Within Temptation - Hydra

I would not say I am disappointed by this album, but it did not last too long in my car (where I most get to listen to music). I have moved on from it pretty quickly. I liked Sharon's vocals a lot in the track with Xzibit - the sound of his vocals was actually good but the lyrics for his part could be better.

Sellouts... This is so far from what i love about Within Temptation that's it's ridiculous.

Quite a surprise, wasn't expecting this to be this good.

Totally surprised, but not in a good way, they moved too far in the direction of pop from last one.

Lol Xzibit, yo dowg. LOLOLOLOL

The album is just not that good as the previous, so commercial. A few nice parts here and there, but definetely not worth buying at all. Not even the lyrics are good, Dog Days is a good example to that. SELLOUT!!

Good album, Just bought it. My WT first, know the band for more that 15 years, but since everything is free now, why bother paying money to strange companies instead of directly to the musicians? Good art of the CD. These are all melodic hymns, somehow sound to that old ABBA with symphonic metal influences. Nice chick music for some close minded metal heads. Let us Burn, And We Run, Edge of the World, seem to stand out for me now. If this is a sellout for anyone, then is a worth one to look or listen, for at least a couple of times. Like it better than the previous one, obviously. Xzibit strangely is no bother to hear in that just one track. Thought I was gonna hate it, but well, they pulled the thing.

98% pop and 2% something similar to metal's patterns.

Though if we don't speak about symphonic metal, Summertime madness was a nice cover XD

I remember tearing up the first time I heard What About Us. However, on reflection, the rest of the album was actually kinda crap.

Xzibit's song is actually quite enjoyable fusion, I like it

Not a good album, for me their worst effort.