WITHIN TEMPTATION

Release Year: 2014
Artist Origin: NED
Style: grandiose dramatic epic symphonic metal

sixth studio album by Dutch symphonic metal forerunners is quite versatile and a bit provocative - never quitting to expand the boundaries, counting on guest vocal assistance by Tarja Turunen, Dave Pirner and Howard Jones, these songs also take the band back to its heavier and dramatic foundation, packed with emotive atmosphere, thick guitar layers, epic orchestrations and den Adel’s soaring vocal delivery; perhaps more a challenge for a wider audience, yet it stands as dark and compelling record to prove WT ambitions