Line #30 YMMV/WithinTemptation


1	* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The announcement that Xzibit would be featured on ''Hydra'' was met with QuestionableCasting reaction. Critical and fan reception to the decision was largely positive upon the album's release, however.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3	** The entirety of "Black Symphony," hands down, is the embodiment of this trope.
4	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2qeb_0Se8 Iron]]" from ''The Unforgiving''. Badass riff, epic lyrics, blistering solo and an amazing "[[Music/BonJovi Living on a Prayer]]"-esque key change for the last chorus.
5	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHelWvxK84E The Last Dance]]" with its emotional vocals, and heavy usage of Native American-esque instrumentation and chanting.
6	* BrokenBase:
7	** They seem to be bracing themselves for this in the wake of using fewer orchestral sounds and more '80s pop elements in ''The Unforgiving''; their website implies that the first preview song was the more traditional WT song "Where is the Edge" (rather than the first single, "Faster") as a reassurance to old fans that the old style isn't completely gone. A year after the release seems to suggest that this was averted, with it tied with ''Enter'' for their highest rated album on Sputnik Music.
8	** Amusingly discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM_vSO78_qE this video.]]
9	** ''Hydra'' also got a mixed reception. While professional reviews were mostly kind to the album, opinions on social media were much more varied, with fans praising them for trying new things and experimenting with their sound but critics saying the band had strayed just a little too far from the symphonic/gothic metal sound that made them what they are today and that trying to combine their sound with rap and metalcore came off really awkward and forced.
10	* CompleteMonster: The unnamed SerialKiller from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK9qfVQ4Z04 Angels]]" is a demon who dresses up as trustworthy people--such as a cop, a doctor, a construction worker, and a clown--and lures women into his home, pretending to be a friendly individual, only to kill them after he's gained their trust by chloroforming them and burying them alive in the desert. He has succeeded at least 16 times, and keeps newspaper clippings of their disappearances on his wall. He intends to do the same thing to the protagonist [[BadHabits under the guise of a priest]], after her friend has seemingly abandoned her on the side of the road.
11	* EightiesHair: The most well-known ''Mother Earth'' cover. It was released in ''2000.''
12	* FanNickname: The ThreeMinutesOfWrithing that Sharon does in many music videos is known by some fans as "The Sharon Dance".
13	* FandomRivalry: They're not even in the same subgenre but ''Music/{{Evanescence}}'' fans often get into fights with [=WT=] fans. See HilariousInHindsight.
14	* FridgeBrilliance / FridgeHorror: ''Utopia'' depicts various crimes, some minor (kids spraying graffiti), some major (gangsters retrieving a drug shipment). And then there's a prostitute getting into a client's car. Fitting from a US perspective, not so much from the Netherlands one with its more relaxed laws concerning prostitution. Right until one recognizes the client as the serial killer from ''Angels''...
15	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
16	** Picture this [[http://i.imgur.com/1m3d4jv.jpg image]] on the cover of ''Mother Earth.''
17	** "Gothic Christmas:"
18	--->Rudolph, he will change his name,\
19	'Cause "Rudolph" just sounds really lame\
20	Now we'll call him Ragnagord,\
21	The evil reindeer overlord.
22	** The band has actually re-tweeted fanart from Sharja (Sharon/ [[Music/TarjaTurunen Tarja]]) fans, which lead to a "That's so awesome / Oh, god, what have we done?!" moment for fans.
23	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Very popular in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, to the point where their album ''The Unforgiving'' has three special bonus tracks recorded exclusively for the Japanese CD.
24	* GrowingTheBeard: Within Temptation's sound gets noticeably more mature and more complex around the time of ''The Silent Force'', with ''The Heart of Everything'' being even better and ''The Unforgiving'' earning its place as a RockOpera. They go for a more subtle approach to fantasy and take on a lot more serious issues, at the same time.
25	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
26	** In "Our Farewell:" "Because my child, this is not our farewell."
27	** The duet with [[Music/TarjaTurunen Tarja]], and the accompanying [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6MpsDPKts music video.]]
28	* HilariousInHindsight: The male guest vocalist on "What Have You Done?," Keith Caputo came out as transgender in 2011 and after undergoing gender reassignment surgery, now goes by Mina Caputo, which makes fans [[BlackSheepHit disliking the song]] for having a male singer pretty interesting.
29	** The [=WT=]-Evanescence FandomRivalry became this in 2019 when the two bands revealed they were co-headlining a festival in Switzerland. Sharon would later contribute backing vocals to the Evanescence song "Use My Voice", while a subsequent plan to undertake a joint tour together in 2020 was postponed due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
30	* [[HoYay Les Yay]]:
31	** Anneke van Giersbergen & Sharon singing "Somewhere" to each other at the ''Black Symphony'' concert.
32	** Music/TarjaTurunen and Sharon have ''boatloads'' of it in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6MpsDPKts video]] for "Paradise (What About Us?)" They give each other [[MeaningfulLook longing looks,]] smile coyly, stand really close to each other (to the point where Tarja's hair keeps blowing in Sharon's face)... And it all culminates in the two of them dressed in flowing gowns, holding hands and singing to each other.
33	** "Jillian" could be interpreted this way if one does not know about the books the song references.
34	* LGBTFanbase: With all the above LesYay it's perhaps not surprising that the band themselves have embraced this part of their audience, regularly posting LGBT-positive content on social media.
35	* MemeticMutation: In a bit of BorrowedCatchphrase, some fans [[https://www.facebook.com/wtofficial/posts/10152106599402986 have]] [[https://www.facebook.com/wtofficial/posts/10152119544597986 taken]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvemEVzjKz4 to]] [[https://www.facebook.com/wtofficial/photos/a.10151060963672986.426494.7185342985/10152112323977986/ posting]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Hail Hydra]] comments on their videos and on their Facebook page. [[http://cheezburger.com/8223350016 Among other places.]]
36	* NarmCharm: While their music is generally serious and of high quality, their music videos (at least until ''The Unforgiving'') are... Decidedly not.
37	* QuestionableCasting: The announcement that Xzibit would be featured on ''Hydra''.
38	* SignatureSong: All of their concerts typically end with "Ice Queen." Despite this their most popular is "What Have You Done Now."
39	* SoBadItsGood: "Ice Queen" is one of their signature songs, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmLIE6ULtyU video]] on [[SpecialEffectFailure the other hand]]...
40	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Faster" and Music/ChrisIsaak's "Wicked Game." Lampshaded by Sharon herself:
41	-->So, we've been going like: "Ooooh we have re-written Wicked Games" and then "No, the chords scheme is different, we don't have to worry. And it's a written song!" (laughs) "Yay!"
42	%%* SweetnessAversion:
43	%%** Their more positive songs can be interpreted as this. "In Perfect Harmony" can create cavities with each repeat of the chorus.
44	%% ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AY7hYQ8-FM Utopia]]" takes this up to eleven.

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