Fresh from blowing the minds of fans across Europe on their highly-anticipated, long-awaited and altogether utterly awesome Worlds Collide tour with fellow genre legends Evanescence, mighty Dutch metal ensemble Within Temptation have just dropped an extremely thrilling tune titled “The Fire Within”, the release of which was accompanied by a social media post from the band that stated, “The Fire Within is officially out across all music services. Listen to our forgotten song now, and don’t forget to save the song to your library.”
Sound advice there in the last sentence of the above post because the composition in question is the total embodiment of absolute musical excellence.
The three and a half minute metal masterpiece is introduced by some superbly heavy and immensely exciting instrumentation before the music becomes more subdued while remaining remarkably rousing during an exceedingly invigorating first verse that also features superbly expressive and mesmerizingly melodic vocal work.
The instrumentation grows heavy again as it erupts exhilaratingly at the start of a splendidly energetic chorus that showcases captivatingly harmonious and terrifically spirited singing alongside the magnificently animated and energising music.
Another exceedingly invigorating verse follows here, during which the instrumentation once again becomes more subdued while remaining remarkably rousing underneath more superbly expressive and mesmerizingly melodic vocal work as the whole thing paces spellbindingly towards a second splendidly energetic chorus that showcases captivatingly harmonious and terrifically spirited singing alongside magnificently animated and energising music, after which the spotlight shifts to a delightfully atmospheric and tremendously impactful vocal and instrumental exhibition that prefaces a final splendidly energetic chorus consisting of captivatingly harmonious and terrifically spirited singing and magnificently animated and energising music.
The end result is an enormously riveting metal offering that’s packed with power and passion. Its consistently entrancing mixture of marvellously mellifluous and wonderfully zestful vocals and infectiously lively and colossally stirring instrumentation is sure to satisfy established Within Temptation enthusiasts as well as many metal lovers in general.