WITH LAST YEAR’S excellent Resist album still fresh in our minds, we were as surprised as anyone when Within Temptation suddenly unveiled a brand new song last month. It’s been a big couple of years for the Dutch megaweights, but with their planned tour with Evanescence getting nudged back, we thought we’d help Sharon den Adel pass the time by fielding some of your questions. Who knew Shazza had such a problem with ducks?!
How are you doing now after your hard patch where you made the solo album?
Tammy Black (Facebook)
“That’s sweet. Really, it’s a process. It’s been two years now [Sharon’s father passed away in 2018] since that period was going on. Of course, something doesn’t really end but the sharp edges get off. The music really helped me, and also being on tour again for Resist really helped - it was a very positive tour for me. So, it’s getting better, but it’s like, wounds heal, but they heal slowly. But there are more better days than bad days, that’s the good thing.”
Do you see a time in the future where you’ll release a compilation album of rare/unreleased material from your back catalogue?
@jaimcferran (Twitter)
“Not really. Maybe b-sides; there were a few jams which were pretty good, actually, looking back on it. Maybe if we made a new arrangement on [the songs] or something we could try. But a lot of things that didn’t make it to b-sides were really bad, I think. Ha ha ha!”