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| Single by Within Temptation | ||||
| from the album The Unforgiving | ||||
| B-side | "Where is the Edge" | |||
| Released | 21 January 2011 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock[1] | |||
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| Label | Roadrunner | |||
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| "Faster (Music Video) & Mother Maiden Short Film" on YouTube | ||||
"Faster" is a song by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was released as the first single from their fifth studio album The Unforgiving on 21 January 2011. It had its worldwide radio première on 96.3 Rock Radio on the same day. The song was produced by their longtime producer Daniel Gibson, with Stefan Helleblad and Within Temptation serving as additional producers.
The song is part of the transmedia storytelling project the band undertook with The Unforgiving. It accompanied a music video released on 31 January 2011 and the short film Mother Maiden, released alongside the official music video.[2]
The single achieved commercial success in the band's homecountry, the Netherlands, and moderate commercial success across Europe. It peaked at number 11 in the Dutch Top 100.,[3] entered single charts in Belgium, Germany, Finland, and Portugal, and rock single charts in Czech Republic and in the United Kingdom. It has been featured on the annual Dutch Top 2000 since 2015.[4]
- ^ "Deep Dive #6 ft/ Within Temptation, Winery Dogs, the Pretty Reckless and Choice Fatal!". Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
- ^ WT official (2011-01-27). "Faster & Mother Maiden short film". Within Temptation. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "Within Temptation - Faster".
- ^ "Faster van Within Temptation".