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[–] 51 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Evanescence? Is that like a bottled water brand?

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I'm pretty sure they are still an active band on radio rotation. It's not like asking "Ever heard of Hot Action Cop?

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Hell yes i've heard of Evanesence:

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    I think that might be a regional nickname for it - it does indeed form salts which are loosened from the inside of the brick/concrete (both have salts in) by water, and then transported to the outside by the same water.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I can't find anything relating saltpeter to the term "evanescence" but I know it forms due to humidity + capillarity in stone/brick walls (I recently moved into a house that has some so I only recently started learning about this) so I guess it is the same thing. The scientific name for it is potassium nitrate

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Of course I have! Hybrid Theory is one of my favorite albums of all time.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    They just released a new album this year which is pretty good. Plus heaps of "the youth" around my way ate wearing limp bizkit, korn and deftones merch, so maybe?

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    Really just get a video on tiktok with one of their songs. The amount of older music gen alpha listens to because they saw it on tiktok is insane.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    I went to a Within Temptation concert. Evanescence was their low profile opening act. They played their old stuff and some of us millennials got hyped. No one cared when they played new stuff.

    The sad truth is that Goth metal is a very niche taste and Evanescence is old news.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Now imagine me, a fan of Lacuna Coil, seeing Evanescence and Within Temptation go quasi-mainstream while they stayed in the shadows... With hindsight I suppose it wasn't that bad since they are still touring and making new albums, but still.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Maybe they've heard of Cryoshell

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Yes I have! The video clip where she hangs on the windows almost ready to fall, is something I will always remember. It was a big hit back then.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Obsessively watched Dream Too Much with baby son. Years later tween son fills house with metal... Including Evanescence. Long con. In fact, if you have a metal newborn, check out Rockabye Baby - artists grownups love across genres in muzac versions for babies.

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Wait they are this band for young mainstream people who think they are metalheads, no? ... [unintelligible zombie noises]

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    That lady wants to steal a bunch of puppies.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Eat my Kerala Dust!

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    How could you not know Evanescence? They just dropped some new singles and they sound as good as ever. One of the songs even topped the Billboard Alternative charts. So it's not like they went anywhere.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Honestly maybe it's because I'm a horrid autistic Gen Z that didn't really like music until I play NV but even with my modern horrid niche tastes I still don't get why folks like/ liked Evanescence. Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go back to listening to Korpiklaani.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Where they really that big of a deal? They had that one song that was a tie into that forgettable Ben Affleck Daredevil movie.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They pushed their way into the Christian market but claimed not to be a Christian band, in the Bring me to life/ My Immortal release they managed to get a pretty wide audience. Bring me to life, was pretty unique and haunting at the time.

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  • [–] -3 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    they were only relevant for a few years dude. they are not a cultural icon.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    They were pretty big, saying they’re not a cultural icon … do you by any chance have a penis and align as male?

    Cuz … strong powerful recording artist who also is a woman making it mainstream in a genre dominated by men was actually in fact cultural moment and she was an icon.

    In fairness so too was Nickelback

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