Well, it seems that I owe you posts again. It didn't have enought time this sunday and wednesday but here I go. Double post. A song an a review from Evanescence's self-titled new album, and hopefully some magazine will hire me as their reviewer.
Let's take off with the review.
The album saw the lights this monday. And what do i think of it? Well, i don't think it was worth the wait at all. i mean, it's not bad, but it isn't their best. I'd rather listen to The Open Door over and over again. Now, that's Evanescence.
Anyways, Amy Lee have always stated that she doesn't like to do the same thing over an over again. And that's good, I mean, if they have followed the Fallen-formula instead of releasing The Open Door they would have lost at least a fan (me hahaha). Evolution is always great. Even though it doesn't work for some bands.
The thing that i don't like the most about it is the lack of guitars. I mean, they DO have guitars, but... Not as the previous ones. They went back to the Fallen-era guitars, meaning lots of power chords. i just don't like the lack of emotion in guitars. It sounds less metal. You know, they were never a pure metal band, but they had their moments specially in The Open Door (I'm sorry but i love that album). Amy Lee still has an awesome voice that comes out in every second, and her magical piano is alwais with her.
I'm tired already, let's say that out of 10, I give it a 7.5.

Now the metal stuff. SLAYER! The Unit 731 was a covert bio-chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during the second sino-japanese war and the World War II. It was also responsible for the most awful war crimes commited by the Japanese. But enough history...

Slayer - Unit 731

I am the last of the dying insane
You would scream at the things I've done
Knowing that the dead still see
My blood it runs like mercury

Your last breath the sword comes down
She dies first speaking death to me
Philosophy, the vision, the view within
Duty, science, abstract cruelty

[Chorus:]
What are your final thoughts?
Do you want to kill me or die in shame?
From my point of view
Justified action, the enemy burns

The fun of massacre in the brain
Bioweapons and I are the same
Look at their face, hatred in their blood
Pile up the dead, my humanity

X-rays burn all that you can see
Nobody knows what a body can stand
Skulls on fire yet mercy is worse
You seek only your pleasure in death

[Chorus]

Bacterial target, eyes exploding
Melting flesh through your mind
Become your madness insanity wins
Infant's flesh on the walls
Testing limits threshold of pain
Ripping out teeth to observe
I want blood

[Lead: Hanneman]
[Lead: King]

[x4]
Knowing now the dead still see
My blood it runs like mercury

Human brain experiment
On prisoners open skull
Vivisection, live dissection
Repulsing to the core

[Chorus]

Fuckin' burns

Pathogens seek horrible end
Churning factories of death
Crematoriums see your crime
You will see me in hell

Let's make up for what I missed yesterday as schools keeps me bussy lately hahaha. Anyway, I have forgotten how to do this so I will just put the damned song. From the Sweet Vengeance album here comes Nightrage

Nightrage - Circle of Pain


I thought you were my friend, i was trying to find myself in pieces so lonely and desperate

You hurt me, i'm a fool and now i understand
dark person punished my soul so bad.

You can't hurt me no more, you'll never understand
don't look at me, i pay for my mistakes

Pre-Chorus:
Liar,hypocrite,evil,Self Destructive, So full of Jealously
Don't invade my dreams, just walk away

Chorus
In this eerie night i will fly, i will dance in the circle of pain.
Walking in this unknown empty land
so confused for what's wrong or right

Searching for my inner power


Chorus

I thought you were my friend, in pieces so lonely and desperate and now i understand you punished my soul so bad

You can't hurt me no more, you'll never understand
don't look at me, i pay for my mistakes

Pre-Chorus
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And as a bonus some news! Evanescence new album will be released next month and they already released their first single:



Pretty cool, huh? It's not what I like from them but it's pretty interesting. Let's see what they will bring for us. Well see you next wednesday!!!

I was thinking of continue the title of the post with something like "... that changed my life" but that just sounds cheesy hahaha.
Anyway, today I will star a "new section" of the blog if you will, where I will post those artists unrelated to metal (at least to TRVE KVLT metal hahaha) that I like, and I don't really give a fuck if you don't.

Let's start with... Err... Evanescence! Yep, this pseudo-gothic-nü-metal rock band from Arkansas... Don't get me wrong, I love them it's just that I hate most of their fan base hahaha. And their style has always been difficult to tag.


Anyway, they started in 1995 formed by Ms. Amy Lee and Ben Moody (who now works with Avril Lafuckingvigne and this Evanescence reloades, We are the Fallen) playing rock, that eventually evolved into something you could call Gothic Rock. They released their first EP in 1998 which caught a lot of attention  (well, from local people at least) and later released their first LP: Origin.

Origin is the fucking way to go with this band. It's the album that gave birth to their "heavy" sound. It's the album where they developed most of the songs of Fallen... Yep, Fallen, the album that made them HUGE.

The golden couple...

They then signed with Wind-up (their current label) and before releasing Fallen they were on the Nintendo Fusion Tour... I remember the adds for that on my Club Nintendo magazine... Evanescence was the lead band back then... Then they hired John LeComp, Rocky Gray and Will Boyd... But when they released Fallen, the madness began. The fame, the changes... Ben Moody quit the band due to "creative differences" and was replaced with Terry Balsamo  and after that the future of the band was uncertain.

The band in its early days.

The Open Door was a major step forward in their career, Amy Lee (the genius behind this band) decided it was time to change the direction of  Evanescence... I liked it. It has more variety in sounds, it has no depressing lyrics (at least not as many as in Falen), it is the proof that music industry IS about talent.

Anyway, they have just entered the studio again and I can say that I'm looking forward to this. I hope they release a new album soon, and that Amy will surprise us again.

I'll finish this post with Lies, the best song Evanescence has written...



Just perfect...