New Evanescence album - Off-Topic

#1 Edited by Mike512 (209 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

It leaked to the internet the other day, a whopping month before the scheduled release. Has anyone heard it yet and what do you think about it? I'm two tracks in so far and the second track "Made of Stone" was really good.

#2 Posted by MrKlorox (11082 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I'm going to avoid it as hard as I can.

#3 Posted by Dany (7877 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

this is what the world needs now.

#4 Posted by Mike512 (209 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@MrKlorox said:

I'm going to avoid it as hard as I can.

I'd like to give it to Amy Lee as hard as I can. But seriously, why do you think that? 'Fallen' is great and their second album was pretty underrated I felt.

#5 Posted by MrKlorox (11082 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Because I like metal.

#6 Posted by Mercy_ (250 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Heard the first single. It sucked balls. I so miss Ben Moody's songs. What You Want sounded like a cheap Gaga parody(although to be fair, Gaga now sounds like a parody of herself). As much as I absolutely adore Amy Lee's voice and vocal talent, that is not my style of music. I'll be sticking with We Are The Fallen unless the rest of the new album is markedly different from the first song.

#7 Edited by Mike512 (209 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@courtney12490 said:

Heard the first single. It sucked balls. I so miss Ben Moody's songs.

It's funny you say that cause Ben Moody released an album yesterday that you can download for the price of FREE. It's only available for 48 hours though so download now. Hopefully it's better than his last album which was 99% boring slow stuff.

@MrKlorox said:

Because I like metal.

You ever heard of Hail The Villain? They're alternative metal mixed with hard rock.

#8 Posted by Mercy_ (250 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Mike512 You sir, are awesome. That's greatly appreciated.

#9 Posted by Bruce (5263 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Mike512:

I'm actually in the video for "What You Want". My girlfriend got selected for the casting call, and I went along with her. We have autographed 8X10s, I had an odd interaction with Amy on stage, and I'm in the front rows for most of the shots.

#10 Posted by HandsomeDead (11863 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

The fact this band still exists with a sizable fan base is unreal.

#11 Posted by Bruce (5263 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@HandsomeDead:

Having been around 200 of those nutjobs, I can safely say that the band has a lot of pale people by the balls. Pale people who wears lots and lots of black.

#12 Posted by hoossy (930 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@MrKlorox said:

I'm going to avoid it as hard as I can.

I'm going to have to agree... not a fan.

#13 Posted by TheHT (8140 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Mike512 said:

@MrKlorox said:
Because I like metal.
You ever heard of Hail The Villain? They're alternative metal mixed with hard rock.

Don't you get it? They're mutually exclusive, Evanescence and metal.

Anyways, I haven't heard it but I certainly wouldn't mind. I was never particularly into them but enjoyed their stuff enough to get a few songs. Now that I think about it, they haven't been around for a while have they?

#14 Posted by Subjugation (4332 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Is this where I make fun of Nickelback?

#15 Posted by HandsomeDead (11863 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Bruce: How old were these people? I'm pale and wear lots of black also, but I stopped listening to Evanescence when I stopped being like 15. I suppose there isn't really an age limit on the kind of music you should listen to but bands like this, Linkin Park and their ilk always bamboozle me when I find them being listened to by people who are ostensibly adults.

#16 Posted by Bruce (5263 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@HandsomeDead:

At the shoot, which took place in a warehouse in the middle of nowhere, most of them were probably in my age range: 21-25. However, there were quite a few middle-aged people, teens, etc.

They weren't letting anyone in without state I.D., so everyone was over 18.

#17 Edited by Meteora (5783 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@HandsomeDead said:

@Bruce: How old were these people? I'm pale and wear lots of black also, but I stopped listening to Evanescence when I stopped being like 15. I suppose there isn't really an age limit on the kind of music you should listen to but bands like this, Linkin Park and their ilk always bamboozle me when I find them being listened to by people who are ostensibly adults.

Yes, there really isn't a age limit to music. Some genres there maybe, but that's up to the individuals on whether or not they decide to continue to listen.

I mean, you would THINK they would outgrow some certain artists since they're usually aimed towards the younger demographic, but some people continue to stick around to listen to at least their old stuff when they were around that demographic age.

Also I vastly prefer their first album, though who doesn't. Evanescence seems more of a one man band last I recalled, with Amy being one of the original band member left, though I don't know if that's true or not.

#18 Edited by Landon (3963 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

The only time I have ever enjoyed Evanescence was in this episode of The Office.

Will Ferrell doing his juggling routine, without the balls, was the funniest thing in that episode.

#19 Posted by falling_fast (1980 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I was way into Evanescence when I was like, 13.

#20 Posted by Bruce (5263 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Meteora:

I'm not a fan, but having experienced the "band" like that, I was left with a bunch of criticisms---but I genuinely had fun doing it. Watching interviews of the "band" -- more like, Amy -- was subsequently infuriating because they really believe that their type of rock is bringing back something that music had lost. It just seemed ignorant to me, but their fans don't seem to care.

#21 Posted by Liber (644 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Their demo album was good, but it was pretty much their only good album .. kind of sad.

#22 Posted by PeasantAbuse (4777 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I saw someone with a Evanescence bumper sticker at my old high school last year, it took me by surprise.

Also, I do not enjoy this band.

#23 Posted by Meteora (5783 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Bruce said:

@Meteora:

I'm not a fan, but having experienced the "band" like that, I was left with a bunch of criticisms---but I genuinely had fun doing it. Watching interviews of the "band" -- more like, Amy -- was subsequently infuriating because they really believe that their type of rock is bringing back something that music had lost. It just seemed ignorant to me, but their fans don't seem to care.

Music is like that. You listen to whatever popular band and you get criticised. That's why I hate discussing about music because everyone's views on music is very narrow and sometimes outright elitist or centric on their own views on music.

And yes, bands tend to do that. I don't really agree with whatever they say nowadays, they seem all the same to me.

#24 Posted by Mercy_ (250 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@HandsomeDead

The fact this band still exists with a sizable fan base is unreal.

I actually kinda agree with that.

They haven't put out any new material in what? Five years?

#25 Posted by bartok (2371 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Didn't Evanescence start out as Christian Rock? They became big when I was going through my Indie Rock and Classic Punk Rock phase though like a year earlier I would of killed to see them touring with Godsmack, Incubus, or Puddle of Mudd.

#26 Posted by YetiAntics (1469 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I think i speak for the majority when I ask WHY GOD WHY?!!!

#27 Edited by Vexed (313 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Evanescence is such a great word, but they took it and got popular, and now you can never use that word without someone associating it with the band. I kind of hate them for that.

#28 Posted by CounterShock (419 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@YetiAntics said:

I think i speak for the majority when I ask WHY GOD WHY?!!!

#29 Posted by Dallas_Raines (1493 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Ugh, Daredevil was enough to ensure that I'll never intentionally listen to a song of their's.

#30 Posted by Mike512 (209 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

The album really isn't that good. I think I've listened to 9 tracks so far and I'm not feeling it much on my first listen.

In other news, thanks to the NHL 12 soundtrack, I've discovered the great song "Busy Bein' Born" by this band Middle Class Rut.

#31 Posted by SeriouslyNow (8532 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

FINALLY! A good reason to get my angel wings and self cutting gear from the closet.

#32 Posted by Hizang (8536 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I used to be such a big fan of Evanescence in school, but they really never did anything good after Bring me to Life.

#33 Posted by Toxin066 (3054 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I feel like Evanescence is like Chumbawumba. You tell someone you were listening to Evanescence and they never ask, "Which song?"

#34 Posted by GunslingerPanda (4055 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I don't really like them any more, is that chick with the massive face still the lead singer?

#35 Posted by Barrock (3187 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Mike512 said:

The album really isn't that good. I think I've listened to 9 tracks so far and I'm not feeling it much on my first listen. In other news, thanks to the NHL 12 soundtrack, I've discovered the great song "Busy Bein' Born" by this band Middle Class Rut.

Middle Class Rut is pretty damn awesome. Have you not heard "New Low"?

#36 Posted by Kombat (2203 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@MrKlorox said:

Because I like metal.

So you...haven't liked any music since 1991.

#37 Posted by CookieMonster (2362 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

I don't intend to, no. Not my cup of tea.

#38 Posted by sionweeks (598 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

This band still exists?

#39 Posted by ErrorOperator (458 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

INTERNET MUSIC SNOBBERY STRIKES AGAIN!

#40 Edited by nrh79 (2713 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Dude at work was listening to music on his phone the other day. I asked him what he liked, and he said he liked Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nickelback, etc.; he then played some songs from them. It reminded me of how much (vocal) people who really frequent internet forums and such often have different ideas than people who just kinda work from day to day. Kinda made a friendly jab at him for liking Nickelback. He didn't have the same point of reference a lot of us do. I dislike Nickelback, but I don't really care that he likes them.

#41 Posted by mordukai (7004 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@HandsomeDead said:

The fact this band still exists with a sizable fan base is unreal.

It's unholy. They obviously made a pact with the devil. I personally can't stand the lead singer's voice. She sounds like whining cat.

#42 Posted by mordukai (7004 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@damnable_fiend said:

I was way into Evanescence when I was like, 13.

but now when you're 14 things are completely different. BURN!

Sorry. I really couldn't resist.

#43 Posted by pornstorestiffi (4851 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Wow this band still exists, i guess having a female singer and a sea of horny teenage boys as fans helps out a lot.

#44 Posted by EveretteScott (1057 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@weeman105 said:

Is this where I make fun of Nickelback?

<3

#45 Posted by EveretteScott (1057 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Kombat said:

@MrKlorox said:
Because I like metal.
So you...haven't liked any music since 1991.

Sir, you have offended me!

#46 Posted by TaliciaDragonsong (8670 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Some people become fans when they're young and always have a special place for such a band in their hearts after they grow older.

Damn you Avril Lavigne, you sold your soul you pop slut.

#47 Posted by Rawrz (587 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

Why would I wanna listen to an Evanescence album when the new Thrice album is just so damn good?

#48 Posted by StrikeALight (1036 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@HandsomeDead said:

The fact this band still exists with a sizable fan base is unreal.

#49 Posted by falling_fast (1980 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Mordukai said:

@damnable_fiend said:
I was way into Evanescence when I was like, 13.
but now when you're 14 things are completely different. BURN! Sorry. I really couldn't resist.

King Crimson > Evanescence :]

#50 Posted by Animasta (12771 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago

@Toxin066 said:

I feel like Evanescence is like Chumbawumba. You tell someone you were listening to Evanescence and they never ask, "Which song?"

which song? I haven't listened to them in so long

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