"Angels" is the third single of Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 symphonic metal

Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

/rock

Symphonic rock

Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....

 band Within Temptation

Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...

 from their album The Silent Force

The Silent Force

The Silent Force is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, released on November 15, 2004, by GUN Records. This album is the first to feature Ruud Jolie on lead guitar, as well as Martijn Spierenburg on keyboards, after Martijn Westerholt had to leave the band due to...

. It peaked at #1 in Finland and #1 in the Netherlands. It is also one of their most successful singles in the U.S. along with "Ice Queen", "Stand My Ground

Stand My Ground

"Stand My Ground" is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation's The Silent Force. The song is also included on the U.S. edition of the band's 2007 album The Heart of Everything. It became a top 10 hit in 3 countries and became a top 40 hit in 4 other countries...

", "Mother Earth

Mother Earth (Within Temptation song)

"Mother Earth" is the third single of Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation from their second studio album, Mother Earth. The song peaked at #14 on the Germany Singles Top 100....

", "The Howling

The Howling (EP)

The other four tracks on the EP are popular singles from Within Temptation's third studio album, The Silent Force. The disc is also an Enhanced CD which contains the video for "What Have You Done"....

"and Memories

Memories (Within Temptation song)

"Memories" is the second single of the album The Silent Force of Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation.-Track Listing:CD single#"Memories"#"Aquarius" CD Multi single#"Memories"#"Destroyed"...

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Tracklisting

CD single (2 track)

1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)

CD single (3 track)

1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)
3. "Forsaken" - Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands (4:54)

CD Multi single (5 track) - BeNeLux

Benelux

The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...

/Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)
3. "Forsaken" - Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands (4:54)
4. "The Promise" - Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands (7:59)
5. "Angels" - Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands (4:12)

CD single + DVD

1. "Angels" - Full Length Version (4:02)
2. "Say My Name" - New Track (4:06)
3. "Forsaken" - Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands (4:54)
4. "The Promise" - Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands (7:59)
5. "Angels" - Live 21.04.2005 at Tilburg, The Netherlands (4:12)
6. "The Promise" - Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam
7. "Angels" - Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam
8. "Forsaken" - Live In 013, Tilburg and Paradiso, Amsterdam
9. Videoclip Angels
10. Within Temptation in Dubai

The song was shipped to American rock radio on July 29, 2007.

Music video

The video is shot in a desert in Spain.
It tells the story of a group of vigilante

Vigilante

A vigilante is a private individual who legally or illegally punishes an alleged lawbreaker, or participates in a group which metes out extralegal punishment to an alleged lawbreaker....

 angels who make it their mission to wipe out evil. Sharon den Adel

Sharon den Adel

Sharon Janny den Adel is a Dutch singer and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation...

 is a woman who has been seemingly abandoned on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. She accepts a lift from a priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

, who takes her back to his home. The priest is in fact a demon

Demon

call - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism...

ic serial killer

Serial killer

A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...

, who adopts different disguise

Disguise

A disguise can be anything which conceals or changes a person's physical appearance, including a wig, glasses, makeup, costume or other ways. Camouflage is one type of disguise for people, animals and objects...

s to get to his victims. All of these disguises are trustworthy people, like a doctor

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

, a police officer, a clown, judge, or a priest. As Sharon stumbles upon a board full of newspaper clippings in the killers home, which are about his previous victims, he seemingly overpowers her with chloroform

Chloroform

Chloroform is an organic compound with formula CHCl3. It is one of the four chloromethanes. The colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid is a trihalomethane, and is considered somewhat hazardous...

. He takes a tied up Sharon to the middle of the desert to bury her alive. However, Sharon immediately awakens as the other angels approach (the other band members) and is revealed to also be one of the angels, who was left at the side of the road as bait for the serial killer, during which time the rest of the vigilantes appear and the killer is confronted with the spirits of his victims, who destroy him. The vigilantes then move onto their next target.

The theme to the 1979 film Phantasm

Phantasm (film)

Phantasm is a low-budget "cult classic" horror film produced in 1977 and released in 1979. The film was directed, written, photographed, co-produced and edited by Don Coscarelli...

is sampled.

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Dutch Singles Chart	8
Finland Singles Chart	9
Germany Singles Chart	25
Belgium Singles Chart	41
Austria Singles Chart	50