在这里推荐这首《Hand Of Sorrow》，非常好听的哥特女声独唱。右边是专辑封面

歌名: Hand Of Sorrow

专辑: The Heart Of Everything

歌手: Within Temptation

The child without a name

grew up to be the hand

To watch you, to shield you,

or kill on demand

The choice he made

he could not comprehend

He’s got a grim secret

they had to command

He’s torn between his honor

and the true love of his life

He prayed for both but was denied

So many dreams are broken （非常喜欢这段，尤其是那个高音，真的很美，很美）

and so much we sacrifice

Was it worth the ones we loved

and had to leave behind

So many years have past

toward a noble land of lies

Will all our sins be justified?

The curse of his powers tormented his life

Obeying the crown was a sinister crime

His soul was tortured by love and by pain

He surely would flee but the oath made him stay

He’s torn between his honor

and the true love of his life

He prayed for both but was denied

So many dreams are broken

and so much we sacrifice

Was it worth the ones we loved

and had to leave behind

So many years have past

toward a noble land of lies

Will all our sins be justified?

Please forgive me for the sorrow

For leaving you in fear

For the dreams we had to silence

That’s all there’ll ever be

Still I’ll be the hand that saves you

Though you’ll not see that it is me

So many dreams are broken

and so much we sacrifice

Was it worth the ones we loved

and had to leave behind

So many years have past

toward a noble land of lies

Will all our sins be justified?

歌手介绍：

Within Temptation可说是一支表现出色的荷兰美声派gothic乐团，汲取前辈The Gathering的悠扬气氛作风，再更专注于乐曲的情感呈现，并以女主唱Sharon飘渺的动人音色为主轴，除了音色更为浑美外，在转音及高音表现上也都更显出色！Witin temptation的分割风格大致可以确定为Gothic rock中的Dark Wave一支。Dark Wave和Gothic Metal同为Gothic Rock即早期哥特音乐的衍生儿。Dark Wave后来又大致分化出四个后代,分别为Ethereal(所谓的仙音）,Medieval,Dark Ambient和Neo classical。Etherea的主要特点是带有十分缥缈、空灵的主音，所以这一派乐队一般都有一位不食人间烟火般的清丽，脱俗的女主唱。而在乐队配乐方面,则会多用键盘营造出一种凄美，哀怨的唯美境界(象Witin temptation的our farewell和forgiven）。近些年Witin temptation的风格也有所改变，他们的新专辑里就尝试了Folk和Power的曲风。象为网游魔域编年史所作的The Howling就带有明显的民谣金属的感觉，而Hands of sorowhe 和What have you done则注入了力量金属的特点。特别What have you done里还出现了吉他手Robert Westhorlt（也就是Shron Den Adel的男友）的男声。

再来一个视频

Sparkling angel I believed

You were my saviour in my time of need.

Blinded by faith I couldn’t hear

All the whispers, the warnings so clear.

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