The Gentle Storm - The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD (2015)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "The Castle Hall" (Ayreon cover) 3:25
2. "A Day in the Life" (The Beatles cover) 3:36
3. "Comatose" (Ayreon cover) 2:40
4. "Mad World" (Tears for Fears cover) 2:52
5. "Waking Dreams" (Ayreon cover) 3:31
The Gentle Storm Band Members / Musicians
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - vocals, acoustic guitars, acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, percussion, hammered dulcimer
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
Rob Snijders - drums, percussion
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - production, mixing
Brett Caldas-Lima - mastering
The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD is a cover EP and the 1st release of the Dutch heavy metal/folk band The Gentle Storm. It is entirely acoustic, and features only bandleaders Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Anneke van Giersbergen, and drummer Rob Snijders.
The EP could initially only be bought at shows during the small acoustic tour preceding the release of The Diary in February 2015, but was made available through Lucassen and van Giersbergen's websites from April of the same year. It does not feature any songs from The Diary, instead consisting of five cover songs, including some from Lucassen's other project Ayreon, all three of which were already originally featuring van Giersbergen
The Gentle Storm is a Dutch musical project by singer and lyricist Anneke van Giersbergen and composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, founder and leader of other musical projects such as Star One, Ayreon, Guilt Machine and Ambeon. The duo has previously collaborated in Ayreon albums Into the Electric Castle and 01011001. The project's debut album, The Diary, was released on March 23, 2015 in Europe, and the following day in the US.
The Gentle Storm Band Members / Musicians
Anneke van Giersbergen (ex-The Gathering) - lead vocals
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon, Ambeon, Star One, Guilt Machine, ex-Stream of Passion) - guitars, keyboards, percussion, hammered dulcimer
Ed Warby (Gorefest) - drums
Rob Snijders (Agua de Annique) - percussion
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) - bass
Joost van den Broek (Star One, After Forever) - piano
Timo Somers (Delain, Vengeance) - guitar solo on "Heart of Amsterdam"
Ben Mathot - violin
Hinse Mutter - double bass
Maaike Peterse - cello
Jenneke de Jonge - French horn
Jeroen Goossens - wind instruments
Jack Pisters - sitar and coral
Micheal Mills - Irish bouzouki
Remco Helbers - surbahar
Nathanael van Zuilen - tabla
"Epic Rock Choir" - choir
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
Ferry Duijsens (Agua de Annique) - guitars
Merel Bechtold (Delain, MaYaN, Purest of Pain) - guitars
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion)- bass
Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion) - backing vocal
Joost van den Broek - keyboards
Ed Warby - drums
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - acoustic guitar (only on a few dates)
Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation, Maiden UniteD, For All We Know) - Guitars (during South American tour)
Koen Herfst - drums (during South American tour)
The Gentle Storm Discography Full
Studio albums
2015 The Diary
EPs
2015 The Gentle Storm Exclusive Tour CD
