Biography

Sharon Janny den Adel, born on July 12, 1974, in Waddinxveen, Netherlands, is the lead singer and one of the lyricists of the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, and was previously a member of the group The Circle. In 1998, she was invited by Arjen Lucassen to take part in the Ayreon progressive rock project’s album Into the Electric Castle, where she performed the role of Indian. In 2002, she contributed to Timo Tolkki’s (of Stratovarius) solo album Hymn to Life, performing the vocal part on the ballad Are You the One? She also appeared on two albums by Avantasia (Tobias Sammet’s project) and on the debut album of Delain, the band founded by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt. On December 7, 2005, she gave birth to a daughter, Eva Luna, whose father is Robert Westerholt, the guitarist of Within Temptation.