Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic steel / rock-band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt Their songs is referred to as symphonic steel , even though their earlier content, such as Enter , was gothic steel In an interview, den Adel stated they fell right into a symphonic rock style with different effects. In a subsequent interview with 3VOOR12 , den Adel said thatwe consider ourselves more a symphonic rock group.. We have been in my estimation no gothic group;.

After the launch of their first record Enter , the group became visible in the Dutch under-ground scene. It wasn’t until 2001 that they truly became known to most people, with all the solitary Ice Queen from the record Mother Earth , which attained No. 2 on the Dutch graphs. Since then, the group won the Conamus Exportprijs four years in arow. Their next records The Silent Pressure and The Heart of Every thing debuted at No. 1 on the Dutch graphs. In 2008, they launched a stay DVD and CD, Black Symphony , recorded with all the Metropole Orchestra. This selection was adopted in 2009 with An Acoustic Evening at the Theatre

The group’s fifth studio album The Unforgiving , was launched in March 2011, along side both a comic-book series plus a group of brief films that collectively encompass a storyline The first single, Quicker, was launched on January 2 1, as well as the primary short movie, Mom Maiden , premiered on January 3 1. The group has sold over 3 million copies globally.

On 1 3 November 2012, they observed their 15th yr birthday with a large live occasion, called Components , in the Sportpaleis , Antwerpen.