Kill the Sun wasn’t that
successful as it has been
predicted since it got to
98th place in German top
100 albums. This album
contains some nowadays
well-known songs such as
“Mermaids” or the title
song “Kill the sun”.
A new band which is an
iconic band nowadays,
called Evanescence, is
forming in the USA. Ethe-
real voice of the lead sing-
er Amy Lee, deep lyrics,
music which includes pop
and rock influence as well,
with significant participa-
tion of symphonic and cho-
ral elements could predict
nothing more than success.
The debut album The Fall-
en definitely got to the top
especially with their most
successful hits “My Im-
mortal” and “Bring Me to
Life”. These songs didn’t
only have success among
the metal community, but
among the commercial
public as well.
The Dutch band Epica is
releasing their new de-
but album with the name
The Phantom Agony. The
quality didn’t go down
from the release of their
previous album which in-
16
cludes songs like “Sensori-
um”, “Illusive Consensus”
or ballad “Feint and Cry”
for the moon, which now-
adays is one of the most
memorable works of the
band. Austrian band Eden-
bridge doesn‘ t hesitate
and they release their
third studio album Aphe-
lion which includes songs
like “Skyward” and “Dead-
end fire”.
Moreover, Nightwish is
releasing two hours long
document End of Inno-
cence, which is about their
first tour for the album
Century Child through the
Holopainen’s and Nevalain-
en’s point of view. It also
includes some live show
records.
The year 2004 is not be-
hind the last one, quite the
contrary. In Norway and
Germany (at least that’s
what the band says) a new
formation is being creat-
ed with the name Leaves´
Eyes. Their music is com-
bined with classical sym-
phonic influences with folk
elements like folk flutes
and other Norwegian folk
instruments. Their music
is truly well-balanced and
what makes it even more