WITHIN TEMPTATION The Unforgiving (2011 UK 12-track CD album - Returning with their fifth studio album, 'The Unforgiving' is the band's first foray into concept album territory, the concept being based on a graphic novel written specifically forthe band by celebrated author Steven O'Connell [and illustrated by Romano Molenaar, which will be published in six parts over the course of this year]. The album as a body of work also covers the full spectrum of what Within Temptation have built their careers on to date but done better. Tracks that have been picked out as singles from this album, 'Faster', 'Sinead' and 'Shot In The Dark' have all achieved a song-craft that has not been seen in previous albums, each possessing instantly memorable 'pop' melodies. Elsewhere, the blissfully metallic 'In The Middle Of The Night', the epic bombast of 'Iron' and the exhilarating drama of 'Where Is The Edge' are the sound of a great band in the form of their lives, as they explore every facet of their own sound, revelling in the multi-layered and consistently fascinating outcome)