Clémentine Delauney

Clémentine Delauney (born 11 February 1987) is a French singer with a soprano vocal range who is currently singing for the symphonic metal bands Visions of Atlantis and Exit Eden. Previously she was the female backing vocalist for Austrian symphonic power metal band Serenity and the vocalist of French philharmonic metal band Whyzdom.

Career

At the age of 16, Clementine Delauney began her musical education at the Maîtrise de l'Opéra in Lyon.

In late 2010 she joined Whyzdom as their lead vocalist, but never appears on any record of the band, because the singer left the band in early 2012 before they began recording the second album ''Blind?''

Back in 2011 Delauney also guest-singed on Serenity's “Out Of The Dark” tour before being introduced as a permanent member in December 2013. Together with Serenity, she released the album ''War of Ages'' and the resulting music video ''Wings Of Madness'' in 2013. In the same year it was announced that Clémentine Delauney was leaving the band and would join the Austrian band Visions Of Atlantis, in which she is still active.

Delauney performed alongside French operatic metal band Melted Space between 2013 and 2016. She can also be heard on the albums ''The Great Lie'' (released 2015) and ''Darkening Light'' (released 2018) as lead and background singer.

In 2017, the Frenchwoman founded the international metal band Exit Eden together with the 3 singers Amanda Somerville (Avantasia, Trillium), Marina La Torraca (Phantom Elite) and Anna Brunner (League of Distortion). On August 4, 2017, the four released their debut album, ''Rhapsodies in Black'', via Napalm Records. Together the band had a few shows, including at Wacken Open Air 2018.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Clementine Delauney launched her Patreon page in 2021. Since then she has been providing exclusive insights into the worlds of Visions of Atlantis and Exit Eden, but also into her personal artistic life. She has already released her first solo song ''The Violence Within'' via the platform.

Visions of Atlantis

On December 6, 2013, it was announced on the Visions of Atlantis Facebook page that Clémentine Delauney would be the new voices of the band, along with Siegfried Samer (who was replaced by Michele Guaitoli at the end of 2018).

Various live performances followed before the release of the ''Old Routes - New Waters'' EP in 2016, on which Delauney and Samer re-recorded some of the band's biggest hits.

The band's sixth album ''The Deep & The Dark'' followed in 2018, in which she not only participated as lead singer, but also as the main lyricist together with singer Siegfried Samer.

But she not only write the lyrics for the band. She is also responsible for the entire creative universe of Visions of Atlantis. The ideas for the band's music videos, photo shoots and costumes largely stem from her creativity, which she showcase in the following years with the studio albums ''Wanderers'' (release August 30, 2019) and ''Pirates'' (release May 13, 2022).

Discography

Visions of Atlantis

;Studio albums
* ''The Deep & the Dark'' (2018)
* '' Wanderers'' (2019)
* ''Pirates'' (2022)
Live albums

* ''The Deep & The Dark Live'' (2019)
* ''A Symphonic Journey To Remember'' (2020)
* ''Pirates Over Wacken'' (2023)
;EPs
*''Old Routes – New Waters'' (2016)

Exit Eden

;Albums
* '' Rhapsodies in Black'' (2017) ( Starwatch Entertainment/Napalm Records)

;Singles
* ''Unfaithful'' (Rihanna cover) (2017) (Starwatch Entertainment/Napalm Records)
* ''Impossible'' (Shontelle cover) (2017) (Starwatch Entertainment/Napalm Records)
* ''Incomplete'' (Backstreet Boys cover) (2017) (Starwatch Entertainment/Napalm Records)
* ''Paparazzi'' (Lady Gaga cover) (2017) (Starwatch Entertainment/Napalm Records)
* ''A Question of Time'' (Depeche Mode cover) (2017) (Starwatch Entertainment/Napalm Records)

Serenity

;Studio albums
*''War of Ages'' (2013)
;Singles
*''Wings of Madness'' (2013)

Guest appearances

*Myrath ''–'' '' Tales of the Sands'' (2011), vocals on ''Under Siege''
*Melted Space ''– The Great Lie'' (2015)
* Hansen & Friends ''– XXX – Three Decades in Metal'' (2016), vocals on ''Fire and Ice'', ''Left Behind'', ''All or Nothing'' and ''Save Us''
*Melted Space ''– Darkening Light'' (2018)
*''Leaves' Eyes – The Last Viking'' (2020), vocals on ''Black Butterfly''
* Tarja ''– Best of - Living The Dream'' (2022)
* Serenity ''– Memoria Live'' (2022), vocals for ''Legacy Of Tudors'' and ''Fairytales''

References

External links

Clementine Delauney official siteClémentine Delauney
on Discogs

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1987 births
Living people
Musicians from Paris
Women heavy metal singers
French sopranos
French women singer-songwriters
French singer-songwriters
21st-century French women singers
Serenity (band) members