Thursday, July 21, 2011

Evanescence New Album Influenced by MGMT, Portishead, and Massive Attack


Lead singer of Evanescence, Amy Lee, admits that his band's new album is influenced by names like MGMT, Portishead, and Massive Attack.

Lee leaked the fact that while speaking to Rolling Stone reveals that the first album by MGMT, Oracular Spectacular, attracted him to the synthesizer as well as various other similar instruments. He also explained that some of the material that has sounds of the instruments are listed on their latest album, the first since five years ago, which will be released on 11 October.

"I remember when I first heard MGMT album for the first time. I love him. I always loved the Portishead and Massive Attack, electro stuff like that. I finally realized that the most interesting is when combining two things, the hallmark of Evanescence with new elements, "explains Lee.

Previously, drummer Will Hunt has said that Evanescence taking big risks with their new album, produced by Nick Raskulinecz. Previously, Raskulinecz was working on the albums belonging Foo Fighters, Rush, Velvet Revolver, Danzig, Marilyn Manson, Ash, and the Deftones.

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