EVANESCENCE Sanctuary REVIEW + Albums RANKED

One thing missing from the internet is an Aeternus album tier list. Have heard them? death doomy norwegian band

1. The open door
2. Evanescence (self titled)
3. Fallen.
4. The rest (i really dont care for their other albums)

Agree with your ranking except I’d swap Fallen for The Open Door. Both great albums with Fallen having more highlights but the Open Door is so consistently good top to bottom.
Sanctuary is a surprise as to how good it is.

I would swap Synthesis and The Bitter Truth, other than that, my ranking matches yours.

Love Fallen but don’t think it ranks as perfection for me, the best songs are awesome of course, but some are really patchy and just get skipped.
Open Door would be my 1

In my opinion fallen is a complete masterpiece absolutely great album one of my absolute favourites

It's funny 'cause Bring Me To Life never did anything for me but Going Under is, in my opinion, the perfect pop metal song. Still gives me goosebumps.
Also totally agree with your ranking, Sanctuary is an all-timer.

I hate this band there are sucks emo rock bullshit

My quick ranking
1. Open Door – I think their best album as a whole. However it does suffer from singles choices imo.
2. Fallen – For me a bit better than Evanescence album but mainly because I think it has one of the best singles collection of any album. But for some reason I don't really come back to the other songs of this album. Also maybe it is because this album had people working with multiple directions who knows.
3. Evanescence – I think it sligthly edges out Sanctuary for me. Suffers from the lead single a lot tbh. It is def a second listen album as most of thee songs are not catchy at first listen. Again feels like a complete album for me like Open Door. If I had to listen to betweeen this and Fallen occasionally I would prob go with this instead. So def can change with Fallen.
4. Sanctary – A lot of the older sounds come back with this. So many great songs start to finish. Album opener got me concerned a bit but after that all the songs were pretty solid. Rapture and Calm Down my favorites.
5. The Bitter Truth – This album is not bad but def a mixed bag. Wasted on you and Use my voice are kinda hard to listen to for me. But heavier songs like Broken Pieces Shine make up for it. Not much else to say other than production could have had another touch.

new album is definitely worthy of perfection

I’ve seen plenty of reaction channels discuss Evanescence over the years, but your analysis stood out. It’s clear you have a strong understanding of musicianship, and I really enjoyed how you covered their history, explored their sound, and pointed out both the standout moments and the shortcomings. It was thoughtful, balanced, and genuinely informative. Well done 👏

9:18 me when listening to Sarah McLahlan…

holy shit, i had no idea she made a Björk-like song!

It's blasphemous but the open door is my top fav, followed by fallen and now sanctuary

@1:50 To the mate presenting, sorry to sound like a gatekeeper, but if he finds Dark Tranquillity belonging in the same sentence with all the pop bands in that sentence… mate, try their basslines to begin with, not to mention guitars, drumming and the vocals. Also DT specifically have some of the best lyrics in metal. Come on! Seriously?

Perfection: the open door
Fantastic: sanctuary
Great: Evanescence and Fallen
Good: TBT
Ok: Synthesis

Ranking by a true fan since 2003 🩵

Am I the only person who loves The Bitter Truth? Lol
I literally love most of the songs on it.

real ones remember when 'My Immortal' and 'Bring Me To Life' were on the Daredevil soundtrack, and when they played 'Bring Me To Life' in the movie it would switch between Daredevil and Elektra based on whether it was Amy or Paul singing at the moment. Cinema.
(side note: bring back edgy butt rock soundtracks for action movies)

Evanescence holds a special place for me as one of the first bands I got into before getting into metal proper. Fallen is still their best and that album was the soundtrack for high school for me. The Open Door was also great. After that there was a fall off for nearly two decades. This new album though I really liked and I think is their best since the Open Door. It definitely brought me back to that 2000's era.

Wow. What a bold move. For putting Sanctuary next to Fallen and for not trashing The Bitter Truth like so many people, for that unique take alone, I'm subbed! 🤘

I'd shift The Bitter Truth position to join Fallen and Sanctuary. Evanescence's self tittled record would fit higher – below the perfctn. Otherwise, the whole ranking are great

Let's put on a Tarja Turunen album rank when her Frisson Noir record appear, dude 😮

I loved how a band like Evanescence helped get so many into heavier music, and while I am not the biggest fan of the band, I have to give credit where credit is due. I saw Evanescence play in 2011 at Rock the Range in Winnipeg Manitoba, and Amy Lee easily had the best vocal performance of the festival.