Heart Of Everything, The - Within Temptation

Advantages: great range of songs with great vocal from sharon
Disadvantages: none

...Within Temptation new album The Heart of Everything. The members Sharon Den Adel = Vocals Robert Westerholt = Guitar Ruud Jolie = Guitar Jeroen Van Veen = Bass Guitar Stephen Van Haestregt = Drums Martijn Spierenburg = Keyboard A little history of the band….. Within Temptation are a Dutch gothic rock band which formed in 1996 in which they released there first album Enter. There style of music is a bit different from the main music on the ...
...phrases. 4.16 5. The Heart of Everything = 3/5 This song is one of my least favourite but is still a good song. I think it’s due to Sharon’s voice not being pushed as much as it is in other songs on the album. The song is great due to it being full of anger and raw emotion. The weird voices in the background spoil the song. However I do think the lyrics: “Open your eyes Save yourself from fading away now, don’t let it go” 5.34 6. Hand of Sorrow ... Read review

Advantages: great songs, great vocals
Disadvantages: none

...did, and it is "The Heart of Everything" which I am going to look at in this review. **The Band** The band are from The Netherlands, and as I mentioned before, were formed in 1996. The band is comprised of vocalist Sharon den Adel, Robert Westerholt and Ruud Adrianus Jolie on guitar, Joroen van Veen playing bass, Martijn Spierenburg on keyboards and Stephen van Haestregt on drums. Although you may as well just forget about the rest of the band ...
...stand out. Before "The Heart of Everything", the band have had four previous albums, Enter (1997), The Dance (1998), Mother Earth (2000) and The Silent Force (2006). The Heart of Everything was released on the 9th March 2007. **The Cover** The cover of the album is the first clue that Within Temptation is a gothic band. The picture on the front shows Sharon den Adel in a corseted dress, blindfolded and sitting on a high backed chair. The atmosphere ... Read review

Advantages: very few
Disadvantages: a total change

...album was released - The heart of everything - and so, I will cut to the heart of the matter. Sharons wonderful voice is mostly drowned out by the mainstream music that the band have become obsessed with - it sounds like evanescence with a faint singer in teh background who can actually sing. As much as I love their older material, this album was always going to dissapoint the original group of fans. Sure, it's a decent album, but WT have forgotten ... Read review

Advantages: Great voice, good songs
Disadvantages: Same old

This album sees the band sticking to the same formula, allbeit winning formula as the last album the silent force.The songs conjure up a gothic fairy tale landscape full of hope, despair and a longing for better times. Sharron den adel's voice is still beautifully gentle amid the the thundering guitars.One of the problem's I have with this album is that the song construction is pretty much similar for every song. We have a gentle intro in which sharron's ...
...heavy guitars and drums.This is done very well, but in every song! After 11 songs it does sound a bit samey.The guitars don't seem to have much colour to them either, always the same rhythmn and heavy feel to them.Having said that they do write good songs with good choruses.My main problem with this album is a lack of a musical step foward from the last album.Great bands of the past have always pushed themselves as songwriters and experimented with ... Read review