Year: 2020
Total Time: 15:39 
Label: Vertigo Records

        In 2019 WITHIN TEMPTATION released their latest album “Resist”, following the style that the band has adopted in the recent years, far (far) away from the sound of their very good debut album “Enter”, when we first met them in 1997. “Resist” had few moments close to the “hard” sound and was mainly on more pop-oriented trails.

        In May 2020, they released a new single, “Entertain You”, a song much closer to familiar metal sounds, but not in a pure metal style. Quite symphonic, quite modern and definitely more enjoyable for the band’s older friends than it was in their last record. In November 2020, continuing to signal that they are preparing a new album, they released a Maxi Single named “The Purge”. This is a release that contains essentially two songs in two different executions. The aforementioned “Entertain You” and the self-titled “The Purge”, in both their regular and instrumental version.

        “The Purge”, following the previous single, is quite heavy, always compared to their latest material and has a slightly harsher sound and a rather industrial aesthetic. Two songs that may be showing a will by WITHIN TEMPTATION to look out at their past and change the orientation of their upcoming album so as to be closer to their roots.

        If you are a fan of the “Stand My Ground” era of the band, you will probably find several moments in this new release that will be reminiscent of that period. If this is an indication that the band wants to make such a musical turn, it will definitely be welcomed. Until their next album, however, we are just waiting by receiving these first samples with joy and skepticism.

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Editor: Fanouris Exintavelonis
Related Link: WITHIN TEMPTATION – Official Page