Whole World Is Watching - EP

     The third Hydra single Whole World is Watching was recorded in two versions: an international version with Dave Pirner and a second version created especially for friends in Poland, with Piotr Rogucki. Due to incredibly high demand, Within Temptation released the EP with both versions and two b-side tracks, and also music video with Dave Pirner. It was released on 21st February 2014.

Sharon on the b-side tracks:

Keep On Breating:
“I’ve been working on this song with Martijn and we didn’t have enough time to finish it. This track is still a demo version, but it’s definitely worth listening to!”

One Of These Days:
“This is a special song, but it just doesn’t fit the album. It has a completely different sound than the other tracks on the album, but strangely enough this will probably be my new favourite b-side track.”

Tracklist:

Tracklist:
1. Whole World Is Watching (Feat. Dave Pirner)
2. Whole World Is Watching (Feat. Piotr Rogucki)
3. Keep On Breathing (Demo Version)
4. One Of These Days (Demo Version)
5.  Whole World Is Watching (Music Video Feat. Dave Pirner)

Hydra - Release and Editions

     Hydra was released on 31st January 2014. via BMG in Europe, 4th February 2014. via Nuclear Blast USA in USA. Album is available in standard edition, mediabook with bonus CD and box set.

Standard

CD

1. Let Us Burn

2. Dangerous (Feat. Howard Jones)

3. And We Run (Feat. Xibit)

4. Paradise (What About Us?) (Feat. Tarja)

5. Edge Of The World

6. Silver Moonlight

7. Covered By Roses

8. Dog Days

9. Tell Me Why

10. Whole World Is Watching (Feat. Dave Pirner)

Mediabook

Standard CD + Bonus CD

Bonus CD:

1. Radioactive

2. Summertime Sadness

3. Let Her Go

4. Dirty Dancer

5. And We Run (Evolution Track)

6. Silver Moonlight (Evolution Track)

7. Covered By Roses (Evolution Track)

8. Tell Me Why (Evolution Track)

Deluxe Boxset Limited Edition

Mediabook with 100 pages + Standard CD Instrumental Version + Double Black Vinyl

Standard in Gatefold + Hydra Songbook + Hydra/Within Temptation Guitarpick

 

Standard Poland

Polish edition features Piotr Rogucki on the Whole World Is Watching instead of Dave Pirner

Whole World Is Watching - Music Videos

     Two Music Videos were released for the two versions of the song Whole World Is Watching. The first original version is with Dave Pirner. The secong alternative version is with Piotr Rugicki and the alternative version of the song is available on Hydra Polish Edition. Both versions are released on 30th of January 2014. one day before the release of Hydra.

Whole World Is Watching - Announcement

Dangerous - The Making Of

Dangerous - Music Video

     Music Video for the song Dangerous was released on the 20th of December 2013. the same day the single was released.

Dangerous - Release

     Dangerous is the first single from Within Temptation's sixth studio album Hydra. It was released on 20th of December 2013. The songs is the collaboration with Howard Jones.

Tracklist:

1. Dangerous Feat. Howard Jones

Dangerous - Announcement

Paradise (What About Us?) - The Making Of

Paradise (What About Us?) - Music Video

     Music Video for the song Paradise (What About Us?) was released on 26th of September 2013. one day before the release of EP.

Paradise (What About Us?) - Release

     Paradise (What About Us?) is the EP from Within Temptation's sixth studio album Hydra. The song is the collaboration with Tarja Turunen. It was released on 27th of September 2013. via Nuclear Blast.

Tracklist:

1. Paradise (What About Us?) Feat. Tarja

2. Let Us Burn (Demo Version)

3. Silver Moonlight (Demo Version)

4. Dog Days (Demo Version)

Paradise (What About Us?) - Announcement

World Tour 2014

Hydra - The Making Of

Hydra

     Hydra is the sixth studio album by symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It is going to be released via Nuclear Blast on 31st of January 2014.

     The Hydra, a mythological serpent creature from ancient Greece, couldn’t be killed. When one of its many heads was cut off, two more grew in its place…

     Within Temptation collaborated with several special guests on Hydra: Tarja Turunen, Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum and metalcore hero Howard Jones, formerly of Killswitch Engage as well as US hip-hop icon Xzibit.

     Robert: “Xzibit is amazing. And We Run song is about how you’ve got to live your life now. He’s rapping at full force on this song, it’s really heavy.” Sharon adds: “Xzibit brings a new element to our music that we’ve never had before! It’s a new cross-over and we love it!” As for the mighty Tarja, Sharon recalls: “The way she delivers those high melody lines left us all speechless. We had a great time, and the fans responded beyond our expectations.”

     One of the album’s heaviest tracks, Dangerous was recorded with the former Killswitch Engage singer Howard Jones, whose epic vocals are a perfect fit for Sharon’s. “I always loved Howard’s voice,” she says. “He makes the song even heavier than it already is. That song is one of my favorite songs on the record and one of the fastest we’ve ever written. It has the most bass drums we’ve ever used, too, and a very fast riff which we doubled with synths. It’s not a typical synthesizer, though – it’s distorted like a guitar, and it’s very aggressive.”

     Hydra goes from strength to strength with Whole World Is Watching, featuring Soul Asylum’s singer Dave Pirner. “When we wrote Whole World Is Watching, Dave was at the very top of our list. He has such a captivating voice: it made the song exactly how it needed to be.“

Tracklist:

1. Let Us Burn

2. Dangerous Feat. Howard Jones

3. And We Run Feat. Xzibit

4. Paradise (What About Us?) Feat. Tarja

5. Edge Of The World

6. Silver Moonlight

7. Covered By Roses

8. Dog Days

9. Tell Me Why

10. Whole World Is Watching Feat. Dave Pirner