Hydra

secondo voi questo con i 2 CD è il cofanetto con 100 pagine?

http://www.emp-online.it/art_273494/?campaign=emp/it/ban/retargeting/criteo_facebook

marco9424 ha scritto:

secondo voi questo con i 2 CD è il cofanetto con 100 pagine?

http://www.emp-online.it/art_273494/?campaign=emp/it/ban/retargeting/criteo_facebook

mi sembra di no, anzi no..
il doppio digi dovrebbe avere un booklet da 32 pagine...

questo ha il book da 100 pagine...
http://www.emp-online.it/within-temptation-hydra-2-cd-2-lp/art_273777/

fatemi fare il giro dei vari siti ( stò spulciando i vari negozi per quello dei NW, dei Replica ect ect) e segnalerò i prezzi migliori..in linea generale..Emp.de ha prezzi migliori di Emp.it..tanto sempre da Germania spediscono...  

Newsletter settimanale:

Studio update
Another word from Robert: When we started writing for Hydra 2 years ago we had nothing, no idea where and how it would end and moreover, not when it would end. And now we are sitting here with a finished master, of a complete new album with over 50 minutes of new blasting songs, which can't wait to be unleashed into the world. We never get bored by that feeling and it surely is of the best feeling we know. All the blood sweet and tears are forgotten, as if they have not even been there. Well, the reality was quite the opposite. We have set our goals higher then ever before.

We wanted to write an album to blow, firstl of all ourselves away. We wanted to do better than we think we even could (sounds weird huh). We wanted it to be a real Within Temptation record, but heavier, more musically challenging, pushing borders and frontiers with new elements and influences, and at the same time bring back more from our early metal roots... a bit like the past and future at the same time.

A year ago, it felt like we had an impossible task to do, like building a mountain with our bare hands. Now it's like we are on the top that mountain, enjoying the view we mysteriously were able to build, but really don't know how we did it anymore.
But that's how it should be, how an album should be born. In a mysterious uncontrollable way with a will of its own.

Now just be carefull when it will be unleashed January the 31st…Hydra is not without danger.

Haha well that almost sounds serious huh? Back to real life… we are not done, not by far. Next week we are recording TWO new videos. Very much looking forward to meet Dave and Howard and hope we will have some free time to spend together, next to shooting the videos.

Now the master of Hydra is done we all (and that's including you too) once again found a very valid excuse for a celebration this weekend.

So have a nice one and keep track of Twitter, Facebook and such for updates on the videoshoot and if you would happen to miss those, than there always is of course the next newsletter.

So anyway till next week and stay strong!

Cheers and take care !!!

Sharon, Ruud, Stefan, Martijn, Jeroen, Mike and Robert

Within Temptation


Quindi è ufficiale che il terzo singolo sarà "Whole World Is Watching" dopo "Paradise", il duetto con Traja, e "Dangerous", collaborazione con Howard Jones.
Manca solo "And We Run" 

*Advanced Japanese release of an album from Within Temptation. Includes a bonus CD featuring two Japan only bonus tracks and more for 10 tracks total.

Quindi due bonus tracks!!

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VIZP-121

tipico del Japan avere le bonus tracks...
intanto ho preso i vinili numerati..

ieri è girata la bufala dell album già in rete..non è vero niente..neanche tutti i WT hanno il mastering definitivo..prima che inizino a mandare le copie dell album in giro ci vorrà un altra settimana...

e arriverà anche il mio turno  

Blck stavo pensando ad una cosa: Let Us Burn, Dangerous, Ande We Run, Paradise e Silver Moonlight sappiamo già che sono tracce movimentate mentre Dog Days è una mid tempo. Quindi mi domandavo se in Hydra, c'è qualche ballata strappalacrime in stile WT? 

Silver Moonlight sembra leggermente alleggerita  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv2X1VnielY&feature=youtu.be

Album update:

Another album update from Robert: This week was video week. We were shooting 2 videos. Normally this means a lot of stress, very little sleep and risking pneumonia because you're waiting all day and night, mostly in the cold outside filming at outside locations. Ofcourse it's all worth it, if you get a good video, but the thing with videos is that you're never guaranteed of a good result.

On the other hand that's maybe also what we like about them. We love challenges, both physically and creatively, and taking calculated risks once in a while makes you feel alive. Talking about risks that make you feel alive… well that's actually everything what the video for 'Dangerous' is all about. It's really going to be breathtaking and heart pulse raising. At least that's really what it did with us looking at the first material.

This time the whole shoot was a bit out of the ordinairy. Outside you could already feel winter is on it's way, but we were sweating like hell and banging like crazy inside a huge, but a very comfortably warm filming studio.

The shooting days were not that long so we also had plenty of time to show Dave Pirner, who flew over to record the video for 'Whole World is Watching' with us, a little bit of Amsterdam. We had a lot of fun together and despite there is so much to do and to see in Amsterdam, we still ended up talking about music most of our time. Guess we never get enough of that.

What also made this shoot really special, is that since 10 years we were working with director Patric Ullaeus again. Patric was the one who made our video for 'Mother Earth'. That video actually was our first serious music video. Also even after so many years we still like that video a lot. I guess he also has laid the basis for a lot of videos after that one because we learned so much from him about making videos at that time.

But ofcourse also this shoot didn't go complete as we planned. The initial plan was to shoot the video for 'Dangerous' here in Holland, together with Howard Jones but some unforseen events changed those plans, so we will probably be filming Howard somewhere in the next weeks.

This time it's not going to be long before you get to see how this video turned out as it prob needs to be finished and released on Youtube within a month.

Anyway there is so much more to tell about these videos but we will do that next week because now…
It's time to celebrate the weeeeeeekend.

Have fun and hang on till at least the next update !

Take care !!!

Oddio Patric Ullaues con unv ideo che usa la tecnica del green screen: spero in unr isultato migliore di My Mind's Eye dei Sirenia  

marco9424 ha scritto:

Silver Moonlight sembra leggermente alleggerita  

Sarebbero proprio PIRLA a rovinarla, la versione demo era già perfetta.

Prima recensione di "Hydra":

The Dutch symphonic rock band WITHIN TEMPTATION will release their sixth studio album, titled Hydra, on January 31rd. The band that – since years – clearly is the spearhead of dark rock music was founded in 1996 by Sharon den Adel (vocals) and Robert Westerholt (guitar). Since NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION already had the chance to listen to the entire album, we feel like sharing our thoughts on the record. What can fans expect? And what is special about WITHIN TEMPTATION and Hydra? Well, pretty much.

Coming from the gothic metal scene, WITHIN TEMPTATION‘s music developed over the years to more symphonic structures and with Hydra the band definitely is going to release its most mature and perfect album. Of course, it is a major production with a lot of budget behind. Everything is produced perfectly and you can clearly hear that every single sound took a long time to make it perfect. And in the end it became perfect. Maybe even a bit too perfect? Quite possible. But on the other hand it has to sound exactly like this since Hydra shall get tons of airplays and is produced for huge masses, not for a subculture that is into raw sounds. And so every song on Hydra is a hit, as made from scratch or from the schoolbook of how to write a hit that directly goes into the listeners’ ear and won’t get out of their ears for hours. While this might sound great, it also brings problems: it could get annoying pretty soon, it could be that the songs won’t get evergreens. But one thing is for sure: Hydra will be successful, because everything was done and produced until it got perfect. Even if it might be too perfect for some people.

Another fact why the album will be successful are the guest appearances by Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE), TARJA (ex-Nightwish), XZIBIT and Dave Pirner (SOUL ASYLUM). If these artists collaborated, because they are fans of WITHIN TEMPTATION or if these collaborations were planned to get access to other fan-bases might be irrelevant, since the songs that came out in the end fit perfectly (of course). What the world can expect from the record is nothing but a symphonic rock / dark rock hit collection. Fans of the band will love it, fans of dark rock will definitely like it and even fans of harder tunes might listen to it when they want to listen to something that isn’t too hard. If you like WITHIN TEMPTATION, but are searching for a harder, more metal sounding, band with more or less the same atmosphere, you should check out DEADLOCK.

All in all WITHIN TEMPTATION prove to be the spearhead of dark rock music (and I aware the word “metal”, since Hydra definitely is no metal album). With more than three millions sold albums by now they are one of the most successful Dutch bands ever. With Hydra the success will go on and WITHIN TEMPTATION will probably write history in the world of music in the Netherlands.

"Of course, it is a major production with a lot of budget behind. Everything is produced perfectly and you can clearly hear that every single sound took a long time to make it perfect. And in the end it became perfect. Maybe even a bit too perfect? Quite possible"
e ancora
"And so every song on Hydra is a hit, as made from scratch or from the schoolbook of how to write a hit that directly goes into the listeners’ ear and won’t get out of their ears for hours. While this might sound great, it also brings problems: it could get annoying pretty soon, it could be that the songs won’t get evergree"
copio e incollo..
è quello che penso...

EDIT sui vari boxset...
a oggi, per il mega box di Hydra stravince Amazon.it
56,13 euro, spedizione con corriere inclusa..potete piazzare l ordine oggi,subito..se poi il prezzo da qui a gennaio sale, pagate i 56,13
se dovesse scendere ( dubito fortemente..) pagate il prezzo + basso..
oltre a Amazon segnalo EMP.IT,box a 59,99 + corriere 6,95 euro=
66,94 euro..ogni tanto Emp fa la promozione spedizione a 5 euro o pure gratis se l ordine è sopra tot euro...dovete armarvi di santa pazienza
ma se da Amazon costa meno, xchè perdere tempo?
Nuclear Blaste.de e .com e shop ufficiale WT ..esclusi..59,90 per il box set x entrambi.. con Nuclear si arriva a 73 euro per la spedizione raccomandata e si sfiorano i 75 euro box+spedizione sullo shop ufficiale.

forse solo Grooves.inc e Play.com possono far saltare il banco offrendo il box set a meno di 56 euro..al momento non hanno in preorder nessuna edizione di Hydra..tempo un paio di settimane e riaggiornerò i prezzi...

Ho appena letto su WT Polska che il solo che postarono a metà giugno è tratto da "Covered By Roses", Black confermi? 

Durata di "Hydra":

1. Let Us Burn 5:13
2. Dangerous (feat. Howard Jones) 4:53
3. And We Run (feat. Xzibit) 3:50
4. Paradise (What About Us?) [feat. Tarja] 5:20
5. Edge of the World 4:55
6. Silver Moonlight 5:17
7. Covered By Roses 4:48
8. Dog Days 4:47
9. Tell Me Why 6:12
10. Whole World Is Watching (feat. Dave Pirner) 4:03

Total length : 49:37

Quindi non c'è la suite di 11 minuti!!!  La canzone con la miglior durata per un'eventuale singolo era And We Run  

infatti la suite era stata spezzata in 2 ( la seconda parte non sò che fine abbia fatto) e i 2 intro di cui uno bello lungo (90 secondi) segati al mixaggio di luglio  

non ho trovato il link esatto..questa dovrebbe essere la rece di MH.de..tradotta,ovvio...
HYDRA song by song:

Let Us Burn: It crashes and bangs at all corners. The opener Within Temptation shows her magnificent page. However, Sharon stops the wild dance before she screams the escalating chorus through the speakers. If one wants to actually hear again immediately. The line "Let us burn" is the mantra.

Dangerous, And We Run: Now it gets really wild. Worried Howard Jones already for astonishment, drop the listeners now definitively ears off. The American rap icon Xzibit steps up to the mic and bangs with Rhymes around. The strange thing: It fits perfectly into the thick sound of the song. Metal to the booty shaking!

Paradise (What About Us): already known from the EP - and, yes, the song also works in the context of the album wonderfully. Two magnificent voices throw themselves repeatedly to the balls. Powerful, emotional and epic. The currently provide this quality only Within Temptation.

Edge Of The World : finally allowed to be cuddled, but this epic ballad can not fire the first time. To unspectacular and smooth effect the result. The chorus seems a little hectic. For the grand finale, the guitar may be involved.

Silver Moonlight: A typical Within Temptation song, one might say at first. First, Sharon languishes on their archetypal Art Then the thunder is heard before suddenly appear growls. Since ENTER you have not heard such a thing. For fans of the old school one hit!

Dog Days: The most beautiful verses of the album mate with a classic chorus that goes into the ear immediately and do not want to get out so quickly. For some fans may be too classic, for sure other THE perfect song.

Tell Me Why: crash. Bumm. Immediately. Sharon sings like a siren against the musical apocalypse and tames it with a soft vocal melody. The chorus works through the big sounds a bit overweight. More for the U.S. market.

Conclusion: Within Temptation fans can breathe easy, because HYDRA is the perfect successor of THE UNFORGIVING. More bombast, more outliers - but also more metal. Though lacking an over-hit, but this album sounds like, despite all the variety of a piece. Audrey Dujardin

You can read more in the new number of Metal-Hammer.de

MOLTO generosi su Edge of the world...

Mancano "Covered By Roses" e "Whole World Is Watching" che sappiamo che erano di tuo gradimento(almeno nella versione demo:tongue: )

Album update
A new update from Robert: New music on vintage albums. Hooked on Vinyl now !

Sharon has been doing interviews all week long and is in Paris at the moment. All this traveling and long days of talking is pretty tiring, but she is really enjoying herself because of the great reactions she is getting on Hydra. We are ofcourse far from objective but it is still good to hear that the press feels the same magic in this album as we do. Most describe it has a our heaviest, musically most refreshing and bravest album with at the same time influences of our early past.

Talking about the past... I'm really excited about these special versions we are making of this album. Next to a CD with a 100 pages (which is more like a book), we have a special vinyl version of the album for the deluxe box set.

Today I received the test pressing for the Hydra vinyl. It's been really, really, really long since I played a vinyl record. But man, I get excited instantly, holding this vinyl in my hands. Much more than a download, it feels like something special... Almost something secret. Only when you put it on the player and it starts spinning with the needle on it, it will reveal itself to you. Taking this whole big thing out of it's sleeve and putting it on the player already is something that creates tension. Then the boom and cracks you hear when the needle hits the record for the first time... wow... how cool is this.
The music starts playing... damn it sounds good. I didn't expect that. I was expecting the sound to be a bit thinner than the digital version, but instead it actually sounds warm and fat.
It's also really cool when you accidentally bump the player and it speeds up and slows down for a second. It's really much more of a living thing. You really have to treat the album with respect.

As the album exceeds 50 minutes in length, it is printed on two vinyls. So every 2 or 3 tracks you have to turn it around. Haha this is soooo cool. I'm afraid I'm hooked. I'm going to start ordering more vinyl from now on.

A very good opportunity to use the weekend for.
So much fun :-)

Hope you all also have a great weekend with a lot of vinyl parties !

Till next week !!!!

Sharon, Ruud, Stefan, Martijn, Jeroen, Mike and Robert

Within Temptation

Newsletter fuffissima sta settimana!!!

Ma dato che il video di "Dangerous" dovrebbe uscire entro Natale, hanno registrato le parti di Howard Jones? 

ma se esce entro Natale quando hanno intenzione di annunciarlo ufficialmente?

Stargazer ha scritto:

ma se esce entro Natale quando hanno intenzione di annunciarlo ufficialmente?

Boh...in tanto è prevista l'uscita di un singolo paradise(What About Us?)/Dangerous il 20 dicembre nei negozi quindi in questa newsletter spero che mettano una preview di 30 sec della canzone se nona ddirittura un teaser video ma dai WT possiamo aspettarci che non dicano una beata minchia!!! 

Black ma la canzone che aveva l'intro strumentale di 90 secondi era la demo "Roses" che ora è intitolata"Covered By Roses"? I WT, primo gruppo ad allungare i titoli delle demo invece che ad accorciarli vedi Roses e Watching:lol!: 

Edo, la seconda che hai detto..
Roses aveva un intro..si..nei demo..ma era un altro quello che mi piaceva...
quest album mi prende così tanto..che non ricordo + i titoli  
(NDR: Non fate caso a me e alle mie abitudini quando devo scoprire un album nuovo,questo non è un album da spararsi nello stereo 5 volte al giorno..)

blackalbum1991 ha scritto:

Edo, la seconda che hai detto..
Roses aveva un intro..si..nei demo..ma era un altro quello che mi piaceva...
quest album mi prende così tanto..che non ricordo + i titoli  
(NDR: Non fate caso a me e alle mie abitudini quando devo scoprire un album nuovo,questo non è un album da spararsi nello stereo 5 volte al giorno..)

Teaser video? Ella peppa forse fanno una cosa per bene stavolta? 

Quindi Roses era quella che aveva l'intro di 30 secondi:lol!:  Magari l'intro di 90 secondi poteva essere di Watching o di And We Run che hanno tagliuzzato per bene e sono le due tracce più breve del CD? 

la seconda..intendevo l'ultima..che non dicano/ facciano vedere na ci**a  

Album update

This week's album update is from Sharon:
Hi everyone,

The time has come to promote our new born 'Hydra'.
Last week and a half I went to Finland, spent two days in France, two days in Germany and one day in the Netherlands; for a second round of interviews in the Wisseloord studios and another day of international phoners. Next week it's going to be two days in the UK and there are more international phoners coming up, sometimes through Skype as you can see on one of the picture below. Got blisters on my tongue of all the talking…

Robert's been working on a new radio mix for the US, they want more guitars and here in the EU they'll probably want a bit less guitar on the radio…lol. While we've finished the album, it's not finished at all. There' are always still so many things we need to do: radio-edits/phoners/photo sessions, videos, etcetera...
In January, we will have a heavy promotion schedule and we'll be going to a lot of different EU countries to play at radio stations and we'll also go to the US. We're going to do promotion over there and we are planning another tour in the US for 2014.

I was really happy to get so much positive feedback from the interviewers and radio stations as they are the first feedback we get on our new stuff. There was one though, who surprised me the most. A few weeks back we had two days for members of the press to come over and hear the new album. It were metal/rock/ gothic /mainstream magazines and radio people. There was one guy, from a metal magazine, and he was really not liking the song 'AND WE RUN' with Xzibit and he was really clear and honest why he didn't like it. It's not easiest thing for us but ok, it was his opinion and we do understand why, it's all about people having a different taste and that's ok.

I saw him again last week, in Germany and he said,' I have a confession to make; I'm really getting into the song now and it's really one of my favourites'. I all most fell of my chair when he said it and than he added, 'actually everyone at our magazine is loving it and it's being played in the office a lot'. How cool is that? :-)


Robert is still working on the new stage set up for the upcoming tour and those who would like to get a peek, you'll have to watch "join the beat", it's a cool Dutch TV program about music. They came to our studio and they filmed a lot including the stage set up in a early stage. It will be broadcasted this Monday on NED 3 (channel 3 Dutch television).

Ok that's all for now!
Ciao, Sharon :-)

Sharon, Ruud, Stefan, Martijn, Jeroen, Mike and Robert



Within Temptation

http://shop.probitymerch.com/stores/withintemptation/official_within-temptation_book_hydra-media-book-cd-pre-order_wtemp125.html

in italia arriva vero? se lo compro ora arriva il 31 gennaio?