Martijn Westerholt Explained

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Birth Date:	1979 3, df=yes
Birth Name:	David Martijn Westerholt
Origin:	Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Instrument:	Keyboards
Genre:	Symphonic metal, alternative metal
Occupation:	Musician, songwriter
Current Member Of:	Delain, Eye of Melian
Past Member Of:	Within Temptation

David Martijn Westerholt (born 30 March 1979) is a Dutch musician. He is the founder, keyboardist and main songwriter of the symphonic metal project Delain. He was previously a member of symphonic metal band Within Temptation, until he was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis shortly after the release of Within Temptation's second full-length studio album, Mother Earth. His brother Robert is the guitarist and founder of Within Temptation.^[1] He has lived in Zwolle,^[2] since studying Communication at Windesheim College in 1998. In September 2021, Westerholt formed a new symphonic project called Eye of Melian.^[3]

Discography

With Within Temptation

See main article: Within Temptation discography.

Studio albums

• Enter – 1997
• Mother Earth – 2000

EP

• The Dance – 1998

With Delain

Studio albums

• Lucidity – 2006
• April Rain – 2009
• We Are The Others – 2012
• The Human Contradiction – 2014
• Moonbathers – 2016
• Apocalypse & Chill – 2020
• Dark Waters – 2023

EPs and live albums

• Lunar Prelude – 2016
• – 2017
• Hunter's Moon – 2019

With Eye of Melian

Studio albums

• Legends of Light – 2022

Notes and References

1. Book: Gary Sharpe Young . Anthologie du Métal . 2 . 2012 . Camion Blanc . 978-2357796362 . French.
2. Gab Ginsberg . Emerging Artists Spotlight: Delain . Billboard . 8 March 2019.
3. Web site: Launch of EYE OF MELIAN music project . Arrow Lords of Metal . 5 October 2021 . nl . 24 September 2021.