The Open Door - Evanescence

After seeing that this item was reviewable I have jumped at the chance to review one of my favourite music albums. The Open Door represents more than 3 years of waiting for new music from Evanescence's fans but this record is worth all the wait because it is brilliant! The band comprise of lead singer Amy Lee's often haunting vocals, combined with a rock/goth feel from drums, guitar and bass and Amy's expert piano playing. This album is value for money as I can see it on Amazon for £5.97 yet you get 13 songs which is more than most albums seem to manage to deliver. Evanescence mix goth rock with sweet slow and sad piano-vocal songs which really define ...

Opening with 'Sweet Sacrifice' Amy Lee's band (Evanescence) sets the par well above standard with this fantastic Gothic anthem. A mixture of heavy guitar fueled songs with light melancholic ballads keep this album alive through intense emotions such as anger, bitterness and solitude. The Open Door however is much more mature and profound than Fallen, with more of the songs being meaningful. This type of music is good for either rocking out to when in a bad mood and wanting to express that through music and evenely when feeling down and wanting to procrastinate on the past. The rhythm of each song lures you into the lyrics and demands a reaction out of ...

This usually isn't my type of music, but I picked this album up because there wasn't anything else that caught my eye in Woolworths, so I purchased it. As I unwrapped it from it's see through cling film-like packaging I noticed that the case had a very nice appearance to it. I opened up the case and was quite suprised at how nice it was inside. There was a neat little book inside that included all of the lyrics from the songs and pictures of the band. On the whole it's quite gothic and dark. The songs are very dark, as the combination of lead singer Amy's low-pitched-angel-voice, drums and a guitar on heavy drive was very good. I have also read ...