Sander Gommans
Sander Gommans was born in Holland, Netherlands, Netherlands on August 15th, 1978 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 45, Sander Gommans biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sander Gommans (born August 15, 1978) is a Dutch musician.
He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever.
He played guitar and did the grunting parts in the band.
He managed the band and was the main writer of After Forever's music. After recording all guitars for the album Rise of the Warrior by Anna Phoebe, he has undertaken a project called HDK, which is signed to Season of Mist; HDK's debut album, System Overload, was released on February 23, 2009. He is also the additional lead guitarist on Kiske/Somerville, an album by the German singer, keyboard player and guitarist Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween) and the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach Amanda Somerville. In 2010 he co-wrote the album Scheepers, a solo album of Primal Fear's lead vocalist Ralf Scheepers. Resulting from his partnership with Amanda Somerville on HDK and Kiske/Somerville, Sander became one of the main members of Amanda's self heavy metal-oriented project called Trillium, which first album Alloy was released in fall 2011 by the record company Frontiers Records.Currently, he has released a new HDK album and he owns, together with longtime friend Paul Simons, a music company called "The Rock Station", which consists out of a music academy, a music studio, music management and music merchandise. On August 19, 2013, it was revealed that Gommans was engaged to be married to Amanda Somerville, and the pair were married in July 2014.
On January 8, 2015, she announced that she and Sander Gommans are expecting their first child.
In July 2015, their daughter, Lana Elise Gommans, was born.
In 2018, their twin daughters Anya and Juliet were born.Between 2015 and 2019, Gommans joined forces with Scott Wenmakers (teacher and illustrator) and Menno Kappe (Graviton Music Services) to work on "Enter the Metal Realm", the first chapter of Magic-O-Metal, a heavy/power metal musical project for children.
Through the website, people can (pre-)order various products concerning the project.
Personal life
On 19 August 2013, it was revealed that Gommans was engaged to be married to Amanda Somerville, and the pair were married in July 2014. On 8 January 2015, she announced that she and Sander Gommans were expecting their first child. In July 2015, their daughter, Lana Elise Gommans, was born. In 2018, their twin daughters Anya and Juliet were born.
Prior to marrying Somerville, Gommans had previously been in a relationship with Floor Jansen.
Career
After recording all guitars for Anna Phoebe's album Rise of the Warrior, he began a project called HDK, which is related to Season of Mist; HDK's debut album, System Overload, was released on February 23, 2009.
He's also the additional lead guitarist on Kiske/Somerville, the German singer, keyboard player, and guitarist Michael Kiske's album (ex-Helloween) and American singer-songwriter and vocal coach Amanda Somerville. He co-wrote Scheepers, Primal Fear's lead vocalist Ralf Scheepers' solo album.
Sander, one of Amanda Somerville's best-known metal-oriented venture, became one of Amanda's first album Alloy, which was released by the record company Frontiers Records in fall 2011.
Serenades of the Netherworld, his second HDK album, and he co-founded "The Rock Station," which includes a music academy, a recording studio, music production, and music retail.
Gommans joined forces with Scott Wenmakers (teacher and illustrator) and Menno Kappe (Graviton Music Services) in 2005 to work on "Enter the Metal Realm," the first chapter of a heavy/power metal musical project for children. People can (pre-)order various items pertaining to the project from the website.