Within Temptation成立于1996年,自从荷兰的美声歌特金属乐团The Gathering,约莫于95、96年开始,在欧洲大放异彩之后,使得这样的美声式金属乐型式,逐渐受到愈来愈多乐迷的喜爱,The Gathering的音乐风格也对相当多的新生代乐团产生启发和影响,而The Gathering的影响力有多大,从同为荷兰乐团的后生晚辈Within Temptation和After Forever身上就能听得到! 整张专集主要是采用中速,并且有鲜明的主旋律,这从第一首Restless中就可以听出来,这一首凄婉、柔和、缓慢,在这首歌中键盘自始至终与女主音的声音相伴,非常协调、顺畅,即使是高潮部分也没有给你猛烈的冲击,其它的乐器都隐藏在键盘地背后衬托整首歌曲。
Enter is the debut studio album by Dutch symphonic/gothic metal band Within Temptation, released by DSFA Records in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album prominently features lead singer Sharon den Adel's vocals as well as guitarist Robert Westerholt's gruff death metal growls. Lex Vogelaar, founder of Orphanage, supplied the guitar parts for "Pearls of Light", as well as producing the album, and Orphanage vocalist George Oosthoek performed some of the growls on "Deep Within".