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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0016861802127 Format: Enhanced Label: Roadrunner Records Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records MPN: 180212 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Roadrunner Records Release Date: July 24, 2007 Studio: Roadrunner Records Editorial Review: Album Description: US version includes two bonus tracks, 'Stand My Ground' and 'What Have You Done' (Extended Version). 2007 release from the Dutch Gothic Metal band who have been pounding the Metal pavement with their unique brand of hard-edged Metal for over a decade. Their sound is the perfect combination of guitar-driven Hard Rock and ambitious Symphonic Metal. Underneath the aggressive wall of sound lies a secret beauty that can often be dark and uninviting. 13 tracks including 'Howling', 'Frozen' and 'Final Destination'. Album Details: 2007 Issued Fourth Studio Album by the Dutch Symphonic Metal Band. Within Temptation Once Again Prove Themselves as Peerless Purveyors of Quality Gotihic-tinged Rock, Produced Again by Daniel Gibson and Mixed by Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein). While the Epic Grandeur of the Band's Sound Remains, it Now Coexists with a More Contemporary "organic" Feel. Nowhere is this Highlighted More Than on the Single "What have You Done" (Featuring Life of Agony Vocalist Keith Caputo), which Manages to Be Both Passionate and Punchy. Elsewhere "Frozen" is a Classic, Streamlined Ballad and "The Howling" Swirling Tour-de-force. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Howling made me a fan overnight!Outstanding! I'm a newbie to this genre of music, but in the short time I've been into it I've been exposed to Within Temptation, Evanescence, Nightwish, Epica, and several others, and Within Temptation is my favorite of them all. My background is guitar shred music, jazz, and classical. While in the past I've enjoyed the poorly labeled neo-classical shred genre, which is a sad misnomer of the term neo-classical, it was inevitable I'd outgrow it when every other artist out there offered ... Read More Rating: - heavy metal + syphony = awesomeWhithin Temptation has an interesting style of music which is heavy metal with symphonic sounds as well as a great female vocalist. If you like Evanescence, you'll love Within Temptation. My favorite song on this album is "Our Solemn Hour". Rating: - Thanks Amazon for the recommendation!I had never heard of Within Temptation before Amazon sent me a "recommendation". On a complete impulse buy, I purchased their latest CD, and I was absolutely blown away! The orchestra, the music, her voice, the lyrics... it was haunting and beautiful. Reminded me a great deal of some of the early Evanescence songs. It hasn't left my CD player yet. Rating: - I don't get the complaints - this is their best album yet!!Even better than their previous releases. Sharon has great vocal abilities, and you'll really hear the difference between her voice on this album and early releases (i.e., Mother Earth, Enter) Overall, excellent album from start to finish. The duet with Keith Caputo is also an incredible song. Rating: - Symphonic, Haunting, DrivingI stumbled across Within Temptation while listening to Last.fm (frozen) and really enjoyed them. After buying the album I am even more thrilled. The vocals are strong but ethereal without becoming whiny. The orchestra/orchestration adds class and musicality to driving metal riffs in ways that leave other metal/hardcore acts shamed. Lyrics are thoughtful and yearning without falling into the emo pit of self-loathing. Well worth the download. |
