# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sander-gommans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:09:20.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sander-gommans"
name: "Sander Gommans"
slug: "sander-gommans"
description: "Sander Gommans is a Dutch musician and songwriter. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and performed the vocal grunting parts in the band. He managed the band and was the main writer of After Forever's music."
tagline: "Dutch musician and songwriter (born 1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sander_Gommans_of_After_Forever_at_The_Underworld_in_London%2C_14th_September_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.54
  momentum:             0.5219454329774615
  historical:           9.431932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sandergommans"
    handle:    "sandergommans"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.myspace.com/sandergommans"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/871043"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ساندير جومانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Сандър Гоманс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Gommans"
    title: "Sander Gommans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Gommans"
    title: "Sander Gommans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Gommans"
    title: "Sander Gommans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Gommans"
    title: "Sander Gommans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Gommans"
    title: "Sander Gommans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Gommans"
    title: "Sander Gommans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Gommans"
    title: "Sander Gommans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a367450-69c4-48db-87c7-c8f620c7f121"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2607718"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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