NEW ALBUM RESIST OUT NOW

Toronto, ON – February 15, 2019 – Within Temptation, legendary leaders of dark anthemic music, with a career spanning two decades, released their latest album, Resist, on February 2. The new sound of Resist echoes through bombastic first single, The Reckoning (featuring Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach). Listen to The Reckoning here, and catch the band on tour across North America, with stops in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver next month. See below for a full list of tour dates.

New album, Resist, marks a departure for the band; primed with 10 anthemic tracks and driven by grand melodies and dark hooks, Resist puts a futuristic spin on the world of heavier music, both instrumentally and thematically.

“Resist is a true milestone for us,” says front woman, Sharon den Adel. “If it wasn’t for Resist, Within Temptation wouldn’t be here anymore. With this record, we’ve taken inspiration from modern music and given it a face – a very dark one. Sometimes it feels that today’s pop music lacks a rebellious edge. Our main goal was to collect pieces from sounds we did like then roughen the whole thing up as much as we could, allowing us to shape a new musical world that is heavier, dirtier and more futuristic than we’ve ever created before. Resist is our new take on metal; our way of giving a fresh lease of life to the rebellious edge of modern music.”

With six studio albums under their belt – Enter (1997), Mother Earth (2000), The Silent Force (2004), The Heart of Everything (2007), The Unforgiving (2011), Hydra (2014) – and more than 3.5 million record sales to their name, Within Temptation (led by Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt) are a genuine force to be reckoned with. Simply, one of the world’s most successful heavy rock groups.

TOUR DATES:
February 28 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live *
March 1 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore *
March 2 – New York, NY – Playstation Theater *
March 3 – Boston, MA – House of Blues *
March 5 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia *
March 6 – Toronto, ON – Rebel *
March 8 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues *
March 9 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre *
March 11 – Denver, CO – The Summit *
March 12 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex *
March 14 – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom *
March 15 – Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theatre *
March 16 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo *
March 18 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield *
March 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern *
June 15 – Interlaken, CH – Greenfields Festival
June 16 – Nickelsdorf, AT – Novarock Festival
June 21 – Dessel, BE – Graspop Metal Meeting
June 22 – Clisson, FR – Hellfest
June 26 – Mystic Festical, PL – Krakow
June 28 – Trondheim, NO – Trondheim Rocks
July 6 – Resurrection Fest, ES – Viveiro
July 13 – Vizovice, CZ – Masters of Rock Festival
July 20 – Faro, Portugal – 38^th Biker’s Rally
July 27 – Kemerovo, RU – Heroes of World Rock
August 2 – Wacken, DE – Wacken Open Air
August 9 – Junge Garde, DE – Dresden
August 10 – Hildesheim, DE – M’era Luna Festival
* w/ In Flames

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