Arjen Lucassen (AYREON, STAR ONE, GUILT MACHINE) and Anneke van Giersbergen (THE GATHERING, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, THE SIRENS) have joined forces for new band, THE GENTLE STORM, and have now revealed the cover artwork for their debut album, "The Diary", which is due out early next year.
Arjen had this to say: "I loved the front cover of the last STREAM OF PASSION album, so I tracked down the cover artist, Alexandra V. Bach. I sent her some samples of the THE GENTLE STORM music, and explained the album concept. She made a moodboard that captured the feel of the story and the music. We then gave her the go-ahead to design the cover. She did an amazing job that exceeded our expectations: Alexandra's cover art represents THE GENTLE STORM perfectly!"
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