Floor Jansen

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Floor Jansen

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Img_capt = Jansen during After Forever concert on Masters of Rock 2007 festival in Zlín.
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Floor Jansen
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Born = birth date and age|1981|2|21
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Origin = flagicon|Netherlands The Netherlands
Voice_type = Mezzo-soprano
Instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, flute
Genre = Symphonic metal, Gothic metal, Power metal, Progressive metal
Occupation = Musician, songwriter
Years_active = 1997-present
Label = Nuclear Blast Records
Associated_acts = After Forever Ayreon Star One
URL = [http://www.floorjansen.nl/ Offical Floor Jansen Site]
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Floor Jansen (pronounced|flɔr ˈjɑnsɛn) (born February 21, 1981, Goirle) is a Dutch mezzo-soprano, who is the lead singer of the symphonic/power metal band After Forever.

Biography

Jansen was sixteen when she joined Apocalypse (the name of the band After Forever in its early days) in 1997. Three years later the band released its first album, "Prison of Desire". Floor's ability to sing both classical and rock music have made her reasonably popular in the metal scene. She has taken sole charge of After Forever's lyrics and vocal melodies since the departure of Mark Jansen in 2002. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp9jzwzIvJA Interview with After Forever] . Retrieved December 28, 2007.] Prior to this, up until the "Decipher" album, the two would write together.

Floor started studying music at the Dutch Rock Academy in 1999 and entered the conservatory three years later. She studied Musical Theatre and one year of Opera. Her whole range isn't shown yet on After Forever albums. Later on, she started teaching performing in her own course called "Wanna be a Star?!". Her dream is to sing in a musical theater.

Floor plays the guitar, piano and flute and has completed several years of music studies.

Three albums by the Dutch composer and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen include guest vocals from Floor. She sang one song on "", made a number of contributions to the Star One project and plays the character Ω in the Ayreon album "01011001". She is the older sister of fellow singer and Ayreon guest vocalist Irene Jansen, who played "Passion" on "The Human Equation".She has also been a guest for the metal band Nightmare.

Because of the burn-out that After Forever bandmate Sander Gommans underwent, Aftrer Forever is currently on hold. Floor posted on her website that she would take advantage of After Forever's status to start writing music with Jorn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind, Jørn Lande) for a new musical project. [ [http://www.floorjansen.nl/default.aspx?l=EN Floor Jansen biography @ official site] ]

Discography

With After Forever

*Ephemeral (demo, 1999)
*Wings of Illusion (demo, 1999)
*Follow in the Cry (single, 2000)
*Prison of Desire (full-length, 2000)
*Decipher (full-length, 2001)
*Emphasis/Who Wants To Live Forever (single, 2002)
*Monolith of Doubt (single, 2002)
*Exordium (EP, 2003)
*My Choice/The Evil That Men Do (single, 2003)
*Invisible Circles (full-length, 2004)
*Digital Deceit (single, 2004)
*Remagine (full-length, 2005)
*Two Sides/Boundaries Are Open (single, 2006)
*Mea Culpa (compilation, 2006)
*Energize Me (single, 2007)
*After Forever (full-length, 2007)
*Equally Destructive (single, 2007)

With Ayreon

* (full-length, 2000)
*01011001 (full-length, 2008)
*Elected (EP, 2008); vocals in "Ride the Comet".

With Star One

*Space Metal (full-length, 2002)
*Live On Earth (live album, 2003)

References

Interviews

* [http://www.metal-ways.com/83/4/interview-after-forever-de-vorstin-hilversum.html Interview with Floor Jansen (August 2007) @ metal-ways.com]

External links

* [http://floorjansen.nl Personal website]
* [http://afterforever.com After Forever website]
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