| Silje Wergeland | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Silje Wergeland |
| Birth Date: | 1974 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bergen, Hordaland, Norway |
| Occupation: | Vocalist, singer-songwriter, lyricist |
| Instrument: | Vocals, piano, keyboards |
| Years Active: | 2000–present |
| Associated Acts: | Octavia Sperati, Arcturus, Syrach, The Gathering, Danny Cavanagh, Tristania, Katatonia |
Silje Wergeland (born 9 November 1974) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and pianist. She is best known as the current lead vocalist of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering (since 2009).[1] She was also the frontwoman of Norwegian doom/gothic metal band Octavia Sperati.
Silje Wergeland was a founding member of the female group of gothic / doom metal Octavia Sperati in 2000, where she remained as vocalist and one of the main songwriters along with Gyri Losnegaard and Bodil Myklebust, until 2008.[2] In an interview with Paul Stenning, Wergeland described the band as “Extravagant, dramatic doom with a rock n’ roll heart.” She also said her influences were “Black Sabbath, Slayer, Clutch, Pantera, Type O Negative, Pink Floyd among others, and also some Norwegian folk music influences due to our musical inheritance.”[3]
On 10 March 2009, it was announced that singer Wergeland joined the Dutch rock band The Gathering, replacing singer Anneke van Giersbergen, who left to form her band Agua de Annique.[4]
Her first studio album with The Gathering, The West Pole was released in May 2009.[5]
Wergeland was born in Bergen, where she still regularly lives. Her partner is Mads Lilletvedt, drummer of the death / thrash metal local band Hellish Outcast and Sahg. They are the parents of two girls: Marie, born in August 2012 and Louise, born in February 2016.