The Roots drummer Questlove contributed to drums on a song titled "You Got a Lot to Learn", but it wasn't included on the final album. David Campbell, who previously worked with Evanescence on The Open Door, was brought back to handle string arrangements and the album was scheduled for release by producer Steve Lillywhite. Will Hunt returned as drummer a second drummer and programmer, Will "Science" Hunt, was brought in to assist with writing but did not join the band. Sessions took place in MSR Studios, New York. Steve Lillywhite, producer of Evanescence 's first sessionĮvanescence entered the studio on February 22, 2010, to begin recording the album. This marks their last album with Terry Balsamo on lead guitars.
That was the spark for me – and the spark to go in the electronic direction and bring some of that into what Evanescence is doing." Unlike the band's two previous albums (primarily written by Lee), every band member contributed to the writing process. She said, "I remember listening to it over and over, just obsessing over it the way I used to obsess over Evanescence music. Writing for the album began in 2009, when Lee wrote an electronic-driven song different from her usual style.
But it's about not taking everything so seriously this time." This has been a long trip and parts have been hard. In a Spin interview, Lee called the record "fun", which, according to her, was a "totally new thing" for the band: "When I listen to our old music I see that's where I was in my life at that time. She described Evanescence 's music as epic, dark, big, beautiful and desperate. According to Lee, the music would be an evolution of previous work and "better, stronger, and more interesting". In a June 2009 post on the Evanescence website, Lee wrote that the band was in the process of writing material for an album planned for release the following year. By the time we finished touring with The Open Door, I just needed to go, 'Who am I as an adult? '" During her hiatus, Lee began painting, attended concerts and museums and listened to folk and indie music. Lee admitted to an identity crisis: " Fallen happened really fast, and it was just go, go, go for a couple years, and we went right into writing and wrote the next record. After taking a break from music for 18 months, she decided she wanted to work with the band members and it "became more of a group project". In 2011 the band embarked on the Evanescence Tour, their third worldwide tour, to promote the album with The Pretty Reckless and Fair to Midland.Īfter finishing a tour to promote Evanescence's previous album, The Open Door, Amy Lee said that she "just sort of took off and didn't know what I was going to do next." According to Lee, she was unsure at the time when-or if-Evanescence would continue. " Lost in Paradise" was released internationally as its third single on May 25, 2012, and "The Other Side" was serviced to US modern rock radio stations as a promotional single on June 11. The first single from the album, " What You Want", was released on Aug" My Heart Is Broken", the album's second single, was released on November 11. The band promoted Evanescence by premiering songs online on a number of websites and appearing on several television shows. The album was successful worldwide, appearing on the charts of over 20 countries. Evanescence debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 127,000 copies sold in its first week, and topped four other Billboard charts Rock Albums, Digital Albums, Alternative Albums, and Hard Rock Albums. Although the album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised Lee's vocals and its innovative sound, some noted a similarity to the band's older material. Evanescence 's songs contain sounds and influences characteristic of progressive metal, pop metal, gothic metal and symphonic metal. On April 11, 2011, the band returned to the studio with producer Nick Raskulinecz.Īccording to Lee, the band brought influences from Björk, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, MGMT, and Portishead to the album. At the time the album was scheduled for an August or September 2010 release, but Lee later announced that Evanescence had suspended recording to write more material. Its release was delayed several times on February 22, 2010, the band entered the studio with producer Steve Lillywhite but later stopped working with him because he "wasn't the right fit". The band began writing the album in June 2009. It was released on October 7, 2011, by Wind-up Records. Evanescence is the third studio album by American rock band Evanescence.
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