8/17/2009

Within Temptation


Within Temptation is a Dutch rock band. The band was founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt.[1] Their music is described as symphonic metal,[2] gothic metal[3] and gothic rock,[2][4][5] although in an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a symphonic rock genre with various influences,[6] and in a later interview with 3VOOR12, Sharon stated that "we consider ourselves more a symphonic rock/metal band ... we are in my opinion no gothic band".[7][8]

Directly after the release of their first album Enter, the band became prominent in the underground scene. However it wasn't until 2001 that they became known to the general public, with the single "Ice Queen" from the album Mother Earth, which reached #2 on the charts.[1] Since then, the band won the Conamus Exportprijs[9] five years in a row. Their next album The Silent Force debuted at #1 on the Dutch charts, as did their latest, The Heart of Everything. In 2008 they released a live DVD/CD, Black Symphony, recorded with the Metropole Orchestra.

The new album, still untitled, is set to be relased in early 2010.

On August 11, 2009 Within Temptation announced that they would be releasing a new live album consisting of acoustic sets from their theatre tour, entitled An Acoustic Night At The Theatre. [10]


[edit] Awards

2002

  • Silver Harp
  • TMF Award Holland - Most Promising Act
  • TMF Award Belgium - Best Rock (International)

2003

  • Edison - Best Live DVD: Mother Earth Tour
  • Conamus Export Award 2003

2004

  • Conamus Export Award 2004

2005

  • Edison Award - Best Band
  • TMF Awards Holland - Best Rock National
  • Popprijs 2005
  • Conamus Export Prize 2005
  • World Music Award - Best-selling Dutch Artist

2006

  • 3 FM Award - Best Rock Artist
  • Golden God (Best Video: Angels)
  • Buma Culture Export Prize 2006

2007

2009

  • Golden Harp [32]
  • 3FM Award - Best Live Act

Gold plates

  • Gold Single for Ice Queen
  • Mother Earth (2001)
  • The Silent Force (December 12, 2004, Netherlands)
  • The Silent Force (Finland, 2005)
  • The Heart Of Everything (Russia)
  • Black Symphony (The Netherlands)

Platinum plates



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Let`s Talk about TAROT!!!



Tarot is a heavy metal band from Finland. They are most famous for the song “Wings of Darkness” from the 1986 album Spell of Iron. While having enjoyed a broad underground popularity in Finland, the band has never been very famous elsewhere until gaining new success in the recent years when their singer and bassist Marco Hietala joined Nightwish in 2002.

Tarot was originally formed by the Hietala brothers in the early 80's. Back then the band’s name was called “Purgatory”. As Purgatory reached the point when they got the record deal, the label wanted them to change their name. Since then the band has been known as Tarot. The line-up settled in to the form of Marco Hietala (bass/vocals), Zachary Hietala (guitars), Mako H (guitars) and Pecu Cinnari (drums).

The "Wings of Darkness" single saw the daylight in 1986 and during that same year they released their first full length album, Spell of Iron. The next year they released Rose on the Grave. In 1988 the second Tarot album, Follow Me Into Madness, was released.

After the second album there was a hiatus in the band. During this “vacation” the line-up changed a little bit and a keyboardist was added to the band as Janne Tolsa joined Tarot, who replaced the second guitarist Mako H. After five years of silence the third album, To Live Forever, was finished in 1993. Tarot got good publicity in Japan so their first live album was released in 1994 only in Japan. The gig was recorded at Tavastia Club, Helsinki. Fortunately some of the songs from the live album were released during the next year on a limited edition bonus CD with the next studio album, Stigmata.

Again there was a hiatus and For the Glory of Nothing came out in 1998. Shining Black, a Tarot compilation album, came out in Japan the same year. After this they returned into silence, which was broken with an occasional gig. While Tarot was inactive, Marco was played in Conquest and Sinergy. He also did some gigs with other members of Conquest as a cover group “Metal Gods”. Marco also joined Nightwish in 2002 and along that, some more attention came also towards Tarot. Janne Tolsa played the keyboards for Virtuocity’s Secret Visions album as Marco sang a few songs for it. At the end of summer 2002 Tarot did a special 80’s gig in Kuopio, playing material only from the first two albums.

During the year 2003 the Shining Black compilation was released again in the rest of the world. Tarot signed a new record deal with Spinefarm Records and the new studio album Suffer Our Pleasures was released. While the album did well in Finland, it received poor distribution in other countries.

[edit] 2003–2006

During these years Marco kept busy with his other band Nightwish by recording and touring around the world. Janne did an album with Eternal Tears of Sorrow and a lot of gigs with industrial metal band Turmion Kätilöt.

Early spring 2006 the late record company Bluelight Records released a collection of the band’s first six albums with a large amount of bonus material, un-released demos, live and special versions of the songs and some covers. Some of the albums were also remixed.

The fans had been expected the re-releases for years and the collection was so successful that in May 2006 when Tarot released the new single "You", it made number one on the Finnish charts for the first time in the history of the band

In the same time the band formalized their backing vocalist Tommi “Tuple” Salmela as a true band member, after being with the band more than ten years.

Tarot changed record labels again and now they work in Finland with KingFoo Entertainment. In Europe Tarot is working with Nuclear Blast.

During the summer of 2006 the band toured various clubs and festivals. In the mean time Tarot also composed, demoed and recorded new material.

The album Crows Fly Black was released in 2006. On June 11th, 2008, Tarot released their first live DVD, Undead Indeed. The DVD also had a live album counterpart. They plan to do a short tour in support of Undead Indeed, starting January 30th, 2009.


Current Members


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The ex-singer of the popular finnish metal band Nightwish,Tarja Turunen will be visiting Zagreb on 6th of October this year.Don´t miss this event and reserve your place on Amazon.com
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8/15/2009

nightwisheverdream.blogspot.com online again


nightwish ever dream is online again.
the autor is sorry because ha didn`t have the time to update this blog in this period : 01.04.`09 - 15.07.´09
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