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Bleed Out
Studio album by
Within Temptation
Released20 October 2023
Recorded2020–2023
Length47:10
LabelForce Music
Producer
  • Daniel Gibson
Within Temptation chronology
Resist
(2019) 		Bleed Out
(2023)
Singles from Bleed Out
  1. "Entertain You"
    Released: 8 May 2020
  2. "The Purge"
    Released: 20 November 2020
  3. "Shed My Skin"
    Released: 25 June 2021
  4. "Don't Pray for Me"
    Released: 8 July 2022
  5. "Wireless"
    Released: 18 May 2023
  6. "Bleed Out"
    Released: 18 August 2023
  7. "Ritual"
    Released: 29 September 2023

Bleed Out is the upcoming eighth studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It is scheduled to be released worldwide on 20 October 2023.[1] It is produced by their longtime producer Daniel Gibson.

Background

The first plans for recording an eighth studio album surfaced a few months after the release of Resist. In June 2019, lead vocalist Sharon den Adel commented that the band would probably be back at the studio in September, after the summer festivals concert season.[2] Later that year, the band entered the studio again to write and record new songs to be featured in a possible upcoming release.[3] In order to break the traditional cycle of writing a full album, promoting it through singles, and then touring, the band also amicably left Vertigo Records, the label which had released their previous album.[4] After that, they opted for going independent as a means to write and release material according to their own preferences.[5]

Recording and development

Initially, the original plan was to release a stand alone single in order to promote the Worlds Collide Tour with Evanescence.[6][7] Scheduled to start in March 2020, the tour had to be postponed four times due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing rules, until it happened in late 2022.[8][9] Even so, the band decided to release "Entertain You" during the lockdown period, as the song was already finished.[6][7][10] The single was officially announced by the end of April 2020, and subsequently released on 8 May.[11]

During this period, a series of other singles were released as soon as they were recorded, as a way for the band to staying active before the recording of a full album and also of keeping in touch with the fans. According to den Adel, this was a strategy the group had already decided to pursue for the next release before the outbreak of the pandemic, and its occurence happened to leave the band in a context in which this form of recording and releasing would also fit well.[12] In July 2020, the singer commented during American radio show Full Metal Jackie that the group had two more songs already recorded, as well as some demos.[13] A second single titled, "The Purge", was released on 20 November 2020 along with a music video.[14][15] On 18 February 2021, den Adel stated that that the band were planning on releasing more singles in this independent format, still unaware if that material would be present in a future album or not, as they had other tracks already recorded.[16]

In mid 2021, when concerts were still prohibited due to the social distancing rules, the band recorded a special virtual concert entitled "The Aftermath". A new song, "Shed My Skin", was presented in the concert and also released as a promotional single. It featured the German metalcore band annisokay, who also appeared in the concert and the promotional music video taken from it.[17][18]

After the decrease of the pandemic and the relaxation of the safety measures, which allowed live concerts to happen again, the band opted to continue with this form of releasing songs as a way of leading up to a next studio album. However, the format of the album was still unclear at that time of the writing process, and den Adel commented that the latest singles would probably not be contained on the full release.[19] The fourth of these then stand-alone singles, "Don't Pray for Me", was announced on 22 June 2022[20] and released on 8 July.[21] Another single, "The Fire Within", was released on 9 December. This song, however, was originally recorded back in 2019, and then considered an outtake. Its promotional music video featured images captured during the Worlds Collide Tour.[22]

On 18 May 2023, a fifth stand-alone single, "Wireless", was released.[23] During an interview for the British magazine Rock Sound in June 2023, den Adel stated that a new studio album would probably be released before Christmas.[24] On 18 August 2023, the album was announced alongside a sixth single, both called "Bleed Out". With the confirmation of the eighth studio album, it became known that the band opted for maintaining the previously independent singles as a part of the whole release, with the exception of "The Fire Within".[1]

Other songs featured on the album that were not released as a stand-alone single, such as "Ritual", were also conceived a few years prior.[12] As the song had not fit the band previous release, Resist, and neither den Adel solo project My Indigo, it was momentarily shelved. After being re-worked, the song ended up fitting the main musical ambiance and thematic line of Bleed Out, so it was added to the final tracklist.[25] However, there were also other songs recorded during that period that did not make the final cut of the album.[12]

Composition

"To protect your freedom, you have to be active. If you’re passive, then you’re going to lose it. It’s about personal freedom, but also freedom for your country, for your friends, family… everything."

— Robert Westerholt telling Metal Hammer about the main inspiration for the album.[26]

At first, the band didn't have a clear musical direction or thematic concept for the whole studio album. One of the advantages of releasing stand-alone singles, according to den Adel, is the possibility of writing a song about something that is happening at one specific moment and not worrying if it would fit on a larger scale release.[13][16] In July 2020, when being interviewed at the American radio show Full Metal Jackie, the singer commented that the upcoming album would probably be related to subjects related to societal aspects.[13] Some of the stand-alone singles released dealt directly with social issues, such as bullying and prejudice against social outcasts,[10][26] the death of Mahsa Amini,[26] the forcing of worldviews and religious beliefs,[27] and the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine,[27] while others were related to more personal subjects, such as self-growth.[28] When the album was shaping up to a more concret form, the band opted for following the theme of "freedom", including the personal, the political, and the societal aspects of it.[26][29] Den Adel considers the composition process of the album as split in two, as some songs had begun to be developed before the COVID-19 outbreak, and the others after the pandemic hit and other disrupting events took place in the world, affecting her and other band members and moving them to write about it.[29]

Promotion

Within Temptation performing at the 2023 edition of the Download Festival. Lead vocalist Sharon den Adel can be seen wearing the same headpiece she used for the video of "Don't Pray for Me".

As the band decided to release stand-alone singles before having an entire studio album completed, several songs that later were made part of Bleed Out were announced as singles and performed live while the album was still incomplete. "Entertain You", the first single, had its live premiere on Dutch television program M on 22 May 2020.[30] "Shed My Skin" first premiered on The Aftermath, a special virtual concert recorded and streamed by the band in June 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. As some countries had already began to allow concerts with public attendance to happen again, following specific safety measures, Within Temptation played live before an audience for the first time since the start of the pandemic at the Kuopio Rock festival in Finland, in August 2021. In the occasion, they premiered the song "The Purge", which was originally released as a single in November 2020.[31] In 2022, the band played at numerous summer music festivals in Europe, opened for Iron Maiden in their Legacy of the Beast World Tour, and co-headlined the Worlds Collide Tour alongside Evanescence. In those concerts, all of the stand-alone singles released up until then were performed live.[32][33] During 2023, the band embarked on a new row of concerts during the European festival season, where they debuted live the recently released "Wireless" and the then unreleased "Bleed Out", which premiered at Hellfest.[34] '

The first single formally deemed as supporting the album's release was the title song, Bleed Out, which came out alongside the album's public announcement on 18 August 2023.[1] Another single, "Ritual", was released on 29 September 2023 to promote the album's upcoming release.[35] On October 5, the band went to Dutch television program Humberto to discuss and promote the release, as well as to perform "Wireless".[36]

Bleed Out Tour

A European arena tour, called the Bleed Out Tour, was announced on 4 October 2023. It is scheduled to happen between October and December 2024.[37] The band is also set to play at selected festivals in Latin America in April 2024, including the Brazilian edition of the Summer Breeze Open Air in São Paulo[38] and The Metal Fest in Chile[39] and Ecuador.[40]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rock Hard8.5/10[41]

Track listing

Bleed Out track listing[42]
No.TitleLength
1."We Go to War"4:19
2."Bleed Out"4:30
3."Wireless"4:41
4."Worth Dying For"4:53
5."Ritual"3:37
6."Cyanide Love"4:04
7."The Purge"4:16
8."Don't Pray for Me"3:41
9."Shed My Skin" (featuring Annisokay)4:30
10."Unbroken"5:08
11."Entertain You"3:31
Total length:47:10

Personnel

Within Temptation

Additional personnel

  • Christoph Wieczorek – clean vocals (track 9)
  • Rudi Schwarzer – harsh vocals (track 9)
  • Daniel Gibson – additional vocals (track 11), backing vocals (tracks 2 and 8)
  • Zakk Cervini – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 20 October 2023
Force Music Recordings
Various 20 October 2023
Music on Vinyl [42]

References

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