Evanescence

[Helevitia]

What a really awesome CD. Thought I'd share.

Dave

http://www.evanescence.com/

[Jammrock]

Very interesting, indeed. Kind of the modern grung-rock, with a touch of techno for instrumentals and a nice female vocal. A modern band with a real vocalist. Who'd a thunk.

It's nice that they have the entire album on the site to sample

Jammrock

[Helevitia]

yeah, she's got an awesome voice! Great CD.

Dave

[Wombat]

I couldn't decide whether or not to buy the album, so I found a few tracks online.

Vocals, choice of instruments, lyrics are all pretty good. The harmonies and overall instrument use are too simple, stopping them from being a good band.

[Sethos]

over all pretty good she's got a nice voice for the kind of music that she sings and the music is pretty good also, might be worth one CD.

~Sethos

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by Wombat
I couldn't decide whether or not to buy the album, so I found a few tracks online.

Vocals, choice of instruments, lyrics are all pretty good. The harmonies and overall instrument use are too simple, stopping them from being a good band.

I agree a lot of it is simplified but that doesn't mean it's not great music. I personally think it is pretty good, not just good She could really do something with that voice of hers.

Dave

[Wombat]

Yeah, she's got a great voice, but I can't really listen to Evanescence without thinking of the bands that I know must have been their influences/heritage, and what a shame it is that they didn't quite make it to that echelon.

They do sound pretty good, but the pity is that they were <B>so</B> close to sounding excellent.

[agallag]

They remind me quite a bit of Queensryche. Not bad...

[Helevitia]

Originally posted by Wombat
Yeah, she's got a great voice, but I can't really listen to Evanescence without thinking of the bands that I know must have been their influences/heritage, and what a shame it is that they didn't quite make it to that echelon.

They do sound pretty good, but the pity is that they were <B>so</B> close to sounding excellent.

Give them time, maybe there next CD

Dave

[Gurm]

Yeah. It's kinda like "Garbage meets ..."

LOL.

I did a double-take when I saw the album cover, for a minute I thought it WAS Garbage, or at least their lead singer.

I have spoken.

- Gurm

[Kooldino]

Good stuff. A little more electronic to mix things up may be nice, but they have a good sound...the contrast of her and his voice is nice.

[Wombat]

Originally posted by Kooldino
Good stuff. A little more electronic to mix things up may be nice, but they have a good sound...the contrast of her and his voice is nice.

Yeah, but that, and almost everything else they do, is just borrows. The music is kind of like Mentallo & the Fixer + Garbage + some other bands I know.

[Helevitia]

But Wombat, if you like it, then who cares :shrugs: My thought is, if you like it, then who cares what band(s) it sounds like. Do you like it?

I kind of crossed it with Fiona Apple, Linkin Park, and some other band I can't think of the name right now.

Dave

[Wombat]

I almost like it enough to buy. Almost.

[Gurm]

I bought it. Had to, I'm a sucker for chicks with good voices accompanied by wailing guitar. It's just how I'm wired.

Speaking of Fiona Apple - now there's a one-hit wonder that thankfully died along with the entire "Heroin is cool" thing.

I have spoken.

- GUrm