Dutch symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION have posted the following update at their website:

"Hi everyone,

We're currently in the States and found out through our Forum that there's been some confusion on the release dates of 'Frozen' and 'The Howling'.

So here goes.

- Germany/Austria/Switzerland: June 22nd (digital only in Switzerland)
- France - June 18th
- Finland - June 11th
- Poland - June 25th
- Netherlands/Belgium - June 11th

The above countries will have actual singles in stores, all other countries will be releasing the singles on June 11th, through digital download portals.

The UK is releasing 'The Howling' digitally, on June 11th. For all our UK fans: we will have pretty exciting news during the Download Festival, which concerns us coming back to the UK. Stay posted on that!

As you might not know yet, this is the tracklisting for the Frozen single:

- a 2-track, containing: 'Frozen' (single version), 'The Howling' (single version).
- a 5-track EP, containing: 'Frozen' (single version), 'The Howling' (single version), 'Sounds Of Freedom' (previously unreleased), 'What Have You Done' (acoustic), 'The Cross' (acoustic), 'Frozen' (video), 'The Howling' (video).

The acoustic tracks were recorded at a Dutch radio show, 'Sounds Of Freedom' is a track which we wrote especially for Spellborn and hasn't been released yet. So all in all, a pretty cool package. And remember, we are donating the income we receive from our Record Company Sony/BMG for the 'Frozen' single to Child Helpline International.

Why this video?

'Frozen' is a video that plays at the turn of the 20th century, dealing with a pretty heavy subject: Violence and abuse within a family.

We decided to raise this subject because it is still a very shocking issue in our society today. It is a subject that we feel is not discussed in public enough. The victims of abuse suffer their whole life and the dark figure of abuse is extremely high, for the reason that in the majority of the cases it happens within the very close family circle. The victims sometimes feel guilty when they would accuse a close relative and fear revenge as they were obviously threatened by the abuser

When you become a parent you are more aware of this subject because if you think for one second it could happen to your child, you start losing your mind.

Abuse exists in many forms, for example sexual abuse or violence. It’s not easy to discuss this subject, as we realized when we wrote the song and then again when we finalized the video.

At the time our video for 'Frozen' plays, it would have been almost impossible for the mother to get help for her child and herself, therefore she decided to poison her husband. This is of course not what we want to suggest to anyone.

Today there are organizations that help abused children and mothers. Still, it’s a tough decision for someone who is abused to overcome his fear and ask for help. But we would like to encourage people who are being abused to seek for outside help and we would like to encourage people who see evidence of abuse not to remain silent. Abuse is only to stop when you decide to talk about it.

There are telephone help lines where you don’t have to reveal your identity and you still get help. We have decided to support one of these organizations by donating the income we receive from our Record Company Sony/BMG for the 'Frozen' single.

Child Helpline International is a global network of child help lines working in over 150 countries.

For more information: http://www.childhelplineinternational.org/helplines/ and http://www.chiworld.org

All the best from San Francisco!!

Within Temptation."