The Bitter Truth
by Evanescence
  • Record Label: BMG
  • Release Date: Mar 26, 2021
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 165 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 144 out of 165
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 165
  3. Negative: 15 out of 165
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  1. KoltDrews
    Jun 11, 2021
    0
    Not one song on here got my blood pumping or sent chills down my spine the way I expect Amy Lee’s powerful voice to. Their last album was leagues better. A wasted decade.
  2. kelvinlg
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    Hermoso álbum, una catarsis de emociones, sin duda este es un nuevo Evanescence renovado y mejorado, todas las canciones muy bien producidas.
  3. MatheusRosario
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THE BEST ALBUM EVANESCENCE EVER l! I love this album !! Career Album’s. Ev… Expand
  4. Godexcorp
    Mar 28, 2021
    10
    This is their best record so far! It needs few shuffle but you will realize it's a masterpiece
  5. lefortune
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    sem defeitoooos, albúm da carreira sem duvidas, to muito apaixonado, não tem UMA música ruim, simplesmente PERFEITO
  6. kyris89
    Mar 25, 2021
    10
    An absolutely stunning album. The band, at its greatest moments. It deserves every attention. Well done guys
  7. Panchogul
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    Tuvieron que pasar 10 AÑOS para que Evanescence sacara un disco completamente nuevo y valió la pena la tan larga espera
  8. tomaztigando
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    There is a mixing problem on the album where Amy's voice is a little low compared to the instrumental. But that doesn't make the album bad, it's perfect. Use My Voice should come as a bonus track as it does not match all songs.
  9. HighRoad17
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    The wait has been long and it has definitely been worth it. Maybe the "weakest" point is the mixing but still makes it so interesting, the concept and lyrics are perfect and transmit an honest and important message, the vocals and instrumentation are insane! I couldn't have asked for anything more
  10. FluffyL
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    This is everything I was exepting from them, a masterpiece. Hope that the Amercican public willn't sleep on it.
  11. MarinaEstevees
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    This is a masterpiece! Beautiful, dark and glamorous raw rock! The album cover match perfectly what we're going through these days
    "A little too much time by yourself
    And you become the enemy" Friedrich Nietzsche would think the same Amy, trust me! This album starts almost like Amy leading us to a golden dreamy heaven to then break our playful wings and bring us to our knees for the bitter    This is a masterpiece! Beautiful, dark and glamorous raw rock! The album cover match perfectly what we're going through these days
    "A little too much time by yourself
    And you become the enemy" Friedrich Nietzsche would think the same Amy, trust me! This album starts almost like Amy leading us to a golden dreamy heaven to then break our playful wings and bring us to our knees for the bitter truth, such as death, politics, mental confusion, pandemic, accepting to be broken but not giving up, there are still hints of the old Evanescence    … Expand
  12. AalexB
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    Evanescence's return... it never disappoints. "The Bitter Truth" cointans all their essence, from "Fallen" to "Evanescence", their eponymous album. Pounding, hammering, rock ' roll, alternative, there's no better way to describe it. I really enjoyed it and I've never expect it to be so powerful and moving. It's a great comeback. And we hope to hear others like that.
  13. Rodrigomoura
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    This album saved my life. I was thinking about suicide and Broken Pieces Shine is a masterpiece. The best album!!!!
  14. Alxferraro
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The new Evanescence's album "The Bitter Truth" is a masterpiece. In the beginning, "Artifact/The Turn" introduces you softly to this rock-goth-synthetic new world. The transition to "Broken Pieces Shine" (and, obviously, the song per se) shows that the ol' good Evanescence still makes high quality music. The third and fourth songs, "The Game os Over" and "Yeah Right" were released before the album and shows the versatility (and power) of Amy's vocals. "Feeding the Dark" is an incredible song, which sends us back to Fallen's "Haunted" song (2003), but with strong chords (actually, my favorite from the new album). Another soft transition leading to "Wasted on You", the first single of T.B.T., that gave us an idea of the powerful album that was to come. The (fast) sweet music box beginning of "Better Without You" is replaced by synthetic beats, riffs, and Amy's quite high notes. The "Use My Voice" song (and music video) is revolutionary, calling on everyone to use and raise up their voices to bring positive and key political and social changes. "Take Cover" is an old song (I remember from the 2012 Porto Alegre's concert), but now seem mature enough to, which resembles a bit of "What You Want", from Evanescence' self-titled album (2011). "Far From Heaven" is a delicate, sweet, but heavy song, exposing for all of us Amy's fragility after their personal struggles from the past years. "Part of Me" is simply delicious to hear, preferably at the highest volume, because, one more time, Amy deliver to us all of her best vocals. The last song of the album, "Blind Belief", begins softly, with piano notes, but the music grows, and grows, and ends kinda abruptly, with another Amy's high and long note. In summary, it is the best work of the group since the anthological "Fallen" album. Amy"s vocals are more powerful than ever. seems like there is a lot of communication between the instruments in the group. Everything on this new album was carefully prepared, every detail, every note, everything. Simply impressive.… Expand
  15. Rafael_CPA
    Mar 27, 2021
    3
    I waited for this album for many years, until I gave up on the band in Synthesis, which made it very clear that Amy Lee no longer had the capacity to lead Evanescence on the levels of the great Fallen, and then, mainly, The Open Door. (I have my personal reasons against Amy Lee on that, because she makes the band nothing more than a solo project with guest musicians whose name she keepsI waited for this album for many years, until I gave up on the band in Synthesis, which made it very clear that Amy Lee no longer had the capacity to lead Evanescence on the levels of the great Fallen, and then, mainly, The Open Door. (I have my personal reasons against Amy Lee on that, because she makes the band nothing more than a solo project with guest musicians whose name she keeps because that's what is profitable for her). I've found this work to be all about screaming lack of inspiration, creativity, cohesion and fidelity to the story that Evanescence built, since when it was just a trio (Amy, Ben and David). In a general context, the disc sounds without the slightest impact: the tracks don't converse with each other, which gives off the feeling that the album is a kind of compilation, with tracks from several distinct and unrelated compositional moments; the lyrics don't carry any depth: as much as some songs have tried to simulate that, neither Amy Lee nor the band have reached a level of transmission of any emotional heaviness that is minimally convincing about it; Amy Lee's vocals are muffled in multiple layers of effects, causing them to not reach any climax anywhere - in fact, the sound as a whole gets disordered in many passages due to bad mixing issues; the instrumental is something absolutely tasteless, and doesn't bring back anything that has always been highlighted in the band's discography, such as the classical piano and other instruments that have always been used to give an erudite atmosphere to many tracks, in a great contrast to the weight of the guitars, or the orchestrations, or even the choirs, that since the great second album have been so sorely missed, and which she could have used in Synthesis to make it magnanimous. If she wanted to completely change the essence of the sound, she should have put something nice in the place of everything she took away, and not just pad it out with tons of electronics like she did. For a return after 1 decade of so much difficulty to conceive new material, for me it was not worth the wait, not a single year. In my opinion, if she's up to keep things at this level, she'd better, artistically saying, dedicate herself to her solo career because though very shy yet, she might find herslf less blocked and may be able to find much more creative freedom, diversity, and quality than anything Evanescence released after The Open Door (which is not at all difficult to achieve, and this record proves it).… Expand
  16. johnsix
    Mar 26, 2021
    0
    The mixing of the album is terrible, the arrangement of the songs is simple, without an orchestra and confusing, the band did not take any chances and made a totally predictable album. It is a pity to have to wait another 10 years to see if something comes up at The Open Door level.
  17. mandyrs
    Mar 29, 2021
    0
    What a masterpiece! I've been listening on repeat since the release. Thank you so much for this!
  18. MarcusBerigo
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 10 years and the wait was totally worth. It was heavy, dramatic, reminded me the banda in the early years. Yes, sometimes we have some problems with Amy's voice being faded by the instrumentals, but this doesn't prejudice the whole work.… Expand
  19. LuisLFSS
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    Awesome as always. The best Evanescence's album. It brings back a lot of sounds that reminded me of The Open Door and Fallen. I love it
  20. Barth13
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    Muito bom, perfeito... Já devia ter sido lançado.... Realmente muito bom !!
  21. Luc4551lv4
    Mar 29, 2021
    10
    Álbum extremamente maravilhoso e inspirador. Acredito ser o melhor melhor projeto já lançando pelo Evanescence
  22. JChristopher
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    O problema do álbum de 2011 é que as músicas são muito homogêneas, o que não é o caso desse novo álbum. As faixas navegam por gêneros diferentes, e ao mesmo tempo mantém a mesma atmosfera e se completam. Fora alguns problemas pontuais na mixagem dos vocais, o álbum é perfeito.
  23. Darkphantom0204
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    Great album, super greate, loved every song, the sound, everything, it's simply the best right now, at least from my opinion
  24. luizfelipe_crf
    Mar 27, 2021
    10
    I completely loved it! I'm really in love with this new album!
    So excited to new tour when we're all safe...

    Hugs and love from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  25. Igorhalliwell
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    Powerful and nostalgic without any shallow reasons from female pop singers that has been putting their music out lately in this pandemic, music about how hard their men can f*ck them in bed while there's millions of people out there dying... But this album The Bitter Truth is a question for the faith, politics and culture, some moments akin to The Open Door album but less ludic, more realPowerful and nostalgic without any shallow reasons from female pop singers that has been putting their music out lately in this pandemic, music about how hard their men can f*ck them in bed while there's millions of people out there dying... But this album The Bitter Truth is a question for the faith, politics and culture, some moments akin to The Open Door album but less ludic, more real and raw as the title says "The Bitter Truth" This album is about to face the world the way our real world is! By the way Amy Lee said in a recent interview that she saw in person when she was just a child the Space Shuttle Challenger from 1986 exploding and the sky went all in black and shining I believe that's why the song "Broken pieces shine" starts with that atmosphere and countdown and this song is a good one about self acceptance and some "loss" acceptance like "oh ok we're broken but we can overcome and shine" I guess... This song is definitely one of that all white hot forever Evanescence songs… Expand
  26. ballistic
    May 22, 2021
    8
    Apart from the opening two tracks I've not found much I enjoy listening to. I prefer Fallen and the self titled album.
  27. Mairenescence
    Mar 27, 2021
    10
    The mixing is almost terrible, but keeping this aside, the album is perfect. The song themes, the voice of Amy, and the energy.
  28. Flawlessasurnot
    Mar 26, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Evanescence makes their return after 4 years of absence with an album so raw and as real as the ground we walk on. This album includes some scrapped tracks from previous albums (from their eponymous album and their debut), thus integrating a solid material. With current themes as lies and self benefit at other people's expense, the American band makes a great reverence to their musical trajectory and show their fans a darker and serious musical facet and that they are not absent from the present-day issues.… Expand
  29. andresousajr
    Apr 4, 2021
    10
    Sem condições. Tudo que um fã espera ouvir depois de tanto tempo sem um album de ineditas. Nao da pra citar uma música ruim, pelo contrário, é possível citar várias excelentes. A abertura e o fechamento do album por exemplo compõe esse grupo.
  30. JLuis_001
    Apr 4, 2021
    7
    Evanescence: The Bitter Truth - ★★★½

    Evanescence has long flirted with a more pop-oriented sound, but without forgetting the rock hooks and of course the vocal power of Amy Lee, which cannot be contained by simple songs. The Bitter Truth doesn't reinvent anything in the band's sound, but it feels like a stronger album. Being honest since their debut album this band had been a    Evanescence: The Bitter Truth - ★★★½

    Evanescence has long flirted with a more pop-oriented sound, but without forgetting the rock hooks and of course the vocal power of Amy Lee, which cannot be contained by simple songs.

    The Bitter Truth doesn't reinvent anything in the band's sound, but it feels like a stronger album.
    Being honest since their debut album this band had been a notable and constant source of disappointment.

    And considering this is their first true album in 10 years, it goes without saying that the expectations were high.

    The record may not be great, but it's well done and I enjoyed a lot of the songs, and in these times that's a remarkable trait.

    I like it. That's enough.

    Notable Tracks

    > Broken Pieces Shine
    > The Game Is Over
    > Feeding The Dark
    > Wasted On You
    > Part Of Me    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Apr 29, 2021
    60
    Not a great comeback, but just good enough. [Jun 2021, p.81]
  2. Rolling Stone
    Apr 6, 2021
    70
    All that conflict and drama might be a little too overpowering if not for Lee’s abiding faith in the power of a nice hoo. The album’s best moment is also its most self-assuredly poppy.
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  3. AllMusic
    Mar 30, 2021
    80
    Altogether, The Bitter Truth carries listeners on a journey both familiar and fresh, recapturing the heavy-yet-melodic hallmarks that made Fallen one of the most successful albums of the 2000s and pushing Evanescence into the future with a graceful maturity and worldly perspective.
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