Track Listing

1. Howling
2. What Have You Done - Within Temptation & Keith Caputo
3. Frozen
4. Our Solemn Hour
5. Heart Of Everything
6. Hand Of Sorrow
7. Cross
8. Final Destination
9. All I Need
10. Truth Beneath The Rose
11. Forgiven

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #963 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.co.uk Review
Dutch rockers Within Temptation have surpassed themselves with The Heart of Everything. Never a band known for understatement, this is by far their biggest and best album yet, 11 epic tracks that are impressively grandiose and proudly hyperbolic. Where other bands would be content with a string section, Within Temptation incorporate an entire orchestra (plus a choir). In addition, they also sample the sounds of machine guns, explosions, car crashes and even Winston Churchill. Complemented by Sharon den Adel's impressive vocal range, it all works spectacularly, evoking imagery of men on horseback wielding axes. Each song is a mini-saga, from "The Howling" with its suggestions of Middle Earth battlefields to the anti-war "Our Solemn Hour", which features a Latin chorus, "Sanctus espiritus," taken from Roman Catholic mass. Only the radio-friendly and relatively understated ballads "All I Need" and "Forgiven" sound out of place, (though the orchestra still features on the former). Fortunately, everything else on The Heart of Everything sounds like barbarian soundtrack music. Which is to say that this is a proper heavy metal music. --Ted Kord

Customer Reviews

GOOD VOCALS, MUSIC IS A LITTLE BIT NU METAL......
This reminds me of Nightwish's last album but in reverse! Here the vocals are excellent and the music a little underwhelming, whereas Dark Passion Play is superb re instrumentation but that Annette lass is dire.
What really strikes me is that no instrument ever stands out; the guitar and bass riffs are very simple and almost sound synthetic, the drums stay at the same tempo and could easily be programmed, and I've heard more adventurous keyboard work than this. It reminds me of Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory in that it sounds almost like a background to the vocals, and almost machine like, with no outstanding riffs or solos.
At least there is some nice orchestral accompaniment but nothing matching the majesty of Therion or Nightwish.
It's just too lightweight and radio friendly all round!
I only wish Nightwish could have bagged Sharon Adel for DPP, as this girl is a terrific singer, and wasted on these average tunes.
On the plus side, the production is decent (in a film score kind of way) and the opening track, The Howling is a killer to be fair!
I preferred The Silent Force to this as it was slightly heavier and more symphonic, with better tunes. If you want the heavier female fronted sound, I would really recommend Epica's Divine Conspiracy.

why is evanesance like ?????????????????
i have decide to write a review that some think may cause offense but there is muppets out there (someone with a head up there ass!!!!!!! and moving there hands).

As like most people think if they hear/see a review like a well known band they a going to be like that band.

In many cases evanescence is like within temptation /lacuna coil /after forever /paramore and others just to name a few the only things these bands have in common is 2 things

1 They are in the music business

2 They are fronted by a female singer

and that is the only thing they have in common

One Word - Breathtaking
I personally love every album and single Within Temptation has ever released. None of their songs have ever disappointed me or been below my expectations of them. This album was the first I heard of Within Temptation's and every single song on this album is absolutely stunning. I wouldn't skip a track on this album, I enjoyed each and every one.

One thing I do not understand is the customers who seem to think Evanescence have a similar sound... they do not at all. Within Temptation is a far better band, although Amy Lee's vocals are powerful, Sharon's are far better.

But this album is something else, I'd definitely recommend you buy this, and look at all of the other albums by Within Temptation, because they make truly beautiful music.