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Within Temptation (NL) - Black Symphony (Live With The Metropole Orchestra)

Originally formed as 'The Portal' in April 1996 by Robert Westerholt, with his girlfriend Sharon den Adel and members from his former metal band The Circle/Voyage (Hol) (Jeroen and Michiel) aswell as his kid-brother, Martijn Westerholt. Originally, Richard Willemse was their drummer. He didn't stay long though. The band then changed their name to Within Temptation, found a new drummer (Dennis Leeflang), recorded the 'Untitled' and 'Enter' demos, and landed a deal within an amazingly short period of 2 months with DSFA.

In the meantime the band found they couldn't get along with the drummer so they found a new drummer in Ivar de Graaf.
Meanwhile the band has scored a top 3 hit with the single Ice Queen from their Mother Earth album in the Dutch top 40 charts.

Sharon den Adel has done guest vocals on one or more songs on the following albums:
Aemen - Fooley Dressed (2 songs)
After Forever - Prison of Desire (1 song)
Avantasia - The Metal Opera (1 song), The Metal Opera part II (1 song)
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle (5 songs)
Delain - Lucidity (1 song)
Orphanage - Inside (1 song)
Voyage - Embrace (1 song)
Timo Tolkki - Hymn to Life (1 song)

Sharon den Adel gave birth to her and Robert Westerholt's daughter, Eva Luna, on December 9th, 2005.

12 - 2006 - The band also announced their collaboration with the makers of the videogame "The Chronicles of Spellborn."

Birth dates:
Rudolf Adrianus Jolie (19th April 1976, Tilburg, Netherlands)
Jeroen van Veen (26th October 1974, Netherlands)
Sharon Janny den Adel (12th July 1974, Waddinxveen, Netherlands)
Martijn Spierenburg (30th January 1975)
Robert Westerholt (1st January 1975)
Dennis Leeflang (22nd May 1979, Leiderdorp, Netherlands)

After Martijn Westerholt (now in Delain) left the band, due to a chronic illness, another ex-The Circle/Voyage member joined the ranks, in the person of Martijn Spierenburg (who used to do keyboards and drums for aforementioned bands).

The Voyage song 'Frozen' (ft. Sharon den Adel) was put on the internet a couple of months before the release of Within Temptation's 'The Heart of Everything' album because it was thought to be the track 'Frozen' from that album. However, both songs are completely different and this was a total mix up. The Voyage track 'Frozen' is a reworking of a track recorded by The Circle for a DSFA compilation in 1995. Both Voyage and The Circle are pre-WT bands.

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Within Temptation - Black Symphony (Live With The Metropole Orchestra)(2008)

DVD, Roadrunner Records
September 23rd, 2008

This special concert features the band accompanied by The Metropole Orchestra, a
choir, and special guests including Anneke van Giersbergen (Agua de Annique) and
Keith Caputo (Life of Agony). It was filmed by 14 HD Cameras on February 7, 2008
at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. And will be available on 2-disc DVD, 2-disc CD,
and Blu-ray.

The DVD will include the following contents:

2CD Edition: Full Black Symphony show with Metropole Orchestra CD-1: 12 tracks
+ CD-2: 10 tracks

2DVD Edition: DVD-1: - Full Black Symphony show (2 hours) - Making of and
backstage from the Black Symphony (30 min) - Documentary about WT and their 10
years of carrer as well as the Black Symphony show (30 min)

DVD-2: - Eindhoven summary - 12 songs from the Eindhoven show (65 min) -
Videoclips & making of The Hearth Of Everything (album). (40 min) - Various
TV-bits: awards, footage from the show in Manchester show, and others) (20 min)
- ‘On-the-road’ clips made by Sharon and Robert (60 min) - Photo gallery

1. Jillian (I'd Give My Heart) 04:39
2. The Howling 06:31
3. Stand My Ground 04:33
4. What Have You Done 04:58
5. The Cross 05:22
6. Hand of Sorrow 05:40
7. The Heart of Everything 05:48
8. Forgiven 04:53
9. Somewhere 04:24
10. The Swan Song 04:00
11. Memories 04:03
12. Our Solemn Hour 05:22
13. The Other Half (Of Me) 05:04
14. The Promise 04:32
15. Angels 08:15
16. Mother Earth 04:02
17. Frozen 06:00
18. The Truth Beneath the Rose 07:23
19. Deceiver of Fools 07:38
20. All I Need 04:55
21. Ice Queen 07:15

Total playing time 01:55:17
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Total playing time: 122:48

(This, of course, is the audio)

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18/09/2008

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