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Within Temptation Covers One Republic’s “Apologize”

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on November 09, 2012 @ 11:00am
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Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation has released a cover of One Republic‘s “Apologize”, the first of many covers they will be releasing to celebrate their 15th anniversary leading up to their Nov. 13th concert at Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. You can listen to the song below.

While I’m not a fan of the original song (especially Timberlake‘s version and that dreadful “Eee-yeah, eee-yeah”), I could find myself enjoying this on occasion.

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Gregorian Meets Metal In ‘The Dark Side Of The Chant’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on October 24, 2011 @ 6:08pm
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Gregorian Meets Metal In The Dark Side Of The Chant
I love me some metal. But what you might not know about me is that I also love kicking back to classical and chant every once in a while. So when I hear that the two are mixing, I get a little antsy in my pantsy, know what I mean? Such is the case with Gregorian, who are releasing The Dark Side Of The Chant, an album tomorrow that has them covering bands such as Evanescence, AC/DC, Unheilig, and more. Their cover of Hell’s Bells didn’t really do much for me but I’m really interested to hear Madonna‘s Frozen and Depeche Mode‘s Stripped. 
Check out a video after the jump that features sound clips and interviews with several of the members.

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Exclusive Song Stream: Within Temptation Commits ‘Murder’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 31, 2011 @ 4:16pm
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Within Temptation have just released their latest album, ‘The Unforgiving‘ (review here), and Bloody-Disgusting is bringing you an exclusive stream of the track ‘Murder‘. This track is one of my favorites and has a deliciously dark atmosphere. Check it out after the jump!

Exclusive Song Stream: Within Temptation Commits Murder

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Album Review: Within Temptation ‘The Unforgiving’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on March 25, 2011 @ 3:24am
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Within Temptation is one of those love ‘em or hate ‘em bands. In terms of technicality, they aren’t doing anything that hasn’t been done before. However, they have amassed a rather rabid following, thanks to two aspects: 1) Sharon Den Adel’s astonishing voice and 2) the accessibility of their music. This is symphonic metal that could, and probably should be on the same level, if not bigger, than Evanescence was at their peak. Now with ‘The Unforgiving’, their fifth studio album, Within Temptation is back after four years. This album is based on a comic book that was written by Steven O’Connell (Bloodrayne). Is it a welcome return? Check after the jump for the answer.

Album Review: Within Temptation The Unforgiving
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Within Temptation Announce Fifth Studio Album As The Unforgiving

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on December 01, 2010 @ 6:53pm
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Within Temptation, one of my favorite female fronted bands, has announced ‘The Unforgiving’ as their long awaited fifth studio album, which is tentatively scheduled for a March 2011 release. The album is going to be a concept album based on a comic book by writer Steven O’Connell (Bloodrayne, Dark 48). The band has redesigned their website to offer clues and images in anticipation of this release.

Also well known for their amazing live visual show, Within Temptation have commissioned Romano Molenaar (Witchblade, Darkness, X-Men) to create characters and scenery for ‘The Unforgiving’.

Guitarist Robin Westerholt comments: “On this album, we’ve taken a totally different approach. Each song on “The Unforgiving” was written along Steven’s narrative. The main characters of the comic are reflected in our songs. The concept pushed us and gave us the inspiration to come up with a new approach to our sound. It resulted in writing our best songs so far.”

Vocalist Sharon Den Adel adds in: “We have been big comic fans since our childhood. With this album, we felt the time was there to take a new step in our creative development, to take it further and broaden our horizon. Because of the concept, the songs are more diverse than ever before. It was the late 80’s when we started to read comic books, and that sound has certainly has left a mark on The Unforgiving.”

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Album Review: ReVamp ‘ReVamp’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on July 31, 2010 @ 2:46am
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Since the break-up of symphonic metal band After Forever, fans have been eagerly awaiting the new Floor Jansen project, ReVamp. Possessing one of the strongest voices in the genre, Floor’s classical training allows her vocals to soar from low growls to operatic heavenly heights. But in order to take full advantage of this voice, you need a band that can back it up. So the question begs, does the self-titled debut release from ReVamp measure up? Check after the jump to find out!

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Album Review: Kivimetsan Druidi ‘Betrayal, Justice, Revenge’

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on April 27, 2010 @ 9:01pm
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‘Betray, Justice, Revenge’ is the second album from Finnish symphonic folk metal band Kivimetsan Druidi, following Shadowheart, which came out approximately a year and a half ago. If you’ve never heard of them, the six-piece band can easily be compared to pre-Anette Nightwish (Leeni-Maria Hovila has a very operatic style of singing, similar to Tarja Turunen mixed with some of the eccentricities of Kate Bush). There is a lot of symphonic passages and folk melodies as well as a mixture of clean female vocals mixed in with heavier male growls. 
634027521364368750 Album Review: Kivimetsan Druidi Betrayal, Justice, Revenge
The breadth of this album is quite diverse relatively speaking but is standard fare when listening to such bands as Within Temptation, Eluveitie, etc… The production is also very solid but sounds a little dry. In general, considering the amount of instrumentation going on, it’s pretty incredible that music was pretty much without any muddiness. 

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