Guilty Pleasure Jam of the Day: Within Temptation, “Dangerous”

MetalSucks was on its annual holiday sabbatical when Within Temptation’s new track “Dangerous” dropped on December 20th, so my first time hearing it was when Chuck and Godless played it on the MetalSucks podcast one week. I’ve never gotten into Within Temptation before — like, at all — but you know what? This track is completely, entirely, positively infectious.

I had no idea how friggin’ popular this band is. Nearly 900,000 YouTube plays for this video! 10,000+ records sold first week! Totally insane for anyone, let alone a band I never really hear about (not that I’m the arbiter of all that is popular). Must be because of Xzibit and Dave Pirner’s guest appearances on their new album.

Anyway, we’re huge Howard Jones apologists here at MS, but the ex-Killswitch Engage / current Devil You Know singer’s presence as a guest vocalist on “Dangerous” actually has very little to do with why I like it so much. It’s just a good song, plain and simple! Pop-metal, sure, but a fine example of how heavy(ish) music can be made catchy without being overly cheesy (OK, maybe just a bit).

Also, holy crap, this video. Where can I sign up to ride one of those Wingsuit thingies???