The Gentle Storm - Premiere First Track Online
After much anticipation and curiosity, you can finally listen to a song from The Gentle Storm, the new band with Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine) and Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend). They are set to release the debut album The Diary on the 23rd of March 2015 through Inside Out Music, and now have revealed the first music to be taken from the record. You can watch the lyric video for the track "Endless Sea (Storm Version)" below. There are two different versions: the acoustic (gentle) and the heavy (storm) version. Is it what you were expecting? Share your impressions!
You can also check out the Gentle version of "Endless Sea" here:
Anneke & Arjen had this to say: "Endless Sea is the album opener and it serves as an introduction to our story-based album. Susanne, the main character, sings about her husband Joseph, who has just sailed out on another long voyage to the Far East. We are very excited to offer everybody a first taste of our forthcoming album with the release of these lyric videos. This is such a special album to the both us."
The album concept is a tale of love, loss, and separation told through the story of two fictional seventeenth-century lovers. A Dutch sailor embarks on a two-year voyage, leaving his wife at home in Holland. The only way for the couple to communicate and keep their love alive during the long separation is through letters. These letters form the basis for the songs on the album.
You can also check out the Gentle version of "Endless Sea" here:
Anneke & Arjen had this to say: "Endless Sea is the album opener and it serves as an introduction to our story-based album. Susanne, the main character, sings about her husband Joseph, who has just sailed out on another long voyage to the Far East. We are very excited to offer everybody a first taste of our forthcoming album with the release of these lyric videos. This is such a special album to the both us."
The album concept is a tale of love, loss, and separation told through the story of two fictional seventeenth-century lovers. A Dutch sailor embarks on a two-year voyage, leaving his wife at home in Holland. The only way for the couple to communicate and keep their love alive during the long separation is through letters. These letters form the basis for the songs on the album.
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| Unhealer Eclecticist Posts: 2311  |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62159  |
Written by Unhealer on 20.01.2015 at 19:14 suppor boring .... it will be supper overrated band from fans and media because there are some stars even I don't consider Anekke as metalhead its like expendables where idea was gather 80's action stars even music was boring, her singing and concept was awesome.
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| AnGina-- Dark Phoenix Posts: 3555  |
Written by Bad English on 20.01.2015 at 19:34 You're still not over that?? #imonlyherebecauseofanneke
---- You think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was a man. But it was nothing to me but blinding.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62159 |
Written by AnGina-- on 20.01.2015 at 19:46 nope, this time music was bad, I even enjoy that calmer version better as 1th one, she was singing good, if this song be different music more less old Nightwish it would be killer . concept and lyrics is good actually, maybe it would work if you keep album booklet or real promotional video (directed by me) but this band already was popular on MS like 5 weeks before music was out so ... its like take best of best metal stars and then 1th album 100% hip hop 
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| TheMAGAmvm Soycrusher Posts: 1086  |
Musical wise, this isn't anything amazing. Quite dull though. What pulls this song together is Anneke's performance. Ain't a fan, but after following her for such a long time, I realized that she knows what she is doing. It seems to me like Arjen has started to pay way too much attention on the album concept and neglecting the music overall. I got this feeling from his last Ayreon album after many listenings. I just hope that this album won't be along the lines of this song...
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62159 |
Written by TheMAGAmvm on 20.01.2015 at 20:11 I never have heard any of his albums fooly .. I start it and its boring so ...
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| TheMAGAmvm Soycrusher Posts: 1086 |
Written by Bad English on 20.01.2015 at 20:15 Actually I liked his work in Ambeon and a couple of his works in Ayreon. Also his Star One project. He has made decent to very good albums but I doubt he will ever top The Human Equation. That album is beyond brilliance.
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| Gothmog_Motsham Posts: 665  |
I listened to the storm version thinking it will have awesome death metal riffs or something with fast tempo  Needless to say I was too disappointed to listen to the gentle version 
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| Mehdi Taba Mehdi Taba Posts: 437  |
Umm great as always  I love Arjen Anthony Lucassen ''Genius'', Anneke Van Giersbergen is great too, I'm really looking forward to this.   
---- Stop seeing things and people in a binary way. Everything has its own spectrum and complexity. Be patient and learn about the world.
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| Byners Posts: 215  |
Not a bad song at all.
---- "Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost..."
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| JohnDoe Account deleted |
JohnDoe
Account deleted Quote: '"fooly"? You are so unintentionally funny a lot of times (damn homophones); so yea, listening to some Ayreon albums is a foolish idea. back to the song - nothing special, rather dull indeed, although Anneke sings beautifully, as usual, but sadly it's not enough I dare say. I'd rather listen to a solo album of hers, her last one from 2013 was great, I loved it. 
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| Darth Mitchell Mitchell Posts: 84  |
Written by Bad English on 20.01.2015 at 19:34 What? She sings on Devin Townsends Addicted, Epicloud and Z2. And she has a lot of guest vocals on other metalalbums (Novembers Doom, Napalm Death, Within Temptation & Maiden United for example).
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62159 |
Written by Darth Mitchell on 21.01.2015 at 22:09 as person, you know music what she listens home and so on same as Tarja compare old NW whit her sole where are more metal ... and I don't like Devin Towsend at all
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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JohnDoe
Account deleted Written by Bad English on 21.01.2015 at 22:10 - are you at it again? how is it even relevent if Anneke is a metalhead or not? Anyway, as it's already been said, she collaborated with Devin Townsend and those albums are metal albums (the fact that you don't like Devin, again irrelevent, so poor Anneke who's not a metalhead in your opinions, sang on them). She's been invited and sang on many albums in metal as I see written above. First two albums she did with The Gathering are metal albums, give her credit for that at least! So no offense, are you a poser or a purist? LOL
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| Darth Mitchell Mitchell Posts: 84 |
Written by [user id=17278] on 22.01.2015 at 08:55 I'm a fan dude.
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JohnDoe
Account deleted Written by Darth Mitchell on 22.01.2015 at 15:13 the question was for K7
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| Darth Mitchell Mitchell Posts: 84 |
Written by [user id=17278] on 22.01.2015 at 15:26 I was just awake. :
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| Saidar Posts: 20  |
Dislike the lyrical approach here, the whole "woman-wailing-and-waiting-for-her-loved-one" seems kinda uninspired and a bit obvious (?) I know it's Anneke who wrote the lyrics but it might be the right time for Lucassen to start introducing some interesting female-sung lyrics next time around; he makes such great male characters yet the women always seem to have the supporting role, even when they're clearly the "lead", like the case here. Nevertheless, some beautiful harmonies sung by Anneke in this song. Metal music still has to find someone as talented and versatile as this amazing vocalist, her albums with the Gathering are true treasures.
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| Nocturno-Inculto Posts: 38  |
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