Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
What was once fresh and novel to the ears can, in time, find itself to become languid and uninspiring. This is not always the fault of the artist, but instead how our senses manipulate the emotional response to anything that may appear to have lost the reason in which to surprise or even perhaps garner the thrill of the profoundly exciting.
For Evanescence it was perhaps the biggest moment in their recording career so far and ten years on from the debut release of the incredible album Fallen, it remains a defining piece of music that doesn’t let go of the listener’s emotions and sensibilities untill long after the music has faded into the cold light of morning.
Originally published by L.S. Media. October 16th 2011.
L.S.Media Rating: ***
There was only one way that Amy Lee could go after 2008’s The Open Door and that was to gather herself together, forget the past and strive to regain the delight in performing and making records that would match the ideal and superb debut album her band Evanescence achieved in what seems alife time ago.