THE GATHERING / AGUA DE ANNIQUE/Anneke van Giersbergen
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Anneke van Giersbergen (Lawn, The Farmer Boys, Ayreon et Napalm Death.)
The Gathering is a Dutch band which came to fame in the second half of 1990s with vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen.
Their first two albums, Always... (1992) and Almost a Dance (1993), which played a part in the formation of gothic metal, were recorded with four different vocalists. Their subsequent release, Mandylion (1995), featured the debut of Anneke van Giersbergen singing with the band for the first time.
Their following studio albums Nighttime Birds (1997), How To Measure A Planet? (1999), if_then_else (2000) and Souvenirs (2003) showed the progression of the band from gothic-influenced metal to a somber alternative rock. Sleepy Buildings, released in 2004, is a live semi-acoustic performance recorded by the band over a course of two nights.
The band's latest album is called Home and was released in Europe and North America in April 2006.
On June 5, 2007 it was announced that Anneke is going to leave The Gathering in August 2007 to focus on a new project, Agua de Annique.
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Current members
René Rutten - guitars/flute (1989-present)
Marjolein Kooijman - bass (2004-present)
Hans Rutten - drums (1989-present)
Frank Boeijen - keyboards (1990-present)
Former members
Anneke van Giersbergen - lead singer/guitars (1994-2007)
Niels Duffhues - singer/guitars (1993-1994)
Jelmer Wiersma - guitars (1989-1998)
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass (1989-2004)
Martine van Loon - singer/backing vocals (1993-1994)
Bart Smits - singer (1989-1993)
Marike Groot - singer/backing vocals (1992-1993)
Studio albums
Always... (1992) Foundation 2000
Almost a Dance (1993) Foundation 2000
Mandylion (1995) Century Media Sold: 130 000
Nighttime Birds (1997) Century Media Sold: 90 000
How To Measure A Planet? (1998) Century Media Sold: 80 000
if_then_else (2000) Century Media Sold: 65 000
Souvenirs (2003) Psychonaut Records Sold: 40 000
Home (2006) Noise/The End
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Agua de Annique is a solo project of Anneke van Giersbergen, the former vocalist of The Gathering. The project was announced on 2007-06-05, 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 her new bandmates laid down some basic tracks at the Waterfront Studios in Rotterdam and recorded overdubs at The Void in Eindhoven, as well as in the comfort of her own home studio. Several of these songs have been made available on the band's official web site. A track, Ice Water, has been said to feature additional vocals by Kristin Fjellseth, Jeffrey Fayman created a string arrangement for a song called "." Heleen de Witte is said to play flute on unspecified tracks while Timothy Conroy provides some trumpet work. They released an album called "Air" at the end of 2007, mixed by Jon Anders Narum. The album was leaked to the internet on the 14th of October.
Members
Anneke van Giersbergen - lead singer/piano
Joris Dirks - guitars/vocals
Jacques de Haard - bass
Rob Snijders - drums
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Van Giersbergen joined The Gathering in 1994.
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 pharaohs.
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" "... for good effect and relevance to the track."
On June 5, 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 November 24, 2007 she performed the song "Somewhere" with Within Temptation in Eindhoven.
On February 7, 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. 3 December 2008 she performed this song live with Moonspell in the 013, Tilburg.
Discography
With The Gathering:
* Mandylion (1995)
* Adrenaline / Leaves - EP (1996)
* Nighttime Birds (1997)
* How to measure a planet? (1998)
* if then else (2000)
* Superheat - Live (2000)
* Amity - EP (2001)
* Black Light District - EP (2002)
* In Motion - DVD (2002)
* Souvenirs (2003)
* Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening - Live (2004)
* Accessories - Rarities and B-Sides - Compilation (2005)
* A Sound Relief - DVD (2005)
* Home (2006)
* A Noise Severe - DVD (2007)
With Agua de Annique:
* Air (2007)
* Pure Air (2009)
As guest vocalist:
* Farmer Boys - Countrified (1996) - track #9 Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode cover song)
* Lawn - Backspace (1997) - Fix
* Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle (1998)
* Wetton/Downes: ICON II (2006) - Rubicon tracks #4 and #5
* Globus - Epicon (2006) - Track #2 Mighty Rivers Run, Track #7 Diem Ex Dei
* Napalm Death - Smear Campaign (2006) - Tracks 1 & 7, "Weltschmerz", "In Deference"
* Ayreon - 01011001 (2008)
* Moonspell - Night Eternal (2008) - Track #4 Scorpion Flower
* Within Temptation - Black Symphony (2008) - Track #10 Somewhere (Live Only)
* Giant Squid - The Ichthyologist (2009) - Track #6 Sevengill
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