CHARLOTTE WESSELS

A WHOPPING 15 years since their inception, Dutch symphonic metallers Delain are ready to unleash their colossal sixth (and hilariously titled) album, Apocalypse & Chill. With a busy 2020 ahead, and having wrapped up a handful of UK headliner dates in February, we quizzed songstress and key songwriter Charlotte Wessels on the hard life lessons her years in the music industry have taught her so far.

CHANGE IS A GOOD THING

“Martijn [Westerholt, keyboards] and myself have been the core songwriting team for Delain since the very beginning but Timo [Somers, guitars] has really flourished on ; he’s not just making arrangements and writing parts but writing entire songs, like . The fact that we play live so much has had an impact on how we write this time. We’re writing from the idea of how it will work when we perform. Martijn did the entire