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EVANESCENCE: HEAVY METAL ROXETTE?

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tinytim said on September 2, 2004 16:37:

c’mon...and u tell me that wasn’t the first thing u thought after listening to bring me to life....the same shape, the same melodic female singer, but with trendy colors...heavy metal....today’s top music...say it, folx...

ncurran said on September 2, 2004 16:54:

mmm, sorry evanescence dont really float my boat...i mean that song is ok, but it all sounds a bit too “american” for me...

colinvdbel (moderator) said on September 2, 2004 18:38:

mm evanascence is like gospel metal :S and the songs are not nearly as good as the masterworks of Per

coyboyusa said on September 2, 2004 19:52:

i wont give my 100% thumbs up to evanesence until they pass the sophmore slump i like amy lees duet on the song broken thats a great song

coyboyusa said on September 2, 2004 19:52:

i wont give my 100% thumbs up to evanesence until they pass the sophmore slump i like amy lees duet on the song broken thats a great song

coyboyusa said on September 2, 2004 19:52:

i wont give my 100% thumbs up to evanesence until they pass the sophmore slump i like amy lees duet on the song broken thats a great song

Oliver said on September 2, 2004 20:51:

I don’t think so. They have their own style. I bought their record “Fallen” and there were 4 songs which I listened to about a hundred times or even more. They are really great:
“Going under”, “Bring me to life”, “Everybody’s fool” and “My immortal”. There are 7 other songs on the album but I didn’t like them very much. But 4 very good songs on a newcomer record that’s pretty good. Maybe that’s the reason why they released this four songs, because they knew that the other ones were weak.

harriej said on September 2, 2004 21:01:

Evanescence is a good band, has enjoyable songs........
But it isn’t comparable with Roxette’s style.
Evanesce is more or less gothic-rock, while roxette is more (power)pop.
Maybe our expert Powerpoplarry (If he is still around) can give a good explanation.

n-Somnia said on September 2, 2004 22:22:

I’m gonna go with no. They’re not that close to being like Roxette. The male vocalist on Bring Me to Life is from another band anyway. Otherwise, it’s just Amy Lee.

Ferdan said on September 2, 2004 22:57:

zeeshan said on September 3, 2004 01:57:

WOAA?? Evanescence and Roxette? WOAA???:| HELL NO. I of course respect your opinion but I think they are totally different than Roxette. You can’t relate everything that has melody with Roxette.

Evanescence is not Goth IMHO, they are Dark and sometimes. Ben Moody has departed from the band which is very sad. Even though he was not the best guitarist around but I like his style SPECIALLY the distortion he has used in the fallen album.

Roxette is rather SWEET and more Sexy. With Roxette, you can tap your feet and nod your head a bit but with Evanescence u just HAVE to do some prime time head banging. I absolutely positively loveeeee “TOURNIQUET” along with other brilliant songs.

RoxHard said on September 3, 2004 02:14:

I quite liked Evanescence - but I’d never compare them to Roxette. Fallen is quite a good album:

RoxHard said on September 3, 2004 02:19:

Evanescence Discography (they’ve released quite a few albums, you know!)

Demos 1997-1998
01. Exodus
02. Give Unto Me
03. Goodnight
04. October

Evanescence EP (1998)
01. Where Will You Go
02. Solitude
03. Imaginary (original demo)
04. Exodus
05. So Close
06. Understanding
07. The End

Sound Asleep EP (1999)
01. Give Unto Me
02. Whisper (original demo)
03. Understanding
04. Forgive Me
05. Understanding
06. Ascention of the Spirit

Origin (2000)
01. Origin
02. Whisper (re-worked version)
03. Imaginary (re-worked version)
04. My Immortal
05. Where Will You Go
06. Field of Innocence
07. Even in Death
08. Anywhere
09. Lies
10. Away From Me
11. Eternal
12. Listen to the Rain
13. Demise

Fallen (2003)
01. Going Under
02. Bring Me to Life
03. Everybody’s Fool
04. My Immortal
05. Haunted
06. Tourniquet
07. Imaginary (new version)
08. Taking Over Me
09. Hello
10. My Last Breath
11. Whisper (new version)

RobS said on September 3, 2004 07:37:

i like all the singles they’ve released so far, just haven’t got around to buying there album. I don’t think that you could call them a heavy metal roxette though!?

coyboyusa said on September 3, 2004 18:16:

i have to say hello is also a really great song on fallen , i dont think ben moody leaving is a problem i mean cummon he kinda sold out and went to help avril lavigne so u know he left for $$$$

coyboyusa said on September 3, 2004 18:17:

whats sad is their recent singler everybodys fool has gotten no attention at all by mtv or any othe rmuscial outlet or even radio

sfchemist said on September 3, 2004 20:22:

I like Roxette and I like metal so would stand to reason that I’d love Evanescence if it’s true, and I do really like them so perhaps there are some similarities.

havoncruise said on September 10, 2004 04:33:

I agree with Tinytim. The first time I heard Evanescence I thought of Roxette. And I couldn’t quite put my finger how they are the same.

Is it just me, but if you listen to the intro of Evanescence’s “My Last Breath” and the intro of Roxette’s “My World, My Love, My Life” there is a part there that sounds the same but only different styles.

All of you, try and have a listen.