The Heart of Everything

The Heart of Everything
Cover photography by Erwin Olaf
Studio album by
Within Temptation
Released9 March 2007
RecordedMay – November 2006
Studio
  • The Metal Cemetery
  • Studio Arnold Mühren, Volendam
  • Soundpark Studio, Schiedam, Netherlands
  • Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic
Genre
Length57:06
Label
Producer
  • Daniel Gibson
  • Stefan Helleblad
Within Temptation chronology
The Silent Force
(2004) 		The Heart of Everything
(2007) 		The Unforgiving
(2011)
Singles from The Heart of Everything
  1. "What Have You Done"
    Released: 14 February 2007
  2. "The Howling"
    Released: 1 May 2007
  3. "Frozen"
    Released: 11 June 2007
  4. "All I Need"
    Released: 12 November 2007
  5. "Forgiven"
    Released: 12 September 2008

The Heart of Everything is the fourth studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, released by GUN Records on 12 March 2007 in Europe. It was released in North America on 18 June 2007 by Roadrunner Records. The album follows the symphonic metal sound the band had been improving and deepening until then, and is considered by lead vocalist Sharon den Adel as the album in which the band finally managed to achieve this kind of sound.[3]

The album originated a total of five singles. The first and most successful one, "What Have You Done", was released on 14 February and was met with moderate chart success across Europe. The second single was "The Howling", released on 1 May exclusively in the United States. The third single, "Frozen", was released in Europe on 11 June. The fourth single, "All I Need", was released on 11 November. In order to promote the album the band embarked on their first world tour, entitled The Heart of Everything World Tour, visiting countries in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. The track "Forgiven" was released as a single on 12 September 2008 for promoting the live album Black Symphony, recorded during the tour.

The album was met with commercial and critical success, earning positive reviews from publications such as Metal Hammer, allmusic and PopMatters. It opened at number 1 on the Dutch Charts and entered top ten positions in countries such as Belgium, Finland, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. It was also the first Within Temptation album to enter the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at the number 106.

  1. ^ Abbinante, Giuseppe. "Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything". Metallized (in Italian). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Metal Storm Awards 2007". Metal Storm. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Within Temptation's Sharon Den Adel Talks About Xzibit Collaboration On 'Hydra'". Blabbermouth.net. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.