Evanescence have shared a brand-new single known as ‘Afterlife’ – you possibly can take heed to it beneath.
The track is because of function within the upcoming animated collection Satan Might Cry, which is able to arrive on Netflix subsequent Thursday (April 3).
Within the atmospheric first verse, frontwoman Amy Lee sings: “Cover earlier than the floodgates open / Can we simply lie right here till it’s throughout? / I hear the violence coming / Flip and run inside / You construct your partitions, however can’t overlook the hate / You disguise…”
The monitor then erupts into an enormous, dramatic refrain as Lee declares: “Damned to lastly meet you within the afterlife.” She then pleads: “Save me from this ache and fill the outlet inside / You marvel why I’m all out of tears to cry / Right now I’m not afraid to die.”
Co-written by Lee and Alex Seaver of Mako, and co-produced by Seaver and Nick Raskulinecz, ‘Afterlife’ is accompanied by an official Satan Might Cry-themed lyric video. Watch right here:
The forthcoming Netflix collection, created by Adi Shankar, is an adaptation of the favored Capcom online game franchise of the identical title.
An outline reads: “Sinister forces are at play to open the portal between the human and demon realms. In the course of all of it is Dante, an orphaned demon-hunter-for-hire, unaware that the destiny of each worlds hangs round his neck.”
In keeping with a press launch, an “alternate model” of Evanescence’s ‘Afterlife’ “will seem a number of instances” within the new TV present. It additionally famous that the band have been “primarily centered on creating new music this 12 months”.
Their fifth and most up-to-date studio album, ‘The Bitter Fact’, was launched in 2021.
Throughout a brand new interview with Loudwire, Lee revealed that Evanescence have been “fortunately, deeply within the artistic course of on the brand new album and a few different facet issues like [‘Afterlife’]”.
She mentioned that the standalone Satan Might Cry track marked the group’s “first time to get again within the studio recording since ‘The Bitter Fact’”. Lee added: “Tremendous enjoyable, tremendous grateful for the chance.”
In the meantime, Evanescence are set to open for My Chemical Romance, Metallica and Halsey later this 12 months. They’ll additionally make an look at Louder Than Life Competition 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky this September.
Chatting with NME in late 2022, Lee defined that making ‘The Bitter Fact’ had been “very cathartic” for the band. “It was so good for our souls,” she mentioned. “We had a lot to say and speak about.”
Looking forward to what was coming subsequent, Lee informed NME: “I strive to not make too many concrete plans – it simply occurs. Whenever you sit on the piano and simply let it occur. However yeah, I wish to make new music with this cool new vitality now we have with the band.”
You’ll be able to revisit the total video interview for NME‘s In Dialog collection above.