Country of origin: Netherlands Location: Zwolle, Overijssel Status: Active Formed in: 2002 Genre: Symphonic Metal Lyrical themes: Pain, Sorrow, Yearning, Love Current label: Napalm Records Years active: 2002-present Delain was formed by Martijn Westerholt, the former Within Temptation keyboard player, who quit Within Temptation because of health reasons. While his brother Robert remained in Within Temptation, Martijn had to watch the band's breakthrough from the sideline. Delain was formed by Martijn Westerholt, the former Within Temptation keyboard player, who quit Within Temptation because of health reasons. While his brother Robert remained in Within Temptation, Martijn had to watch the band's breakthrough from the sideline. During his illness (he suffered from Pfeiffer's disease for four consecutive years), Westerholt kept on writing music. This project evolved into Delain. He got some respected Dutch metal musicians (like Sharon den Adel) to help him with the project, and sent demo tapes to Marco Hietala (Nightwish) and Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes) and got them involved as well. Eventually, he contracted the then-unknown Charlotte Wessels for vocal duties. In 2021, all of the members except Martijn Westerholt left the band and the band was back to being a solo project as it was in the beginning. By 2022, however, a new lineup had been assembled. 荷兰交响歌特金属团 Delain。主音：Anne Invernizzi 吉他手：Roy Van Enkhuyzen 鼓手：Tim Kuper 键盘：Martijn Westerholt（Within Temptation 的专辑”Enter“、”The dance"和”Mother Eearth"演奏键盘）乐队取名为Delain，根据Martijn所说，这个名字并没有任何的意义，之所以选择它仅仅是因为听起来顺耳。