Silje Wergeland
Silje Wergeland in Budapest, 2010
Silje Wergeland in Budapest, 2010
Background information
Birth nameSilje Wergeland
Born (1974-11-09) 9 November 1974
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
Occupation(s)Vocalist, singer-songwriter, lyricist
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano, keyboards
Years active2000–present

Silje Wergeland (born 9 November 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).[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] In an interview with Paul Stenning, Wergeland described the band as “Extravagant, dramatic doom with a rock n’ roll heart.” She also said her influences were “Black Sabbath, Slayer, Clutch, Pantera, Type O Negative, Pink Floyd among others, and also some Norwegian folk music influences due to our musical inheritance.”[3]

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.[4]

Her first studio album with The Gathering, The West Pole was released in May 2009.[5]

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.

Discography

With Octavia Sperati

With The Gathering

References

  1. ↑ "The Gathering in writing mode". Blabbermouth. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Octavia Sperati 'Taking A Break'
  3. ↑ Big Cheese magazine, July 2007
  4. ↑ Silje Wergeland (The Gathering) interviewed
  5. ↑ Hellbound.ca
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