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Anneke Van Giersbergen - 'Darkest Skies Solo Acoustic Tour' Announced

Anneke Van Giersbergen is excited to announce newly confirmed shows for her 'Darkest Skies Solo Acoustic Tour' over Europe. British musician Heather Findlay will join Anneke on this run as a special guest.

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Band profile: Anneke Van Giersbergen
Posted: 31.05.2021 by Abattoir | Comments (0)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - New Solo Album Coming Next February

Dutch performer Anneke Van Giersbergen proudly announces The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest, a brand new solo album. The effort of 11 new songs will be officially released on February 26th, 2021.

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Posted: 16.11.2020 by Abattoir | Comments (2)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - New Live Album Out Today

Today is the official release day of Anneke Van Giersbergen's new live album, Let The Light In (in collaboration with Kamerata Zuid chamber orchestra). The album was recorded by Jonathan Heywood, mixed by Guido Aalbers at Giesound and mastered by Darius van Helfteren. Hajo Müller designed the album cover. The entire music output is now available for listening via Bandcamp down under.

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Posted: 31.07.2020 by Abattoir | Comments (2)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - Releasing Live Album

Singer Anneke Van Giersbergen has just announced the release of a 11-track live album called Symphonized. It will be released on November 16th through Inside Out Music. In May 2018, Anneke Van Giersbergen performed two career-spanning concerts with orchestral arrangements together with Residentie Orkest The Hague.

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Posted: 04.09.2018 by BloodTears | Comments (1)


Amorphis - Share Video Clip Feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen

As you know, Finnish melancholic progressive metallers Amorphis have just released Queen Of Time, their latest offering, via Nuclear Blast! In addition, the band unveiled the music video of the third single "Amongst Stars" featuring singer Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering, The Gentle Storm, Vuur). Watch the final result below and check out the entire album if you still haven't.

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Band profile: Amorphis
Posted: 19.05.2018 by BloodTears | Comments (20)


Amorphis - Share Live Track Video Feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen

Finnish masters of melancholic progressive metal Amorphis recently played special shows ("An Evening With Friends" at Juhlaviikot - Huvila) in Helsinki, where they performed a very special setlist with guest musicians and friends. These shows will be part of the new tour edition which is scheduled to be released on February 24th via Nuclear Blast. The package includes the entire album Under The Red Cloud with two bonus songs as well as the live tracks in Helsinki. So, the band unveils the first video to one of these live tracks. The video shows the song "Her Alone" featuring Anneke van Giersbergen, which is the last song of the bonus CD. You can watch the clip here.

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Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Amorphis
Posted: 15.02.2017 by BloodTears | Comments (4)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - Launches New Band Vuur

Anneke Van Giersbergen has a new band! The Dutch singer has just announced Vuur, which is about to record its debut album. The band also features members from The Gentle Storm project, including drummer Ed Warby, bassist Johan Van Stratum, guitarist Ferry Duijsens, and singer Marcela Bovio. Guitarist Jord Otto is also in the band. These past few months, they have been busy writing and rehearsing songs for their debut album that will be recorded early next year and released in the fall of 2017 via InsideOut Music. Be prepared for something heavy, melodic and progressive.

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Band profile: Anneke Van Giersbergen
Posted: 01.12.2016 by BloodTears | Comments (8)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - Releasing Agua De Annique Box Set

Anneke Van Giersbergen recently announced the release of Day After Yesterday on the 15th of June 2015. This a 4CD box set collecting four Agua De Annique albums including Air (including one bonus track), Pure Air, In Your Room and Live In Europe. The release also features additional photos and artwork as well as extensive liner notes.

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Posted: 17.05.2015 by BloodTears | Comments (0)


Arjen Lucassen - Reveals Name Of Project With Anneke Van Giersbergen

As you'll probably already know, the man behind Ayreon, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, is now busy with a new project involving singer Anneke Van Giersbergen, about which you can read more here. The most recent news about it is that the name for the band has now been revealed, and it is The Gentle Storm. Moreover, it seems like Anneke will play live with the band next year, while Arjen, judging by his replies to his fans' Facebook comments, won't, as he "stopped playing live a long time ago."

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Band profile: Ayreon
Posted: 10.09.2014 by R Lewis | Comments (8)


Arjen Lucassen - Updates On Album With Anneke Van Giersbergen

Back in April, Ayreon's mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen revealed that he was working on a new project, a double album with singer Anneke Van Giersbergen (Anneke Van Giersbergen, Devin Townsend, ex-The Gathering). If you were curious to know more about it, Arjen just gave an update and the album is already being recorded. Bassist Johan van Stratum (Stream Of Passion) will play bass on the album and Ed Warby recorded the drums. Rob Snijders, who played drums on Ayreon's The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer and on Arjen's solo album Lost In The New Real, also recorded percussion.

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Posted: 27.08.2014 by BloodTears | Comments (7)


The Sirens - Liv Kristine, Anneke Van Giersbergen & Kari Rueslåtten In Concert

Three great female metal singers will join forces for a few shows across Europe this year. Liv Kristine, Anneke van Giersbergen and Kari Rueslåtten, will be together on stage. They will perform old material from their past bands, such as The Gathering, The 3rd And The Mortal and Theatre Of Tragedy, as well as some material from their careers as solo artists and also duets.

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Posted: 03.06.2014 by toxx | Comments (34)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - Streaming New Song

Dutch singer Anneke Van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) is currently streaming the title track of her new album Drive. The album is due to be released on the 23rd September in Europe and October 15th in North America on InsideOut. You can finally hear the result of Anneke's hard work on the video below.

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Posted: 31.08.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (7)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - New Album Detailed

Former The Gathering singer Anneke Van Giersbergen, whom has also collaborated with Devin Townsend, Anathema, Moonspell and many others, has announced the details of her new album which follows Everything Is Changing released at the beginning of last year. That must mean the creative juices have been flowing nicely. Drive will be the title of her new solo effort, to be released on September 27th.

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Posted: 04.07.2013 by BloodTears | Comments (2)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - New Album Update, European Tour Announced

Dutch singer/pianist Anneke Van Giersbergen has unveiled the release date of her new single and upcoming album. Single will be released on August 23rd, while the album will be out on September 27th, 2013. Anneke has also announced an European tour for this coming October/November. All confirmed dates can be found below. Support on the road will be Swedish rock band Minora (dates from 16.10. to 02.11.).

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Event: Anneke Van Giersbergen: European Tour 2013
Posted: 17.05.2013 by Abattoir | Comments (3)


Anneke Van Giersbergen - Announces Two Exclusive US Shows

Former The Gathering singer Anneke Van Giersbergen has announced that she will play two exclusive US shows in Chicago at the end of March next year. American metallers Novembers Doom will also be performing on both nights. This will be Anneke's solo debut in the US. Her last album was Everything Is Changing, released earlier this year.

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Band profile: Anneke Van Giersbergen
Posted: 28.12.2012 by BloodTears | Comments (2)