Sadly, the band’s offhanded follow-up, The Open Door, did almost nothing to expand on the formula found on Fallen, but was still loved by many. The elementary - although hooky and mostly inoffensive - tracks like the rap-rock “Bring Me to Life” and nu-metal crowd pleaser “Going Under” were fun, but could obviously be improved upon. Here’s the thing though: for someone feeling nostalgic, Fallen is an album to put on to hearken back to earlier days - it’s enjoyable in small doses and catchy however, without sentimentality attached it can be very grating and come off as amateurish and sickeningly tailored for radio play. Their mark was left and their presence was known: a group whose lead star’s extravagantly done-up dark image appealed to pseudo-goths and nu-metal fans everywhere. Within the same year they were also afforded 5 Grammy nominations - two of which were eventually won. Suddenly their songs were everywhere and received gargantuan amounts of commercial success, being marketed in film (Daredevil), television (Moonlight), and reaching top ten charts in countries all around the world. “Everyone knows our sound but that's just a foundation and we've danced on top of that! It's still very heavy and dark but we we're having fun with it."Įvanescence took the scene by storm back in 2003 with their goth-rock/nu-metal entry album Fallen. Review Summary: A surprising album, Evanescence’s self-titled shows maturity and ends up being more engaging than previous records by a huge margin, but something is missing.
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