Sharon den Adel is the voice and face of the popular Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. She scored hits with her band as “Ice Queen”, “Mother Earth”, “Stand my Ground”, “Angels”, “What Have You Done” and “Forgiven”

Within Temptation takes a sabbatical this year to work on a new album. This period provides Sharon den Adel the opportunity to stand on the stage of Night of the Proms in Belgium and The Netherlands

We have done more than 250 shows in 40 countries the past 2 years. It was intense but wonderful. With all that touring we cannot work on new material and that is why we focus on that now. We will also finally be on holiday, because we have not been in recent years

Sharon lent her voice to several songs by other artists, such as the Dutch punk band the Heideroosjes She also wrote the hit In and Out of Love with DJ Armin van Buuren
In recent years Within Temptation received several gold and platinum records for albums like The Silent Force and The Heart of Everything
Last year she and her band did an exclusive theater tour in the Netherlands and Belgium. From that tour, The acoustic live album An Acoustic Night At The Theater appeared last month.
Also last year’s Within Temptation and the Metropole Orchestra did Black Symphony in Ahoy.

The music of Within Temptation is a right up the street from Il Novecento [orchestra] and Fine Fleur [choir]

Article appeared in the latest issue of the Night of the Proms magazine. Credit to Dinyb for the translation