Within Temptation
The Heart Of Everything
A "little" evaluation for this album
(I'm not paying much attention when listening, fell asleep actually...)
Song List:
1 Howling
2 What Have You Done - Within Temptation & Keith Caputo
3 Frozen
4 Our Solemn Hour
5 Heart Of Everything
6 Hand Of Sorrow
7 Cross
8 Final Destination
9 All I Need
10 Truth Beneath The Rose
11 Forgiven
This time WT gave us something different. As claimed by WT, they belong to symphonic rock. But in The Heart of Everything, it feels like they are doing songs in Gothic rock. The vocal Sharon den Adel sings with middle pitch (which I don't really like) instead of the high pitch she famous for. Sometimes, change is good. But the point is whether the change can make them become a better band. Beside the vocal, the theme of the lyrics they wrote is different. There are quite a number of songs in this album concerning God. It's not a bad theme; however, the lyrics in these songs are very similar to each other. When I listened half of the disc, I fell asleep. Not that I was tired. The fact is that the melody and lyrics of the songs are more or less the same.
After listening to this album, the songs I still remember are What have you done and Forgiven, both are not in the usual WT style.For What have you done, it surprises me as I can never imagine WT can be that rock and I love the voice of Keith Caputo. For Forgiven, I'm attracted by its lyrics.
Enjoy
Forgiven-Live performance at promotion tour (It's a bit shaky)