Legendary American alt-rock ensemble Evanescence have just delighted devotees worldwide by announcing that their next record, Sanctuary, will be unleashed upon the planet on June 5th.
But that’s not at all. To accelerate the hype train ahead of the album’s arrival, the acclaimed quintet have also just dropped a brand new single from the upcoming compilation, called “Who Will You Follow”.
In a newsletter announcing the new record and single, the band stated, “We are so incredibly excited to announce our new album, Sanctuary. It’ll be out on streaming platforms on June 5th. Our new single, Who Will You Follow, is out NOW and available anywhere you listen to music! This album is over three years in the making, and we are so damn proud of every second of it. Hope you love it and can’t wait to share more! HERE WE GO!!!”
Focussing on the new single specifically, “Who Will You Follow” is introduced by some very affecting vocals alongside extremely stirring piano work ahead of an explosion of energizingly animated instrumentation that prefaces a fantastically atmospheric verse full of captivatingly melodic singing and immensely moving music, all of which builds excitingly into an exceedingly invigorating chorus crammed with terrifically expressive vocals and magnificently lively instrumentation.
Another fantastically atmospheric verse full of captivatingly melodic singing and immensely moving music follows from here and also proceeds to build excitingly into an exceedingly invigorating chorus crammed with terrifically expressive vocals and magnificently lively instrumentation. This is succeeded by an exhibition of splendidly heavy music that makes a powerful impact at it sets the scene for a wonderfully rousing and irresistibly riveting climactic chorus.
Evanescence have delivered a characteristically engrossing and impeccable alt-rock tune here that’s packed with passion from start to finish. Its spellbinding synthesis (no Ev album name pun intended!) of spectacularly spirited, stunningly wide ranging, absorbingly harmonious and altogether grippingly gorgeous singing, typically deep, meaningful, thought-provoking and poetic lyrics, and exceptionally skilful, mesmerizingly mellifluous and immensely electrifying instrumentation is sure to satisfy established Ev fans while simultaneously appealing to a huge number of genre enthusiasts in general.
You can listen to “Who Will You Follow” via its official lyric video below.
“Who Will You Follow” is also available to stream and download now.