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  Album Of The Week Album Of The Week - 13/12/2025 Evanescence - Evanescence     This week we have the self-titled, third album from American rock band Evanescence, a band that have certainly carved itself a major place in the world of rock and metal. Like many, Evanescence, first came to my attention in 2003 when their single, Bring Me To Life made a huge impact in the UK when it went to number 1 in the singles chart and received extensive airplay. With a hard rock track, glorious vocals from leading lady Amy Lee and a video laced with gothic imagery the band grabbed me and I immediately bought their debut album, Fallen, which is also went to number 1 in the UK as well as around the world. Move on 8 years to 2011 and the band released their 3 rd studio album and by which time they had established themselves as a major rock band although one of the key players, joint founding member Ben Moody had left the band due to various reasons. Although his departure was ac...
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  Album Of The Week 2025 - Archive Album Of The Week - 04/01/2025 Century Child - Nightwish   To kick off 2025 we have the third of my 18 Nightwish albums to be selected, the album, Century Child being the bands 4 th  studio album, released in 2002. By the time this album came out in 2002, Nightwish were already well established on the metal scene and were big selling artists, especially in their native Finland where their previous album, Wishmaster (album of the week 01/07/2023) went to number 1. As stated previously, Nightwish are a band that helped changed my opinion to metal back in the late 90’s prior to which it was not a genre that held much interest for me. Nightwish introduced me to the dark symphonic side of metal which blends rock guitars with melodic vocals, choral and orchestral effects. The mix, when done right, is powerful, atmospheric, grandiose and is generally very easy to listen to. Like any genre, there are plenty of bands that struggle to get it right...
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