Kristell Lowagie
| Kristell Lowagie | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kristell Lowagie |
| Born | 6 March 1980 |
| Origin | Belgium |
| Genres | Pop metal, symphonic metal, gothic metal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Associated acts |
Valkyre Skeptical Minds Joliet The Road To Consciousness Lovelorn Dolls |
| Website | |
Kristell Lowagie (born 6 March 1980) is a Belgian singer and songwriter.
Biography
Lowagie was born in Brussels.
She led the gothic/symphonic metal bands Valkyre and Skeptical Minds. She also worked on her solo project Joliet, an electro-pop music; and gave her voice for The Road To Consciousness project, a metal opera. She's now the lead singer of the band Lovelorn Dolls, a dark rock band from Belgium, signed in 2012 on Alfa Matrix label.
Lowagie started singing at age 20, with Adams-Stokes, a Belgian pop-rock band. Together they performed concerts throughout Belgium, and they were in the finals of the Belgian Emergenza contest in 2001.
In 2002, Lowagie was asked by Vincent Lacrosse to join his project Skeptical Minds, an industrial electro metal music. The band played in big metal festivals, together with bands like Epica, Lacuna Coil, After Forever and Leaves' Eyes. They recorded the album Rent to Kill, and were signed on the US label Sirenette Music Industries. Lowagie left the group in December 2007.
In 2008, Lowagie sang with Valkyre, a symphonic metal band from Belgium. She then started her own musical project, Joliet and in March 2008 a first EP Wandering My Path. She also worked on a second EP with Steph Debruyne from the band Joshua.
In 2009, Lowagie was asked to sing for the rock-metal opera The Road To Consciousness. That's where she met her new musical partner Bernard Daubresse. In 2010, they started working on their new band, Lovelorn. The band released a first EP in 2011. Their album will be out in winter 2013 under Alfa Matrix label.
Family
Lowagie is a distant cousin of the singer-songwriter Bob Geldof, lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s and organiser of the charity super-concert Live Aid, and thus related to Peaches Geldof and Pixie Geldof, as well.