Ahead of embarking on their North American tour — which includes stops in Toronto and Montreal at the end of the month — heavy legends Evanescence release their latest album, Sanctuary, today courtesy of BMG.
Produced by Zakk Cervini, Jordan Fish and Nick Raskulinecz, the band’s sixth studio album has thus far earned them their first-ever No. 1 song on Billboard’s Hard Rock Song Chart with lead single “Who Will You Follow.”
Vocalist Amy Lee shared of the record:
This album is over three years in the making, and finally listening back to it all at once, about to release it to the world, I am so damn proud of every second of it. It’s overwhelming. Working on it has been my outlet for so much that feels wrong and out of control, and a place to ignite hope through the power of music and connection… good thing we have the tour all lined up or I wouldn’t know what to do with myself now! I’ve been completely obsessed. I’m dying for the fans to hear this.
Lee recently sat down with Exclaim! for the Summer Festival Guide to discuss the lead-up to the band’s expansive touring plans coinciding with their tight recording schedule. “The energy and urgency was big, but good,” she shares. “So many talented people were there working on it and loving it and caring about it at the same time. That was really my whole focus this year up until a month ago.”
She continues, “This is our new album tour; that’s the whole point of the tour. … I want to create this Sanctuary world. I don’t want to give that away, but we’ll be playing almost the whole new album plus lots of other songs, so we’re just finding a way to make it all work together and be one big, giant, gorgeous thing.”
See the band’s touring schedule here and read Exclaim!’s interview with Amy Lee in the latest issue, on newsstands now.
Hear Sanctuary in its entirety below.
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