{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Temptation's Gates | type = studio | artist = Amberian Dawn | cover = Temptation's Gates.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2026|06|26|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Please add sourced genres --> | length = | label = Napalm | producer = Tuomas Seppälä | prev_title = Take a Chance – A Metal Tribute to ABBA | prev_year = 2022 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Temptation's Gates | type = studio | single1 = Temptation's Gates | single1date = 24 March 2026 | single2 = The Vision of Dreaming | single2date = 21 April 2026 }} }} '''''Temptation's Gates''''' is the upcoming eleventh studio album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Amberian Dawn. The album will be released on 26 June 2026, by Napalm Records. It is the first album to feature Nicole Willerton on vocals.
==Background== On 24 March 2026, Amberian Dawn announced Capri Virkkunen's departure from the band, simultaneously announcing Nicole Willerton as her replacement.<ref name="BW">{{cite web |title=Amberian Dawn Introduce New Singer; Temptation's Gates Album To Arrive In June; Title Track Music Video Released |url=https://bravewords.com/news/amberian-dawn-introduce-new-singer-temptations-gates-album-to-arrive-in-june-title-track-music-video-released/ |website=BraveWords |access-date=24 March 2026 |date=24 March 2026}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/amberian-dawn-announce-new-album-temptations-gates/|title=Amberian Dawn announce new album ‘Temptation’s Gates’|publisher=Distorted Sound Magazine|date=28 March 2026}}</ref>
==Release and promotion== Coinciding with the change of vocalists, the band also announced the upcoming eleventh studio album, ''Temptation's Gates'' and the lead single of the same name.<ref name="BW"/><ref name=":0"/> Willerton stated that the song "Temptation's Gates", which was inspired by Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire, is about facing one's inner desires and accepting what they truly like and want.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://myglobalmind.com/2026/03/25/amberian-dawn-announce-new-album-temptations-gates-new-vocalist-nicole-willerton-out-june-26-via-napalm-records/|title=Amberian Dawn Announce New Album "Temptation’s Gates" & New Vocalist Nicole Willerton — Out June 26 via Napalm Records|publisher=Myglobalmind|date=25 March 2026}}</ref> On 21 April 2026, Amberian Dawn released the second single "The Vision of Dreaming".<ref name=":1"">{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2026/04/22/amberian-dawn-explore-the-vision-of-dreaming/|title=Amberian Dawn Explore "The Vision of Dreaming"|first=Hesher|last=Keenan|publisher=Metalsucks|date=22 April 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://chaoszine.net/amberian-dawn-reveal-new-single-with-official-video-the-vision-of-dreaming/|title=Amberian Dawn reveal new single with official video “The Vision of Dreaming”|first=Bendetta|last=Baldin|publisher=Chaozine|date=23 April 2026}}</ref> Tuomas Seppälä originally wrote the song in 2021 and it lyrics refers to the "deep spiritual and emotional connection between two people".<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":2"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Temptation's Gates'' track listing | title1 = Temptation's Gates | writer1 = | length1 = 2:52 | title2 = The Vision of Dreaming | writer2 = | length2 = 3:40 | title3 = Moon | writer3 = | length3 = 4:09 | title4 = Unchained | writer4 = | length4 = 3:31 | title5 = Eternal Flame | writer5 = | length5 = 4:11 | title6 = Life Is Art | writer6 = | length6 = 3:40 | title7 = This Night Is Waiting for Me | writer7 = | length7 = 3:18 | title8 = Undying Colours | writer8 = | length8 = 4:03 | title9 = The Garden | note9 = | writer9 = | length9 = 3:02 | title10 = Phantasmagoria | writer10 = | length10 = 4:13 | total_length = 36:54 }}
==Personnel== ===Amberian Dawn=== *Tuomas Seppälä – keyboards, guitars *Joonas Pykälä-aho – drums *Emil "Emppu" Pohjalainen – guitars *Jukka Hoffren – bass *Nicole Willerton – vocals
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