Yes, Anneke is the real deal in every way! The Gathering and their song 'Strange Machines' (1995) is the main reason Floor Jansen got 'into metal' as a teenager. :-)

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

And she is even joking with the audience. :-)

@marcovtjev

4 жыл бұрын

@@Immortall1408 search for her impression of Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time (I believe a concert in Paris) on YT. And yes, Strange Machines is what sold me too, specially the Pinkpop appearances. Later I saw her with Agua de Anique opening for the Smashing Pumpkins and recently here 25yrs artist anniversary show in Eindhoven.

@hansevers3671

4 жыл бұрын

I thought Sharon and Within Temptation where the trigger.

@pasatore

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Hans Evers, even though Sharon is a very nice person I reckon, vocally speaking she is not even allowed to tie Anneke's shoe-laces. Different leagues...

@SaschaFenris

2 жыл бұрын

@@pasatore But Within Temptation and The Gathering started nearly in the same times :-) They even performed together the song "Somewhere". They started as symphonic metal and The Gatering developed more into progressive metal. I've seen them both on the same festivals in the late 90th.

Anneke paved the way for singers like Floor Janssen and Simone Simons. Vuur got Great musician's too btw. most of them also appear on some projects of Arjen Lucassen like Star one, Ayreon. Maybe you should react to AYREON with the day that the world breaks down and you will see what i meant.

@BluuurghAg9

3 жыл бұрын

Is that Ed Warby on drums?

I saw her in 1994 with The Gathering. She was so impressive! The ease with which she was able to hit every note and at the time her cheer leaders dances wer so mesmerizing. I believe every boy in the hall fell in love within the first few seconds of her performance.

One of the best, most charming, most excellent female singers around. Love her since her records with The Gathering.

Anneke is the most captivating talented should on this planet. My favorite human in general. I'm so happy when people find her and connect. What a gift,

@novaestrella2571

3 жыл бұрын

I Agree, her voice and stage presence are addictive: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5mCvI-fYLm4j6g.html

Thank you for reacting to Anneke van Giersbergen 💕 Greetings from The Netherlands

I'll never forget seeing Anneke live, just her and an acoustic guitar playing rock and metal covers in her very special and unique way ...

this song is already 23y old :o The Gathering - Leaves is a nice song from first album with her (1995), definitely official video, you can see young Anneke

Anneke started Floor her career with her performance on PinkPop 1996, the Gathering Strange Machines. There is nice footage of that performance. A quick google will be enough.

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

or a link here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y3yJr9minrmYcbQ.html

Anneke is such a great vocalist, especially live she is just mesmerizing. Great reaction, I'm happy to see you rock with more Dutch metal ladies!

The best song to react to Anneke is "Travel" by The Gathering, it's very emotional, and the way she sings it... I promise you'll get goosebumps. The other song you should listen is "Waking Hour" also by The Gathering, in this one she needs a lot of breath control.

@joslauwers7960

4 жыл бұрын

3rd to Travel try to get a copy with lyrics and appreciate the story she is telling.

@Mr713mexican

4 жыл бұрын

Mine is Herbal Movement and Sand and Mercury

@Muusfulify

3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my TG songs♥️

@frankseta3102

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Leaves... Eleanor... Strange Machines... Saturnine... ;)

@typeviic1

3 жыл бұрын

Uhm, Sand And Mercury has to be the most sad of all the songs by The Gathering

She is absolute incredible. Anneke is ridiculous!!!!

Hi Valerie, wonderful reaction. You find Anneke together with her new band Vuur, but you have to do more research on her and I promise you, you will discover an amazing artist who starts her career as a jazz singer and switched later (1994) to rock/ metal. She has the ability to sign in every music style from classical to rock, pop, metal, folk. On KZread you can find almost every thing she did. Enjoy and found out why she was and is an inspiration for a lot of singers.

👍I was present at this festival, still my favorite 🤘Love that you again are covering Anneke!

The Dutch Godmother of Goth/symphonic Metal....a musically deeeep rabbit hole to go...

@leafapple518

4 жыл бұрын

i'd say they were more of doom/prog metal :P

@Mr713mexican

4 жыл бұрын

Leaf Apple i agree

@Muusfulify

3 жыл бұрын

♥️

I would recommend Anneke singing the song Travel from her former band The Gathering. Make sure you choose the live version of Travel with ‘TG25’ in the titel!

I heard this song live and her voice just resonate in you.....

How wonderful to wake this morning and find a reaction to Anneke. She’s someone I’ve followed for years and just adore. Her beautiful vocals and personality shine through each time she performs. My favorite work of hers is when she’s stripped down with just a guitar. You can really hear and appreciate her talent that way. Here’s a link to an example of that. I hope you enjoy it and maybe react to it. Thanks! kzread.info/dash/bejne/f5N-udFwhNW_h5s.html

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

I really, really like her rendition of Jolene.

@QnA22

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe even more pure: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3up3Ntme9SagLA.html piano.She was so young here, but talent shines through and through. Note Sharon den Adel in the back and Beste Zangers presenter Jan Smit.

@randywhite1724

4 жыл бұрын

My e Mail Account Oh my! I had t seen that video before. Thx for sharing. She is indeed so young but the talent was there. Wonder when this was recorded?

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

@@randywhite1724 I would say between 2000 and 2005, because she had "black" hair in 2004.

@randywhite1724

4 жыл бұрын

Immortall1408 She’s 47 now so that would have made her 27. She looks even younger in that video but I’m no good at telling people’s ages. Back when MTV played music.

I've been a fan of the Gathering since the 90s. This song is not from Vuur but from the album Nightime Birds by the Gathering where Anneke was the singer. But of course still a great performance! I recommend the song Travel from the Gathering with Anneke

Having to choose a favorite song from Anneke it's impossible. She's unstoppable, prog metal, prog rock, metal, opera rock, acoustic etc.. She's doing everything since at least 25 years. However, i have a choise more personal for Anneke. It's Zo Lief. It's the only song she does in dutch and it's about what she felt when she give birth to her son. It's a very sweet song, like a ear hug

Go for your dreams, in positive music, welcome to the Netherlands /Europe

Another dutch band. Delain - Masters of Destiny. The singer is Charlotte Wessels. And she is another dutch powerhouse. This song WILL blow you away.

1995 i fell in love with her, like every man that year. If you look at Pinkpop strange machine you understand why. Energie, pure energie!

I hope in future to be able to have a duet with the Goddess, Anneke.

Dianne van Giersbergen (no relation) from Exlibris often gets overlooked; another fantastic singer over ambitious music. She reminds me of Floor's singing in After Forever a bit.

Not only a beautiful vocalist, but truly a beautiful character

Anneke also does acoustic concerts. I like her song Leaves.

It is Anneke who we have to thank for the amazing metal singers of today (the Dutch ones) Singers like Simone Simons, Sharon den Adel, Charlotte Wessels and ofc Floor Jansen all are inspired to make the music they make, by Anneke and her former band The Gathering. And its obvious why because not only was she one of the first to do this style and make it big, she is one hell of a performer and singer. And they say metal is not very alive in the Netherlands... well... i dunno about that, if the leading Metal acts are all fronted by Dutch singers... i'm guessing we're doing something right hehehe Ty for the upload :D

@Rosannasfriend

4 жыл бұрын

Simone was inspired by Tarja.

@j0hnn13K

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rosannasfriend I know Tarja was important to her, but as far as i know, Anneke is also one of her inspirations. so the statement still stands hehe

@corneliusantonius3108

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rosannasfriend You are both right just like Floor it was Tarja and Annekem Greetings from the Netherlands 🐱‍👤😎👍

Yes! I love Anneke!! Saw her perform with The Gathering twice, and it was a special experience both times. Others have mentioned some great suggestions for more to listen to; "Travel" is indeed amazing, but "Waking Hour" has a special place in my heart; it's a song about recovering from defeat, loss, etc and learning to love yourself, and it was a comfort for me to listen to when i felt very down: "Falling down/start again/life can get you down/the monumental truth/of elegance in you/falling for a part of who you are/ that makes you shine inside"

Please more from the Gathering !!!

I love Anneke!! This is a 20 year old plus song from her first band The Gathering , witch she joined in 94 ,awesome songs there , she also has a long standing collaboration with Devin Townsend, The song Grace from the retinal circus is a great song and epic and it’s a promo video and should be good to react to , she has collaborated with more musicians and bands than I can name and sang for the Dali lama and king of Holland , my favorite song and performance from her is Travel from her band The Gathering from the A sound relief concert , and she is beautiful and still kicking ass at 46 years old

And above all, she's a sweetheart. After a concert here in São Paulo she just hanged out with fans.

I really hope you go down the rabbit hole with her too! Songs I recommend where Anneke sings is Sand and Mercury, On Most Surfaces, Earth is My Witness, Herbal Movement. Do not do the live ones though, ima huge fan of hers but sometimes she tends to over do the vibrating voice thing in live settings.

Vuur is pronounced pretty much like the German 'für' (like in 'Für Elise') but with the 'ü' sound drawn out a little bit. Ow, and don't forget to also roll the 'r', we roll them ;) The word is Dutch and means 'fire'.

she is a legend...

There are a lot of metal bands in Europe, especially in Scandinavia, for instance Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Symphony X, Poverty no Crime and not to forget The Flower Kings and Pain of Salvation expecially the album BE, the orchestral performance. Just have a listen lady. Btw I’m 68 years old and still enjoy that kind of music. If you want to know more, just let me know. Bye.

Definitly check out the 'A sound relief' dvd. They advanced from the harder metal to more ambient electric prog rock, dont know how to call it. But its awesome and deep.

Vuur translates as fire.

@ChrisPage68

4 жыл бұрын

Or passion.

Anneke van Giersbergen going strong !!! 💕🐱‍👤🌹 Anneke van Giersbergen and Devin Townsend with the song "IH AH" 😎🐱‍👤👌

@Carrinthe

4 жыл бұрын

yes please. There is also a live version of Higher with Devin and Anneke and that's great too.

Yeah, Anneke. Can't wait to see her live in 2 weeks. The Anneke goes to Church tour.... (Playing in churches..) www.annekevangiersbergen.com/tour-updates/anneke-goes-to-church-dutch-tour/

@ChrisPage68

4 жыл бұрын

Amen! Hallelujah! It's the only reason - other than weddings/funerals you'd get me in a church.

So much power, so hypnotic. Try travel or Kevin's telescope from the gathering, her first band

there is 3rd and the mortal, but Anneke and the gathering completely change the landscape of metal and music and is the greatest there is. She is also very incredibly friendly

Ed Warby (drums) the bald guitarist (Ferry Duijsens, I think) and Anneke are regular members of the Prog rock supergroup Ayreon. Vuur's first (and sadly last) album " In This Moment We Are Free - Cities" is one I would highly recommend to you, Valerie. ❤️

She is amazing in talent and personality. She started in the 1990s with The Gathering (you MUST watch her do their hit Strange Machines live 1996 at Pinkfest.. Massive energy and joy.) Later before Vuur Anneke had a band called The Gentle Storm. She also recorded solos and worked with a couple full Orchestras. But here is a haunting tune that shows yet another mood. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGeOl5SsqLi0l6Q.html

Yes, you are right. She influenced Floor greatly and inspired her by her on-stage behaviour. There are a number of songs on KZread in which Anneke just sings with a guitar. She was one of the trend-setters in 1990s along with women like Liv Kristine, Tarja Turunen or Sharon den Adel as far as different types of vocals are concerned for different metal genres. I would probably also include in this overview of European metal Amanda Somerville who also had some influence on Floor Jansen or Epica´s Simone Simons as a vocal coach. She also participated in a number of projects as a backing vocalist - heard rather than seen by audiences. However, the problem is that there are not many fan recordings with good audio, but there are some official live recordings with some post-processing applied. I will have to look for some usable ones. Here are some songs that might be good. I put them in a chronological order. Amanda Somerville with two other singers - Alone (Rock Meets Classic 2010) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/onya07aeXcSqaaQ.html (official recording) Avantasia (Tobias Sammet and Amanda Somerville) - Farewell (2011) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3mA0s-zoLeXiJc.html (official recording) Amanda Somerville - Point of Safe Return (2011) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/i3aZraprZbe5f8o.html --- this is more of a pop song (fan recording) Amanda Somerville - A Thousand Suns (2011) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6mAmcigpJCXnKw.html (fan recording) but I am not so sure about this one, if I had to choose, it would be the following song Amanda Somerville with her band Trillium - Coward (2012) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKSV2Mdxg7q4obQ.html (fan recording) Exit Eden (a super-group that she is a part of with three other singers) - Total Eclipse of the Heart (2017) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKFnqLOImc60n8o.html (official live recording) You also wanted to hear something from Marcela Bovio. Here she is singing one of Epica´s songs accompanied only by a piano. Tides of Time - kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4CTspiPcq2weJc.html

@tarmotyyri6733

4 жыл бұрын

Fancy meeting you here, my YT friend. Will this do for Amanda Somerville: Amanda Somerville - Alone kzread.info/dash/bejne/onya07aeXcSqaaQ.html P.S. Amanda also toured with Epica & helped them out when Simone had a nasty infection and could not sing at all.

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

@@tarmotyyri6733 Thanks. This is the same instrumental arrangement that was used with Floor a few years after that. I found this - kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKSV2Mdxg7q4obQ.html the number of live recordings in which hers is the sole voice is quite limited, but then she is a great backing vocalist :-)

@ChrisPage68

4 жыл бұрын

I believe another Exit Eden album is coming..

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisPage68 That woul be nice. But nothing was announced officially or did I miss something? It could be released by the end of this year, then.

Valerie! Another new Nightwish song just dropped - "Harvest (Official Lyric Video)! You'll be surprised and delighted. 😘

Anneke and Devin Townsend "Grace" retinal circus

She is one of my favorite vocalists. Her vocals always suck you in and if you watch some of her live stuff she is always speaking to the audience and seems so friendly. Sunday She will turn 47yrs old and still is out there performing for us. Here is another of her singing with another great vocalist Marcella Bovio The Gentle Storm kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaWk1ceLe6y_pag.html .

Please react to Travel by The Gathering, the live version. it is excellent, absolutely breathtaking, Anneke is just the best. I'm sure you'll love it!

she made a bunch of great music with the band The Gathering - Confusion, Liberty Bell, Rescue Me are all great songs. that Vuur album has great tracks too. The Martyr & The Saint, The Fire and Time.

Anneke along with Floor are my absolute favorites. Anything Anneke is in I am there. Sadly, according to Anneke, VUUR is on indefinite hiatus. But, as Anneke is one of the busiest artists in the genre, we still will have tons of her music until there's more VUUR.

"...what other Anneke's songs I should listen to.." you asked?? Well, that's uh..well pretty hard to advise.. I mean, you have a day job? If so, then take a leave for yourself for at least 6 months. Because you can listen to one song, but you will be listening that same song over and over again. ..and again.. Her repertoire is really, really big. But every song forces you to listen to it more then once, believe me. Her poetry (while a member of The Gathering) is of an outstanding level. So yeah, some already suggested "Travel". There are several different performances to be found on the net. The original one with The Gathering, the one with a Symfonic Orchestra, the one from "25 Years", the one from the DVD in Santiago... Same song, but each time different and haunting. Dive into it ! But one song is overlooked too easily while being my favourite nr ONE: "My Waking Hour" , also from the "25 Years" concert. Those lyrics wiil be my epitaph...

I wonder how it comes this style of singing is not well known in America?

Great that you are dreaming about come and play in the Netherlands. Mostly it's the other way around with artists and musicians :-) Keep us informed; I'll come to your performance!

@jojoshooter7687

4 жыл бұрын

me too!

I'm sure that was a song she originally did with The Gathering. My favourite from her time with them is "You Learn About It". The official video is good, but there are also versions of her doing it as an acoustic duet with Danny Cavanagh from the band Anathema. Well worth listening to. She's done lots of collaborating with Devin Townsend too, my favourite being Hyperdrive. There is a live video of it - I think you did another song from that show. She sang some tracks with Moonspell which are very good. Other female metal singers? I like Shirley Manson of Garbage, though they are more grungy rock/pop than metal. Saw Amaranthe recently - one female singer, one male on clean vocals and another male on growling death vocals. It works! There's Doro. She's a legend. And my personal favourite female singer for years before I even heard of Nightwish is Skin of Skunk Anansie. She's astonishing. Only singer I've seen belting it out whilst crowd surfing. Enjoy your ride through it all and best of luck with the band. Hope you get to The Netherlands one day :)

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

It was from the album Nighttime Birds by The Gathering from 1997 with its typical grunginess.

Enjoyed your reaction to yet another great Dutch female metal vocalist, or should I say role model for them all. In case you want to hear more Anneke, and you definitely should, you might enjoy this one with her, Floor Jansen & Marcela Bovio: Ayreon - Valley Of The Queens (Ayreon Universe) kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpaZxLFucr3PXaw.html P.S. They took a poll in the Netherlands asking people who should follow Floor in "Beste Zangers" and Anneke came first. P.S.S. Came back as Immortal1408 informed me that you've already reacted to "Valley of the Queens", but I think you should react to this instead & also discover yet another great Dutch female vocalists Dianne van Giersbergen (Ex Libris & former Xandria): "Game of Thrones Song" - A tribute to the HBO hit series kzread.info/dash/bejne/YpWVrdalfManhto.html

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

Valerie did this one a month ago. :-) I left two links for you under Millie´s video.

@tarmotyyri6733

4 жыл бұрын

@@Immortall1408 Should have checked Valerie's past reactions. Found the two links & will listen ASAP. P.S. Have you heard this metal opera about Jack the Ripper: open.spotify.com/album/5gL3B1caSsZP9GLO1WBuxJ Had to use a Spotify link because it's not on YT as a full album, but individual tracks.

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

@@tarmotyyri6733 I heard about it, but did not have time to check it out properly. :-) I will listen to it during the evening.

@tarmotyyri6733

4 жыл бұрын

@@Immortall1408 Great. I'm sure you will not be disappointed. Like Xystus, they are also Dutch. I'm halfway through Equilibrio & I like it so much that I ended up buying my own copy for the price of little over 17 Euros.

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

@@tarmotyyri6733 And there is also another familiar face beside Simone and that is the guy doing harsh vocals in it as he also growls in MaYaN. :-) For a moment, I was unable to recognize him. Audio CD or DVD?

Another Anneke van Giersbergen video with VUUR: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mXWrptluqrvafKw.html

For the first symphonic metal band, one must go to the cradle of european music, Italy, and seek Rhapsody of Fire. Here on record at their most classical: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nqaC0K-Hoq7XgcY.html Here live with their most famous song:https: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIthtI-xf8fVd6w.html For an amazing guitarist and vocalist juggling both, Jari, of Wintersun.

Please Please!!! REACTO TO: Eivør's live performance of "Falling Free" She has a very distinctic voice. She also appeared in the NETFLIX'S "The Last Kingdom" soundtrack. Definitely A MUST SEE! (Edited) BTW!!! CONGRATS to the beggining to the realization of your dream!! Big hugs!!!

Love you Good job from Pakistan

You should react to The Gathering: Travel. Singer Anneke van Giersbergen, The Gathering her first band.

@marcovtjev

3 жыл бұрын

This is a Gathering song iirc. Not Mandylion, the album after iirc.

@masterrubyan2976

3 жыл бұрын

I am talking about The Gathering and not about VuuR, to be specifick album: How to Measure a Planet, track 9: Travel. And to listen to the life version of TG25, see link kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2hqrsitj6XAqNI.html

Ayreon LIVE Universe...

Dutch metal is not mainstream at all here in Holland. So if you would have lived here, chances are that you would have missed it too. Fortunately, Beste Zangers made Dutch people more aware of the genre, but it really used to be a subculture/underground. The pronunciation of Vuur is impossible to describe; I don't think that the UU sound exists in the English language.

Please react to Within Temptation "Somewhere" featuring Anneke.

She reminds me of Joan Baez, although Anneke doesn't lose herself in over the top-singing which Joan Baez could do. By the way; her smiles soften all the pain we're bearing.

Hi! You should react to the song Waking Hour (Anneke with The Gathering -her former band-) from the 25-year anniversary dvd. It shows a softer side of Anneke's voice but equally bright and beautiful. Link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ool_pLhxfcK-iKg.html

Opera Rock. From Spain please. React to Camilo Sesto: Getsemani ( live 1977 ).

you should try Ayreon " Valley of the Queens" with Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen and Marcela Bovio. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpaZxLFucr3PXaw.html or Ayreon Eye of RA with floor and Irene Jansen. both Jansen Sisters.

Have you reacted to Ayreon yet? This is a project by Arjen Lucassen another Dutchman. He makes concept albums and he invites big names from all over the world to participate. Start of with "The Day That The World Brakes Down". You will encounter a couple of very familiar voices. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oXqpr62dot22obg.html

I wonder if you would be willing to react to this audio-only video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXeOrY-FhZSTaKw.html This is the song Atupoéma by the Norwegian band The Third And The Mortal, from their debut album in 1994. You can regard this as the pre-history of symphonic metal, along with The Gathering and Anneke in The Netherlands. Unfortunately, I don't know of any videos of The Third And The Mortal performing this material where the audio quality is high enough to make reaction by a vocal expect be worth-while, which is why I'm submitting the album version. The singer is Kari Rueslåtten (KAR-ee REW-eh-SLO-ten), who has gone on to have a long solo career after leaving the band in 1995. The band later had different vocalists, and shifted to other genres, before finally disbanding around ten years ago.

The new song i'm recommending to every reaction channel: MaYaN - Saints Don't Die kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4h2msqGZbeao84.html 5 (!) different style singers !! People known from other bands you've already heard of !!

Hi Valerie, you do so much different reactions and I have to say, love it. But now I will react to with a recommendation for Anneke who’s a inspiration for a lot of singers in the scene to show you her versatility listen to this please kzread.info/dash/bejne/eISgp5emZr2WYtI.html Or this kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYaZo9eBhca4caw.html and the the proposal of John Coffman. We dutchies blessed with a lot of world class singers who are so versatile even a small tour through our scene should give you a lot of reaction stuff. You already know Beste Zangers, But take a look at the Ladies of Soul (honoring soul music and musicians. Enjoy and have fun.

If you want to react to Anneke van Giersbergen other song, please react to acoustic piano version of her song Leafs (The Gathering) KZread/G8zkDOyCJxo

Anneke is an icon! The inspiration for many women in metal, an instantly recognizable signature voice. I would love to hear your take on Tarja covering "Supremacy" by Muse, here is a link to a killer performance: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qaGBpKuYYLuZn6g.html