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Within Temptation
Band Waddinxveen Netherlands Formed 1995 Dutch symphonic metal band
Within Temptation formed in 1995 in Waddinxveen, Netherlands. Within Temptation has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2007–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ice Queen”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #44. The station that charted Within Temptation most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2007.
Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt built Within Temptation in Waddinxveen: she sings, he plays guitar, and together they have spent their career bending metal toward something grand and cinematic. The debut, Enter, came out in 1997 still steeped in gothic metal, and it made them a name in the Dutch underground without letting the rest of the country in on the secret.
That changed with Mother Earth, released in 2000. Its single "Ice Queen" broke them to the general public in 2001 and climbed to No. 2 on the Dutch charts, a big, sweeping symphonic metal song with den Adel's soaring voice riding over the storm. The Silent Force in 2004 and The Heart of Everything in 2007 both entered the Dutch charts at No. 1, the band took the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dutch & Belgian Act in 2007, and the Metropole Orchestra joined them for the live album Black Symphony in 2008.
They never sat still after that. The Unforgiving, in 2011, came wrapped in a story told across a comic book series and short films, Hydra in 2014 was stacked with guest appearances, Resist in 2019 flirted with industrial and EDM, and Bleed Out in 2023 went after metalcore and djent while circling back to their gothic roots.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Within Temptation on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice Queen | 2 | #44 | – | – | |
| 2 | What Have you Done 91 Nine Inch Nails - Capital G | 1 | #90 | – | 2007 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | Ice Queen | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2026) |
| 2024 | 56 | Ice Queen | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2024) |
| 2007 | 90 | What Have you Done 91 Nine Inch Nails - Capital G | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2007 |
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