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The Bitter Truth
Rock · 2021 · 16 tracks · 54m

The Bitter Truth

Evanescence

A heavy, industrial-tinged return to form. Operatic vocals soar over down-tuned riffs and electronic textures, trading gothic fantasy for raw, modern defiance.

March 24, 2021 · Columbia

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A relentless, confrontational energy tempered by moments of exhausted tenderness and hard-won empowerment.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 54m
01
Artifact / The Turn
2:27
01
The Making of the Bitter Truth
02
The Making of Use My Voice
02
Broken Pieces Shine
3:50
03
The Game Is Over
4:22
04
Yeah Right
3:29
05
Feeding the Dark
4:14
06
Wasted on You
4:24
07
Better Without You
4:05
08
Use My Voice
4:01
09
Take Cover
3:15
10
Far From Heaven
4:57
11
Part of Me
4:00
12
Blind Belief
4:14
13
Cruel Summer (live from home)
3:24
14
The Chain
4:12
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the ambient synth pulses of Artifact into the crushing guitar wall of Broken Pieces Shine.
The massive, choir-like vocal stacking during the final chorus of Use My Voice.
The way the piano melody in Far From Heaven feels fragile and exposed before the strings swell in.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Bitter Truth sound next to the rest of Evanescence's catalogue?

Thunderstorm+1.3σ

Thunderstorm saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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