My journey and my experience with this has been so layered and had so many chapters at this point. I've been through quite a few legal battles and more behind the scenes with this band, just having to fight for my right to use my own voice and not try to represent something that's going to benefit somebody else. And when she stood up and just read the words of her experience and what it felt like and what it meant to her as a human being, it just occurred to me that words have so much power, that over anything else they could have possibly thrown at her, her words were stronger. MCCAMMON: We initially knew Chanel Miller, by the way, as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner's assault outside a Stanford University frat party in January of 2015.
When I first started writing that song, it was after reading Chanel Miller's incredible impact statement - her testimony at the end of her trial. Go and take everything and throw it away. LEE: (Singing) Cover my ears and close my eyes just long enough to stop the noise. MCCAMMON: And Amy Lee, I'd like to listen, if we could, to one of the songs on your new album called "Use My Voice." And it really drove us and built a lot of fire in us. And suddenly I felt like the music was more important than ever, not just for me but for our fans. We were all feeling that end of the world kind of feeling. And then when the pandemic hit, it was like the whole world all were experiencing loss. Our bass player, Tim - their family lost a child. The band has experienced a lot of grief in our time away, especially in the past few years. LEE: It pushed a lot of feelings to the surface. How did that shape your album? Did it shape your album? MCCAMMON: Of course, 2020 was not the year that anyone expected. MCCAMMON: I believe this is the first album of all-new material that Evanescence has released in about a decade or so. MCCAMMON: It's called "The Bitter Truth," and Amy Lee joins us now. LEE: (Singing) I can't move on, feels like we're frozen in time. And the group's lead singer, Amy Lee, is again at the mic. Now, close to two decades since their debut, Evanescence is back with a new album of original songs. That record has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and won two Grammys. MCCAMMON: Hit singles such as "Bring Me to Life" and "My Immortal" became anthems for rock lovers and angsty teenagers. In 2003, the rock group Evanescence released their debut album, "Fallen."
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