Amy Lee (Evanescence Singer/Pianist)

It's been nearly four years since Evanescence wrapped the tour in support of their last album, The Open Door. In that time, singer Amy Lee has been hard at work doing anything but fronting a globally successful rock act. Sure, she wrote some songs along the way, but mostly, her focus was on being a normal person. And, yes, she enjoyed every minute of it and she said that she wanted to teach music to childrent to try to avoid her original life.

And considering how hard she worked at avoiding Evanescence, it's ironic that all it took was a single show with the band, a 2009 warm-up gig for a headlining spot at the Maquinária festival in Brazil,  to remind her of just how much she missed her former life. And from that moment on, things changed.

So, recharged, Evanescence did just that, heading to Blackbird Studio in Nashville to work with producer Nick Raskulinecz on the follow-up to The Open Door. They've nearly finished.  Lee said there are currently 16 songs at or near completion. Their longtime label, Wind-up Records announced that the album would be hitting stores October 4.

And it's difficult for Lee to describe just how the new songs sound :it's epic, it's dark, it's big, it's beautiful ... all of those things, she laughed. She knows exactly how they make her feel ,and after such a long time away from the group, that's more important to her than anything else.

The name of 1 of thier new songs is "What You Want".


http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666350/evanescence-new-album.jhtml