Evanescence
Fallen

THE REVIEW

This album marked the rise to fame for Evanescence. "Fallen" cannot be classified solely as "Gothic Rock": it features many metal influences and also classical music, in which the group has proven to be very skilled, all thanks to Amy Lee.

The album, released in 2003, begins with the beautiful "Going Under", in my opinion the best track of the album. It presents gothic and metal influences. Amy Lee shows her prowess with low tones before reaching the beautiful "I'm dying again". Instrumentally, it is also very beautiful, especially for the guitar notes alternating with those of the piano. 10 out of 10. The second track is "Bring Me To Life": this also presents various metal influences after starting with the piano. In this song, the singer duets with Paul McCoy of 12 Stones. The track is fantastic, especially in the chorus: indeed, it was Evanescence's biggest hit. Tracks 3, 8, and 10, namely "Everybody's Fool", "Taking Over Me", and "My Last Breath", are very similar and are lighter tracks compared to the previous ones, tracks with pop influences. "My Immortal" is a track that is almost entirely piano and voice. Here Amy Lee excels; this is a fantastic piece for its genre. The trio of songs "Haunted", "Tourniquet", and "Imaginary" is purely Gothic, especially "Haunted". In all three tracks, especially in "Haunted" and "Imaginary", the electric guitar is finally heard again. "Hello" is very beautiful, especially for the lyrics, and the album concludes with the long "Whisper" (5:27), 100% Gothic, but also with various metal and pop influences.

As a debut album, it's great, I liked it more than "The Open Door", released in 2006. But the credit for the success of this album goes to the brilliant Ben Moody, David Hodges, and especially the aforementioned Amy Lee.

Rating: 8/10