History YMMV / WithinTemptation

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2qeb_0Se8 Iron]]" from ''The Unforgiving''. Badass riff, epic lyrics, blistering solo and an amazing "[[Music/BonJovi Living on a Prayer]]"-esque key change for the last chorus.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The announcement that Xzibit would be featured on ''Hydra'' was met with QuestionableCasting reaction. Critical and fan reception to the decision was largely positive upon the album's release, however.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The announcement that Xzibit would be featured on ''Hydra'' was met with WTHCastingAgency reaction. Critical and fan reception to the decision was largely positive upon the album's release, however.

* WTHCastingAgency: The announcement that Xzibit would be featured on ''Hydra''.

* FaceOfTheBand: That would be Sharon.

** The [=WT=]-Evanescence FandomRivalry became this in 2019 when the two bands revealed they were co-headlining a festival in Switzerland. Sharon would later contribute backing vocals to the Evanescence song "Use My Voice", while a subsequent plan to undertake a [[DreamTeam joint tour]] together in 2020 was postponed due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

** "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHelWvxK84E The Last Dance]" with its emotional vocals, and heavy usage of Native American-esque instrumentation and chanting.

%% ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AY7hYQ8-FM Utopia]]" takes this UpToEleven.

* TastesLikeDiabetes:
** Their more positive songs can be interpreted as this. "In Perfect Harmony" can create cavities with each repeat of the chorus.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AY7hYQ8-FM Utopia]]" takes this UpToEleven.

** The [=WT=]-Evanescence FandomRivalry became this in 2019 when the two bands revealed they were co-headlining a festival in Switzerland. Sharon would later contributed backing vocals to the Evanescence song "Use My Voice", while a subsequent plan to undertake a [[DreamTeam joint tour]] together in 2020 was postponed due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* FandomRivalry: They're not even in the same subgenre but ''Music/{{Evanescence}}'' fans often get into fights with [=WT=] fans. Became HilariousInHindsight in 2019 when the two bands first announced they were co-headlining a festival in Switzerland, and then later announced a [[DreamTeam joint tour]] together.

* SoBadItsGood: "Ice Queen" is one of their signature songs, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmLIE6ULtyU video]] on [[SpecialEffectFailure the other]] [[ConspicuousCGI hand]]...

* CompleteMonster: The unnamed SerialKiller from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELpmwVQfAGQ Angels]]" is a demon who dresses up as trustworthy people--such as a cop, a doctor, a construction worker, and a clown--and lures women into his home, pretending to be a friendly individual, only to kill them after he's gained their trust by chloroforming them and burying them alive in the desert. He has succeeded at least 16 times, and keeps newspaper clippings of their disappearances on his wall. He intends to do the same thing to the protagonist [[BadHabits under the guise of a priest]], after her friend has seemingly abandoned her on the side of the road.

-->''So, we've been going like: "Ooooh we have re-written Wicked Games" and then "No, the chords scheme is different, we don't have to worry. And it's a written song!" (laughs) "Yay!"''

** AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Critical and fan reception to the decision was largely positive upon the album's release, however.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entirety of "Black Symphony," hands down, is the embodiment of this trope.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Very popular in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, to the point where their album ''The Unforgiving'' has three special bonus tracks recorded exclusively for the Japanese]] CD.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2qeb_0Se8 Iron]]" from ''The Unforgiving''. Badass riff, epic lyrics, blistering solo and an amazing "[[Music/BonJovi Living on a Prayer]]"-esque key change for the last chorus.

* BrokenBase: They seem to be bracing themselves for this in the wake of using fewer orchestral sounds and more '80s pop elements in ''The Unforgiving''; their website implies that the first preview song was the more traditional WT song "Where is the Edge" (rather than the first single, "Faster") as a reassurance to old fans that the old style isn't completely gone. A year after the release seems to suggest that this was averted, with it tied with ''Enter'' for their highest rated album on Sputnik Music.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Picture this [[http://i.imgur.com/1m3d4jv.jpg image]] on the cover of ''Mother Earth.''

-->Rudolph, he will change his name,
-->'Cause "Rudolph" just sounds really lame
-->Now we'll call him Ragnagord,
-->The evil reindeer overlord.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments; In "Our Farewell:" "Because my child, this is not our farewell."

* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: Anneke van Giersbergen & Sharon singing "Somewhere" to each other at the ''Black Symphony'' concert.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Their more positive songs can be interpreted as this. "In Perfect Harmony" can create cavities with each repeat of the chorus.

* WTHCastingAgency: the announcement that Xzibit would be featured on ''Hydra''.

* FandomRivalry: They're not even in the same subgenre but ''Music/{{Evanescence}}'' fans often get into fights with [=WT=] fans. Became HilariousInHindsight in 2019 when the two bands announced they were co-headlining a festival in Switzerland.

* EarWorm: ''The Unforgiving'' has it in spades; "Shot in the Dark," "Murder," "Iron," "Sinead," "Where is the Edge," "Faster," and "In the Middle of the Night."

* FandomRivalry: They're not even in the same subgenre but ''Music/{{Evanescence}}'' fans often get into fights with [=WT=] fans.

* WTHCastingAgency: Music/{{Xzibit}} is supposed to be on their next album. ''[[http://tinyurl.com/o5l49bc Yes, really.]]''