Evanescence

"When we stopped touring in the end of 2007, we were off, we were not doing anything, and I didn't have any plan. I thought, ' I want to learn a new instrument.' I did classic piano many years growing up. I was used having piano classes once a week, studying, learning a piece. Once Evanescence was really happening, you know, I was out of high school and everything, I wasn't learning anymore. I was writing my own music and kind of working internally. And I missed learning, you know. It's cool when you're learning 'cause you feel like you get new ideas from that, you get better. So I took harp lessons for like a year and felt really good. And, you know, I can't play a lot, I'm not an amazing harpist. Let's be honest! It's fun to be able to do. 'Secret Door' is the one song on the album that's really different. It's just harp and orchestra, basically. It's like when you're in a dream and there's this magical place and you wake up and you don't want to wake up and always trying to get back into that same dream. That was what it was inspired by."

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. Evanescence was originally promoted in Christian stores. Later, the band made it clear they did not want to be considered part of the Christian rock genre, like fellow Wind-up Records artists Creed. Some of their most popular hits “Bring Me to Life,” “My Immortal,” and “What You Want.”

In 2014, the band parted ways with their long-term record label Wind-Up and became independent artists. In late 2016, they released a Ultimate Collection box set featuring all their albums along with the 2000 demo album Origin and a B-sides compilation Lost Whispers.

In November 2017, they released their fourth album, Synthesis, featuring a reimagining of some of their past songs plus two new original songs with the spotlight on full orchestra and electronics.

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On the Songs: Evanescence (2011)

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On the Songs: Evanescence (2011)

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On the Songs: Evanescence (2011)