# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arien-van-weesenbeek
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:41:24.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arien-van-weesenbeek"
name: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
slug: "arien-van-weesenbeek"
description: "Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever. Originally formed as a symphonic metal band with gothic influences, Epica later incorporated strong death metal elements into their sound. Starting with their third album, progressive metal influences also became evident. Additionally, the band often incorporates thrash metal and groove metal riffs, black metal elements, power metal sections, and influences from Arabic music. Some songs also incorporate electronic elements, djent transitions, and folk metal melodies inspired by Middle Eastern, Chinese, and Celtic traditions."
tagline: "Dutch musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Epica%2C_3-Maj%C3%B3wka_2022_22.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.62
  momentum:             17.66871165644172
  historical:           8.548201333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/arien.vanweesenbeek"
    handle:    "arien.vanweesenbeek"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.arienvanweesenbeek.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/548780"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%C3%ABn_van_Weesenbeek"
    title: "Ariën van Weesenbeek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a99f92c-3231-4592-a8b7-14e6450bbd9c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2104208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump