Heart Of Everything, The - Within Temptation > Reviews > Within Temptation -The Heart of Everything

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Average
Lyrics	Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Good
Value for Money	Good

Advantages:	Great voice, good songs
Disadvantages:	Same old

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

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 voice is angelic and fragile which gives way to the 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 different ideas.Bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who and even Guns 'n' Roses.Perhaps in their next effort they will use more colours from their palette.It's seems to be a case of consolidating their postion in the rock mainstream for the time being.If you enjoyed the previous album and don't want the band to try something new then you will love this album.