In recent years, Dutch symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION shifted their focus from releasing albums to releasing a series of singles, enabling the band members to indulge themselves in their creative processes thus delivering freshly inspired music. The band has released “Entertain You”, “The Purge” and “Shed My Skin”, singles that have all thrilled their fanbase, had great critical reception in Europe, peaked in the Top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Indicator charts and topped the official German charts. Earlier this month, WITHIN TEMPTATION also released the official Jeb Hardwick-directed music video for the band’s latest single, “Don’t Pray For Me”. It is the fourth single of the band’s independent releases and will lead up to WITHIN TEMPTATION‘s next studio album.

Speaking to Finland’s Chaoszine, WITHIN TEMPTATION vocalist Sharon Den Adel stated about the band’s plans for a new studio LP: “We don’t have an official release date yet, but we are working, as we speak still, on finishing songs. And, of course, we have released a lot of songs during the corona time; those songs are gonna be on the album as well. So I think we have to finish up, like, a third still, and we’re gonna do it in the beginning of next year. And somewhere next year we will release a new album — with the songs that we already released, of course.”