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Kristell Lowagie | |
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Birth name | Christel Lowagie |
Born | Schaarbeek | 6 March 1980
Genres | Gothic metal, symphonic metal |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2002–present |
Kristell Lowagie (born Christel Lowagie, 6 March 1980 [1] ) is a Belgian singer and songwriter.
Lowagie led the gothic/symphonic metal band Skeptical Minds. She also worked on her solo project SIN.SIN, 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.
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 Dolls. The band released a first EP in 2011. Their album was released in 2013 under Alfa Matrix label.
In 2017, Lowagie released her solo project SIN.SIN, an electro pop music, under Alfa Matrix.
In 2023, Lowagie collaborated with independent artist Too Pretty For Prison on his single "Through the Looking Glass." [2]
Lowagie is the granddaughter of Jef Lowagie, a Belgian cyclist who competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics. Lowagie is a distant cousin of the singer-songwriter Bob Geldof. [3]
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