The Heart of Everything

The Heart of Everything is a work on which WITHIN TEMPTATION bound weighty guitar and cinematic orchestration to Sharon den Adel’s clear singing. The songs are grand, but the choruses also have pop immediacy. It is a record that widened the band’s popularity to a global scale, including America. On “What Have You Done,” “Frozen” and “All I Need,” the album draws a large range of emotion. In particular, “What Have You Done” is a talked-about song that welcomed Life of Agony’s Keith Caputo as a guest. Songs like “Our Solemn Hour” and “The Truth Beneath the Rose” breathe the band’s full playing too. They deliver the shadow of gothic metal to a wider audience. It is an important record that balanced grandeur and accessibility.