THE GENTLE STORM - The Storm (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)

[@xxwookey]

I keep coming back to this brilliant rendition year after year. A bit more attack than the album. It's a remarkable team of musicians: Anneke, Marcela (they sound _so_ good together), Merel, Ed, Johan, and I'm afraid I don't know who the guitarist is, but he's great too. It's fascinating to watch these people move around their various projects being consistently excellent, but this gig just here captured some alchemy with the musicianship and Aryen's incredible songwriting and arranging. It's a classic that should be a lot more famous. And how did this get to be 7 years ago already!

[@shoemaker688]

Guitarist is Ferry Duijsens if i'm not mistaking here. And yes this is great stuff.

[@xxwookey]

@@shoemaker688 Cheers for that. Always nice when someone answers a random youtube question eventually.

[@shoemaker688]

@@xxwookey You are very welcome buddy.

[@Evilmetal79]

There is an enormous piramid where thousands of talented singers climbing to the top, and there is Anneke, shining above like the sun, smiling!

[@Whiteprogger777]

Anneke and Marcela, two of the best voices together. I love you girls!

[@SpriteBat]

Wow, seriously epic! Anneke is in a league of her own, truly outstanding talent and charisma. And Ed is probably my all time favorite drummer. He sounds better than ever!

[@lithiumsapphire8935]

this song is a pure masterpiece and this concert record is like a album record. it's just amazing *-*

[@esraozen3187]

I adore Anneke but Marcela deserves more.. both have enormous voices

[@raidenmateo422]

I know I'm kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to stream new series online?

[@thiagouriel2966]

@Raiden Mateo Try FlixZone. Just google for it :)

[@daxtaylor9514]

@Thiago Uriel Yup, been watching on Flixzone for months myself :D

[@raidenmateo422]

@Thiago Uriel thanks, I signed up and it seems like a nice service :) Appreciate it !!

[@thiagouriel2966]

@Raiden Mateo happy to help =)

[@rondijkhuizenify]

Very well sung by both, excellend dynamic. Love Marcela`s high note at 2:50

[@Cuckoorex]

Apologies to Nightwish and all the Floorgasm fans, but Anneke and Marcela together is pure heaven.

[@perfectlypopsicle492]

Everything Arjen releases is pure gold, and Anneke's presence sprinkles gold dust on every collaboration she's involved with. This album is like some kind mutant super-gold. Gold squared? Gold to the power of gold? ...seriously though, with these two involved I had high expectations, and after listening to both sides many times I must say the expectations were well met. Bravo Arjen and Anneke.

[@DarkKrush]

This just blew me away. The voices, the rhythm. Wow.

[@MicheleThiella]

frankly this live version sounds even better than the studio version to me... sounds more... agressive... I'd really like a live version of the Diary (Storm Version) with "this" sound :) Anyway great song and great performance!!!

[@TroutLizard.]

Anneke is hands down the best singer in the world to me everything she does is so perfect!!! This song kicks so much ass.

[@ricky66t]

Oh how I love Anneke Van Giersbergen's voice. This is a great song/video. Such a great progressive style, Anneke brings an alluring style of newage in her voice to the forefront of progressive rock music.

[@SpriteBat]

Rick Triana Yes, her voice is perfect! Now that I've heard the album a few times, and especially after hearing this live version, I know there is no one else who would be better for these songs.

[@mstu8097]

I'd pay an absurd amount of money for a full DVD.

[@CrimsonCupcakeDoll]

I'm so in love with this whole album! I wish I could travel overseas to see them live. We don't have music like this in America.

[@Chill-Melodies-a]

Every drop of rain sounds like pure relaxation to my ears.

[@Pentaghast]

Its fantastic how this project gone so far, Arjen and Anneke did a great job making this songs powerful and easy to learn and love at the first listen.

[@celthar79]

Saw the show in london thursday. It was just amazing! I've been to lots of concerts, but this was the best ever. Thank you for this Arjen. Anneke's performance and stage prescence is insane. Wow! I cant even remember the last time before this i heard a vocalist be pitch perfect for two hours straight. This is professional on so many levels. And also some great songs! Two of my old favorites from mandylion i never thought i would get to hear live, some of my favorite ayreon songs, and the new Storm songs. I'm praising this alot, but you guys deserve it! Thank you!

[@ScreamWright]

celthar79 I was there and completely agree. The thing is Anneke is pitch perfect like that pretty much all the time (I've seen her more than ten times live with various bands and she's always been awesome). It was amazing to hear Isis and Osiris and Valley of the Queens live as I got into Arjen's music with Into the Electric Castle. They're coming back in October supporting Delain, even if it will be a shorter set I feel like I have to again.

[@hannalergenmuller]

Lucky bastards 😊

[@Peter.R.M.]

Superb live music like this is absolutely timeless - truly sensational performances from every performer on stage.

[@LuuMoreno]

This is so hard to sing!! :O } Respect to Anneke and Marcela.

[@sanityoblivion6666]

Such an amazing song with Marcela Bovio

[@tchachinafan]

Awesome! They've really put together a kickass live band. Very happy to see Marcela there. I just wish the crowd was more lively, there are just like 3 people heandbanging and shaking somewhere -_- .Anneke's smile is just ♥ ♥

[@nickgreen4731]

***** It's true. The London crowd on the 23rd April was standing quite still for a lot of it, just absorbing it all, but when Anneke signalled during the middle 8 of 'New Horizon' every fist went in the air right on the beat, in perfect timing... it was uncanny. :-)

[@Cuckoorex]

I think they were all just in shock.

[@melissaschianchi9547]

I discovered Marcela two years ago. I follow Ayreon and I bought cd`s and dvd and I realize that she really has an amazing talent,also with Mayan, she really reaches every single note, she can handle anything. My question is why I feel that she still hasnt the place she deserves. She is always the "second". Of course I respect Anneke, that is not part of the discussion. Greetings from Argentina!!!

[@kifbender7302]

I'm assuming you know about Stream of Passion? They have several albums and Marcela is the lead singer!

[@sevensevensportsbagjump7525]

Magnificent vocals and including Merel Behold exquisite modern prog . Change my mind .

[@ozguus]

This is awesome. Nowadays music videos are very often silly movie-like stories with the same music as on album (and probably with enormous budget). Here music is much more powerful, and you can hear different version of this great song. I love this version, because Marcela's voice is much more expressive, and whole band looks amazing. Thank you Arjen, for The Gentle Storm :)

[@thirzavanrijssel5957]

Heerlijk nagenieten. Ik was zelf bij dit optreden in Zwolle aanwezig. Wat een geweldige show en een waanzinnig nummer :)

[@ktb6865]

Chills every time! Would love to see them live! Reverb on the vocals is perfect, compliments her voice so well!

[@suarezale78]

I can't believe that there's a show with all this amazing musicians. Wish them the best. On the album i prefer the gentle version, but this was outstanding live.

[@deggial2005]

this album, no doubts the best musical creation of 2015

[@jmruizgil]

Incredible musicianship. And special mention to the singers. I mean Anneke's voice/stage presence is amazing and then you have Marcela providing top notch backing/harmonizing vocals for quite a challenging melody. The band are so tight also! Missed Arjen on stage though but... this was incredible guys :)

[@FingolfinLS]

This song live is incredible to listen to

[@jezkn]

EPICCCCCCCCCCC !! Badass riff making - and helicopter hair twirling to the nth degree. Uber tight as those leather trousers Anneke is wearing. Love the chord progressions in this and the stop/starting - and Anneke is at the top of her game and loving it isn't she?. Her voice can adapt to anything, There is even an impersonation of Simone at 2.40 (and since Simone reveres Anneke - that's a gracious reciprocal gesture!). This is Anneke taking the world by storm (but will the rest of the world listen??). Their bloody loss.

[@FreezingEmbrace]

+jezkn who the fuck is Simone compared to Anneke??

[@jezkn]

That's a tad ungenerous of you I thought - especially as Simone was inspired to sing Metal by the likes of Anneke and Kari. Anneke has a lot of respect for Simone too.

[@FreezingEmbrace]

haha Simone was and still is the most uneducated in music history, she only started singing because her boyfriend Mark wanted to copy his work with After Forever. She had no clue and just trying to copy Floor's early style and Nightwish first album. Never had anything to do with Anneke or Kari, she most certainly hasnt heard anything from the 3rd and the Mortal. K? bye thanks.

[@jezkn]

Shows how uneducated you are. There is even an interview with Simone where she acknowledges the important influence of Kari and Anneke on her development as a singer in her teens. You can even get it on KZbin. Plus she is utterly brilliant. Nothing like Anneke of course (except when Anneke impersonates her). It's just plain silly to compare two fantastic vocalists - equally great in their own ways. The crucial difference is a 12 year age gap, so Simone still has a chance of global outreach - whereas Anneke's opportunity for that has passed.. That is very sad incidentally as Anneke's quality deserved it. Having said that, with the material that Simone is currently singing, I doubt she will ever achieve it either (but it wont be because she hasn't got global potential because she has)

[@EvaMetalhankle]

FreezingEmbrace what you said is completely inaccurate.

[@adrianslair9656]

Those melodies are just amazing

[@Delainemma]

i just bought the cd and i already know a lot of the lyrics ! So good !!!!

[@chiarabramati2361]

This is so good I can't even.

[@jeanbio]

Perfeita Anneke e sua voz perfeita a vos mais linda que existe no mundo; e com a marcela bovio aí ficou mais perfeito ainda!

[@queso52]

those girl are amazin!!! my fav from the album. masterpiece!!!

[@christianolate5471]

la voz de anneke,es una maravilla,simplemente cautivadora

[@robglysen]

Seeing them in a week, absolutely can not wait!! This vid made me wee a little!

[@johncoxy2112]

Brilliant show last night at Manchester . Please come back soon !

[@frankspijkers9045]

That’s how you start a song what an energy 😊

[@pohle1303]

Anneke, the heavenly voice....

[@davidpickavance1]

Excited to see this on Saturday!

[@EstebanCampowGonzalez]

Come to chile again plis😢!!

[@alexsoutzen]

Great Video again This is my favourite song from the album

[@diegoleoni5593]

la voz de Marcela Bovio es increible y bhue... Anneke, no se queda atras...muy buena banda..!!

[@rogersicin]

New live video of "The Storm" will rock your socks off! :)

[@metaljoe]

Woooo, that sounds amazing!!! Cool song!

[@פיליפשול]

Amazing combination Amazing music

[@nainvillarreal33]

q gran voz tiene Marcela Bovio

[@MetalAges]

Fan-freaking-tastic! The only thing that could have made that more killer is Arjen himself on stage (just because!). Great job and killer tune! (CM, those earbooks can't arrive quick enough for us US folk.... :) )

[@justsupersteve]

OMG!!!!!! please more videos please!! and by the way... Arjen where are yoooouuu?????????????

[@justsupersteve]

LOOOL good call!! belive me I'm still listening to The Theory Of Everything album and now there's this... I guess I have homework to do!!! greetings

[@robsonfaxas]

***** What's the secret of your compositions? Do you have inspirations watching Walking Dead? So I'm going to watch some episodes too. hahaha

[@guilhermevdecastro]

***** Can't wait for your Epic Progressive Zombie Metal project

[@mrantimassanew]

***** GREAT!!! aaaaaahhhh!!

[@Zelda4kd]

***** Fantastic !!! I Love your music. I was watching Games of Thrones and i saw this between episodes and was an epiphany xD

[@leandrodelloartty8548]

Lindo video! Linda canção linda Anneke

[@chimetalx1962]

What an amazing song.. still missing Arjen rocking onstage!

[@Kymfre01]

Always a pleasure to hear to these 2 wonderful voices together, if you have seen Aryeon Universe we will now that Ed can sing as well as be a hell of a drummer. Does anyone know if the female guitarist is the same woman that was in Delain for a while?. Who here has pre ordered Transistus? I now know who the email guitarist is and it is the same girl as was in Delain :)

[@frankspijkers9045]

Yes Merel played also in Delain Great musician

[@russedwards5501]

I love this, that's all

[@Patries1100]

Wooow geweldig!!! 💜💜

[@aretibo1158]

Amazing!!!

[@mArc01H1]

line - up (Ed, Joost, Johan, Marcela, Anneke ! ), music, voices - Arjen & Anneke i have some words for you ------> this is amazing .. thanks :) The Diary rocks !

[@caggt8141]

DAMN!!!! Soooooo good!

[@fleshgod9332]

She does a lot of vocal acrobatics in this song, you need a third lung to sing it.

[@livesouvenirs]

woooowwwww!!!! sounds fuckin great!!!!

[@maimohamed3590]

Wow🎶❤✨😍🙌

[@umcarainteressante]

Damn, what an epic.

[@jackyeelsa]

on the stage at Montreux Jazz festival, i'll we be there

[@Mario.F.G]

We want to The Gentle Storm in Mexico

[@mask2362]

Wunderschöne Frau

[@Mario.F.G]

World tour please, Come to Mexico City........

[@AulPedajas]

+Arjen Anthony Lucassen Absolutely stunning. I am moving to Europe in 13 days. I really hope I will still see you on stage somewhere one day.

[@BulletmanDoom]

Vuur is going to be very interesting.

[@wimulvehill721]

Fucking GREAT song!

[@vixenvendettaofficial]

Thumbs up! Kiana Shotgun =)

[@scottcaturanosc]

Who is the backing female vocalist ?

[@mozo178]

Perfect!

[@AlwinVerhoog]

Groot feest in Hedon!

[@oriolcanalborrachero6344]

la intro parece de una batalla pokémon 😵😵

[@harrisondocarmo7923]

+Oriol Canal Borrachero jajajajaja

[@c.a.murillo5896]

lol

[@DeePPurPleLemoN]

43 people with shaky hands missed the like button.

[@filip100000]

Why does Arjen not take part in the tour?

[@filip100000]

An answer from the man himself! Thanks man and all the best!

[@JimWilkinson]

***** Home is where the heart is. Mr. Zappa would say "On the bus". But as for you, I'd say "In the Studio". Exactly where you should be..All... The.... Time :)

[@Cosminen]

***** What could be better than playing music live? :) Nothing for me atleast :)

[@klokanady]

Love Anneke, but where is Arjen ?

[@mellotron_scratch]

Adrian Tkalčec he was a collaborator and he did few exclusive show but he won't go live.

[@klokanady]

***** Thank you for the info

[@austinchu4404]

A guy told me about this band. I thought he said "The Djentle Storm"...

[@AkosKovacs.Author.Musician]

Who's the girl on that 7 string?

[@ComradeBucket]

+Ákos Kovács That, my friend, would be the lovely Merel Bechtold

[@biribobili]

Where was this recorded?

[@Koennie78]

This was recorded in Hedon, Zwolle (the Netherlands)

[@thecc3446]

She should have been the voice of Nightwish

[@mixodorians12]

Thought the guitarists were a bit lazy not following the keyboard player note for note, with its standout bit. I mean don't headbang, learn it.

[@ManosRK]

:O

[@guidoquaranta4763]

Who froze the audience?

[@anne29030]

Guido Quaranta Public all over the world are not the same. This looks like it is taped during a concert in the Netherlands. And Dutch crowds are generally known that the artist has to work for it. That's a good thing, that way you get good and grounded artist ;)

[@perfectlypopsicle492]

Johnny Snow?

[@franticfactory]

I'm just not digging Marcela here. I know she can do so much better.

[@xxwookey]

Really? She sounds pretty fine to me, and there are many other positive comments in the thread.

[@cwm8565]

She sounds absolutely fine.

[@cwm8565]

That crowd is dead

[@ironmaidenxp9546]

i prefer the gathering.

[@andistudillo]

This is good but doesnt compare to Ayreon :(

[@leothetiger13]

This is good. I dunno....seems kinda plain and mediocre.

[@KillSwitch66627]

Symphonic metal just makes me laugh. Cause its a joke.

[@cwm8565]

Like your comment and lack of musical taste