Birth name Silje Wergeland Years active 2000 to present | Name Silje Wergeland Role Singer | |
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Occupation(s) Vocalist, Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist Instruments Vocals, piano, keyboards, Associated acts Octavia Sperati, Arcturus, Syrach, The Gathering, Danny Cavanagh, Tristania, Katatonia, Hellish Outcast Record labels Psychonaut Records, Candlelight Records Albums Winter Enclosure, Disclosure, The West Pole, Afterwords, TG25: Diving Into the Unkn Similar People Rene Rutten, Hans Rutten, Marjolein Kooijman, Jelmer Wiersma, Hugo Prinsen Geerligs | ||
The gathering frank boeijen silje wergeland about the west pole
Silje Wergeland (born November 9, 1974) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and pianist. She is best known as the current lead vocalist of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering since 2009. She was also the frontwoman of Norwegian doom/gothic metal band Octavia Sperati.
Contents
- The gathering frank boeijen silje wergeland about the west pole
- The gathering 2009 interview silje wergeland and frank boeijen part 5
- Musical career
- Personal life
- With Octavia Sperati
- With The Gathering
- References
The gathering 2009 interview silje wergeland and frank boeijen part 5
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.
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.
Her first studio album with The Gathering, The West Pole was released on May 2009.
Personal life
Wergeland was born in Bergen, where she still regularly lives. Her partner is 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.