EVANESCENCE

The Bitter Truth SONY MUSIC/BMG

Arkansas’ generation-defining goth rockers face up to a new era

EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, Evanescence gatecrashed the nu metal party with their squillion-selling debut, Fallen, crowning themselves the scene’s resident goths. Since then, much has changed. Almost a decade has passed since they released an album of original material. Powerhouse vocalist Amy Lee has long been the band’s sole remaining founding member and creative force, and lengthy gaps between records have made Evanescence seem like a fleeting, rather than permanent, fixture in our world.

2017’s , which saw the band’s biggest hits given an orchestral and cinematic makeover, hinted at an intriguing new direction – but it was a red herring. On , Amy has returned to her rock roots, making an album that will both delight and surprise fans: darkly emotional, empowering and now, politically charged.