Silje Wergeland
Silje Wergeland | |
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 Silje Wergeland in Budapest, 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Silje Wergeland |
| Born | 9 November 1974 Bergen, Hordaland, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 2000 to present |
| Website | The Gathering Official Page |
Silje Wergeland (born November 9, 1974 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and pianist. She is best known as the current the lead vocalist of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering since 2009. [1] She was also the frontwoman of Norwegian doom/gothic metal band Octavia Sperati.
Musical career
Silje Wergeland was a founding member of the female group of gothic / doom metal Octavia Sperati in 2000, where she remained as vocalist and one of the main songwriters along with Gyri Losnegaard and Bodil Myklebust, until 2008. [2]
On 10 March 2009 it was announced that singer Wergeland joined Dutch rock band The Gathering, replacing singer Anneke van Giersbergen, who left to form her own band Agua de Annique. [3]
Her first studio album with The Gathering, The West Pole was released on May 2009. [4]
Personal life
Wergeland regularly lives in Bergen. She has a couple relationship with Mads Lilletvedt, drummer of the death / thrash metal local band Hellish Outcast and Sahg. They are the parents of two girls: Marie, born in August 2012 and Louise, born in February 2016.
Discography
With Octavia Sperati
- Guilty (demo, (2002)
- Winter Enclosure (2005)
- ...and Then the World Froze (single, 2007)
- Grace Submerged (2007)
With The Gathering
- The West Pole (2009)
- City from Above (EP, 2009)
- Heroes for Ghosts (Single, 011)
- Meltdown (Single, 2012)
- Disclosure (2012)
- Afterlights (EP, 2012)
- Echoes Keep Growing (Single, 2013)
- Afterwords (2013)
References
- ^ "The Gathering in writing mode". Blabbermouth. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ Octavia Sperati 'Taking A Break'
- ^ Silje Wergeland (The Gathering) interviewed
- ^ Hellbound.ca