Ever since the post on the albums that can celebrate their, I’ve been thinking on a lot of bands that have been household names for me in the world of metal. You tend to forget that as you get older, your favorite bands get older as well.
And in regards to Within Temptation, a quick search revealed to me that Within Temptation is only two years short from 20 active years in the metal world now with 6 LPs released. The album in question, Hydra, is said to be a fitting title as it represents their many different sides of music just like the very monster with many different heads. And with their experience, it just might make for an exciting experience. Hydra begins with “Let Us Burn”, which truly blew me away. Symphonic metal albums always have some sort of “epic” quota to fill, and Hydra began working on that right away. Astm G48 Pdf there. Sharon den Adel’s angelic voice is obviously the featured player accompanied with orchestra and choir and an achingly catchy chorus. It’s just an extremely powerful opener and gives you a promising future for the rest of Hydra.
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The rest of the album presents a well laid-out variety of tracks with a great range. Tracks like “Edge of the World” and “Dog Days” have a slower and more emotional approach whereas “Dangerous” and “Tell Me Why” are on the driving and heavier side. Even though elements roughly stay the same throughout Hydra, the progression of the album and lack of overall monotony keeps you going. The song structures are all pretty basic, the choruses have catchy hooks, and there’s obviously some sort of orchestral element to counterpoint the vocal melodies, but for some reason I can never get sick of it. And to be fair, I’m not sure if this album really represents more sides to them other than symphonic metal, unless it refers to the varying feels throughout the album. It’s not unlike other Within Temptation records, but it still displays intelligent songwriting.