Charlotte Wessels
Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born May 13, 1987 in Zwolle ) is a Dutch singer and songwriter . She has been the lead singer of the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain since 2005 .
biography
She first played the clarinet in classical orchestras and big bands before taking an interest in singing at the age of 13. At the age of 14 she took lessons in jazz - as well as classical singing. Together with a friend, she composed songs and founded her first band with him.
Later she joined some local bands like To Elysium or Infernorama , where at the age of 17 she met Martijn Westerholt, the former keyboardist of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation . Westerholt had already founded a musical project called Delain in 2002. Charlotte Wessels decided to join this project and began writing lyrics for the debut album Lucidity , which was released in 2006. Three more albums followed, as well as tours and appearances at festivals such as Wacken Open Air , Rockharz , Summer Breeze and the Metal Female Voices Fest . The album The Human Contradiction was released on April 4, 2014. The EP Lunar Prelude was released on February 19, 2016.
Guest appearances and side projects
As a guest singer, Wessels worked with bands such as Kamelot , Serenity , Nemesea and Knight Area.
Together with Georg Neuhauser (Serenity) and Oliver Philipps ( Everon ) she created a project called Phantasma , for which she had written a novel . The musical implementation took place on the concept album The Deviant Hearts , which was released on November 20, 2015.
Trivia
Her musical influences include Thom Yorke , Nick Cave and Amanda Palmer in particular .
Discography
With Delain
Albums
- 2006: Lucidity
- 2009: April Rain
- 2012: We Are The Others
- 2014: The Human Contradiction
- 2016: Moonbathers
- 2020: Apocalypse & Chill
EPs
- 2016: Lunar Prelude
- 2019: Hunter's Moon
Compilations
- 2013: Interlude
Singles
- 2007: Frozen
- 2007: See Me In Shadow
- 2008: The Gathering
- 2009: April Rain
- 2009: Stay Forever
- 2009: Smalltown Boy
- 2012: Get The Devil Out Of Me
- 2012: We Are The Others
- 2013: Are You Done With Me
- 2014: Stardust
- 2016: Suckerpunch
- 2019: Marsters of Destiny
- 2019: Burning Bridges
- 2019: One Second
With phantasm
Albums
- 2015: The Deviant Hearts
As a guest singer
- 2006: Embrace The Night (With DaY-már)
- 2010: Serenade Of Flames (With Serenity)
- 2011: Please Come Home (With Knight Area)
- 2011: High Enough (With Nemesea)
- 2015: Under Gray Skies (With Kamelot)
- 2016: Aquarium (With Dark Sarah)
literature
- Jill Hughes Kirtland: Not Just Tits in a Corset: Celebrating Women in Metal , 2014, ISBN 978-0-9915015-0-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Charlotte Wessels on the official Delain website ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Announcement on the official Delain website ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CD review on metal.de , March 28, 2014
- ↑ CD review on metal.de , February 17, 2016
- ↑ CD review on blabbermouth.net
- ↑ Announcement on stormbringer.at , February 3, 2011
- ↑ CD review on metal.de , February 17, 2016
- ↑ Lzzy Hale, Lita Ford, Doro Pesch, Maria Brink Featured In 'Not Just Tits In A Corset' Book , blabbermouth.net , March 10, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wessels, Charlotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wessels, Johanna Charlotte (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwolle , Netherlands |