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中 文 名 诱惑本质
外 文 名 Within Temptation
国 籍 荷兰
职 业 美声金属乐队
代表作品 Memories,Jillian等
成立时间 1996
风 格 Symphonic Metal/Rock
艺人资料
诱惑本质(Within Temptation),是一支来自荷兰的哥德金属和交响金属乐队,由吉他手罗伯特·维斯特霍尔在1996年创建。 其美声式柔美金属乐型式,逐渐受到愈来愈多乐迷的喜爱。
Within Temptation是一支表现出色的荷兰美声派金属乐队,曲风悠扬,但更专注于乐曲的情感呈现,并以女主唱莎伦·丹·阿德尔飘渺的动人音色为主轴,其音色更为浑美,在转音及高音表现上也都更显出色,完全突显出莎伦的美妙音色。
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,使得这样的美声式柔美金属乐型式,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。
1996年,吉他手Robert Westerholt离开其原属的乐团The Circle(后来更名为Voyage),希望另组新团以展开全新的开始,首先他找来他的女友Sharon den Adel担任主唱,接着他又邀请The Circle的前团员加入,于是bass手Jeroen van Veen和吉他手Michiel Papenhove两人决定跳槽来新团,最后,他们再找来一位鼓手Dennis Leeflang,Within Temptation就这样正式成军。不过此时他们仍缺一名电子琴手,很快地这个位置就由Robert的弟弟所补上,WT的阵容也终于抵定。不久后,他们想方设法联络了不同的唱片机构,WT录制了一卷4曲的demo tape,并寄发给多家唱片公司,希望争取唱片合约,而这张demo也引起多家厂牌的注意,Within Temptation 最后决定与 DSFA Records签约。在与DSFA签约之后,一切进入正轨,然而由于团员们与鼓手不合,于是鼓手的位置很快便由新任的Ivar de Graaf入替。
随后WT便受邀参与年度大型金属乐盛会Dynamo'97,此后的几个月时间,WT都在欧洲各地持续地展开演唱行程。他们甚至进行了两周的巡回演出,历经德国到澳大利亚。随后又有一些其它的精彩的演唱会,其中包括在Noor derslag。97年年底鼓手Ivar离团,并由Ciro Palma入替。98年期间,WT除了参与了Dynamo'98,并继续一些演出之外,也推出了一张EP。进入99年后,WT决定暂停演出活动,并开始着手新专辑的创作,而Ivar也在此间重新归队。
2000年,是个变化很大的一年。他们接到邀请去参加在Benelux举行的一次盛大的庆祝活动。经过一年多的潜沉,Within Temptation终于在2000年12月发表了第二张正式专辑《Mother Earth》。这张专辑取得了巨大的成功,乐队也在自己的演唱会和音乐节上赢得了很多音乐爱好者的心。其中两首单曲最为支持者推崇:《Our Farewell》和《Ice Queen》。同时此张作品也同步推出了2CD的特别版,多收录了一张制作精致的CD-ROM,除了有乐团介绍、团员照、一个小game及一首《bonus》曲外,也包含了几首WT现场演出的video。2002年,乐队再次取得进展,他们的单曲《Ice Queen》,在荷兰音乐榜上取得季军的位置,在比利时则高居榜首。《Mother Earth》在欧洲总共销售了大约35万张的三白金成绩(荷兰)和金牌专辑称号(比利时)。 Within temptation在这两个国家都获得了MTV奖项,并且在比利时、荷兰、卢森堡三国以及德国、法国举办了自己的演唱会。
WT的第三张专辑,《The Silent Force》,在2004年11月15日发布。其中的主打歌《Stand My Ground》被广播电台无数次播放。这张专辑在德国获得了金牌的成绩。2005年2月,Within Temptation 获得了艾迪逊音乐奖的荷兰最佳乐队奖项,之后又拿到了2005年世界音乐奖的荷兰最受欢迎乐队奖项。
2007年发行的大碟《The Heart Of Everything》首度登上英国金榜Top38位置,并一连抱走MTV欧洲音乐「最佳荷兰与比利时乐团」、世界音乐「最佳荷兰销售艺人」等重要奖项。 《Black Symphony》是WT于2008年2月7日在荷兰鹿特丹Ahoy Arena举办的演唱会实况收音特辑,邀请The Metropole Orchestra管弦乐团以及The Pa'dam Choir合唱团加入其阵容。WT于同年发行了一张精选专辑《Destroyed》,
2011年,WT发行了他们的第五张录音室专辑《The Unforgiving》。这也是他们的第一张概念专辑。乐队与美国漫画作者Steven O’Connell (BloodRayne/Dark 48) 和Romano Molenaar (Witchblade/Darkness/X战警)合作,The Unforgiving的同名漫画将从2月开始连载,每2个月发布一季,漫画的发行贯穿2011年全年。《The Unforgiving》专辑的歌词内容表现同名漫画的情节与人物。
2012年发行单曲《Somebody That I Used To Know》。
2013年发行现场专辑《The Q-Music Sessions》。10月发行单曲《Paradise (What About Us?)》。
2014年1月发行录音室专辑《Hydra》。2月发行单曲《Whole World is Watching》。5月发行单曲《And We Run》,11月发行现场专辑《Let Us Burn: Elements & Hydra Live in Concert》。
乐队在2015年12月20日-21日在荷兰北布拉班特省蒂尔堡开启Black X-mas - 013 Tilburg (NL)演唱会。
2016年7月,在Norway Rock Festival上表演。
Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. They have always been classified by critics as gothic metal, although the "gothic" influence varies with each album. Their most prominent and well-known sound is described as symphonic metal,although their earlier material, such as debut album ‘Enter’, was mostly gothic metal. Enter even had a hint of doom metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a symphonic rock genre with various influences. In a later interview with Dutch music platform 3VOOR12, den Adel stated that "we consider ourselves more a symphonic rock band ... in my opinion, we are no gothic band".
After the release of their debut album ‘Enter’ in 1997, the band became prominent in the Dutch underground scene. It was not until 2001 that they became known to the general public, with the single "Ice Queen" from their second album ‘Mother Earth’, which reached No. 2 on the Dutch charts.This was followed by the band winning the Conamus Exportprijs, a Dutch music award, four years in a row, and a fifith in 2016. Their next albums ‘The Silent Force’ (2004) and ‘The Heart of Everything’ (2007) debuted at No. 1 on the Dutch charts. In 2008, they released a live DVD and CD, ‘Black Symphony’, recorded with the Metropole Orchestra. This was followed in 2009 by ‘An Acoustic Night at the Theatre’, another live album.
The band's fifth studio album, ‘The Unforgiving’, was released in March 2011, alongside both a comic book series and a series of short films that together encompass a story. The first single, "Faster", was released on January 21, and the first short film, ‘Mother Maiden’, was released on January 31. The band has sold more than 3.5 million copies of the album worldwide.
Their sixth studio album, ‘Hydra’, was released in early 2014 in Japan, Europe, and the United States. The album features guest appearances from various artists: Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, who appears in the lead single "Paradise (What About Us?)"; Howard Jones, former vocalist of American metalcore band Killswitch Engage; Dave Pirner, lead vocalist of American alternative rock band Soul Asylum; and American rapper Xzibit. The band had extensive airplay on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom with one of the songs from the album, "Whole World Is Watching" featuring Pirner.
The band is currently working on new material and is due to tour The Netherlands as part of their "Theater Tour", a seated show. During 2014, they parted ways with artist management agency AT Productions and signed with Martijn Swier, with whom they had been working for many years.
On 2 May, the band announced through their Facebook page that they were going to record the concert at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, and the great part of the concert later appeared on the DVD ‘Let Us Burn - Elements & Hydra Live In Concert’ together with some parts of the previous tour ‘Elements’ 15th anniversary show. As the end of the European leg, the tour had an attendance of over 120.000 people.
The band performed in Tilburg,NL from December 20 to 21.
They performed at Norway Rock Festival in June 2016.