rocknroll_n_blues_queens | Sharon den Adel vocalist and co-founder of Dutch metal band "Within Temptation"

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Sharon Janny den Adel (born 12 July 1974, in Waddinxveen, South Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation. She has performed with various bands since she was 13, including a blues rock band called Kashiro,^[1] and joined Robert Westerholt in Within Temptation in 1996

Together with her husband, Robert Westerholt, den Adel is one of the founding members of Within Temptation. She has defined their work as epic and cinematic.^[3] Her vocals play a major role in the band's sound, despite having never received formal vocal training.^[4] Sharon sings in the mezzo-soprano range but her vocal quality is light and lyric despite her range. MORE

By the way, she designs the ban's clothing, since she was actually majoring in fashion design in college when she met guitarist Robert Westerholt and they both formed the band.

Within Temptation Website

Within Temptation - Stand my Ground

Within Temptation - The Howling Official Video

Within Temptation - The Howling (For the The Chronicles of Spellborn video game)

Within Temptation - Angels

Within Temptation - Our Solemn Hour

Within Temptation - What have you Done? Feat. Life Of Agony frontman Keith Caputo

Sharon den Adel Interview

Chad Bowar: Have you had any formal vocal training?
Sharon den Adel: No. But I think I did it the way people do when they are trained. I practiced every day. I was singing three or four hours every day. I grew up with parents who loved music and there was always music in our house. When I heard a song I liked I would rehearse until I could sing it the same way it was supposed to be. It was a challenge for me to be able to sing the songs I really liked. I trained myself that way.
What kinds of bands were you in before Within Temptation?
What I was about 13 I met some guys who were in music school. They were about five years older than me. They were really into blues rock music. We did Van Halen songs and Journey songs and music like that. Then I met Robert (Westerholt) when I was really into grunge music. I loved Nirvana. He introduced me to the type of music he was playing and to groups like Paradise Lost. I was totally swept away by it and impressed with it and fell in love with it. I still love the bands that I knew before I started making this kind of music. Nirvana is still one of my favorite bands of all time, and I like listening to Bob Marley. We like all kinds of music, not just the music that we make.
Chad Bowar: Have you had any formal vocal training?
Sharon den Adel: No. But I think I did it the way people do when they are trained. I practiced every day. I was singing three or four hours every day. I grew up with parents who loved music and there was always music in our house. When I heard a song I liked I would rehearse until I could sing it the same way it was supposed to be. It was a challenge for me to be able to sing the songs I really liked. I trained myself that way.

What kinds of bands were you in before Within Temptation?
What I was about 13 I met some guys who were in music school. They were about five years older than me. They were really into blues rock music. We did Van Halen songs and Journey songs and music like that. Then I met Robert (Westerholt) when I was really into grunge music. I loved Nirvana. He introduced me to the type of music he was playing and to groups like Paradise Lost. I was totally swept away by it and impressed with it and fell in love with it. I still love the bands that I knew before I started making this kind of music. Nirvana is still one of my favorite bands of all time, and I like listening to Bob Marley. We like all kinds of music, not just the music that we make. MORE