The contest is open until May 29 and Monique hopes to find out the results almost immediately. The website is in German, but those who want to support Monique can look for her picture, hover over it and then click on "voten" to cast a ballot. To be chosen to perform at the competition, Monique needs people to vote for her at the M'era Luna website. "This genre encapsulated all of the different things that I love in music." Supporters can vote online "I just started to really connect with the music," she said. She was studying classical music at the University of Waterloo when she was introduced to gothic rock and gothic metal, the styles she now focuses on. From classical to gothĪpocalyptica is a Finnish metal band that is famous for playing Metallica with four cellos, and is one of the bands that Monique names as inspiring her to embrace goth music.
So whoever wins this competition will get to, basically, represent their country and also get to play the main stage alongside artists like Apocalyptica, who is headlining this year," she said. "The contest is actually to find a newcomer act to be able to play the main stage and essentially open the festival this year. If she wins, she will be invited to perform at the August festival. Monique is currently one of five acts taking part in the newcomer competition and she is the only person in the running from North America. Helena's birth name was Margrethe Jacobsen, but she had changed it at the age of 18.Kitchener goth musician Cecile Monique is hoping she will get the chance to perform alongside her idols at Germany's M'era Luna festival. Michaelsen has 2 children-a son named Joackim (b. The track subsequently was included in Imperia's 2004 album The Ancient Dance of Qetesh as a bonus track. Upon their return to The Netherlands they formed the band Imperia.Īs Imperia, Michaelsen and Wolz recorded a cover of "The Lotus Eaters" by Dead Can Dance for a double tribute album with the same title released through the Greek label Black Lotus Records.
Imperia and Angel (2004–present)Īfter leaving Sahara Dust, Michaelsen teamed up with Steve Wolz (who was to be the drummer for Sahara Dust) and the pair relocated to Norway. The band was renamed Epica, inspired by the album of the same name by Tampa, Florida-based Kamelot that was released the same year. Two years after leaving Trail of Tears, she was selected by Mark Jansen (who had just left After Forever) as vocalist for his new band Sahara Dust but she left not long after, replaced by then-unknown Simone Simons. Soon after, she was replaced by Cathrine Paulsen in May of that year. In 2000, she again took role of contralto vocals in their second album Profoundemonium, which was last album to feature Helena. A year later, Michaelsen and the band recorded their debut album Disclosure in Red in which she sang contralto vocals and contributed to writing lyrics. Michaelsen was born in Evje, and started off as the female vocalist in 1997 for Norwegian gothic metal band Trail of Tears, succeeding after Ales Vik who departed from the band that same year. Musical career Trail of Tears (1997–2000) She was once a member of the former Gothic metal band Trail of Tears, and symphonic metal band Sahara Dust who later renamed to Epica.
Helena Iren Michaelsen (born 2 June 1977) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter who is well known as the frontwoman for European symphonic metal band Imperia and her solo project Angel.
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