What is the bitter truth Evanescence has to tell in the year 2021? The corona pandemic and social inequality made front woman Amy Lee think about what's going on in the world. There was an urge to speak out, something that requires explosiveness. Unlike
Synthesis (2017), which consisted of orchestral reworkings of earlier work, on The Bitter Truth the American band comes up with an album consisting
… entirely of new work for the first time since 2011. The band - by now not in the original line-up for quite some time - strongly revert to their recognizable sound: bombastic metal combined with goth rock. The tone of the album is remarkably dark and the orchestral sound of Synthesis is subtly woven into it. Lee proves once more that she is a formidable singer. The Bitter Truth is anything but a bitter pill and shows that the band - in whatever form - is in top form. (JvQ)more
