or call. They are there not only to help, but also to just listen, and you can decide how much help you want." As the album focuses on some of the difficult choices people make throughout their lives, the band decided to reflect this theme by depicting Lady Justice on the cover, a figure known to symbolize the weighing of moral decisions. The artwork was done by Dutch artist Erwin Olaf. Release and promotion The full track listing was revealed on 10 January 2007 and the album was released on 9 March 2007 in the Netherlands, and on 24 July in the United States. This was their first album released in North America, due to the upgrading recognition they were earning throughout Europe. Roadrunner Records decided to put the song "Stand My Ground", taken from their former album The Silent Force, on the American edition of the album as a means to interest people on the band's earlier albums that were later released. Roadrunner Records also released a limited edition EP called The Howling, which was available only at Hot Topic stores, containing the title track plus popular tracks from The Silent Force. Album opener "The Howling" and "Sounds of Freedom" were recorded as promotional material for the video game The Chronicles of Spellborn. Promotion was intense for the album and included their first world tour, entitled The Heart of Everything World Tour, which started 14 March 2007, in Amsterdam and ended only on 13 September 2008. The band toured in the United States of America for the first time, first supporting Lacuna Coil and then as headliners. About the American tour, den Adel said that "Well, we don't have any expectations because it's such a big country and you never know where people will like your music. It's totally different tastes and we're going to come over here and play and see if people will like it. You can't change [it] if they don't. And if they do, then it's another nice country we can go and play at and enjoy the culture." The band also visited South American countries, such as Brazil, Argentina and Chile for the first time. The band continued to perform at several large European festivals, such as Pinkpop, Pukkelpop and Download which helped the band to reach the status of a mainstream band throughout Europe, as The Heart of Everything appeared in several European