[52] The band was scheduled to play at the Byblos International Festival in Lebanon, but as the festival was facing violent religious threats for having LGBT supporters Mashrou' Leila on the line-up, the band decided to cancel their concert in solidarity with them and in support of "tolerance, freedom of speech and expression". I have been waiting for this album ever since they first announced it coming out. was also positive about the record. Sentry 459. New single Entertain You is out now, known for their albums Resist, Hydra, The Unforgiving, The Heart Of Everything, The Silent For "[78], The album debuted at number one in Germany on 8 February 2019, making it the band's highest charting album in the country, surpassing the peak reached by their previous studio album Hydra (2014), which had charted at number four. It was the band’s first material since their 2019 album Resist , with the band launching the track to give fans something new ahead of their rescheduled Worlds Collide tour with Evanescence later in the year. Sat alongside her bandmate, husband and business partner Robert Westerholt, she admits that a combination of burnout, writer’s block and life-altering personal issues meant that, for a time, the likelihood of a Within Temptation’s journey has taken them from cult symphonic metal band to festival headliners. W ithin Temptation – the leaders of dark anthems, with a career spanning two decades – have signed a worldwide deal with Universal Music Germany. Instead, they bought a piece of artwork from artist Emmanuel Shiu on DeviantArt. Nevertheless, it ended up appearing on a few Year-end lists such as Loudwire's. After some reworking, it then ended up appearing on the final tracklist for the album. Post Jan 31, 2011 #1 2011-02-01T02:47. [17] Speaking to Metal Hammer, den Adel stated that the album was inspired by "pop music", with a dark and metal oriented treatment, as the band felt that modern music hasn't been edgy or daring in recent years. The group consists of Sharon den Adel (vocals), Robert Westerholt (guitars), Jeroen van Veen (bass), Martijn Spierenburg (keyboards), Ruud Adrianus Jolie (guitars), Mike Coolen (drums) and Stefan Helleblad (guitars). [36] The first single, entitled "The Reckoning", was released the day after the official album announcement, on 14 September 2018, alongside a lyric video. [30][24][23] "Mercy Mirror" is another personal song, and it deals with forgiviness on a relationship that has been hurting the people involved for years by not saying or discussing issues the proper way. [68] Australian magazine The Music also commented positively about the new elements incorporated, such as the EDM influences on the track "Supernova" and the pop and industrial on the track "Mad World", while also praising the album overall songwriting and cohesiveness. [21], The opening track, "The Reckoning", takes inspiration from political themes and addressess a possible loss of freedom in the future. Within Temptation prefer to know what the song asks for, and then invite someone who they think would fit well in the track. As these songs were not rock oriented or fit for the band, she then decided to release them as a solo project entitled My Indigo (2017). [76] On Loudwire, the album appeared both at the Best Metal Albums half-year list and the respective year-end list. Just over a year on from the release of their 4 K-rated album Resist, Dutch metal superstars Within Temptation are set to unveil a brand-new single, Entertain You.. The collaboration between Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION and Q-Music gets a new episode: after the successful broadcast of several covers, which WITHIN TEMPTATION arranged and performed for the radio station by the end of 2012, the band will now release a selection of these covers on an album titled "The Q-Music Sessions" on April 19 in the Netherlands and Belgium. [85] However, at the Top Album Sales, which accounts the total amount of pure sales from the album in its entirety and excludes streams and separate track sales, the album entered the charts at the 13 position. The album contains guest appearances by singers Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach), Anders Fridén (In Flames) and Jasper Steverlinck (Arid) and was produced by their longtime producer Daniel Gibson. Resist marks a departure from the Within Temptation‘s past. 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