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Evanescence are thriving in their Sanctuary era — and so are their fans, who voted the album the best of the year thus far in a recent Revolver poll. That said, Amy Lee has added even more art to her already blockbuster summer by delivering an ambient vocal score to recent short film The Seventh Turn. The film — which was written, directed and produced by Eric D. Howell — was released through streaming service Kinema last week, and is described as “a 20-minute ghost story that explores coercive control and the quiet courage it takes to reclaim one’s truth.” It had been revealed last year that Lee had contributed to the score, developing the music alongside composer Michael Wandmacher. Lee’s process involved improvised vocalizations. In addition to the film being hosted on Kinema, a deluxe 11-song, 20-minute score — aglow in ghostly moans, choral melodies and ambient cries — is now streaming as well. You can check out the soundtrack — described by Lee as an extended, uninterrupted audio journey she hopes serves to stir your heart and imagination — in full up above. A trailer for The Seventh Turn is down below, while the short film is streaming as a pay-what-you-can title on Kinema. In related news, the North American leg of Evanescence’s ongoing world tour resumes Wednesday (July 8th) at Tinley Park, Illinois’ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre. Spiritbox and Nova Twins will open. You’ll find the full breakdown for the remaining dates, including a European run with Poppy, over here.

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In a new interview with The Mistress Carrie Podcast, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee spoke about the bond between women in heavy music, saying it's "really cool" to see "the rock and metal sisterhood" constantly growing. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We [EVANESCENCE] had... I forget whi...

STAIND will release "Break The Cycle - 25th Anniversary Live" on August 21 via BMG/Alchemy Recordings. The effort will contain live recordings of each of the 13 songs off the band's 2001 breakout album "Break The Cycle". An official music video for STAIND's live performance of the single "It's Been...

A curtain caught fire during EVANESCENCE's concert Friday night (June 12) in Tampa, Florida. The incident occurred nine songs into the band's headlining set at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre while the Amy Lee-fronted outfit was performing the track "Calm Down" from its recently released sixth...

Members of Spiritbox and Nova Twins also joined them onstage.

Evanescence made Florida their sanctuary last night. For the opening date of their North American tour, Amy Lee and her band treated fans at West Palm Beach’s iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre to a night of classic songs and several live debuts from the band’s latest album, Sanctuary. The night began with opening sets from Nova Twins and Spiritbox, and then Evanescence took the stage to deliver a 21-song headlining performance. The evening was heavily slanted towards Sanctuary, which was released earlier this month. Evanescence began the night with the first-ever live performance of the title track, and then gave stage debuts to “Tell Me When You’ve Had Enough,” “Rapture,” “Self-Destruct,” “Beautiful Lie” and more. They also hit recent singles from the LP, like “Who Will You Follow?” and “Afterlife.” All told, they played the entirety of the 12-song Sanctuary. The night also featured older hits like “Bring Me to Life” and “Call Me When You’re Sober,” while Evanescence also gave The Open Door s Like You it s stage debut. Late in the set, Nova Twins and Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante hopped on-stage to help Lee sing the “Fight Like a Girl” single she released for last year’s Ballerina soundtrack. You’ll find fan-shot footage from throughout the night up above and down below. You’ll also find the setlist details down there (via setlist.fm). The tour continues tonight (June 12th) at Tampa, Florida’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre. You’ll find the fuller tour breakdown over here. Evanescence setlist 6/11/26:Sanctuary (Live debut)Tell Me When You ve Had Enough (Live debut)AfterlifeRapture (Live debut)Going UnderLithiumLike You (Live debut)Self Destruct (Live debut)Calm Down (Live debut)Call Me When You re SoberBeautiful Lie (Live debut)Wasted on YouForever Without You (Live debut)Bring Me to LifeImaginaryBetter Without YouAbout Us (Live debut)Fight Like a Girl (With Courtney LaPlante and Nova Twins)Who Will You FollowMy ImmortalWide Open Heart (Live debut)

British hard rock legends DEEP PURPLE performed their two new singles, "Arrogant Boy" and "Diablo", live for the first time during their concert Thursday night (June 11) at Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland. Fan-filmed video of the show can be seen below. "Arrogant Boy" and "Diablo" will both appear on...

EVANESCENCE kicked off its 2026 North American tour Thursday night (June 11) at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen in the YouTube playlist below. (Note: After each song, the YouTube player automatically jumps to the next song in the...

A few months after announcing their new album with the gloriously anthemic, reality-questioning “Who Will You Follow” single, towering rock force Evanescence have finally invited listeners to check out the rest of their Sanctuary. The band’s sixth album officially arrived in stores and onto streamers today (June 5th). As previously reported, Sanctuary features not only the chug-battering “Who Will You Follow,” which became Evanescence’s first-ever single to top Billboard’s Hard Rock Song Chart, but the group’s 2025 single “Afterlife.” The record features songs produced alongside Zakk Cervini (Poppy, Motionless in White), Jordan Fish (Poppy, BABYMETAL, Architects) and Nick Raskulinecz (Korn, Foo Fighters, Rush). Sanctuary delivers deep-djented rock riffs and symphonic grandeur (“Self Destruct”). Elsewhere, the cavernous, rockslide drum production and doom-brooded guitar gravitas of “Rapture” support Lee’s lines on reclaiming ownership of oneself (“I’m giving back all the shame I carried for you”). “Calm Down” slow-creeps its way through Lee’s operatic bombast, as well as cooly gospel-ish backups, nu-dustrial flourishes and arena-huge hooks. As measured in contrasts, the chorus of otherwise feather-soft piano ballad Forever Without You may arguably find Lee pushing her powerful vibrato the hardest. While album opener “Beautiful Lie” begins with Lee’s assertion that “I don’t belong to you,” Evanescence’s new album now belongs to the fans. You can stream the album in full up above. Evanescence’s world tour starts next Thursday (June 11th) at West Palm Beach, Florida’s iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre. The North American leg of dates features openers Spiritbox and Nova Twins. A European run with Poppy take place later in the year. You’ll find all of Evanescence’s upcoming show schedule here.

After giving new single “Who Will You Follow” its live debut at Sick New World last month, Evanescence have now delivered a music video for the incandescent, yet brooding rock anthem. We’d previously saluted the song, from the band’s forthcoming Sanctuary LP, for the way it ebb-and-flows “between serene piano motifs and bruised-orange nu-rock riff-outs,” as well as the way Lee contorts herself from “gently-whispered musings towards a skies-splitting vibrato as she reflects on the ‘crack in the Matrix’ altering our realities.” Now, Lee and the rest of Evanescence navigate those planes while either rocking the tune from a busy street setting, or cruising through ivory halls as a bunch of phone-jockeys scroll through their phones. Lee then takes the plunge on a wild, “Tower of Terror”-esque elevator ride to hell, and resumes rocking with her band as a metropolis tears itself apart from the seams. You’ll find the new vid streaming up above.As previously reported, Evanescence’s Sanctuary album is due out June 5th via Sony Music / Columbia. The 12-song collection, which follows 2021’s The Bitter Truth, also features Evanescence’s 2025 single “Afterlife.” Vinyl and CD copies of Sanctuary are up for pre-order in Revolver’s shop. Evanescence’s world tour starts in June, with a North American run sporting openers Spiritbox and Nova Twins. A European leg of dates with Poppy take place later in the year. You’ll find a breakdown on all of Evanescence’s upcoming shows here.