Lead vocalist of Evanescence, Amy Lee has recently told Loudwire Nights that the band’s upcoming new album is going to be authentically them, but this outcome wasn’t without risks.
“The songs came from all different places, they’re not all in the same vein,” Lee explained. Though they originally only planned to do a few songs at a time and release them one by one, they now have four under their belt. “It’s going really great. It’s a combination of a lot of things.”
“It’s definitely 100 per cent us,” the singer adds. “But it’s also taking risks, and I think it’s meaningful — deeply meaningful… A lot of it has an attitude.”
While Amy Lee didn’t reveal much about the new album’s direction or lyrical content, she did mention that as a songwriter she has definitely been affected by the recent events of her life. Not only did Lee recently become a mother, but she also lost her brother.
“I definitely have felt like I have one foot on the other side a lot the past two years,” she admits. “So there’s a lot of writing that’s, I guess in a way back to my roots in that I’m searching for meaning in things… That stuff’s all in there. But it’s not all dark and serious.”
Listen to the ever-classic ‘Bring Me To Life’ below.
During a Reddit AMA session last year, the singer described the upcoming album as “dark and heavy” when a listener inquired about details. Not only that, but the Evanescence frontwoman also compared the sound of the forthcoming effort to the band’s 2006 sophomore album, The Open Door.
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“I listen to our new music every day,” Lee said. “I’m absolutely living in it. This is always the case for me, really, but I’m in the centre of the zone right now, watching the picture take shape and swimming inside every new piece as it appears. I can’t wait for you to hear it. It’s dark and heavy. It’s also got moments of weird and sparse. A little bit of everything. Definitely some Open Door vibes but not the same.”
A few months ago, Evanescence unleashed a moody rendition of Fleetwood Mac song “The Chain.”
