ROBERT WESTERHOLT

'Robert Westerholt' (born January 1, 1975) is the founder of, and guitarist in, the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. He writes a great deal of the music for the band, along with the band's vocalist, his girlfriend, Sharon den Adel. The two became parents to baby Eva Luna on December 7, 2005. Robert and girlfriend Sharon were members of another band ''Voyage'' before founding Within Temptation along with band members Ruud Adrianus Jolie, Jeroen van Veen, Stephen van Haestregt and Martijn Spierenburg. Before comitting his life to Within Temptation, Robert worked in human resource management, but left to devote his life to creating music.