Netherlands' angel-voiced rock music poet: Who is Anneke van Giersbergen?
Anneke Van Giersbergen, who made a worldwide impact as the vocalist of The Gathering band in the 2000s, has stood out as one of the most productive names in Europe with her solo and collaborative works since 2007.
We first met Anneke, a composer, guitarist, and pianist, as the vocalist and composer of The Gathering band between 1994 and 2007. The band, which guided the melancholy of our early youth and is one of the representatives of atmospheric gothic metal, recorded albums with four different vocalists until 1994 and shook the metal world with the album "Mandylion" (1995), which was Anneke's first vocal work with the band. The following albums are “Nighttime Birds” (1997), “How To Measure A Planet?” (1999), “If Then Else” (2000), and “Souvenirs” (2003). The band gradually started to produce darker alternative rock works by withdrawing their style from gothic metal. In 2004, they recorded “Sleepy Buildings” as a semi-acoustic performance recorded in two nights. launched as.
Anna Maria "Anneke" van Giersbergen (born 8 March 1973) is a Dutch singer, songwriter and guitarist who became known worldwide as the lead singer for the rock band The Gathering between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The project was originally called Agua de Annique, but now goes by her own name.
Following the release of the album "Home" in April 2006, Anneke parted ways with the band on June 5, 2007, announcing that she would focus on the project called "Agua de Annique". This separation deeply saddened many of The Gathering and Anneke fans like me. Nothing would ever be the same again. We enjoyed legendary songs such as Nighttime Birds, Saturnine, El Anor, Marooned, Amity, and Strange Machines.
After leaving The Gathering, the heavenly-voiced singer Devin Townsend focused on her solo career, which she initially called Agua de Annique and continues under her own name today. She did vocal work on the project.
The angelic voice of Holland, which left a deep impression on our souls as an atmospheric female vocalist, broke our hearts even more with her duets with Anathema.
In 2022, she released the album 'The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest', with its fascinating songs, lyrically and musically decorated with acoustic guitars, strings, wind orchestra, percussion, and Anneke's hypnotic vocal harmonies.