"Fire and Ice" is a song written by Sharon den Adel,

Robert Westerholt Robert Westerholt (born 2 January 1975) is a Dutch musician, known as the guitarist and co-founder of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. He also writes music for the band along with his partner and band vocalist Sharon den Adel. He us ...

and

Martijn Spierenburg Martijn Spierenburg (born 30 January 1975) is a composer and arranger. He is also keyboard player for the Dutch symphonic rock band Within Temptation. In 2018, it was announced that he would be the composer for the musical "Nieuw Amsterdam", which ...

for the album ''

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'' (2011). The music video was released on YouTube on December 20, 2011, and it was used to promote

Within Temptation Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. They have been classified by critics as gothic metal and symphonic metal, although each album contains other inf ...

's '' The Unforgiving Tour'' (2011-2012).

Music video

Besides some live footage from Within Temptation's performing on the

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music festival, the music video follows the story of a

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who becomes a human due to its weakness on fighting and suffers from it.

Notes

The footage used to tell the music video history is the same used at the screen on the tour shows.

References

{{Within Temptation 2011 songs Within Temptation songs Songs written by Sharon den Adel Songs written by Robert Westerholt Songs written by Martijn Spierenburg Heavy metal ballads