Evanescence - Evanescence (2011)

Evanescence - Evanescence (2011)

01. What You Want (3:41)
02. Made of Stone (3:32)
03. The Change (3:43)
04. My Heart is Broken (4:29)
05. The Other Side (4:04)
06. Erase This (3:52)
07. Lost in Paradise (4:42)
08. Sick (3:29)
09. End of the Dream (3:49)
10. Oceans (3:36)
11. Never Go Back (4:26)
12. Swimming Home (3:43)

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards. A year later, Evanescence released their first live album, Anywhere but Home, which sold more than one million copies worldwide. In 2006, the band released their second studio album, The Open Door, which sold more than five million copies.

The line-up of the band has changed several times: David Hodges leaving in 2002, co-founder Moody left in 2003 (mid-tour), bassist Will Boyd in 2006, followed by guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray in 2007. The last two changes led to a hiatus, with temporary band members contributing to tour performances. In June 2009, it was announced on the Evanescence website that the band was working on new material for a third studio album for release in the second half of 2010
In a news posting to the Evanescence website during June 2009, Amy Lee wrote that the band was in the process of writing new material for a new album proposed for release in 2010. She stated that the music would be an evolution of previous works and be "better, stronger, and more interesting". The band played a "secret show" at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom in New York City on November 4, 2009, with label mates Civil Twilight. Tickets for the show sold out in five minutes. This performance acted as a warm-up for their headline appearance at the Maquinária Festival in São Paulo, Brazil, which took place on November 8.

Evanescence entered the studio on February 22 to begin recording. The new album is intended for an August or September 2010 release and will be produced by Steve Lillywhite. Will "Science" Hunt joined the band as primary drummer and programmer, while Will Hunt returned as secondary drummer. David Campbell, who previously worked on The Open Door, was brought back to handle string arrangements.

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Evanescence are the rare band that can walk the dangerously thin tightrope between hard rock and pop without a net, and that’s just what the Amy Lee-fronted outfit does with ‘What You Want,’ the piano-driven first single from their self-titled album due out Oct. 11.

Lee’s dreamy, ethereal vocals have always been the battery that powers Evanescence and that has not changed with ‘What You Want.’ We’re happy to report that the band’s symphonic, somewhat European brand of rock travels down the familiar path, but there’s an energy here that keeps the band’s sound fresh.

Lee’s gorgeous vocals are set against a backdrop of crunchy, bottom heavy riffs. When she sings "Do what you, what you, what you want,” she does it with such force that you can’t help but be swept away to her lair. She is a siren, that’s for sure.

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