The Unforgiving

The Unforgiving is the fifth studio album by Dutch symphonic band Within Temptation, released by Roadrunner Records from 25 March 2011. The album is released alongside a comic book series and a series of short films, to encompass a concept story. The first single, "Faster", was released on 21 January the first short film, Mother Maiden, was released on January 31, the second short film, Sinéad was released on 21 March and the second single with the same name was released on 15 July. The first issue of the comic books, Penance, Part One, was released on 18 March and will be digitally released by Diamond Digital at the New York Comic Con on 22 October. The second issue, Penance, Part Two was released on 13 May, Penance, Part Three on 31 August and Penance, Part Four on 2 November. As of November 2012, the album reportedly sold 313,790 copies exclusively on the iTunes merch website.