VOCAL COACH REACTS | AYREON Valley of the Queens... if Kristin Chenoweth was in a metal band... 

Thanks for your kind words, Julia! I'm extremely proud of these three lovely singers, and I totally agree with your interesting comments. And yes, you actually pronounced Ayreon right :-) Thanks for making my day, please keep up the good work!

"Blondie" is the fabulous Anneke van Giersbergen, who you *will* get to know better. She was one of the singers who inspired Floor to take up singing.

"Legend" is too inadequate to describe Anneke Van Giersbergen. She is the Queen Mother of Dutch Progressive Rock. 👑❤️🤘

hehe nice when you realized Floor was in this song, Yes the Nightwish army does all to hear her Queen sing, sneaky indeed. 💖💥💥💥

Their names are: Anneke van Giersbergen (Blonde) She's Dutch, and sings mostly solo, but also has done a lot of work with Ayreon and Devin Townsend Marcela Bovio (Wine) She's a Mexican lady who has lived in the Netherlands for a long time. She sings in a band named Mayan. Floor Jansen. You should know all about her by now. Ayreon is not so much a band, it's a project from producer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen. He invites loads of people to participate on his concept albums. All of them have a central theme and a story where all vocalists fill a role like in a play.

The "wine" singer is Marcela Bovio. The most underrated female singer.

Now I'm imagining them doing a recording called "Wine, Blond & Floor".

Hey Julia, Anneke (the blonde) was Floor's inspiration as she was in a metal group called the Gathering when Floor was in her teens. Your wine haired girl is Marcela Bovio she is Mexican and is also a metal singer and funnily is the lead singer for the band MaYaN that Mark Jansen who used to be in the same band as Floor Jansen (After Forever) - but are not related but now is also one of the founding members of Epica who you are reacting to as well soon?? There are a lot of inter-relations between all these performers in the Euro metal scene. On Ayreon it is a progressive metal project more so than a band as it consists of Arjen Lucassen and whatever other singers and musicians he can pull together at a given time. This song is on the folk side of the project obviously more so than the metal side but that is the nature of progressive music it can go anywhere! Haha! I just had to add to this that technically this is a Star One song which is another of Arjen Lucassens projects and one that Floor was involved in as a singer way way back in the day with her sister doing backup vocals. This concert was the first Ayreon concert as he tried to assemble a whos who of European metal singers and it had proven a big challenge and one he didn't think he could pull off but luckily for us he did!

The main reason so many great vocalists want to work with Arjen Lucassen (the guy behind Ayreon) is that he's apparently so much fun to work with. Also Ayreon live concerts are rare, since Arjen has severe social anxiety and stage fright. So that hopefully explains why there is no competition between the singers here (or anywhere during the Ayreon Universe Live concert, which features over a dozen very talented vocalists from the rock/metal genre). They're all in it for the fun of performing.

Ayreon "The Day That the World Breaks Down" Arjen's unique "compilation" with 11 lead singers

You must hear Anneke with Devin Townsend with the song “Grace” [the promo clip].

Anneke van Giersbergen is the first (blonde) singer, she is a rabbit hole unto herself. Known these days as the female guest vocalist of the Devin Townsend Project, she orignally was in a band called The Gathering. She's just amazing.

Good morning from Toronto, Canada, Julia. I was the one who recommended this song so thank you for making my Saturday morning dope 😁 I see some people already gave you some background info re the Blonde and Wine. The OG for this song is Anneke Van Giersbergen (the Blonde), Floor's idol. Floor did her own rendition of this song with her sister, Irene with Star One back in early 2000s. The Wine is Marcela Bovio- one of Ayreon angels, also did a solo cover of this song on her own YT channel. She's also a vocal coach 😉

Blonde, wine and floor... Yeah, we all been there..

you should really try Within Temptation Black Symphony Song Somewhwere with the blond Singer Anneke as Guest, at this time she was got Wine Hair. Called in the internet "Best Duett Ever"

If you listen early Floor's songs, you can hear how much Anneke style influence her.

Three vocalist is sort of like the understatement of the year, what you have is the royal family of top level professional power goddesses. There is enough power and talent there to destroy that venue if there was any kind of ego/catfight/dominance issue at all. ....I think it speaks volumes to mutual respect and admiration (and proffesionalism) that it was such a lovely supportive soothing performance

I've been a huge fan of both Anneke and cheno and had never thought of that before.

I think you'd be surprised at how much 'metalheads' appreciate good music. There are so many genres of metal itself. Many bands use punk, pop, operatic, classical, symphonic or what-have-you ellements into their music. Metal has so many variations in it, it dumbfounds me how it's all dumped together as just 'noise' by what is considdered 'mainstream'.

Where to begin... Beautiful singing by All 3 women. Floor's solo parts are my favorites, however..They're all vocal Queens. Beautiful song.

Ayreon! Fantastic! More people need to hear this supergroup project!

Wine: Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979) is a Mexican singer, violinist, songwriter, and vocal coach, who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MaYaN. Blondie: Anna Maria van Giersbergen (born 8 March 1973), known artistically as @Anneke van Giersbergen, is a Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist who became known worldwide as the lead singer and songwriter for the Dutch band The Gathering, between 1994 and 2007. Anneke is the mother and inspiration for all female fronted metal awesomeness that the Netherlands have produced in the past 25 years. She is definitely a milestone in the history of contemporary rock/metal/folk music, an accomplished singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist.

Ayreon is a real treasure chest for both musicians and vocalists as Arjen is a master on placing voices and timbres over his music. Just dig in.

I can't wait for your reaction on greatest show on earth! Loving this channel.

Great reaction, for what it's worth you are fast becoming my favourite RU-vid reactor... One small request though, I love the text comments complementing your spoken comments.. They give such great depth.. But could you leave them on screen for just a couple of seconds longer please... Old bugger here and I occasionally feel like I'm trying to pat my head, rub my stomach and say the alphabet backwards as I'm trying to watch you, the song and read the words at the same time .. 😂😂

Greetings from The Netherlands, home of wonderfull singers

Anneke van Giersbergen is indeed a vocal beast. She was the lead singer of a band called The Gathering for many years, did so much work with Devin Townsend that she is considered an honorary member of his band, has done a lot of work with Ayeron, has guested with Globus multiple times, and also has a successful solo career. If you want to hear more of her, you should check out Travel by The Gathering, Grace by Devin Townsend Project, or Mighty Rivers Run by Globus.

"Valley of the blends" :v But seriously, Anneke is AMAZING. I hope you can react to more of her songs.

I love your style of video breakdown / reaction! I'd love it if you do more Ayreon reactions, that 'band' is so unique and epic! An awesome song to do would be 'The day that the world breaks down'! (But it is already extensively covered by RU-vid reactors) another very cool ( and not done by others) option would be the song 'Talk of the town'. 😁

Julia, Julia, Julia, orange head lady pondering the vocals of three singing ladies connected to the Netherlands. Well done! The professionalism of you dyeing your hair appropriately has me applauding!

Blondie’s from a band called The Gathering. Check our their live version of a song called Travel

For years I thought of Anneke as Dolly Parton on uber steroids, perhaps cause she does a very nice Jolene, but literally a week ago I heard Kristin after a long while and it was such an obvious comparison! Actually would be great crossovers - Anneke on Broadway and Kristin at Wacken... I hope you check out the less "delicate" part of Anneke's range, as she sang in a few great metal bands/projects over the past 25 years - The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project, Gentle Storm, and Vuur - and has amazing power, endurance, and expressiveness to go with that lovely tone. The wine-haired singer is Marcela Bovio, and while less acclaimed than Floor or Anneke, she is a great vocalist in her own right. She was in Gentle Storm with Anneke and there is a fan video on YT of them performing Numbered live and it's a showcase!

This project deserves much more exposure and commentary. Thanks to you for being one who knows!... Broadway! Why not!? Nightwish can do rock opera.... I could see Marko as Caiaphas or Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar!!!

Marco Hietala (the Bassist from Nightwish) also have a character on "The Theory of Everything" album. from Ayreon

Check out Anneke's former band The Gathering. Back in 1995 their album 'Mandylion' paved the way for (almost) all the melodic metal bands with female singers we know now. :-) The Gathering and Anneke did an amazing anniversary concert back in 2014 with epic versions of the songs: 'On Most Surfaces' and 'Travel'. (Both songs are on You Tube; Concert at Doornroosje.)

"The Day That The World Breaks Down" Ayreon featuring ALL 11 main guest singers.

Check out within temptation featuring Anneke singing somewhere.

Such consummate professionals! Marcela Bovio most frequently sings backup in these projects involving a variety of singers, so it's only fitting she can adjust the way she blends to suit other singers' timbres. Stream of Passion (yet another project started by Arjen Lucassen) is a group where you can hear her take the lead. She's definitely great in her own right. "Delirio" is one of my favorites. She plays violin, too. ^__^ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-17l3xUEhbEM.html

The Gathering- Travel(live TG25)...That's Anneke van Giersbergen on fire!

Great reaction, and yes we're sneaky, but not opposed to Broadway music purse. At least not the Ayreon fans I suspect. (Check the Ayreon Wikipedia). I'm thinking we next want you to react to 'within temptation somewhere, feat. Anneke van Giersbergen' for more Anneke (the Blonde) and introducing another of the Netherlands' awesome female vocalists Sharon den Adel, followed by 'Within Temptation - Paradise (What About Us?) ft. Tarja' to double back to Nightwish. Or do we want to really hit her with more Ayreon awesomesauce 'The Day the World breaks down (11 vocalists)' or 'The Star of Sirrah from Ayreon Universe Live' (One tends to lose track of the nr of vocalists there)? For more Marcella, 'Stream Of Passion - Deceiver/Songs of the Ocean - Live in the Real World' so you also get to hear her violin skills along with her singing. I'm good with all of those myself.

Ayreon, is one composer who chooses vocalists and other instrumentalists for that particular record or show. His new project called Transitus features Tom Barker, dr Who in the seventies, as narrator. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JeeVX6rbVMc.html This is taken from the live show in Tilburg in the Netherlands, 2018 Anneke van Giersbergen, blonde though that varies, The Gathering, Vuur, Ayreon, Dutch. Maria Bovio, MaYaN, Ayreon, Mexican residents in the Netherlands. Floor Jansen, After Forever, Revamp, Nightwish, Dutch resides in Sweden.

Ane those three beautiful queens have their ovn versons of valley of the queen

Anneke being the Godmother off all female metal singers!

Anneke van Giersbergen before the solo career was the singer of The Gathering band from 1994-2008.

What a lovely reaction! You might want to react to Ayreon’s The Day The World Breaks Down; it isn’t a live performance but it does have around 11 different singers on it, so plenty of voices to talk about :-)

Hi Julia fellow Aussie nightwish fan here just wondering when are you going to react to human nature particularly music and shoemaker the whole album is just incredible Evan my neighbors love it they have no choice but anything that floor sings is just mind-blowing incredible beautiful she is the best singer in the planet

Tiny Netherlands produces so much vocal talent next to my own country Germany! I gotta explore more of the Netherlands! 🤗

"Brodway, ewwww" made me laugh so hard! Fantastic reaction as always, and your geekiness in this one just makes it even better!

I was watching Nightwish reaction videos and then this popped up in my subscriptions. I had to click asap! Love your videos 🥰

This is my first time watching one of your reactions and I couldn't hit the suscribe button faster! I've seen A LOT of reaction videos and I still learned new things thanks to you - and literally laughed out loud at Blonde, Wine and Floor.

why you have not done a reaction on "everybody dies" is beyond me. you will be blown away!

I haven't dived deep into ayreon, but it's pretty much recital hour with a symphonic metal band accompaniment, featuring premium vocalists.

You should try Ayreon The day that the world breaks down. Its the opening song of arjens album the source. 11 singers of great bands in that. Spoiler :another dutch singer in that piece. Red hair!

Love the RPG stat reference!

I think you have the best format of any vocal coach reactor I've ever seen on RU-vid.

Wine is a beverage not a colour... :P. Marcela is a redhead. Annette is blonde... and the mix of their voices is flawless...

Really cool and insightful reaction to these 3 angels of singing :) Looking forward the other 2, you still have to meet Simone from Epica

Awesome! Do more Ayreon please, especially form this 'Ayreon Universe' show.

more? more. more! wonderful reaction as always!

Keep the great music coming!

If you want more of the blonde, she did a killer duet with Within Temptation called Somewhere

I see you haven't done The Day that the World Breaks Down yet... you're in for a treat!!!! ;)

As both a hard core Nightwish fan and big time musical theatre nerd I very much appreciated the connection you made with Anneke and Kristen

the wine girl is Marcela Bovio she was born in my hometown Monterrey Mex, and i used to see her in her oldest Bands Hydra and Elfonia here in Monterrey mex, before the Ayreon mastermind Arjen discovered her and take her to netherlands, we're so proud of her.

Again a nice reaction 👍

I like Red's reaction to Wine and Blond ;) hehe

Anneke and Marcela really do well together. I've seen them, singing for Anneke/Arjen's project 'The Gentle Storm' - amazing (:

My good lad, Anneke van Giersbergen started it all..well before Evanescence, well before Within Temptation... listen to The Gathering - Strange Machines AWESOME !!

Enjoyable interaction and informative too! I'm learning about singing thanks to your videos! I'd recommend checking out more of Ayreon's works featuring many fantastic singers! The live version of "Everybody Dies" -and "The Theory of Everything" are worth looking at.

the blonde one is anneke van giersbergen. her band "the gathering" brought young floor to metal.

I just watched the whole show. Insane amount of vocal and instrumental goodness. Floor and Anneke did a few character pieces during the show. Really no need to comment on them. But Marcela Bovio, damn. Not only she did this and a few other front pieces during the show, she also spent the rest of the 2-hour show in a female trio doing support vocals. She was often ripping the highest harmony of the trio, or doing whatever else the song needed with the 15 different front singers, including operatic notes. And it was not any kind of faint background vocal, the trio supplemented the front singers very prominently. Vocally, Marcela made a disproportional contribution to this show. The trio also controlled the headbanging game :)

Another great reaction, Keep em coming, I can't wait for The Greatest Show on Earth! Keep listening to Ayreon and You will very soon hear Irene Jansen, Floors sister.. Yes theres another Jansen... She is another great singer but mainly does backing.

Hells yeah, cheers for the breakdown. Also, I only knew Kristin the actress, thanks for the introduction. Lovely sense of humour as well. Oh, an btw, I wish you the best of luck with your doctorate.

I'm glad I was part of that audience! Lots more songs in that concert to react to.

Arjen is GREAT man with BIG heart. His music is awesome

Pretty sure Anneke invented singing

3 of the most wonderful vocalists in the world. Huge love to Floor, Anneke and Marcela.

So, rusty red reactor, Anneke, she' s the mother of female metal singers from the Netherlands. And many jewell's followed. Project Aryeon has a lot of guest singers you also will be or are familiar with. I noticed that you're gearing up with your new hardware/software. Human interface is everything!

I'm sure a lot of us here are metal heads. 🤘😛🤘 But those of us who stick around are lovers of all kinds of music.🎶🎵❤ ...That 'blend' counter though!! 🤣🤣🤣

I also just started to explore this project 🕶 cool stuff

Amazing ladies.

Anneke has an interesting voice and does some really nice solo work in addition to working with a band. Marcella does really nice backups for Ayreon as well as some solo work in his productions. His rock operas are worth looking at. "The day the world breaks down" gives you a whole bunch of soloists to get a taste of.

wow they sound terrific

"Amongst Stars" by Amorphis. Lead singer and Anneke both perform amazing vocals in that song. There is an official video

I'm a bit synthesizer person, and in sound sculpting there are multi-timbral patches, where you usually mix a strong and clear base sound with a resonant and characteristic one to make a deeper and interesting texture. I think we could also thank Arjen here for wisely choosing vocalists and making an arrangement of this piece. He's a sound sculptor of the great level!

I love it!!! Not only very informative, but..... Your a gaming nerd!!!

Floor ,anneke and marcela .

I'm glad you liked it. I love your hair color.❤️

Anyone who loves Nightwish's Slaying the Dreamer, or Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean, will have no problem listening to musical theater. Hint, hint, Julia, hint hint 😉 P.S. And by "hint hint" I mean react to the versions from the Buenos Aires perfomance as soon as possible; reactors never get to these because The Army pushes in a different direction, but these 2 songs really highlight the Nightwish/Musical-Theater connection. Predict you love.

great reaction

OMG! Your text about Geralt maked my day.

Marcela Bovio is the excellent wine-haired harmony vocalist. She’s reliable and really skilled.

I totally agree about the love and respect that all these singers have for each other. No one is ever trying to out perform another. Rather they enhance and support each other. It is a beautiful thing! I wish more performers when working together would behave with the same grace... Oh and talking "grace" you should check out Devin Townsend "Grace" live Retinal Circus show where the wonderful Anneke sings with Hevy Devy. It is also a fun video to watch as it was the last song (other than the crazy encore song) and has all sorts of things happening onstage at the same time. Visual and aural treat. Great reaction and I love all the little captions educating me as I watch.

I'm still waiting for the memorable day you'll react to "The Day that the world breaks down" by Ayreon. 11 singers. You can't not enjoy it!

Whatch Anneke from 1996 with her original band The Gathering. Also look up the group Within Temptation and the live performance of Somewhere. Anneke is a guest performing a duet with the group's vocalist Sharon Del Arden.

Great again! This “blonde” is the “wine” in the song I mentioned in the comment on the phantom of the opera 🍷

I know, many people have said this, so I will just say it again: Anneke van Giersbergen (blonde) - the Gathering and solo, minor work with Devin Townsend. Marcela Bovio (red head) "Stream of passion" is her band. Also did some work with the Gathering after Anneke left.

Ayreon is a fun one! The writer brings in singers as needed for the songs

This is just pure candy for the ears.

Hi Julia. Do you know Floor Jansen has a new solo song released on the 25th of March? It is called " FIRE ".