Thought phyre was more open-minded, if Within Temptation isn't strictly a gothic/death/doom (or whatever, I hate the labels!) band... where's the problem?! I think Within Temptation tried to follow the gothic-doom fashion (fuckin' labels again) in their two first albums ("The Dance" and "Enter"), applying their own style but with a notorius lack of experience yet. Was with "Mother Earth", with a great production, compositions and arrangements (and the lovely voice of a lovely girl), when the success arrived.
Mother Earth isn't the typical metal album with female vocals, you'll find so many original elements and a particular sound on each song.
However, I'll wait till the next album to decide if they're solid or only a lucky band.
|ngenius (Riding the melody... and the heavy sound!!!)