“We don’t have this need to party and to cling to other people doing the same thing that we are”: how Within Temptation followed their own path to make The Heart Of Everything

Within Temptation press shot in 2007.

Within Temptation are one of symphonic metal’s great success stories. Formed in Holland in the mid-90s, they rose to fame on the back of such grandiose albums as Mother Earth (2000) and The Silent Force (2004). But it was 2007’s acclaimed The Heart Of Everything that sealed their ascension to the top of the 21st metal tree, something that singer Sharon den Adel and guitarist/co-vocalist Robert Westerholdt were at ease with when Metal Hammer met them just before the album’s release.