Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert

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Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert
Let Us Burn - Elements & Hydra Live.jpg
Video by Within Temptation
Released Japan November 12, 2014
Europe November 14, 2014
United Kingdom November 17, 2014
United States November 25, 2014
Recorded November 13, 2012 (Elements)
May 3, 2014 (Hydra)
Genre Symphonic metal
Length 170 Min
Label BMG
Director "Elements"
Robert Westerholt
Marteen Welzen
"Hydra"
Oscar Verport
Producer Arjan Rietvink, Within Temptation
Within Temptation video chronology
Black Symphony
(2008)Black Symphony2008		 Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4/5 stars[1]
Gazet van Antwerpen 3/5 stars[2]
Metal Hammer (Ger) 5/5 stars[3]
Metal Hammer (UK) 4.5/5 stars[4]

Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert (or simply Let Us Burn) is a live album, DVD and Blu-ray Disc from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was scheduled to be released in November, 2014 and is available on 2-disc DVD, 2-disc CD, 2-disc Blu-ray and digital album. The live album features two performances, being the first one the greatest part of the band's 15th anniversary concert at the Sportpaleis, entitled Elements, and the second one the band's performance at the Heineken Music Hall during the Hydra World Tour.[5]

Background

On 9 May 2012, the band officially announced special a concert entitled "Elements" at the Sportpaleis, in Antwerp, in celebration of their 15 year anniversary. Il Novecento Orchestra accompanied the band among other special guests, including ex-band members and former Orphanage vocalist George Oosthoek.[6][7] The show was sold out with fans from over 50 reported countries in attendance.[8][9] No plans for a video album were in mind at the time, and as the band disliked the final result, they moved forward on the next album tour. As Hydra was released, the band decided to record a live album featuring a concert and announced via their facebook account that they were going to record the concert in Amsterdam at the same evening for a later release.[10] During an interview for Sonic Cathedral, lead vocalist Sharon den Adel stated that the plan was originally to make a Hydra live album as plans for the Elements concert turning into a live album were early dropped as the band found themselves unhappy with the end result, so they opted to left only a few songs as extra content, but in the edition final process they decided to change the main concert to Elements as they realized the event was an important moment for their history, and after some work on the material they considered it a worthy material then. Den Adel also commented that having Black Symphony as the previous live video released, Elements would be the only possible follow up as it wasn't a common concert.[11] Some ex-members were invited to the Elements concert as they were somehow part of the bands history, as Martijn Westerholt and Michiel Papenhove. Both of them executed their original instruments during the track "Candles", in which was composed while they're still band's studio or touring members at the time.[12]

Both concerts had missing songs on the final edition cut. The concert at the Sportpaleis also featured "Never-Ending Story", "Titanium", "Summertime Sadness", "Grenade", "Memories", "What Have You Done" and "Our Farewell"[13] while the concert at the Heineken Music Hall missed "Our Solemn Hour", "Angels", "See Who I Am", "The Cross" and "Summertime Sadness".[14]

Upon its release, Let Us Burn charted on multiple charts, including number 5 on the Dutch Album charts, as well as number 2 on the United Kingdom Music Video charts, their first to do so.

Tracklist

All lyrics written by Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt, except where noted. 

Elements Concert
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Intro"        
2. "Iron"     Westerholt, Daniel Gibson 5:44
3. "In the Middle of the Night"   den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 5:11
4. "Faster"   den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 4:25
5. "Fire and Ice"     den Adel, Martijn Spierenburg 3:54
6. "Our Solemn Hour"     den Adel, Spierenburg 5:16
7. "Stand My Ground"     Gibson, Han'some 4:28
8. "Angels"     den Adel, Spierenburg 4:12
9. "Sanctuary" (Intro)     2:01
10. "The Last Dance"   Spierenburg, Westerholt, den Adel Spierenburg, Westerholt, den Adel 4:30
11. "Say My Name"       4:06
12. "Candles" (featuring George Oosthoek)     7:03
13. "Sinéad"   den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson, Spierenburg den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson, Spierenburg 4:20
14. "The Promise"       8:10
15. "Mother Earth"     Westerholt, Guus Eikens 5:33
16. "Ice Queen"       4:54
17. "Stairway to the Skies"     den Adel, Spierenburg 6:21
Hydra Concert
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Intro"        
2. "Let Us Burn"   den Adel, Westerholt, Daniel Gibson Westerholt, Gibson 5:24
3. "Paradise (What About Us?)" (featuring Tarja on screen)   den Adel, Martijn Spierenburg 5:23
4. "Faster"   den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 4:22
5. "Iron"     Westerholt, Gibson 5:37
6. "Edge of the World"     den Adel, Juno Jimmink 4:59
7. "In the Middle of the Night"   den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 5:14
8. "Dangerous" (featuring Howard Jones on screen)   Westerholt, Gibson 4:51
9. "And We Run" (featuring Xzibit on screen) den Adel, Westerholt, Alvin Joiner den Adel, Westerholt, Joiner 3:56
10. "Stand My Ground"     Gibson, Han'some 5:18
11. "Covered by Roses"     den Adel, Spierenburg 5:12
12. "Mother Earth"     Westerholt, Guus Eikens 5:50
13. "What Have You Done" (featuring Keith Caputo on screen)     5:02
14. "Silver Moonlight" (featuring Robert Westerholt)   den Adel, Spierenburg 5:42
15. "Whole World Is Watching" (acoustic) den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson Westerholt, Gibson 3:02
16. "Sinéad" (acoustic) den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson, Spierenburg den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson, Spierenburg 3:21
17. "Ice Queen"       5:05

Line-up

The band

Featuring

  • Il Novecento Orchestra
  • Fine Fleur Choir

Guest musicians

  • George Oosthoek – growls on "Candles" at Elements
  • Robert Westerholt – guitars at Elements and growls on "Silver Moonlight" at Hydra
  • Martijn Westerholt – keyboards on "Candles" at Elements
  • Michiel Papenhove – guitars on "Candles" at Elements
  • Koen van den Broek – percussion on "The Last Dance" at Elements
  • Milangelo Martis – percussion on "The Last Dance" at Elements

Charts

References

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  7. ↑ http://www.radiometal.com/en/article/within-temptation-is-ready-for-the-next-step,74130
  8. ↑ http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/elements-sold-out/
  9. ↑ http://www.within-temptation.com/headlines/50-nationalitities-brought-together-by-elements/
  10. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/wtofficial/posts/10152112464607986?stream_ref=10
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  13. ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/within-temptation/2012/sportpaleis-antwerp-belgium-2bda88d2.html
  14. ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/within-temptation/2014/heineken-music-hall-amsterdam-netherlands-3c30d3b.html
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