Within Temptation

Title: Within Temptation – Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock, Symphonic metal, Power metal
Performers: Sharon den Adel – vocals; Ruud Jolie – lead guitar; Stefan Helleblad – rhythm guitar; Martijn Spierenburg – keyboards; Jeroen van Veen – bass guitar; Mike Coolen – drums; Guest Musicians: George Oosthoek – growls on “Candles” at Elements; Robert Westerholt – guitars at Elements and growls on “Silver Moonlight” at Hydra; Martijn Westerholt – keyboards on “Candles” at Elements; Michiel Papenhove – guitars on “Candles” at Elements

Released: Nuclear Blast
Duration: 2:51:33
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 18000 kbps / 1920 * 1080i / 25 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
# 1 Audio: English Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio # 2: English Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Size: 21.9 GB

Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live In Concert (or simply Let Us Burn) is a live album, DVD and Blu-ray Disc from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It is scheduled to be released on November, 2014 and is available on 2-disc DVD, 2-disc CD, 2-disc Blu-ray and digital album. The live album features two performances, being the first one the greatest part of the band’s 15th anniversary concert at the Sportpaleis, entitled Elements, and the second one the band’s performance at the Heineken Music Hall during the Hydra World Tour.

On 9 May 2012, the band officially announced special a concert entitled “Elements” at the Sportpaleis, in Antwerp, in celebration of their 15 year anniversary. Il Novecentro Orchestra accompanied the band among other special guests, including ex-band members and former Orphanage vocalist George Oosthoek. The show was sold out with fans from over 50 reported countries in attendance. No plans for a video album were in mind at the time, and as the band disliked the final result, they moved forward on the next album tour. As Hydra was released, the band decided to record a live album featuring a concert and announced via their facebook account that they were going to record the concert in Amsterdam at the same evening for a later release. During an interview for Sonic Cathedral, lead vocalist Sharon den Adel stated that the plan was originally to make a Hydra live album as plans for the Elements concert turning into a live album were early dropped as the band found themselves unhappy with the end result, so they opted to left only a few songs as extra content, but in the edition final process they decided to change the main concert to Elements as they realized the event was an important moment for their history, and after some work on the material they considered it a worthy material then. Den Adel also commented that having Black Symphony as the previous live video released, Elements would be the only possible follow up as it wasn’t a common concert. Some ex-members were invited to the Elements concert as they were somehow part of the bands history, as Martijn Westerholt and Michiel Papenhove. Both of them executed their original instruments during the track “Candles”, in which was composed while they’re still band’s studio or touring members at the time.

Both concerts had missing songs on the final edition cut. The concert at the Sportpaleis also featured “Never-Ending Story”, “Titanium”, “Summertime Sadness”, “Grenade”, “Memories”, “What Have You Done” and “Our Farewell” while the concert at the Heineken Music Hall missed “Our Solemn Hour”, “Angels”, “See Who I Am”, “The Cross” and “Summertime Sadness”.

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Title: Within Temptation – Black Symphony
Release Date: 2008
Genre: Gothic Metal

Production/Label: Neu Records
Duration: 02:06:00
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 18000 kbps 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: LPCM Audio English 13824 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #3: Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio #4: DTS Audio English 1509 kbps 6.1 / 96 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #5: Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps
Size: 43.26 GB

Formed in 1996 around the nucleus of guitarist Robert Westerholt and vocalist Sharon den Adel, Within Temptation have build a solid reputation as one of Europe’s most successful Gothic Rock acts over the course of 4 albums with a myriad of Gold and Platinum certifications. More plaudits followed in 2006 with Within Temptation receiving the Dutch Export Award (“Best International Selling Artist”) for the third consecutive time in a row and a Golden God Award from the UK’s Metal Hammer magazine for Best Video. Within Temptation once again proved themselves as peerless purveyors of quality Gothic-tinged rock with the release of their latest album “The Heart Of Everything” – their debut UK Top 40 release.

Having already sold out their biggest UK tour in Nov 2007, the band staged their most ambitious concert to date at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena in Feb 2008. Dubbed “Black Symphony”, the band performed to 10,000 fans with the 60-piece Metropole Orchestra and a 20-voice classical choir, as well as on-stage performers and stunning pyrotechnic and lighting effects. Special guests on the night included Keith Caputo (Life Of Agony) and Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering).

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