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Within Temptation The Unforgiving hits international charts
Four years after their last studio album, Dutch rockers Within Temptation achieve the highest international album chart profile in their career for “The Unforgiving”. In the week of release, the band’s new album reached the pole position in the i-tunes rock charts in 10 major markets inlcuding the UK, USA, France, Sweden and The Netherlands.
The official international album charts of this week boast 10 top ten debuts for “The Unforgiving”: #2 Netherlands, #3 Portugal, Finland, #4 Czech Republic, #5 Belgium, #6 Poland, #7 Germany, Sweden, and Austria, #9 Switzerland. Within Temptation achieves the highest chart positions in their career in the U.K. #23, U.S. #50, and Australia #27.
The band’s leading couple Sharon den Adel (vocals) and Robert Westerholt (guitar) had an amazing week, not only due to the staggering success of their album, as they also were able to celebrate the birth of their son Logan.
“The Unforgiving”, a concept album, based on the story line of a comic which was especially written and illustrated for the release by the team Steven O´Connell (script) and Roberto Molenaar (illustration), features a bonus DVD with 3 short movies introducing the main characters of the story and several performance videos of the band.
In October 2010, Within Temptation re- launched their website www.within-temptation.com ,which has changed from being a static band website to an interactive Within Temptation lifestyle news portal, where official Within Temptation fan reporters create valuable news content. Furthermore, the band has stayed in close contact with their fan base during the making of the album and via premium content, revealing the puzzle piece by piece - creating a huge online buzz which will push their Facebook over 1 Million Friends by the end of April.
After a maternity break, Sharon Den Adel and her band will be headlining several European festivals this summer, such as the prize winning Me’ra Luna Festival in Germany, Huntenpop in the Netherlands ,and performing at the legendary Sziget Festival in Hungary. In September, “The Unforgiving” world tour will start in North America and bring the band back to Europe - including the U.K. - for more than 40 shows. Due to the strong demand for tickets, several shows (including Paris, London, Copenhagen) were upgraded to larger venues (Le Zenith, O2 Brixton Academy, KB Hallen respectively). Double nights had to be booked in Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Cologne.
A well-kept secret in the Netherlands for the first few years of their existence, the band exploded into the mainstream spotlight across Europe upon the release of their second album, Mother Earth, in 2000. Since then, they have gone from strength to strength selling in excess of 3 Million CDs & DVDs with releases in 48 countries, receiving 30 Gold and Platinum awards and 4 Export Awards of the Netherlands as well 2 MTV European Music Awards, 2 World Music Awards and many more.
Gavin Harris - 09/04/2011 08:16:38
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