--- product_id: 4452582 title: "Unforgiving" brand: "within temptation" price: "€ 17.54" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.it/products/4452582-unforgiving store_origin: IT region: Italy --- # Unforgiving **Brand:** within temptation **Price:** € 17.54 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Unforgiving by within temptation - **How much does it cost?** € 17.54 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.it](https://www.desertcart.it/products/4452582-unforgiving) ## Best For - within temptation enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted within temptation brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description ## Images ![Unforgiving - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71HE7zA77pL.jpg) ![Unforgiving - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71IoCFribDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Their last album before they changed their sound. *by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2023* This is the last album of them before they changed their sound. Better than Hydra but not as good as The Silent Force or The Heart of Everything but it’s still a solid symphonic metal album that has a few good songs on here. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Holy crap... *by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012* There are the albums that get listened to once or twice, maybe ripped to the player storage, and then sort of disappear. There are the albums that get "put into the rotation" and get played a couple of times (maybe) a month.Then there are albums like this one. Ones that you listen to, and find yourself coming back from a dazed "OMG--what was THAT!?" state. And you turn up the volume another notch, and listen to it again.What's that you say? "Hey, I've listened to Mother Earth, and this doesn't sound like what I heard there." Damn right it doesn't. Mother Earth (which, for the record, I also thoroughly enjoy) is the elegant Bohemian beauty next door, who occasionally shakes the flowers out of her hair and slips on a mini. The Unforgiving is Mother Earth's bad-girl half-sister, dolled up in spike heels and leather for a night of hard partying, and daring you to keep up.Track-by-track reviews don't do much for me, so we won't go here. And, for this album, I don't think it would add much: this whole album is a single wild train ride through the night, lights flashing, bells ringing, and whistle sounding. It slows down a little in a couple of places ("Fire and Ice", "Lost") to let you catch your breath, but don't be fooled: you'll be screaming over the next hill in a couple of minutes. If you want to get off at each stop and stroll around, you should have taken the bus.That said, it's worth mentioning the consistent high quality of the tracks. There are those legendary albums (Thriller, The Dark Side of the Moon, Zoso, etc.) that take a bunch of tracks that can easily be (and frequently were) massive single hits by themselves, and combine them into a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Obviously The Unforgiving won't achieve the legendary status and sales numbers of those blockbusters, but that's because of today's market and WT's place in that market. In the symphonicmetalrock intersection where WT now lives, The Unforgiving sets the bar. Of the 11 music tracks on the CD version, easily 7 could be smash singles.Of the 3 download-only tracks, only "I Don't Wanna" contends for a place on the album; the other two seem more like stand-alone one-offs. "The Last Dance" is a particularly odd duck; if someone had played it for me with the vocal dummied out on piano and asked me to guess who wrote it, I'd have probably said "Loreena McKennitt" (don't worry; that's a good thing).Sharon doesn't quite command the vocal tornado of a legendary rock goddess like, say, Pat Benatar in her prime; in a couple of places, such as toward the end of "Iron", it feels like Sharon is yelling the lyrics at you rather than singing them to you. But overall this is a powerful step up that ladder. On some past efforts (q.v. Mother Earth again), Sharon has had a tendency to get a little thin/reedy/borderline squeaky. Not here; she grabs this material with both hands, steps up with authority, and slams it down your throat. And you like it. You like it a lot. "Thank you, Ma'am; may I have another?"If there's any justice out there, The Unforgiving will do for symphonicmetalrock what Fallen did for gothicmetalrock: make people who hadn't even heard of the genre, much less the artist, sit up and say "Wow--how have I managed to overlook this amazing stuff?"So, if you like symphonic metal, you should by this album. Indeed, if you like rock music of any kind, you should buy this album.Heck, if you have ears that work, you owe it to yourself to listen to this one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars INCREDIBLE!!! *by D***A on Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2011* Within Temptation is one of those bands, with every album created you don't know how it's possible they could get any better, and yet they surprise you. This is definitely my favorite CD of theirs up to date.For this album, Within Temptation decided to base the songs around a comic, which they created. Pretty similar to what Coheed and Cambria did (although Within Temptation's is in my opinion a thousand times better). The basis of the story (as far as I have discovered), begins with an elderly woman, known to us as "Mother Maiden". She has been blessed with the supernatural gift of overcoming death. As a result, she is immortal. She's also set in using her gift to make a difference for good in the world. Who does she bring back to life? Not the righteous, who have lived good, noble lives, and have merited eternal happiness. Not the wicked, who are damned, and very deserving of their fate. She brings back those who were good deep down in their heart, but who did something awful for which they need redemption. And she leads them to bring down justice upon the wicked.The main character is named Sinead Harkin. She was murdered in 1967, for protecting a friend of her's (who's name is Opal), from her abusive husband. Mother Maiden finds her in the morgue, and brings her back from the grave, so she can atone for a grievous sin she committed only year earlier. It was back then, she was a drug addict. Her daughter had been taken from her custody, and placed in the care of her father. She broke in to her father's home, to steal enough to buy another hit. It's also apparent she wanted to see her daughter. Her father walks in on her. He tells her she needs to get help, get her life in order, and finally be a mother to her daughter. She says she can't, that she needs the money (obviously not in her right mind), and ends up pulling a gun and shooting him. She never does get convicted, but she bares the guilt of her father's murder pretty deeply over the next year. Mother Maiden gives her the opportunity to find penance.Another character we are introduced to is named "Triplets". His father was a war hero. Fought in three wars, saved a lot of people. And like most war heroes, the wars he fought him really messed him up. He would drink all the time, and in his drunkenness, he would abuse his son. It leads his son to develop a three-way split personality disorder. There's a good side, a darker side, and the soul struggling in between. The darker side of him convinces him that something has to be done. The boy reluctantly agrees. He steals one of his dad's old grenades, and when his dad comes into his room late at night, he blows the both of them up. Once again, patricide. It's one of the most terrible sins, yet it was committed by someone not inherently wicked. Mother Maiden finds him, and brings him back to life. Only this time, all three personalities are given separate entities. So there are now three of them, bent on righting the wrongs of the world.The story also follows two detectives, who are sent to investigate a string of strange murders in the area. There is also a priest (of which we do not know many of the details), who we witness performing a satanic ritual, in order to strike a deal with the devil, probably to summon him or one of his angels.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ALBUM. The CD would be incredible on it's own, but I feel purchasing the DVD and comic is a MUST. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.it/products/4452582-unforgiving](https://www.desertcart.it/products/4452582-unforgiving) --- *Product available on Desertcart Italy* *Store origin: IT* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*