| | Full Review | Ratings (230) |
Give your Rating |
| 3.3 great | Trey STAFF | March 26th 14 |
Yes, this is painfully generic gothic rock/metal with all the required keyboards, female vocals and anonymous riffs -- but it is also really well-executed and extrememly catchy.
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 2.5 average | PerpetualChange | February 4th 14 |
The album sounds poppier than anything Within Temptation have done before, and a bit dicier - Xzibit gets a verse on one song, "And We Run". But despite the poppier vibe, there is really not much to grasp onto. Taken as individual works, many of the songs are strong. But altogther, as an album, there is little cohesion. While the album is trim, it would benefit greatly from some direction.r
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 0.0 | Saturnus | December 14th 13 |
Much better than The Unforgiving. Faster...theres even a little bit of their celtic incarnation in there.
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 3.5 great | Jared Floryan | May 3rd 15 |
Within Temptation definitely strut their stuff on Hydra, a more recent studio recording by this female-fronted act that relies on utilizing a fair amount of experimentation as well as guest cameos. It really makes for a double-edged sword, because while Howard Jones compliments main lady Sharon den Adel very well on "Dangerous" and ex-Nightwish frontwoman Tarja Turunen forms something of a dream team with the latter during "Paradise (What About Us?)", rapper Xzibit is so out of place when he appears on "And We Run"; his deeper voice contrasts with den Adel's vocals, which is relatively good news, but still awkward nonetheless. In spite of a couple mishaps, though, the album is by no means half-assed or bad. The instrumentation on Hydra packs quite the elegant punch and secondary guitarist Robert Westerholt's mildly intimidating grunts fit this offering's character whenever said growls come into play. Recommended tracks: "Let Us Burn," "Dangerous," "Silver Moonlight," "Covered by Roses," and "Tell Me Why".
Bump |
| 4.5 superb | Romijn | January 15th 15 |
Ah very good and diverse album. It features very strong vocal performances by both Sharon and the guest vocalists. The band does a great job backing them up so i can't do anyhting else but giving this album a high rating.
Bump |
| 3.5 great | Bardinova | January 24th 14 |
Not as good as "The Unforgiving", but I'm very excited about those guest stars, except X-Zibit!
Bump |
| 4.0 excellent | MegaJake1024 | January 17th 14 |
Miles ahead of their previous release. While there's a few slip ups along the way (Xzibit's misplaced feature on And We Run), Hydra is one of the band's strongest, if not the strongest, WT release.
Bump |
| 3.0 good | Piem | March 13th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Crayak | January 29th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 21st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Lucman | January 28th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Aszhi | July 22nd 18 |
| 2.5 average | stasar | June 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | C1ntReW | March 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rosier | February 10th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Elynna | November 12th 17 |
| 2.5 average | solrage | September 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bremmus | September 25th 17 |
| 2.5 average | heck | March 30th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Kinkou | September 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | cnrk | March 11th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Leymon | February 25th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Kefka | January 15th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Agonba | January 12th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | taroo | November 26th 15 |
| 2.5 average | ABlake | October 23rd 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Snevitz | September 29th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Teemo | July 21st 15 |
| 4.5 superb | cherno | June 12th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | d1ee2 | March 7th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Flave | January 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faewic | November 10th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Asha96 | October 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ariich | October 7th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | MaggieG | September 25th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Zantera | September 4th 14 |
| 1.0 awful | Escain | September 3rd 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Zargoth | August 19th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Dec0y | June 14th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | miyo | May 4th 14 |
| 3.0 good | kaca | April 2nd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Hybza | April 1st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rice303 | March 11th 14 |
| 3.5 great | abysmo | March 1st 14 |
| 2.5 average | bahlof | February 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | LepreCon | February 10th 14 |
| 2.5 average | TPM731 | February 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | bain89 | February 6th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Apollo | February 1st 14 |
| 5.0 classic | jc3494 | January 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Shabz | January 29th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Myrkur | January 18th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | adr | January 17th 14 |
| |
Give Your Opinion on Hydra
|
