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Within Temptation are:
Robert Westerholt (guit.)
Sharon den Adel (voc.)
Jeroen Van Veen (bass)
Stephen van Haestregt (dr.)
Martijn Spierenburg (keyb.)
Ruud Jolie (guit.)
In 1996 Within Temptation was founded by Robert Westerholt and Sharon den Adel.
1997 saw the release of their first album 'Enter' on the Dutch label DSFA. Due to the positive media reactions the band was booked for four concerts and was also invited to play Dynamo, one of the largest Dutch festivals. Following their live gigs, interest increased to have the band tour and Within Temptation played some shows in Germany and Austria. In 1998 they played festivals in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Germany. This time around they even played the main stage at Dynamo and and performed in clubs throughout Holland. Good reviews by the media had their fan base increase rather rapidly. The mini CD 'Dance' was recorded containing two remixes and three previously unreleased tracks. In 1999 Within Temptation took a break. The unexpected success had put the education of all band membe 131n1322b rs on hold and they needed to finish what they had started. They also began to furnish their own studio.
was to be a very important year for the band. On one hand they played all the major festivals in their home country such as Waterpop, Bospop and Lowlands and on the other hand they worked on their new album 'Mother Earth', which was released on December 1st. 'Mother Earth' was nominated album of the month in OOR, Aardschok and Music Maker. Aloha's review read 'symphonic and celtic elements fuse with the impressive voice of Sharon den Adel. Within Temptation are ready for a major breakthrough'. The album actually made it to the 68th position of the Top 100 sales charts and remained there for three months.
Due to the success
of 'Mother Earth' 2001 was to be
another highlight. The band played a major club tour in The Netherlands and
also performed at the legendary Pinkpop Festival as well as at Dynamo.
The singles 'Our Farewell' and 'Ice Queen' were released. It was 'Ice Queen'
that finally lead to Within Temptation's success. The single made it all the
way to no. 2 in the Top 100 charts and the accompanying video clip was on heavy
rotation on all the music TV stations. 'Mother Earth' made no. 3 of the Top 100
album charts and reached platinum status.
The band's popularity didn't go unnoticed in other countries and in 2002 they performed at festivals not only in Belgium but also in Germany and toured through France as well as Mexico, where they headlined one of the country's largest festivals. In Belgium 'Mother Earth' reached gold status and in The Netherlands they received the Dutch Music Award called the 'Silver Harp'.
At the beginning of 2003 Within Temptation extensively toured Europe supporting Paradise Lost. 'Mother Earth' was released in the other European countries and the Benelux Countries released the single 'Running Up That Hill' which is the cover version of a Kate Bush classic. Releasing the single 'Ice Queen' in Germany helped pave the way in this country as well. The single remained in the Top 100 charts for nearly 30 weeks and 'Mother Earth' made no. 7 in the album charts, turning platinum after 40 weeks. In Norway 'Mother Earth' made the Top 20 of the album charts. Due to all their success Within Temptation received the Conamus Music Export Award in The Netherlands. The DVD 'Mother Earth Tour' received the Edison Award being nominated 'best DVD'.On May 4th Within Temptation was flown by helicopter to perform at four festivals in The Netherlands.
Most of 2004 saw the band working on new material for their upcoming album 'The Silent Force', which was released in November all throughout Europe. The album was recorded in Sweden, Russia, Belgium, and Holland and was produced by Daniel Gibson. Due to the success of 'Stand My Ground', the first single release from 'The Silent Force', the album was a major success in all of Europe. It made no.1 in the Dutch charts, no. 5 in the German charts, made the Top 10 in Finland, Spain, and Belgium, Top 20 in Austria and Switzerland, and Top 30 in Greece, Sweden, and Norway.
At the beginning of 2005 nearly 400,000 copies of 'The Silent Force' have been sold thoughout Europe and the band once again received the Conamus Music Export Price as well as the Edison Award having been nominated 'best national band'. The second single 'Memories' was a chart success as well. In February and March Within Temptation toured Europe and even played a show in the Middle East at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival, rocketing the album into the Top 10 of Dubai.
In the beginning of April, the band receives a TMF Award. Within Temptation's new single called 'Angels' is scheduled to be released in June. This summer the band will perform at lots of well-known European festivals such as Pinkpop, Werchter, Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, Sweden Rock, Ruisrock, Aerodome, and Gurten. The band will also support Iron Maiden at their stadium shows in Paris und Zurich and the fall will see them playing additional shows in Europe, the UK and overseas.
ENTER
This is the first album Within Temptation has released in 1997. The album contains all eight songs that appeared on the two demo's, but most of these songs were slightly re-arranged or we changed their name.
THE DANCE-EP
This is our second real release, a MCD, which contains the following songs:
Besides that the cd contains two remixes and a CD-ROM track containing information about the band and pictures that were taken on Dynamo '97, on tour with Orphanage and pictures taken on other gigs.
MOTHER EARTH
With its first release Mother Earth was not released in all European countries. Often people had to go to great lengths to get their hands on this musical milestone of Within Temptation. Now Gun Records makes the album avaiable in the whole of Europe by this release. A whole new digipack version with a special new cover and four bonustracks. If you could not get your hands on the album before, now you can !
THE SILENCE FORCE
4 years after the release of Mother Earth, "The Silent Force" was released. It's the first WT-album that was released throughout Europe at the same time, in November 2004. The album includes a Russian 80-piece choir and an 80-piece orchestra, and features the singles 'Stand my ground' and 'Memories'. Angels will be the third single after the success of the first 2 singles.
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