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Vocalist Sharon Den Adel of Within Temptation discussed the band’s creative development throughout the three decades since the Dutch symphonic metallers’ founding in a recent interview with Metal Hammer Germany, as per Blabbermouth.
Well, I think, of course, things have changed — musically a lot, I think. How we started, we grew up with the music and, yeah, always followed new influences that we enjoyed very much and implemented that into our music with the style that we already had. And so that was our evolution, I think, in a way throughout the years. And every time a little bit. But this time, what’s coming up next, it’s gonna be huge. It’s such a different thing we’re gonna do that.. I know I love it, what we’re gonna do, but I hope everyone else is not gonna be completely blown away in a bad way, and I hope they will be blown away in a good way. But the sound is gonna completely change with the next album. Like 100% difference.
When asked to go into further detail about that, Sharon responded as follows.
No, I can’t. [Laughs] The thing is, why I can’t tell you yet is because we’re still recording and still developing, so it can still change a little bit here and there. So before I say it’s gonna be jazz music, you’ll think [a certain way], and then it turns out to be more metal anyway. Then the change is not that big. But it’s gonna be, yeah, huge.
Before the release of Within Temptation’s most recent LP, 2023’s “Bleed Out,” the band changed its focus from putting out albums to releasing a series of singles. This allowed the band members to indulge in their creative processes without any production or time constraints and release new music in a heartbeat, keeping both the band and fans at the forefront of freshly inspired music.
