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| Name        = TBC
| Name        = The Bitter Truth
| Type        = Studio
| Type        = Studio
| Artist      = [[Evanescence]]
| Artist      = [[Evanescence]]
| Cover        =  
| Cover        = TheBitterTruth.jpg
| Released    = TBC
| Released    = TBC
| Format      = TBC
| Format      = TBC
| Recorded    = TBC
| Recorded    = January - February 2020; Rock Falcon Studio, Nashville, TN
| Length      = TBC
| Length      = TBC
| Label        = TBC
| Label        = [[Evanescence]] <small>under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC</small>
| Producer    = TBC
| Producer    = [[Nick Raskulinecz]]
| Last album  = ''[[Synthesis Live DVD|Synthesis Live]]''<br />(2018)
| Last album  = ''[[Synthesis Live DVD|Synthesis Live]]''<br />(2018)
| This album  = '''''TBC'''''<br>(TBC)
| This album  = '''''The Bitter Truth'''''<br>(2020)
| Next album  =  
| Next album  =  
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  | Name = The Bitter Truth
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  | single 1 = TBC
  | single 1 = ''[[Wasted on You]]''
  | single 1 date = TBC
  | single 1 date = April 24, 2020
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[[Amy Lee]] has confirmed that [[Evanescence]] will begin writing new material after the ''[[Synthesis]]'' era - most likely in 2019.
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In two seperate interviews with AOL's BUILD series in 2016 and 2017, [[Amy Lee]] not only hinted about ''Synthesis'', but also that a new album after that is planned and that they will be active throughout the next three years.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqiOKFu35UI</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyUoOKYpmXM</ref> During a press conference in Ecuador, Amy said that the band plan to "make another full, true Evanescence album after [''Synthesis'']".<ref>https://www.facebook.com/rocktelevision/videos/1557198084291080/</ref>
''The Bitter Truth'' is [[Evanescence]]'s fifth studio album that is currently in the recording process, with the band scheduling to hit the studio multiple times in 2020.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n2UiznKzVw "¡Entrevista antes del desastre! Amy Lee de @Evanescence"] (in Spanish). December 10, 2019.</ref>


When the band were interviewed in Finland in June 2017, they were asked if they had any new music for the next "completely new" Evanescence album, to which Amy and Tim responded:
Amy confirmed that the new music will go back to its rock roots and that they've got some ideas in the bank, including previous songs that didn't make it to the [[Evanescence (album)|self-titled record]] and ''[[Synthesis]]''.<ref>KaaosTV (June 13, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpNAFMi0wOs "Evanescence Interview @ The Rockfest"]. ''YouTube''.</ref><ref>[http://www.kerrang.com/the-news/k-1694-code-orange-surviving-rocks-violent-new-reality/ "K!1694: Code Orange  – Surviving Rock's Violent New Reality"]. October 24, 2017. ''Kerrang!''</ref> There is currently no confirmed release date, but there is intention to release the new music in 2020.<ref name=moodtorock />
{{quote|'''Amy:''' Yeah, we have a couple of ideas already started that I think we'll go towards that, yes. We've had a couple of songs sort of in the bank since, I don't know, the last go-around. We had a lot of songs that didn't make it on the last album, so there's a couple there to kind of draw from. And in addition to that, whilst writing for [''Synthesis''], as there are some various new songs on it, some of them weren't the right fit stylistically, but I think they're really good, so I think that might be the next thing.


'''Tim:''' We're also always musically making things individually all the time. So by the time we get together to do the next one, we're going to have a big head start with a pile of stuff to go through and work out.
She also explained that the new music is "dark and heavy" and has "''[[The Open Door]]'' vibes" in terms of it having "weird and sparse" moments.<ref>Lee, Amy (November 21, 2019). [https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/dzqjla/i_am_amy_lee_from_evanescence_our_new_song_the/f89rx6q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x "I am Amy Lee from Evanescence, our new song “The Chain (from Gears 5)” is out tonight! AMA"]. ''Reddit''.</ref>


'''Amy:''' Yeah, you are working on something right now, right? In the hotel room?
==Conception==


'''Tim:''' I've got like ten things going on right now.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpNAFMi0wOs</ref>}}
After releasing 2017's ''Synthesis'', Amy said the next album would go raw and focus on the band.<ref name=kerrang2017 /> Later, she confirmed that the new songs are in a "place that’s even more raw", adding they are "all different" from each other.<ref name=rawsongs />


In Kerrang! Magazine issue K!1694 which was released on October 24, 2017, Amy said that the band will "expect" to head in to the studio later in 2018:
In a interview with ''Rock Sound'' in May 2020, Amy discussed the album's sound:<ref name=rocksound />
{{quote|I'd expect we'll be heading into the studio later next year. I know we've got a good handful of songs to start with already. At that, ''Synthesis'' isn't any indication of where we're going. I like contrast. In my life I don't go for that much drama, so I wanted to play this up and really go crazy with the orchestra. But, if anything, this could be the opposite of what the next album might sound like. It might be really nice to go raw on the next album, to [focus on] the band again.<ref>http://www.kerrang.com/the-news/k-1694-code-orange-surviving-rocks-violent-new-reality/</ref>}}


When [[Will Hunt]] was interviewed by Walls of Sound in Australia in February 2018, he mentioned how collaborating for ''Synthesis'' has helped the band "broaden [their] horizons" for the next record.
{{Quote|One of the things that we've been kind of aiming towards is taking the elements of what maybe are things that make up our sound and try to separate them and give each of them their own space. So some of the songs don't have strings and are fully rocking and heavy. And then some of the songs might be really in the electronic zone, and something might be more on the orchestral side. But overall, it's gonna be a rock record.}}
{{quote|I think that ''Synthesis'' has certainly been a different process to that record, but ultimately what I’m excited about is the next one. What this one has done is broadened our horizons. Added different colours to our palette, and we’re all aware of and are able to use those colours, because we’ve all been involved in making this. One of the coolest parts of that is for the next record, it's opened up a lot of different doors that we maybe wouldn't have explored.<ref>https://wallofsoundau.com/2018/02/06/will-hunt-evanescence-find-fulfillment-in-imperfection/</ref>}}


In Kerrang! Magazine issue K!1717 which was released on April 11, 2018,  Amy Lee said that there is no official timeline for Evanescence to begin recording their fifth studio album, but confirmed that it is still planned for the future.
==Recording Process & In the Studio==
{{quote|''(Amy's response to when she's asked if another new Evanescence album is in the future)'' That's the plan. That's what we're planning on. The reason that I say it like that is because I don't have a timeline right now. I'm bad when it comes to planning ahead. I really need to not feel trapped, and at the end of every project I feel like I badly need a break. I just need to get to the point where I'm ready to pour myself into the next project.
[[File:Ev_at_Nick's_studio_2020.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The band working at Nick's studio]]
We're on tour in Europe now and then in the summer we'll be back on tour in the U.S., so we are busy. Evanescence ''is'' active. But I've never been that kind of person that plans what's coming next when I'm in the middle of the thing that I'm doing at the moment. I need to have time to recharge, and then I'll know what the future holds.}}
Amy has said that the band will record the album in sections during 2020 to work around their tour plans.<ref name=radioultra /> She said they might also bring in a different producer each time they hit the studio.<ref name=moodtorock />
 
In an interview with Loudwire which was published on August 14, 2018, Amy confirmed that a brand new Evanescence album will be the next project after the band have taken a break from concluding their [[Synthesis Live]] tour. She said that the band will get together to begin writing some time in 2019.
{{quote|We're going to take a little bit of time, but the next thing we're going to focus on creatively is just the next full Evanescence album. That's the plan. I just like to keep us finishing this tour a little open-ended, like let's all just breathe through the end of the year, and then we'll start writing next year for the next thing.
 
I think as a band, we're all in a really good place with each other. I've been with the guys -- Will, Troy and Tim -- now for over a decade. Jen's the new kid on the block but she brings a lot of positivity and energy to the group and we're excited for her to be with us. We're all happy together and we make a great team and we're excited to make more music together.<ref>http://loudwire.com/evanescence-amy-lee-orchestral-tour/</ref>}}


When Amy Lee and Lindsey Stirling were asked what's coming up in the future, Amy mentioned how she's ready to rock again.
The band recorded the first four songs with [[Nick Raskulinecz]] at his studio, [[Rock Falcon Studio]], on January 20th and concluded on February 5th.<ref name=4songs /> One of those will be released as a single. They will work with another producer on songs in the vein of ''The Open Door'' and "electronic, weird, mid-tempo world."<ref name=kyleinterview /> Amy said she wants to release songs over the course of 2020 and in the end the full album will be released.<ref name=kyleinterview />
{{quote|It’s been good for me to be able to continue with Evanescence in a way that’s not the way we always have, because I don’t feel burnt out on rock. I just become what I’m doing when I make an album and it’s such a consuming experience – writing, creating, recording the album and then going on tour for the album for a year or more. By the time you finish that whole cycle, for me personally, usually I’m just tired of any heavy music. I just need a break. You get to a point where it’s like “I need something else.


But this time is different.
No orchestra was recorded for some of the songs from the album,<ref name=rocksound /> with Amy saying "that's not because we couldn't get together with one because of the [COVID-19] pandemic!"<ref name=rawsongs /> Instead of strings, electronics (such as synthesizers, arpeggiators and sound effects) were used.<ref name=scrollin />


I feel inspired, and I’m kind of ready to rock because it hasn’t been that style so much. It’s in there but it’s not the same, so I don’t feel like I need to run away like I sometimes do at the end of our tours. So I don’t know exactly how it’s going to inspire the next album. Actually I think it could be a little bit of the opposite. I think we’re all ready to let the pendulum swing the other way.<ref>https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/08/22/lindsey-stirling-amy-lee-evanescence-interview-touring-together-orchestra/1046095002/</ref>}}
==Album title and artwork==
The album title and artwork, taken by [[Josh Hartzler]],<ref name=icrt /> were revealed on April 17, 2020 on the band's social media.<ref name=newalbum17april />


==Conception==
In a interview in May 2020, Amy explained the album title:


==Recording Process & In the Studio==
{{Quote|[In the lyrics] there's a big theme of disillusionment for me. Just growing up and seeing that fairy tales aren't really real. And it's hard to be a grownup — it really is. Because somebody else isn't in charge, we really have to be able to make our own decisions, find out our own information, protect ourselves. People die — we're all going to. There's no magic castle. So that sounds like a lot of doom and gloom when I say it, but there's a choice to accept that truth and live in it and embrace it and choose to live and choose to live in a moment, and the choice to just give up. And there's a struggle there, but my choice is most definitely to take that pill.<ref name=rocksound />}}


==Promotion==
==Promotion==


===Singles===
===Singles===
''[[Wasted on You]]'' was the first single that was released digitally on April 24th. The official music video premiered on YouTube later that same day. It wasn't originally planned to be the first song, but after the COVID-19 pandemic, the band decided to release it first saying "the feeling and meaning [changed] of what we wanted to say right now."<ref name=woy />


===Music Videos===
===Music Videos===
''Wasted on You'' is the first music video from the album and was shot by the band themselves on their iPhones.<ref name=woy /> A second official video will be put together with fan clips sent on TikTok.<ref name=WOYtiktok />


===Tour===
===Tour===
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==References==
==References==
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<ref name=moodtorock>Titus, Christa (December 16, 2019). [https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8546417/amy-lee-evanescence-the-chain-interview "Amy Lee on 'The Chain' Cover and Next Evanescence Album: 'We're Definitely in the Mood to Rock'"]. ''Billboard''.</ref>
 
<ref name=radioultra>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Interview with Amy Lee (Evanescence)|url=https://radioultra.ru/news/intervyu-s-emi-li-evanescence|work=radioultra.ru|language=Russian|date=December 20, 2019}}</ref>
 
<ref name=kyleinterview>{{cite web|last=Meredith|first=Kyle|title=Kyle Meredith with... Evanescence|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pe9FdhOA2o|work=YouTube|date=January 22, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=kerrang2017>{{cite journal|last=Law|first=Sam|title=Symphonic Possession|journal=Kerrang!|year=2017|month=October|volume=|issue=1694|pages=24–27|url=https://evthreads.proboards.com/thread/2472/symphonic-possession-kerrang-issue-1694|accessdate=|issn=‎0262-6624}}</ref>
 
<ref name=woy>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/listen-to-evanescences-new-single-wasted-on-you/|title=Listen To EVANESCENCE's New Single 'Wasted On You'|work=Blabbermouth|date=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=rawsongs>{{cite web|title=Amy Lee: New Evanescence Songs Are “Going To A Place That’s Even More Raw”|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/amy-lee-new-evanescence-songs-are-going-to-a-place-thats-even-more-raw/|work=Kerrang!|date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=4songs>{{cite web|title=Evanescence Interview|url=https://www.spreaker.com/user/harddrivedl/hddl0165|work=Harddrive Hotline|date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=rocksound>{{cite web|title=Rock Sound: Evanescence's Amy Lee Talks 'Wasted On You' & New Album 'The Bitter Truth' - Video Call|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFLRgIqk0s|work=YouTube|date=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=scrollin>{{cite web|last=Ghosh|first=Devarsi|title=Evanescence’s Amy Lee on their new album: ‘Good if some songs go off the rails a little bit’|url=https://scroll.in/article/961166/evanescences-amy-lee-on-their-new-album-good-if-some-songs-go-off-the-rails-a-little-bit|work=Scroll.in|date=May 9, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=newalbum17april>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1251180922046517248|title=We promised you a new album in 2020 and we won’t let anything stop us. We are proud to begin sharing our new album ‘THE BITTER TRUTH’ with you|work=Twitter|date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=icrt>{{cite web|title=【ICRT Reaching Out】Amy Lee<nowiki>|</nowiki>Evanescence Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMzE7zAVURA|work=YouTube|date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>
 
<ref name=WOYtiktok>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1263181934806446081|title=On a Mon we lost our minds & started a TikTok account, Cara de tonto calling all fans to help us create the official WOY fan video!|work=Twitter|date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
 
 
}}


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The Bitter Truth
Studio album by Evanescence
Released TBC
Recorded January - February 2020; Rock Falcon Studio, Nashville, TN
Length TBC
Label Evanescence under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Producer Nick Raskulinecz
Evanescence chronology
Synthesis Live
(2018)
The Bitter Truth
(2020)
Singles from The Bitter Truth
  1. "Wasted on You"
    Released: April 24, 2020
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The Bitter Truth is Evanescence's fifth studio album that is currently in the recording process, with the band scheduling to hit the studio multiple times in 2020.[1]

Amy confirmed that the new music will go back to its rock roots and that they've got some ideas in the bank, including previous songs that didn't make it to the self-titled record and Synthesis.[2][3] There is currently no confirmed release date, but there is intention to release the new music in 2020.[4]

She also explained that the new music is "dark and heavy" and has "The Open Door vibes" in terms of it having "weird and sparse" moments.[5]

Conception

After releasing 2017's Synthesis, Amy said the next album would go raw and focus on the band.[6] Later, she confirmed that the new songs are in a "place that’s even more raw", adding they are "all different" from each other.[7]

In a interview with Rock Sound in May 2020, Amy discussed the album's sound:[8]

Vin1.jpg One of the things that we've been kind of aiming towards is taking the elements of what maybe are things that make up our sound and try to separate them and give each of them their own space. So some of the songs don't have strings and are fully rocking and heavy. And then some of the songs might be really in the electronic zone, and something might be more on the orchestral side. But overall, it's gonna be a rock record. Vin2.jpg


Recording Process & In the Studio

The band working at Nick's studio

Amy has said that the band will record the album in sections during 2020 to work around their tour plans.[9] She said they might also bring in a different producer each time they hit the studio.[4]

The band recorded the first four songs with Nick Raskulinecz at his studio, Rock Falcon Studio, on January 20th and concluded on February 5th.[10] One of those will be released as a single. They will work with another producer on songs in the vein of The Open Door and "electronic, weird, mid-tempo world."[11] Amy said she wants to release songs over the course of 2020 and in the end the full album will be released.[11]

No orchestra was recorded for some of the songs from the album,[8] with Amy saying "that's not because we couldn't get together with one because of the [COVID-19] pandemic!"[7] Instead of strings, electronics (such as synthesizers, arpeggiators and sound effects) were used.[12]

Album title and artwork

The album title and artwork, taken by Josh Hartzler,[13] were revealed on April 17, 2020 on the band's social media.[14]

In a interview in May 2020, Amy explained the album title:

Vin1.jpg [In the lyrics] there's a big theme of disillusionment for me. Just growing up and seeing that fairy tales aren't really real. And it's hard to be a grownup — it really is. Because somebody else isn't in charge, we really have to be able to make our own decisions, find out our own information, protect ourselves. People die — we're all going to. There's no magic castle. So that sounds like a lot of doom and gloom when I say it, but there's a choice to accept that truth and live in it and embrace it and choose to live and choose to live in a moment, and the choice to just give up. And there's a struggle there, but my choice is most definitely to take that pill.[8] Vin2.jpg


Promotion

Singles

Wasted on You was the first single that was released digitally on April 24th. The official music video premiered on YouTube later that same day. It wasn't originally planned to be the first song, but after the COVID-19 pandemic, the band decided to release it first saying "the feeling and meaning [changed] of what we wanted to say right now."[15]

Music Videos

Wasted on You is the first music video from the album and was shot by the band themselves on their iPhones.[15] A second official video will be put together with fan clips sent on TikTok.[16]

Tour

Track List

Album Credits

Album Reception

Chart Performance

References

  1. "¡Entrevista antes del desastre! Amy Lee de @Evanescence" (in Spanish). December 10, 2019.
  2. KaaosTV (June 13, 2017). "Evanescence Interview @ The Rockfest". YouTube.
  3. "K!1694: Code Orange – Surviving Rock's Violent New Reality". October 24, 2017. Kerrang!
  4. 4.0 4.1 Titus, Christa (December 16, 2019). "Amy Lee on 'The Chain' Cover and Next Evanescence Album: 'We're Definitely in the Mood to Rock'". Billboard.
  5. Lee, Amy (November 21, 2019). "I am Amy Lee from Evanescence, our new song “The Chain (from Gears 5)” is out tonight! AMA". Reddit.
  6. Law, Sam (October 2017). "Symphonic Possession". Kerrang! (1694): 24–27. ISSN ‎0262-6624. https://evthreads.proboards.com/thread/2472/symphonic-possession-kerrang-issue-1694.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Amy Lee: New Evanescence Songs Are “Going To A Place That’s Even More Raw”". Kerrang!. May 6, 2020. https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/amy-lee-new-evanescence-songs-are-going-to-a-place-thats-even-more-raw/.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Rock Sound: Evanescence's Amy Lee Talks 'Wasted On You' & New Album 'The Bitter Truth' - Video Call". YouTube. May 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFLRgIqk0s.
  9. "Interview with Amy Lee (Evanescence)" (in Russian). radioultra.ru. December 20, 2019. https://radioultra.ru/news/intervyu-s-emi-li-evanescence.
  10. "Evanescence Interview". Harddrive Hotline. February 21, 2020. https://www.spreaker.com/user/harddrivedl/hddl0165.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Meredith, Kyle (January 22, 2020). "Kyle Meredith with... Evanescence". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pe9FdhOA2o.
  12. Ghosh, Devarsi (May 9, 2020). "Evanescence’s Amy Lee on their new album: ‘Good if some songs go off the rails a little bit’". Scroll.in. https://scroll.in/article/961166/evanescences-amy-lee-on-their-new-album-good-if-some-songs-go-off-the-rails-a-little-bit.
  13. "【ICRT Reaching Out】Amy Lee|Evanescence Interview". YouTube. May 22, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMzE7zAVURA.
  14. "We promised you a new album in 2020 and we won’t let anything stop us. We are proud to begin sharing our new album ‘THE BITTER TRUTH’ with you". Twitter. April 17, 2020. https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1251180922046517248.
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Listen To EVANESCENCE's New Single 'Wasted On You'". Blabbermouth. April 24, 2020. https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/listen-to-evanescences-new-single-wasted-on-you/.
  16. "On a Mon we lost our minds & started a TikTok account, Cara de tonto calling all fans to help us create the official WOY fan video!". Twitter. May 20, 2020. https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1263181934806446081.