townsend Project - AddictedAddicted (Devin Townsend album)Addicted is the twelfth studio album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend, and the second of four albums in The Devin Townsend Project series. The album was released on November 17, 2009 on Townsend's independent record label HevyDevy Records...
(2009) - Within TemptationWithin TemptationWithin Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...
- An Acoustic Night at the TheatreAn Acoustic Night At The TheatreAn Acoustic Night at the Theatre is the second live album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation that has been released in October–November 2009.-History:...
(2009) - Track #6 "Somewhere" (Live Only) - Shane ShuShane ShuShane Shu is a Dutch/Canadian singer-songwriter, producer and photographer from Kamloops, British Columbia. He is best known as a solo artist though he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists and record labels...
- "Push Me to the Ground" Single (2010) - "Push Me To The Ground" (Acoustic Only) (She also performed an acoustic version of "Push Me to the Ground", live with Shane Shu at the Giel Beelen show) - Maiden uniteDMaiden uniteDMaiden uniteD is an acoustic project. Musicians from different bands join together to play an all-acoustic tribute to English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The songs are played with new arrangements.-About:...
- Mind the Acoustic PiecesMind The Acoustic PiecesMind the Acoustic Pieces is the first studio album by Maiden uniteD. It is an all-acoustic reinterpretation of the 1983 Iron Maiden album Piece of Mind with rearranged music for an acoustic setting-Background:...
(2010) - Track #9 "To Tame a Land" (duet with Damian WilsonDamian WilsonDamian Wilson is a singer known in the progressive rock genre. He is lead singer with the band Headspace along with Adam Wakeman and is lead singer for Threshold....
) and "Sun and Steel" (B-side on the single "The Trooper") - Novembers DoomNovembers DoomNovembers Doom is a death/doom metal band from Chicago, Illinois. They are currently signed to The End Records. Novembers Doom is one of the earliest U.S. death/doom metal bands that are still active today along with Evoken and Rigor Sardonicous....
- AphoticAphotic (album)Aphotic is the eighth studio release by Illinois-based death/doom metal band Novembers Doom, adding a more progressive feel to the standard death/doom sound.- Track listing :# "The Dark Host" – 8:06# "Harvest Scythe" – 5:40# "Buried" – 6:32...
(2011) - Track #4 "What Could Have Been" - AnathemaAnathema (band)Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
- Falling Deeper (2011) - Track #5 "Everwake" - GlobusGlobus (music)Globus is the commercial name of a mix of producers, musicians and vocalists from the prominent movie trailer music production company Immediate Music...
- Break From This Wold (2011) - Track #1 "The Promise"