“I will never find a way to heal my soul, and I will wander ‘til the end of time, torn away from you,” she wails in the bluntly titled “My Heart Is Broken.” Lee got married in 2007, so you might expect the slightest hint of tranquility to have set in since the last album - yet the love apocalypse remains at hand, as ever. Perhaps an unfortunate template was established way back when the group’s first hit, “Bring Me to Life,” got picked up for the “Daredevil” soundtrack, because virtually every interchangeable tune on the new album also sounds designed to play over the end credits of an action blockbuster that takes itself too seriously. Nearly every song will begin with the same brand of muted-Metallica guitar chugging and thunderous drums, and every anxious verse of Lee’s will resolve in the same kind of anthemic, depressively soaring minor-key chorus. but together, they were the peanut butter cup of rock & roll.īut eight years and the departure of all the other original band members later, Lee’s gothic angst feels like a teenaged shtick the talented frontwoman is too nervous to give up.
The resulting collection could just as easily - and blandly - be titled “The Open Door II” or “Fallen III.”Įvanescence became an instant breakout in 2003 by brilliantly answering the theretofore unasked musical question: What would it sound like if Sarah McLachlan fronted Black Sabbath? As a solo belter, she might have sounded too pretty for her own good, and the band members’ metallic crunch might have been a bore, unaided. The plug was pulled on those Lillywhite sessions and Lee re-started the album from scratch with new producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters), now aiming to adhere as close to previously useful formulas as humanly possible.
As recently as early 2010, the band was in the studio with producer Steve Lillywhite, working on an electronics-heavy project Lee swore would reflect her interest in hip, programing-driven bands like MGMT.īut, apparently, she had some sense knocked into her about that whole “adventurous” thing. Three years ago, she told the press she was writing Celtic-flavored songs. It wasn’t supposed to be this way, since auteur Amy Lee kept promising how different the third album would be. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesĮven the album’s title, “Evanescence,” and its corporate-logo cover testify to how many chances the once-promising group is willing to take after five years away, which is to say, zilch. Amy Lee of Evanescence performs at the Rock in Rio Music Festival in Rio de Janeiro October 2, 2011.
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