"The war doesn't stop. I know a lot of people are tired of it, but Ukraine doesn't have that luxury." Why Sharon den Adel travelled to Kyiv to film Within Temptation's new video for upcoming single A Fool's Parade
I saw this url acrostic challenge here on @x--daughters-of-darkness--x by @hauntedwhispers and I thought it was a cool challenge. Anyone who wants to do this go head. My url: rock 'n' roll bodhisattva
Within Temptation is not my favorite symphonic metal band, but The Unforgiving is by far my favorite album in this genre. It's the only symphonic metal album I listen to regularly since its release (more than a decade ago!).
I just love everything about it. I love its concept. I love the art cover because it seems so ominous with the color scheme in dark tones of red and green and the many characters in the cover. It tells us that it's not just an album, it's a musical journey in a corrupted world full of complex people and dilemmas.
And musically it's just amazing. I love how every single track in this album explodes in your ears and has an epic tone. But it's not your "typical epic symphonic metal" tone, it is truly epic in every sense. It's an odyssey. The songs are all well crafted soundtracks for a story.
Since we have so many wonderful new members of the Realm of the Elderlings fandom here the last few months, here is a reminder that the band Within Temptation has a song inspired by one FitzChivalry Farseer and that is NOT an exaggeration, they literally wrote it about him/the books
lyrics below cut!
The child without a name grew up to be the hand
To watch you, to shield you or kill on demand
The choice he'd made he could not comprehend
His blood a grim secret they had to command
He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
He prayed for both but was denied
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
So many years have past, who are the noble and the wise?
Will all our sins be justified?
The curse of his powers tormented his life
Obeying the crown was a sinister price
His soul was tortured by love and by pain
He surely would flee but the oath made him stay
He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
He prayed for both but was denied
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
So many years have past, who are the noble and the wise?
Will all our sins be justified?
Please forgive me for the sorrow, for leaving you in fear
For the dreams we had to silence, that's all they'll ever be
Still I'll be the hand that serves you
Though you'll not see that it is me
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?
So many years have past, who are the noble and the wise?
Will all our sins be justified?
I saw a few folks worrying that the artwork for Within Temptation’s new album and singles was AI generated. Fear not! The artist is someone named Anato Finnstark.