Evanescense - The Open Door (2006)

The Open Door by Evanescense

Career Overview
Coming from the heartland of America (Little Rock, AR), Evanescence mixes the heavy guitar crunch of nu-metal with the moody atmosphere and electronic flavoring of goth rock. Singer/keyboardist Amy Lee also bears the influence of singer/songwriters like Tori Amos and Alanis Morissette. The band built up a following with a couple of independent releases before their first widely distributed album, 2003’s FALLEN, made them a coast-to-coast smash

Biography
This rock band from Little Rock, Arkansas, USA burst into the US mainstream in 2003 with the dramatic piano-driven ballad, “Bring Me To Life“. Founding members Amy Lee (b. 13 December 1981, Riverside, California, USA; vocals/keyboards) and Ben Moody (guitar) met at church camp in the mid-90s, and after realising their shared love of artists such as Type O Negative and Portishead decided to form a band. Their initial writing efforts unleashed two distinctive tracks, “Give Unto Me” and “Understanding“, which set the blueprint for Evanescence’s fusion of metal, goth rock and electronica and began to attract the attention of local radio. The duo’s debut EP was recorded with the help of William Boyd (bass), Matt Outlaw and Rocky Gray (both drums), and was released on CDR in 1998 on the BigWig Enterprises label. David Hodges (keyboards) was added to the line-up around this time, during which Evanescence released another EP and finished work on their long-playing debut and first non-CDR release, Origin, issued on BigWig Enterprises in November 2000.

Despite the sudden departure of Hodges, a major label deal with Wind-up Records ensued. The band’s debut for the label, Fallen, featured three reworked tracks from Origin (”Whisper“, “My Immortal“, and “Imaginary“), alongside seven new songs and a cover version of Soul Embraced’s “My Tourniquet“. “Bring Me To Life“, on which Lee duetted with Paul McCoy of 12 Stones, was featured on the soundtrack to the hit movie Daredevil. Bolstered by the prominence of the single on the nation’s cinema screens, Fallen climbed into the Top 5 of the Billboard album chart in spring 2003. “Bring Me To Life” also enjoyed success on the UK market, topping the singles chart for several weeks. Lee and Moody were joined by Gray and guitarist John LeCompt (b. 10 March 1973) for live shows to promote the album. Founder member Moody was replaced at the end of 2003 by ex-Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo.
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Call Me When You’re Sober Clip

The Open Door album tracklists are:

01
Sweet Sacrifice
02
Call Me When You’re Sober
03
Weight Of The World
04
Lithium
05
Cloud Nine
06
Snow White Queen
07
Lacrymosa
08
Like You
09
Lose Control
10
The Only One
11
Your Star
12
All That I’m Living For
13
Good Enough
14
Call Me When You’re Sober (Acoustic Version)

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