Throughout a June 17 press convention at Hellfest in Clisson, France, WITHIN TEMPTATION singer Sharon Den Adel spoke in regards to the progress of the songwriting and recording classes for the band’s upcoming studio album. She mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We at all times attempt to evolve musically. And the issues we’re making an attempt now [are] actually difficult for us. The brand new album is gonna be fairly completely different from what persons are used to from us, I suppose. It is previous and new once more, however we’re implementing… We’re impressed by new bands which might be actually truly doing a brand new sound now and making an attempt to implement that in our music. And it is fairly technical. It is somewhat bit extra technical, the songs we’re gonna launch on the brand new album.”

Requested whether or not WITHIN TEMPTATION would ever contemplate releasing solely singles sooner or later or they like to stay to the album format, Sharon mentioned: “Effectively, I feel, for those who take a look at dance music, and different genres typically as nicely, they solely launch singles. And I feel they’ve a bonus and so they have an obstacle. For us, the explanation that we wished to [release several singles prior to the new album] is that you’ve got an extended time spent for media to be speaking about your music. As a result of quite a lot of occasions, whenever you carry out a document, it is, like, [you release] three singles and you then carry out the album, after which you will have a media span of, nicely, as an example, a number of weeks, after which it is gone. And now we attempt to drag the whole lot out of you guys [in the media]. [Laughs] As a result of we have been engaged on songs additionally for such a very long time, it’s good to have somewhat bit extra media consideration in direction of it. And moreover that, I feel with the singles, you may also write within the second after which launch it, as an alternative of getting to attend two years earlier than it ends up on an album.”

Final month, WITHIN TEMPTATION launched a visualizer for its newest single, “Wi-fi”. The AI clip was by created by Adriano Theel of Titanfilmmedia.de.

WITHIN TEMPTATION first launched “Entertain You”, “The Purge” and “Shed My Pores and skin”, singles which have all thrilled their fanbase, had nice important reception in Europe, peaked within the Prime 20 of the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Indicator charts and topped the official German charts. In July 2022, WITHIN TEMPTATION additionally launched the official Jeb Hardwick-directed music video for the “Do not Pray For Me” single. It was the fourth single of the band’s impartial releases and can lead as much as WITHIN TEMPTATION‘s subsequent studio album.

Final December, WITHIN TEMPTATION launched the official music video for “The Fireplace Inside” single. The clip was filmed throughout the band’s “Worlds Collide” European tour with EVANESCENCE. “The Fireplace Inside” seven-inch single featured each the only model and instrumental model of the observe.

This previous Might, Den Adel advised Germany’s Rock Antenne about WITHIN TEMPTATION‘s resolution to shift its focus from releasing albums to releasing a collection of singles, enabling the bandmembers to indulge themselves of their artistic processes thus delivering freshly impressed music. Requested if this new course of has resulted in every tune requiring for much longer to finish, Sharon mentioned: “Effectively, to be sincere, for us, this time, since we began doing solely singles, it takes so rather more time, a lot extra effort, as a result of each single is a single. It is not only a random tune on the album, the place you even have, like, one or two or three in the long run on the album, that are good however aren’t singles. However now we have been releasing quite a lot of songs that we expect are singles and that we like ourselves very a lot. And naturally, it was a manner of releasing our stuff since simply earlier than corona began, truly. [We thought], ‘What we’re gonna do [this time] is completely different. We’re not gonna launch an album. We’re simply gonna do singles each time, only for the enjoyable and see how that works.’ And in addition with media consideration and stuff, as a result of quite a lot of occasions whenever you’ve recorded the only, they’ve the eye for that particular single, after which the following one, after which the album comes out and no one talks about you anymore. And it goes quite a lot of effort and quite a lot of consideration and time into an entire document. And now we get sure media for sure singles and different media for different singles, as a result of it relies upon after they suppose it is one thing for them, then when they are going to be a part of you on that journey. In order that’s attention-grabbing to see that there is a completely different manner of doing that. And I feel in a manner, particularly throughout the corona time, it was the perfect factor for us to do, to remain in touch with all people and to offer individuals who like our music one thing and for us to remain sane whereas being locked up in our homes, after all. So it was a double win-win state of affairs.”

In an interview with Barbara Caserta of Linea Rock, Den Adel spoke about WITHIN TEMPTATION‘s new method to creating its music obtainable. She mentioned: “We already determined earlier than we had the pandemic to do it this fashion. Plenty of music scenes already do that — music genres, truly — however within the rock [world], we nonetheless do quite a lot of the standard manner of releasing albums. And we simply wished to do this out. After which the pandemic occurred, and all people began doing the identical factor. Which is an effective factor, since you dwell within the second and also you write one thing and also you launch it… So that is actually how we really feel for the time being, and it is what we re reflecting with our music, I feel. It is a good factor.”

Relating to the variations between recording and releasing singles and concentrating on making full-length albums, Sharon mentioned: “We put quite a lot of time further now into each single, the place usually that is the utmost of singles that we launch, and we’re gonna launch extra. So I feel there’s extra time spent to it. Nevertheless it’s scattered throughout a time, so it is actually typically troublesome to get again into the stream of writing once more; that is the unfavourable aspect of it. So it has its constructive and unfavourable sides. And with an entire album, it takes typically two years whenever you’ve written a tune that it lastly will get launched, and it already feels outdated typically. So now it is actually [easy to give each track] a quick launch.”

WITHIN TEMPTATION‘s final album, “Resist”, was launched in February 2019 by means of Spinefarm Data, the specialist onerous rock label of Common Music Group.

“Resist” featured visitor appearances by PAPA ROACH‘s Jacoby Shaddix, IN FLAMES‘ Anders Fridén and ARID‘s Jasper Steverlinck.