What it IS, is an enchanting melodic ride through the more painful parts of life, centered around a voice that could sing the "Hokey Pokey" and give me chills. And yes, the themes explored are dark, painful and at times almost disturbing. Ok ok, so the group is basically Moody, Lee, and a bunch of hired-gun studio musicians. Needless to say, I was hooked, and Fallen has been the shower music of choice every morning since. I don't know when the last time was that a song made YOU tear, but the unbelievably haunting and angelic sound of Amy and those strings struck a chord in me that I didn't even know was there. When I got to "My Immortal," however, I had to pull the car over. The first 3 tracks were as advertized: heavy, minor-chord, guitar-riff driven anthems with Amy Lee's powerful voice soaring over the top of them. What I found, though, was an album with more depth, emotion, and haunting sound than has hit rock in a long time. I expected a Linkin Park-style album with a bunch of tracks like "Bring Me To Life" - the catchy, albeit overplayed first single. However, what I've found here is nothing short of the most addicting sound I've run across in a long time. So you'd think that a group like Evanescence wouldn't have much of a chance of getting into the collection. While I'll admit that I have one of the most eclectic CD collections of anyone I know (Live, Dave Matthews and Enya all live happily next to each other in one section of the rack), I've always steered clear of the stuff that usually gets lumped together with the "goth" stamp on it. Awesome stuff - a CD that's worth your attention. totally worth picking up, and hopefully an indication of more brilliance to come. Definitely not a "throw on at a party" CD - But one that I find myself wanting to explore beginning to end, again and again.īesides the lead single, I really like "Tourniquet", "Going Under", "Haunted", "My Immortal", "Whisper" and "My Last Breath." The rest of the songs are also very good.
and a lot of interesting things going on. There's a lot of depth to this group that you might not be expecting to hear. This is not a 'rap-metal' band, if you've only heard the "Bring Me To Life" single. And I *love* Amy's voice! The production is huge sounding the songs are beautifully textured with keyboards, strings and layered back up vocals. Their music is hauntingly dark, and beautiful at the same time, and it does have its "rock" moments, thanks to some really nice guitar sounds. I found myself anxiously waiting to hear what came next while listening to it, which rarely happens. It didn't take long to realize "Fallen" was going to make its way into my rotation of discs I listen to a lot. I've tracked through this disc a bunch of times now - It just keeps getting better with each listen.