Following a two month break in early 2002, HIM regrouped and began rehearsing for its next album, which saw the band working with Hiili Hiilesmaa again. The band viewed the record as a reaction to the difficulties they faced during Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights . According to Valo: “After…
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In April 2003, the band released the resulting album, Viva Emptiness .
Evanescence’s music was initially promoted by their label in the Christian market, and Lee and Moody publicly made it clear in an April 2003 interview that they were not a Christian band or Christian rock . Moody’s comments against being in the Christian market immediately prompted the label’s chairman Alan…
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Rolling Stone stated in April 2003 that while Wind-up had no official Christian affiliation, they had been marketing their bands “to both the Christian and mainstream music market”. Wind-Up “began courting the Christian music market more than a year ago, making its first foray with 12 Stones’ self-titled 2002 debut.…
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Fallen spent 43 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 , peaking at number three. It was listed for 104 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it was one of eight albums in the history of the chart to spend at least a year in the top 50.…
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In 2000, they self-released a demo CD called Origin , which they sold at local shows, and packaged to shop it to record labels. Lee and Moody stated that the CD was not an official release, but a compilation of their demos. Origin and their earlier EPs contain demo versions…
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“Bring Me to Life”, featuring guest vocals from Paul McCoy of 12 Stones , and “My Immortal” were originally featured on the soundtrack of the 2003 action film Daredevil , released in February 2003. Evanescence’s debut album Fallen was released by Wind-up on March 4, 2003. As with their pre-…
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Lee called former Cold guitarist Terry Balsamo , with whom Evanescence had toured, to replace Moody on the Fallen tour. Balsamo soon joined Evanescence as the permanent lead guitarist. She and Balsamo “clicked” and “connected on a lot of musical interests”. The band played several shows with Korn in Europe,…
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Type O Negative’s sixth studio album, Life Is Killing Me (originally called The Dream Is Dead after the closing song), was released in 2003. For this album, the band picked up the pace of their sound from the dirgeful slowness of World Coming Down . Songs such as “Todd’s Ship…
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They kicked off their first headlining U.S. tour in 2003, supported by Dog Fashion Disco .