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    13 days ago

    I’m pretty sure they are still an active band on radio rotation. It’s not like asking "Ever heard of Hot Action Cop?

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    I went to a Within Temptation concert. Evanescence was their low profile opening act. They played their old stuff and some of us millennials got hyped. No one cared when they played new stuff.

    The sad truth is that Goth metal is a very niche taste and Evanescence is old news.

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      13 days ago

      Within Temptation is still around? I haven’t really listened to them in ages, the last “new” album of theirs I remember was The Heart of Everything, so apparently since 2007.

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      Now imagine me, a fan of Lacuna Coil, seeing Evanescence and Within Temptation go quasi-mainstream while they stayed in the shadows… With hindsight I suppose it wasn’t that bad since they are still touring and making new albums, but still.

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        I enjoy liking obscure bands. Been to a Lacuna Coil concert for £20 and stood in almost touching distance of the stage.

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    Really just get a video on tiktok with one of their songs. The amount of older music gen alpha listens to because they saw it on tiktok is insane.

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    They just released a new album this year which is pretty good. Plus heaps of “the youth” around my way ate wearing limp bizkit, korn and deftones merch, so maybe?

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    Where they really that big of a deal? They had that one song that was a tie into that forgettable Ben Affleck Daredevil movie.

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      They pushed their way into the Christian market but claimed not to be a Christian band, in the Bring me to life/ My Immortal release they managed to get a pretty wide audience. Bring me to life, was pretty unique and haunting at the time.

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        Coldplay studied this, learned from their mistakes and then mastered the art of claiming to be a christian band while simultaneously claiming to not be a christian band

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    Honestly maybe it’s because I’m a horrid autistic Gen Z that didn’t really like music until I play NV but even with my modern horrid niche tastes I still don’t get why folks like/ liked Evanescence. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna go back to listening to Korpiklaani.

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    Obsessively watched Dream Too Much with baby son. Years later tween son fills house with metal… Including Evanescence. Long con. In fact, if you have a metal newborn, check out Rockabye Baby - artists grownups love across genres in muzac versions for babies.

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    Wait they are this band for young mainstream people who think they are metalheads, no? … [unintelligible zombie noises]

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    How could you not know Evanescence? They just dropped some new singles and they sound as good as ever. One of the songs even topped the Billboard Alternative charts. So it’s not like they went anywhere.

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    Yes I have! The video clip where she hangs on the windows almost ready to fall, is something I will always remember. It was a big hit back then.