Announced on 8 November 2013 with a teaser trailer, the new studio album Hydra by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation is released today.

Before the official announcement of the album, the band revealed on September 27 one of the singles from the album, "Paradise (What About Us?)", with the duo Sharon den Adel-Tarja Turunen, followed by "Dangerous" (December 20) and "Whole World Is Watching" (January 28, 2014).

The day of its release, the album hit on iTunes and took first place in charts in Europe (Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France). The U.S. will have to wait February 4th to see probably Hydra #1 in their iTunes charts.

The premium version of the album contains cover songs whose "Radioactive" (Imagine Dragons) and "Let Her Go" (Passenger). You can order the album on their official website : tinyurl.com/kyqpquc

If you didn't watch the single "Paradise (What About Us?)", we invite you to discover it below.


Source : Within Temptation's Facebook Page (for iTunes charts see pictures posted on January 29)