Year : 2017
Style : Progressive Metal , Female vocals
Country : Netherlands
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 243 mb
Bio:
Dutch vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen is easily one of the hardest working people in music, and an artist that defies being pigeonholed by genre. She will forever be known as the vocalist for melancholic metallers The Gathering, but since striking out on her own in 2007, she has solidified a solo career, recorded and performed multiple times with Canadian metal genius Devin Townsend, launched the prog rock band The Gentle Storm, and recorded an album with Icelandic folk group Árstíðir. This has provided Anneke with a huge catalogue to choose from as a live performer, but it has also created a certain amount of confusion amongst her fans which has led to the creation of a new group, VUUR, a new band that features some of the best heavy metal players in the Netherlands.In early 2016, Anneke decided for the sake of clarity to narrow her musical focus, choosing to go in a folk acoustic direction as a solo artist and in a heavy progressive metal direction as a band vocalist. The name VUUR - translated from Dutch as "fire", which can also be interpreted to mean "passion" or "drive" - was chosen as a moniker to represent Anneke's metal side, with the idea that when fans buy a ticket with the VUUR name on it they will be getting her heavy progressive music, while an Anneke van Giersbergen show will be entirely different."It's like I'm searching for contradictions," Anneke says of splitting her focus in two. "I want the heavy to be really heavy, and the soft acoustic stuff that I can do can be almost silent and inward. I'm trying to find those outer limits. I'm still writing and collaborating with different people, so VUUR's style is still kind of different from The Gathering and The Gentle Storm. You could say VUUR's music has the melancholy of The Gathering and certain elements from The Gentle Storm, but it's darker with fewer folk elements. It's still melodic and warm, but heavy."The Gentle Storm proved to her that fans have been waiting for her to go back to the heavy progressive style of music, which is why VUUR came to be.VUUR will release their full length debut in the fall of 2017 produced by Joost van den Broek, who will also be involved in some of the writing and arranging. From there the band will hit stages across Europe and beyond. Make no mistake: VUUR is a band and not a project, meaning that Anneke will focus on new material as well as the heavier side of her previous outings."I will always play songs from The Gathering and Devin Townsend because I love them," she says. "I also know for a fact that people want to hear those songs, so I'll never leave them out. I also have my absolute favourite songs from The Gentle Storm that I will keep playing. I have such a big outlet to choose from nowadays, it's such a luxurious position to be in. We should look at VUUR as my ultimate heavy outlet. It's not a project, which is why when we make the setlist it will include the new stuff and my favourites from my catalogue."
Album:
Anneke van Giersbergen has become a name that carries a rather wide and impressive musical catalogue behind it. Best known for her work as lead vocalist for melancholic metallers The Gathering, she has also worked with the renowned Devin Townsend on multiple occasions, admirably cemented a solid solo career for herself as well as launching her own prog-rock group, The Gentle Storm. As if all this was not enough, Giersbergen also recorded an album with Icelandic folk group Árstíðir, and this still fails to cover all she has achieved this far in her musical career. Most recently, and in an attempt to focus her more heavy efforts and ease some of the confusion amongst her fans, Anneke has now brought to fruition her next endeavor, Vuur; a band fronted by the vocalist herself and consists of a line up which is said to feature some of the best heavy metal players in the Netherlands today. While Anneke has had more than a few kind words spoken of her, being cited not only as one of the hardest working people in music but also for retaining such extensive versatility that she defies the notion of genre entirely, on ‘In This Moment We Are Free – Cities’, the title for the forthcoming debut album for Vuur, there is little evidence to fully back such a weighted claim.Opening track and leading single “My Champion – Berlin” depicts much, though not all, of what lies ahead. Vocally, Giersbergen demonstrates her range, in this instance peaking on the symphonic, holding her notes and stretching the lyric at every opportunity. Musically, she is backed by an unfortunately rather sluggish, consistently stagnant paced effort composed of stale riffing, both lead and rhythmically, giving the impression that there was not much creative freedom here. That is the assumption, at least, if these backing musicians, Ed Warby (drums), Jord Otto (guitars), Ferry Duijsens (guitars) Johan van Stratum (bass), truly are some of the best the Netherlands have to offer.Chart hitting producer, Joost van den Broek (Ayreon, Epica) took the helm on this record, having worked with The Gentle Storm on previous works, and is credited here with both songwriting and arrangement inputs, also. Clear, crisp and concise (almost too much of all the above, leaving little to no edge) in its delivery on an audio level, it begs the question as to what exactly the dynamic between producer and band was in the studio. “The Fire – San Francisco” generates more vocally interesting moments, particularly initially, but the haunting, ghost-bride like call grows old with the sheer amount of repetition it gets. With a seasoned pro such as Anneke coupled with the successful producer that is Broek, more is expected as this again oozes cautiousness and even invokes a sense of rushing to get the track done.If ‘Cities’ doesn’t always hit the mark, all is not lost, as it has its more than impressive moments, too. None more so than in “Freedom – Rio”, the most musically interesting, vocally engaging and lyrically captivating work to be found here, and in the form of a ballad of sorts. Finally, a little way down the line, “Save Me – Istanbul”, a considerably more up-tempo (or at least noticeably different tempo) track and, in truth, the only point where the listener actually gets any real feel for the city and culture these songs come watermarked with.A lot of heart rings true while a generous serving of swagger struts its way around the eleven tracks this record is compiled of. If there is little doubt in the level of work that went into it, the same cannot always be said for the quality of work that came out of it. An album that will supposedly take you all over the world, tracing Anneke‘s footsteps, each track is named after a city that has left a distinct impression on her. Sweet on sentiment, the culture punch one might expect from such a choice never quite delivers.‘In This Moment We Are Free – Cities’ feels much like a record that played it safe at every turn, never quite extending that brave and courageous reach at moments it really needed it. The dependency of its success falls entirely on the weight of Anneke’s vocal presence and, therefore, her shoulders. Hopefully, it succeeds in her initial efforts by being a place to focus her heavier works and easing that confusion with fans, and in time maybe becoming something even more again.
Line Up:
Anneke van Giersbergen Vocals (2016-present) See also: The Gentle Storm, Devin Townsend Project (live), The Gathering (live), Agua de Annique / Anneke van Giersbergen, Vuur, ex-Duo Bad Breath, ex-Seventh Episode, ex-The Sirens
Ed Warby - drums
Jord Otto - guitars
Ferry Duijsens - guitars
Johan van Stratum - bass
Tracklist:
01. My Champion - Berlin
02. Time - Rotterdam
03. The Martyr And The Saint - Beirut
04. The Fire - San Francisco
05. Freedom - Rio
06. Days Go By - London
07. Sail Away - Santiago
08. Valley Of Diamonds - Mexico City
09. Your Glorious Light Will Shine - Helsinki
10. Save Me - Istanbul
11. Reunite! - Paris
+ Video "My Champion - Berlin" (Official Video)
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