The Gentle Storm issue studio clip

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
published

Latest video shows Arjen Lucassen playing wide range of instruments during sessions for upcoming album The Diary

The Gentle Storm have released another behind-the-scenes clip from recording sessions for their upcoming album The Diary.

The collaboration between Arjen Lucassen and The Gathering singer Anneke van Giersbergen launches in Europe on March 23 via InsideOut.

The clip shows Lucassen playing a variety of instruments and highlights his guitar solo on the track Endless Sea.

Van Giersbergen says about the Ayeron mastermind: “I love his dedication and sense of humour and now that we did a whole album together I can see how he pulls off these enormous projects that he became famous and loved for.

“It was a real pleasure and an honour to do an album together – it’s already one of the highlights of my career and I can’t wait to share The Gentle Storm with you all.”

They premiered a lyric video for the track Endless Sea exclusively through Prog last month and they’ll play their debut gig in the Netherlands on March 26 with Lucassen – although he won’t be part of the lineup for the band’s three UK dates in April.

Meanwhile, van Giersbergen is continuing her work with Liv Kristine and Kari Rueslatten in The Sirens.

The Gentle Storm UK tour dates

Apr 23: London Garage

Apr 24: Leicester Musician

Apr 25: Manchester Roadhouse

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.