WITHIN TEMPTATION fans have much to be happy about these days. On the current “Hydra World Tour” playing in major U.S. markets, these Dutch symphonic rockers have reached back into their discography to play some live gems leaving concert audiences covered in goose bumps, although long-time supporters have been aching for music from the start of the band’s career. Now is the chance to own it.
This November 10th, Nuclear Blast Entertainment will re-issue two long out-of-print WITHIN TEMPTATION releases on one CD: 1997’s full-length debut album Enter and the 1998 EP The Dance. No longer hard to find, this 2-in-1 WITHIN TEMPTATION re-issue is now available for pre-order from the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop:
The track listing for Enter and The Dance:
01 – Restless
02 – Enter
03 – Pearls Of Light
04 – Deep Within
05 – Gatekeeper
06 – Grace
07 – Blooded
08 – Candles
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09 – The Dance
10 – Another Day
11 – The Other Half (Of Me)
12 – Remix: Restless
13 – Remix: Candles & Pearls Of Light
With sold-out shows in San Francisco & Denver, fans are encouraged to purchase pre-sale tickets for the remaining dates on WITHIN TEMPTATION’s “Hydra World Tour,” which include:
10/01/14 Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
10/02/14 Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI
10/03/14 The Sound Academy – Toronto, ON – CANADA
10/05/14 Metropolis – Montreal, QC – CANADA
10/07/14 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
10/09/14 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
10/10/14 Terminal 5 – New York, NY
10/11/14 The Palladium – Worcester, MA
Pre-sale ticket links are available at www.within-temptation.com/ontour/.
Gentle reminder for collectors: 1,400 copies of the premium import version of the Hydra Media Book – which includes an exclusive 100 page booklet plus a bonus CD - are also on sale at the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop. Once these must-haves are gone, they’re gone.
Official WITHIN TEMPTATION music videos include:
• “And We Run” featuring Xzibit - www.youtube.com/watch?v=awvqIi427_A
• “Dangerous” featuring Howard Jones – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiV8RpqzME
• “Paradise (What About Us?)” featuring Tarja Turunen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6MpsDPKts
• “The Whole World Is Watching” featuring Dave Pirner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRNPkJ0ELPc
ABOUT WITHIN TEMPTATION:
Masters of elegance, melodrama, and symphonic grandeur, WITHIN TEMPTATION are not just one of the most distinctive and charismatic bands to emerge from the metal scene in recent times; they are also one of European metal’s greatest success stories of the last decade.
Formed in 1996 by guitarist Robert Westerholt & vocalist Sharon den Adel and ably assisted by bassist Jeroen van Veen, the Dutch quintet set out to create music that would strike a sublime balance between the bold, evocative sweep of cinema soundtracks and the brooding, gothic splendor of the finest dark-hued rock & metal of the modern age. A well-kept secret in the Netherlands for the first few years of their existence, the band exploded into the mainstream spotlight across Europe with the release of their second album, Mother Earth, in 2000. Within a few studio albums, WITHIN TEMPTATION experienced huge commercial success in their native country as well as around the world, with a discography that has sold an excess of three million albums to date.
Hydra – the follow-up album to 2011’s Billboard Top 200 album, The Unforgiving – debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top 200 chart this past February, marking WITHIN TEMPTATION’s first appearance in the Billboard Top 20. It also debuted at #12 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart, #1 on both the iTunes Rock & iTunes Metal charts, and #1 on Amazon’s Hard Rock & Metal chart for two consecutive weeks. At radio the week of release, Hydra had the highest chart debut and ranked in the Top 5 on the CMJ Loud Rock chart. In Europe, Hydra debuted at #1 in The Netherlands & The Czech Republic and secured
