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| Within Temptation is a symphonic metal band from The Netherlands. The band was founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is variously described as symphonic metal, as well as gothic metal in some media, although in an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a symphonic rock genre with various influences. Their music is also influenced from alternative metal, being most notable on The Heart of Everything album.
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| Directly after the release of their first album Enter, the band became prominent in the underground scene. It would however take until 2001, when they became known by the general public, with the single "Ice Queen" from the album Mother Earth, which reached #2 on the charts. Since then, the band won the Conamus Exportprijs five years in a row. Their next album The Silent Force debuted at #1 on the Dutch charts. Their latest album, The Heart of Everything, also debuted at #1. They are often labeled as a band with a similar sound to [[Evanescence]], although the only true similarity is a female singer.
| | '''Within Temptation''' is a symphonic metal band from The Netherlands founded in 1996 by singer Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. |
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| == Biography == | | In an interview, [[Amy Lee]] was asked if she heard of them:<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKH_gIdBS0</ref>: |
| ===Formation===
| | {{quote|''I heard one song of theirs last time I was here, actually. I think they're very interesting, I mean they're very dramatic, I like them. Definitely dramatic would be the word. I don't know, it's kind of off the wall. It's hard in the States, especially for music like ours, because if you're not having fun and like, it seems like if it's not heavy and fun, then a lot of stations don't want to play it because it just brings you down. So it was hard, even for our music, which is so dramatic, you know? So I think they'll probably have similar problems that we have.''}} |
| Long-term partners Robert Westerholt (on guitar) and Sharon den Adel (vocals) began the band in 1996, quickly adding Jeroen van Veen on bass guitar, Michiel Papenhove on guitar, Martijn Westerholt at the keyboard and (following a succession of short-lived drummers) Ivar de Graaf. They were quickly offered a recording contract and signed to DSFA Records later that year, beginning work on their first release.
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| ===Enter (1997)===
| | When Sharon den Adel was interviewed in 2007, she said what it's like to be compared to female fronted rock bands;<ref>http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/within-temptation-singer-not-worried-about-evanescence-comparisons/</ref> |
| Enter, the debut album, was released in 1997. The album was well received and the band embarked on a four gig tour across the country, after which they were asked to perform at the Dynamo Open Air festival in Eindhoven, one of the Netherlands' largest heavy metal festivals. The band rounded out 1997 by embarking on their first international tour, of Germany and Austria. Also subsequently Ivar de Graaf left the band and was replaced by Ciro Palma.
| | {{quote|''In every country we get comparisons. Not only with Evanescence, but with [[Lacuna Coil]] when we're in Italy, [[Nightwish]] when we're in Finland, and they get compared when they come to our side of Europe. It's inevitable, although I think the bands are all very different. They sound all so different. That's what I like about this genre of music. You can't even call it a genre because the bands are so different from each other. It's sort of like the time you had the grunge period — like [[Nirvana]], Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and they said it all sounds the same, but looking back on it they're so different. They're so special in their own way and that's the same thing [here] I think. Although, of course, those are major bands, but it's just a comparison.''}} |
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| The sound of Enter was very melodic and doom paced, influenced by gothic doom metal, heavily relied on fast keyboards and drums and heavy guitar riffs. Also prominent on this album are death grunts by Robert Westerholt and members of Orphanage.
| | Sharon met Amy Lee for the first time after the [[Synthesis Live]] show in Amsterdam, Netherlands on March 25, 2018.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgwu2vAhR7h/</ref> |
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| ===The Dance (1998-1999)===
| | Within Temptation co-headlined with Evanescence at Riverside Open Air in Aarburg, Switzerland on September 1, 2019. Then on September 17th, both bands announced a co-headlining tour called [[Worlds Collide Tour 2021|Worlds Collide]] that would take place in Europe in March and April 2020. However, it was rescheduled four times to November and December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| In 1998 the band continued to tour actively - their profile had elevated them to the main stage at Dynamo for the 1998 event. However, Within Temptation had released no new material (and did not have plans for a second album at this point), to which end they elected to release an EP, The Dance, with songs that would further mature the sound from Enter.
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| Finally taking a break from touring, 1999 was largely a sabbatical year for the band. They took the opportunity to construct their own studio, as well as returning to personal pursuits, with plans to return to the fold the next year.
| | In an interview with Metal Hammer published on October 10, 2019, both Amy and Sharon spoke about the first time they met each other: |
| | {{quote|Sharon: “It’s quite strange that we didn’t meet earlier, but I’m delighted that it did [finally] happen. I was happy to meet her finally after so many years. You don’t know what to expect when you’ve never met someone before, but we had a really beautiful conversation.” |
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| ===Mother Earth (2000-2003)===
| | Amy: “We started talking about the meaning of life within five minutes. This big, beautiful, vulnerable conversation – at least from my end I felt vulnerable, but I felt safe being vulnerable with you. I don’t have a gazillion friends all over the world, I’m more of a one-on-one person. When you meet another woman who’s in the rock or heavy music scene, we tend to cling to each other. We are like a little gang. I think about you sometimes and I think about that conversation and, this is going to sound a little bit weird because we have only met a couple of times, but I feel for you.” |
| 2000 was an eventful year for the band as they returned to touring, playing three Dutch festivals; Waterpop, Bospop and Lowlands. In addition they went to work on their second album, releasing Mother Earth in the Low Countries on December 1. The album was a moderate success in the Dutch charts the first few weeks after its release.
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| The band first released the single "Our Farewell", which never entered the charts. The second single from Mother Earth, "Ice Queen", was regarded as the breakthrough release for the band; in March 2002 it climbed to #2 in the Netherlands but was their first #1 single when it climbed to the top in Belgium. The success rebounded to Mother Earth, which continued to climb in the Dutch album chart, ending the year at #3.
| | Sharon: “The same goes for me. I didn’t know what to expect and then when I left, I was full of emotion with goosebumps everywhere.”<ref>https://www.loudersound.com/features/within-temptations-sharon-den-adel-and-evanescences-amy-lee-in-conversation-with-metals-leading-ladies</ref>}} |
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| 2001 also saw a number of changes in personnel; Ruud Adrianus Jolie was added as a second guitarist, drummer de Graaf was replaced by Stephen van Haestregt, and Martijn Westerholt (suffering from infectious mononucleosis) was replaced by Martijn Spierenburg. Westerholt later started the band Delain.
| | On August 14, 2020, Evanescence's single ''[[Use My Voice]]'' was released that features guest vocals of Sharon den Adel and several other female vocalists.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwXnGzBSx4/</ref> |
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| The band achieved still wider appeal in 2002 with their first concert in France and even a headline gig in Mexico City. They attained their first major award, the Dutch Silver Harp. They bolstered this by embarking on a major international tour supporting Paradise Lost in 2003 and re-releasing Mother Earth on the GUN Records label across more European countries; it was a particularly large success in Germany, where it went platinum and reached #7 in the charts; the re-release of Ice Queen also charted well in the top 30. In turn the Benelux regions got a different release, a cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill". The band highlighted music festivals across the Netherlands, while their Mother Earth tour DVD claimed the prestigious Edison Award.
| | At the Worlds Collide show in Dusseldorf, Germany [[Amy Lee]] joined the band to duet on ''[[The Reckoning]]''. The live version at the Amsterdam show was released as a single on March 24, 2024 as part of their live album ''Worlds Collide Tour - Live in Amsterdam''. |
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| ===The Silent Force (2004-2006)===
| | [[Amy Lee]] was featured in a few clips of Within Temptation's new music video for ''The Fire Within'' which was released on December 20, 2022 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sky7fgLNgd4 watch it here]. |
| Plans for the band's third album came to fruition in 2004, with the release of The Silent Force on November 15, 2004 across Europe. It was produced by Daniel Gibson and an instant #1 in The Netherlands and charted well in many European countries. In support of the release they embarked on another large international tour in 2005, with dates across Europe (including their first major UK concert in London) and a one-off show in Dubai. "Stand My Ground" and "Memories", the first singles from the new album, continued the band's run of chart success, culminating in a second Edison Award. "Stand My Ground" was later to be promoted on the trailer for the film Blood and Chocolate. The band also provided some of the sound track to the videogame Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade released in this year.
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| In January 2006, Within Temptation won the Dutch Pop Prize (best Dutch pop contribution) and Dutch Export Prize (best-selling Dutch artist outside The Netherlands); the latter one given to them for the third time in a row. The band also reported that they were busy working on their next album, due to be released during the fall, and that they would start playing at festivals starting in April, in addition to going on an international tour at the end of the year.
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| ===The Heart of Everything (2007-2009)===
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| The new album The Heart of Everything from Within Temptation was released on March 9, 2007 in the Netherlands, and in the United States on July 24. Two tracks, called "The Howling" and "Sounds of Freedom", were recorded as promotion material for the video game The Chronicles of Spellborn, and the first of these opens the album. The full track listing was revealed on January 10. The band embarked on their first North American tour with Lacuna Coil in May to promote the North American release of the album. Roadrunner Records also released a limited edition EP called The Howling, which was available only at Hot Topic stores, containing the title track plus popular tracks from their former album The Silent Force.
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| The album debuted at #1 in the Dutch Album 100, making it their second number-one album. It is also the first time a Dutch act ever charted within the United World Chart. It peaked at #38, selling 50,000 copies in their first week. It reached top 10 in eight countries and top 100 in eleven countries. As of March 30, 2007 the album has sold 150,000 copies.
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| The song "What Have You Done" was the first single released from the album. Its initial music video was recorded on the 12, 13, and 14 of December 2006 at the Koko club in London, and a CGI studio in Windsor. It features Keith Caputo of Life of Agony fame on guest vocals. Fans were allowed to participate in the making of the video, although this first version left the band feeling disappointed (comments made by the band at their March show in Lyon). Shortly after, a completely new video for the song was made. The song peaked at #7 in the Netherlands and #4 in Finland.
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| The second single, released across Europe in June, was "Frozen". The video, filmed in Romania, deals with child abuse, and sales of the single was to raise money for a children's charity, Child Helpline International. "The Howling" was chosen as a digital single release for the UK (not to be confused with the US EP release), and another video was also shot. The extended version of the "Frozen" single features an unreleased b-side, "Sounds Of Freedom", as mentioned the second song written for the promotion of the computer game The Chronicles of Spellborn.
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| Within Temptation started their very first U.S. tour a few months after the European release of The Heart of Everything, supporting Lacuna Coil, and appearing alongside In This Moment, Stolen Babies, The Gathering, and Kylesa. The tour, dubbed The Hottest Chicks in Metal Tour 2007, was largely a success.
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| The Heart of Everything was released in the U.S. on July 24, and the promotional single of "What Have You Done" shipped to rock stations July 2nd. This was the band's first album to be released in America.
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| In support of the new album, Within Temptation decided to kick off their first headlining US tour in Fall 2007. The band played thirteen shows, starting on September 5, 2007 in Boston and ended on September 23, 2007 in Tempe, Arizona.
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| On October 19, 2007, Within Temptation released the video for their third single "All I Need". The single was released in Europe around November 12 and features the single and album versions of the title track plus demo versions of "The Last Time" (previously unreleased track), "Frozen" and "Our Solemn Hour".
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| In November 2007 the band released info that their concert at Beursgebouw, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, was filmed for possible inclusion on a new concert dvd (either parts or all of the show). On February 7, 2008, the band performed a 10,000 audience show entitled "Black Symphony" at the Ahoy in Nederlands together with The Metropole Orchestra, a choir and several guest artists, and it was later revealed that this show would be filmed in its entirety for DVD and Blu-Ray together with a double cd, which will be released on September 22, 2008 (international) and September 23, 2008 (in the US), according to the official site. The trailer for the DVD was released on the band's Opendisc feature on July 16th, 2008.
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| The band issued that in the fourth quarter of 2007, they would start writing new material for a new album. The anticipated release date is 2009-2010.
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| On August 5, 2008, the band's albums Mother Earth and The Silent Force will be released in the US for the first time through Roadrunner Records.
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| In April 2010, the song All I Need was featured in the American Television show, Vampire Diaries.
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| ===The Unforgiving (2011-present)===
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| == Lineup ==
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| *Robert Westerholt (guitar - vocals in first album)
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| *Sharon den Adel (lead vocals)
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| *Jeroen van Veen (bass guitar)
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| *Martijn Spierenburg (keyboards)
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| *Stephen van Haestregt (drums)
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| *Ruud Jolie (lead guitar - backup vocals)
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| == Main Discography ==
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| *Enter (1997)
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| *The Dance (1998)
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| *Mother Earth (2000)
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| *The Silent Force (2004)
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| *The Heart of Everything (2007)
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Within Temptation is a symphonic metal band from The Netherlands founded in 1996 by singer Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt.
In an interview, Amy Lee was asked if she heard of them:[1]:
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I heard one song of theirs last time I was here, actually. I think they're very interesting, I mean they're very dramatic, I like them. Definitely dramatic would be the word. I don't know, it's kind of off the wall. It's hard in the States, especially for music like ours, because if you're not having fun and like, it seems like if it's not heavy and fun, then a lot of stations don't want to play it because it just brings you down. So it was hard, even for our music, which is so dramatic, you know? So I think they'll probably have similar problems that we have.
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When Sharon den Adel was interviewed in 2007, she said what it's like to be compared to female fronted rock bands;[2]
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In every country we get comparisons. Not only with Evanescence, but with Lacuna Coil when we're in Italy, Nightwish when we're in Finland, and they get compared when they come to our side of Europe. It's inevitable, although I think the bands are all very different. They sound all so different. That's what I like about this genre of music. You can't even call it a genre because the bands are so different from each other. It's sort of like the time you had the grunge period — like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and they said it all sounds the same, but looking back on it they're so different. They're so special in their own way and that's the same thing [here] I think. Although, of course, those are major bands, but it's just a comparison.
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Sharon met Amy Lee for the first time after the Synthesis Live show in Amsterdam, Netherlands on March 25, 2018.[3]
Within Temptation co-headlined with Evanescence at Riverside Open Air in Aarburg, Switzerland on September 1, 2019. Then on September 17th, both bands announced a co-headlining tour called Worlds Collide that would take place in Europe in March and April 2020. However, it was rescheduled four times to November and December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interview with Metal Hammer published on October 10, 2019, both Amy and Sharon spoke about the first time they met each other:
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Sharon: “It’s quite strange that we didn’t meet earlier, but I’m delighted that it did [finally] happen. I was happy to meet her finally after so many years. You don’t know what to expect when you’ve never met someone before, but we had a really beautiful conversation.”
Amy: “We started talking about the meaning of life within five minutes. This big, beautiful, vulnerable conversation – at least from my end I felt vulnerable, but I felt safe being vulnerable with you. I don’t have a gazillion friends all over the world, I’m more of a one-on-one person. When you meet another woman who’s in the rock or heavy music scene, we tend to cling to each other. We are like a little gang. I think about you sometimes and I think about that conversation and, this is going to sound a little bit weird because we have only met a couple of times, but I feel for you.”
Sharon: “The same goes for me. I didn’t know what to expect and then when I left, I was full of emotion with goosebumps everywhere.”[4]
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On August 14, 2020, Evanescence's single Use My Voice was released that features guest vocals of Sharon den Adel and several other female vocalists.[5]
At the Worlds Collide show in Dusseldorf, Germany Amy Lee joined the band to duet on The Reckoning. The live version at the Amsterdam show was released as a single on March 24, 2024 as part of their live album Worlds Collide Tour - Live in Amsterdam.
Amy Lee was featured in a few clips of Within Temptation's new music video for The Fire Within which was released on December 20, 2022 - watch it here.
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