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Within Temptation
The law of conservation of energy says that nothing is taken from nowhere and nothing disappears into nowhere. This can also be applied to music and the history of the creation of musical groups. For example, Robert Westerhold, having left the Circle group and taking with him a couple of participants, created his project, which is now known throughout the world under the name Within Temptation.
The symbiosis of symphonic and rock is probably the most successful and epic combination. It is enthusiastic, impressive and inspiring. Within Temptation, participants agree with this statement, because the guys create in the style of symphonic rock. At the dawn of his career, the group was credited with the Gothic direction, but the soloist-singer Sharon del Adel is against such a definition. Although in the initial work there were sadder and even depressive motives. But with each new album, the group developed, changed, experimented. In this way, Celtic motifs and symphonic accompaniment are added to their music, as a seasoning. Further, music critics defined the band as a symphonic metal band.
Today Within Temptation is a group that has a huge number of awards of various sizes, including world ones. Their compositions occupied leading positions in various charts and charts. But more on that later. Now is the time to talk about
Band history
Within Temptation began its career as far back as 96 of the last century. Imagine, among their fans, some are younger than the group itself. In general, briefly, it was during this landmark period in the Dutch city of Utrecht that Robert Westerhold and Sharon del Adel create a team by signing a contract with the Dutch label DSFA Records (the abbreviation stands for Doesn't Stand For Anything).
After a year of painstaking work, the guys create their first album, entitled "Enter". And they entered the world of music, declaring themselves.
Immediately after the presentation, Within Temptation goes on tour to their home country, the closing of which was marked by a grand concert at the Eindhoven rock festival Dynamo Open Air.
Although the guys have successfully toured the country, becoming headliners of rock festivals, real fame and success came to them after the release of the second album.
Throughout its history, Within Temptation has created seven albums. Each of them carried a change in the lives of Robert and Sharon, as well as in the group.
Also, over 24 years of their creative career, the group received many awards from prizes of the scale of the Netherlands, Benelux and the whole world. Among these awards, you will find TMF Awards, Edison Awards, World Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, Golden God, 3FM Award, Female Metal Voices Fest Awards and many others. Repeatedly became the best rock group, received awards for the best album of the year and in 2005 and 2007 received the title of best-selling music artist in the Netherlands.
Composition
Within Temptation, the lineup has been changing from the very beginning. Only the performers Sharon del Adel (vocals, songwriter) and Robert Westerhold (guitar) remained unchanged.
Despite devotion and love for the project, the couple has three children: a daughter, Eva Luna, and two sons, Robin Aiden and Logan Arvin. Robert works for a small lending firm, and Sharon also has a parallel music project, My Indigo. In 2008, the girl created a collaboration with Armin Van Buuren called “In and Out of Love”, which became the best progressive house track according to the International Dance Music Awards. In 2011 and 2014, Sharon herself became the “Rock Goddess of the Year” as part of an award from the American online magazine Loudwire Music Awards.
Today, the composition of the group for perfect sound is complemented by:
- Guitarist Ryud Yoli
- Bass player Jerun van Ven
- Martine Spirenbyurg is responsible for keyboard parts
- Holds the rhythm on drums Mike Kolen
- And the rhythm guitar is played by Stefan Heleblad.
Discography
Vizin Temptation albums change in the same way as the band itself. Now we will reveal the features of each plate.
The first album “Enter” was released in 1997. The early work of the team was gloomy and depressive. Therefore, some music experts noticed not only Gothic motifs but also tendencies to doom metal. In certain singles, Robert performs songs by growling. But such singing somehow did not take root in the work of Within Temptation and in the future, the group will not use this technique.
Significant for the team was the second studio album “Mother Earth” in 2000. Members of the collective depart from the Gothic and direct their work to symphonic music. The album turned out to be quite melodic and easy. It was in it that the listeners found a musical treasure - the single Ice Queen, which was in the highest positions of many European countries, and the album itself acquired the status of gold.
Four years later, the third disc, “The Silent Force, ” is released, which in two weeks of sales turned to gold not only in the Netherlands but also in Belgium and Finland.
The fourth collection of The Heart of Everything (2007) has already been marked platinum in his native country.
The jubilee album of the symphonic metal band The Unforgiving was released in 2011 and turned out to be very philosophical, semantic, as it draws its idea from the books of Stephen O.Connell.
The sixth album “Hydra” (2014) bears the legend of the ancient Greek monster Hydra, which shows the versatility and versatility of Within Temptation.
The latest album “Resist” was baked in 2019. The invited artists for this record were Papa Roach vocalist Jacoby Sheddicks and In Flames vocalist Anders Frieden.
Within Temptation hits Ice Queen, What Have You Done, Frozen, The Reckoning and other