Evanescence News Thread

^ Lol, how awesome is that?!

Here's the new HQ picture of Amy from the Kerrang magazine. I just ordered a copy on ebay. Can't wait for it to arrive though it's released 22nd June.
http://www.evanescencewebsite.com/Untitled/displayimage.php?album=21&pos=0

Aww, awesome picture

That is a lovely picture!

She's wonderful!!

That's a huge picture But anyways, awesome picture!
She's always wonderful, Aimee xD We know that. If only Amy could see how much we're obsessed with her hahaha!

Amy just posted this: http://www.twitvid.com/5U8B9

Aww the harp great, thanks for posting this Mariel

You're welcome

Amy said o a MTV interview that the new album will be self-titled!
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666350/evanescence-new-album.jhtml

lol I was just about to post that thank you for posting it

I can't wait

She's just...wow!
In October my life will be almost complete!

Mariel wrote:

lol I was just about to post that thank you for posting it

I can't wait

lol you're welcome

Awesome! Thanks for the great news.

Watch that she said heavy

Link: http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/668175/evanescences-first-single-will-smack-you-right-in-the-face.jhtml

Interview: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666473/evanescence-new-album.jhtml

Great Can't wait to hear it now!

New pic

http://yfrog.com/h8ftvflxj

AAAHHH!!
(A fan freaking out then suddenly fainted) xD

Amy! It's the old AMY LEE! xD lol. Look at her hair and her clothes. It looks pretty much like her before. WEEE! so freaking happeeeyy!

More news guys

Amy tweeted this:

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Unbelievably close to the finish line. 2 or 3 more days of recording, mix starts next week!!

http://twitter.com/#!/AmyLeeEV/status/88995406943502337

Then James Montgomery from MTV (I hate this guy ) went to Nashville to interview our Amy

He tweeted this:

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so @amyleeEV played me about 1/4 of the new evanescence album today, incl. first single. it's all HUGE.

http://twitter.com/#!/positivnegativ/status/89144368388247552

then:

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big guitars, big strings, big vox, big ideas ... Ev fans are gonna LOVE it, believe me.

http://twitter.com/#!/positivnegativ/status/89145010175492096

Today he tweeted this:

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just confirmed: we'll be unveiling a sneak peek of evanescence's first single MONDAY on MTVNEWS.COM

http://twitter.com/#!/positivnegativ/status/89339871533088770

And he answered this to someone:

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@EverEvanescence oh, b/c i did the interview yesterday w/amy and wrote the story about the new single today, which will pub monday am.

So interview plus the single sneak peek will be on HERE Monday morning

hopefully before my class starts

Some new pictures:






That's all

Great news!

IT'S HERE!!!



Interview:

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Evanescence's 'What You Want': Hear A Preview!
MTV News gives fans a preview of the band's comeback single.
By James Montgomery

It's been nearly four years since Evanescence have released a single, and during that time, it appeared very likely they'd never release another. But on Monday (July 11), the wait — and all the drama that surrounded it — finally came to an end, because Evanescence are officially back, with a roaring new single called "What You Want."

Last week, MTV News traveled to Nashville's Blackbird Studio, where the band were putting the finishing touches on their upcoming, self-titled album (which their label, Wind-Up Records, just informed us is now due October 11 — one week later than previously reported), and they gave us an exclusive first listen at a handful of tracks, including "Want." And now, we're going to give you a sneak peek.

Frontwoman Amy Lee had previously described the song as being "really different" from anything in the band's back catalog, and, as you can tell, she wasn't kidding. "What You Want" is most definitely a departure, quite possibly the heaviest song Evanescence have ever made. The guitars buzz like a hornet's nest, the drums are pounding and primal, and the strings (arranged by Beck's dad, David Campbell) swell and stab. Throw in a positively massive chorus and Lee's vocal pyrotechnics, and you've got a song that's powerful enough to shake rock radio to its very foundation.

And that's pretty amazing, considering its simple roots.

"[Bassist] Tim [McCord] and [guitarist] Terry [Balsamo] and I wrote that song at my house in New York. We were just jamming, like, recording demos, and obviously the song has grown a lot since then, with everyone else," Lee told us. "For me, it was — and I need to remember this, so I can apply it in the future — it wasn't trying so hard to be some epic, massive chorus. I was just doodling around on the piano and the guys were like, 'Do that. Whatever you just did, that's an awesome melody.' And I was like, 'Really?' Sometimes you just need your friends to be like, 'Do that!' "

Though it came from humble origins, "What You Want" deals with heady concepts, a trait that's readily apparent throughout Evanescence's new album.

"It's about freedom — that's definitely a constant theme on the record — but, it's like Evanescence, and me, and my relationship with the music and the fans, and coming to that [realization] of 'This is what I'm supposed to do ... I want to do this,' " Lee said. "And when it says, 'Remember who you really are,' that's exactly everything you could assume it means."

For the time being, Evanescence fans are just going to have to make do with a snippet of "What You Want" (the full single is set to premiere in early August, Wind-Up said). But rest assured, you're going to be hearing the song a lot in the near future, because, as Lee said, it's not just the band's comeback single, it's also the beginning of a mission — one Evanescence are taking very seriously.

"I feel like, not that I'm trying to do what's important for the music industry, I'm doing what I want — we're doing what we love. But, at the same time, it's so refreshing for us to play music that we want to hear," she explained. "It rocks, and not that there's nothing going on that does, but less and less; that's definitely not what's dominating the airwaves. And it would be so amazing and it's totally our dream to have that happen for us; not even just for us, but, like, we want to hear rock music again.

"I think that, as a band, we're really strong," she continued. "Everybody's just playing at the top of their game right now, they're just putting it all in ... and it was, like, that mentality the whole time we were working. Like, whatever it takes to make the most amazing thing possible."

It is amazing and it will be out next month so yay

Oh and a new song called "Halfway Down The Stairs" leaked too

Sounds great! thanks Mariel

Cant wait to hear the full track!

It's sound AWESOME!!!!
I'm so exctied!! It'll be a great song!




Halfway Down The Stairs is not new EV song, it's a cover Amy did for Muppets soundtrack.

I know the demo leaked

And there's 2 more previews one tomorrow and one Friday

The Other Side Preview:

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Evanescence's 'The Other Side': Hear A Preview!
MTV News previews a second song from band's hotly anticipated new album.
By James Montgomery

Last week, Evanescence invited MTV News down to Nashville to talk about their much-anticipated new album and play us a handful of tracks from the disc, which hits stores October 11

On Monday, we gave you an exclusive preview of "What You Want," the album's roaring first single. Now, we're about to pull the curtain back on another song, "The Other Side," a booming track that gives credence to frontwoman Amy Lee's claim that Ev's new effort is "the heaviest record" they've ever made.

A thunderous mix of double-bass drums, churning, chunky guitars and, of course, Lee's ethereal, widescreen vocals, "The Other Side" is the kind of song that starts big and only gets bigger, culminating in a chorus that's powerful enough to be measured in megatons. Like "What You Want," it's an aggressive track, but, as Lee pointed out, it may also be the best example of what she'd previously described as "fun." There's an elastic groove to the playing, a looseness that only comes from a band letting it all hang out.

"There's this element, this thing that we're doing that I can't really describe. We're just going to have to release the record and create an adjective [for it]," she laughed. "It's just ... 'musicianship.' We're enjoying playing, and the way that I'm singing, the way that I'm writing my vocals, it's not about the most dramatic expression of pain, it's like, 'I'm singing this because it feels really good to sing the melody that way.' And I think that song has both. It's beautiful and epic, but at the same time it's got that rocking vibe."

And in keeping with the overall theme of the album, "The Other Side" is very much a band song (there's a reason they're calling the new album simply Evanescence), the result of Lee working — and reworking — the track with her bandmates and producer Nick Raskulinecz. And while that process makes the song a definite departure for Evanescence, its subject matter — namely, death — is something Lee has been dealing with for years. Though, as is the case with pretty much everything on the new album, for the first time, she's tackling it in a different way.

"I wrote it with the guys. It was real collaborative. That was a hard one for me to write the lyrics for, because I had the chorus — it's very epic and dramatic; 'Counting the days to meet you on the other side' — but then, the verses, again, that element of fun is coming back in, you know, the band, it's grooving," Lee explained. "So I'm like, 'How do I sing about death in a way that's sort of bitchy?' Like, it's not really possible ... it's hard to explain. But it's harder than it sounds."

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667172/evanescence-the-other-side-album-preview.jhtml

I love it

I love the songs, they sound awesome!