Name Charlotte Wessels Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Role Singer-songwriter | Instruments Vocals, Clarinet Height 1.67 m Years active 2004-Present | |
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Birth name Johanna Charlotte Wessels Born 13 May 1987 (age 37) ( 1987-05-13 ) Albums Profiles | ||
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Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch singer-songwriter who was born in Zwolle, Netherlands. Best known as the lead vocalist for the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. She is also in the symphonic rock musical group called Phantasma.
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- Background
- To Elysium
- 2004 Present Delain
- Phantasma
- Influences
- Personal life
- Delain
- References
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Background
Wessels has been trained in both jazz singing and classical singing. She was first trained in jazz, but later her instructor suggested classical singing to her. However, Wessels has stated that she found classical training to be very restrictive, and so she likes to do something "in between the classical and the jazz stuff, and if you look at classical music with high vocal lines, then you kind of get to gothic very soon!"
To Elysium
She joined a gothic metal band named To Elysium around the age of fifteen or sixteen. She mentions in an interview that her parents had to sign a contract because she was still underage.
2004-Present: Delain
Wessels became involved with Delain in 2004 when she met Martijn Westerholt formerly of Within Temptation. Since the band was meant to be a studio project only, Westerholt asked if she could write some lyrics and vocalize which she thought it was going to be a one time thing. In 2005 they signed a deal with Roadrunner Records. She is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the band.
Phantasma
Wessels along with Georg Neuhauser from Serenity, and Oliver Philipps from Everon have created a symphonic rock musical called Phantasma. They got signed to Napalm Records and is a concept album of Neuhauser. Wessels is not only singing in the album but also wrote her debut novella called "The Deviant Hearts" especially for it.
Influences
When asked in 2014 who her influences are, Wessels said
When asked in a Loudwire interview who she gets inspired by vocally she mentions Australian singer Sia Furler, she admires Sia's voice and also her song-writing.
Personal life
She is a cousin of Dutch hardcore DJ DaY-már. She is a fan of the horror film genre, which has inspired some of her songwriting. Wessels has an art history degree and also has a master's degree in gender studies. She is a vegetarian. She considers herself a feminist and she doesn't like the female-fronted metal term: "It’s just really weird that the gender of one person in the band defines what kind of music you make! I think that it’s one of the things that really indicates that the bias is still there."
In September 2017, Charlotte revealed she and her partner got married after 12 years.
Delain
Albums
Singles
Phantasma
Guest appearances