Evanescence<\/a>‘s Amy Lee<\/a> caught up with Loudwire’s Kat Mykals<\/a> backstage at the 2025 edition of the Louder Than Life festival<\/a>. This exclusive conversation aired on our radio show, Loudwire Nights<\/em><\/a>, on Monday (Sept. 29).<\/p>\n Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article.<\/p>\n “It’s too big to picture,” Lee admitted to Kat about the legacy of Evanescence, and more specifically, the numbers tied to that legacy.<\/p>\n “You say numbers like that, they don’t mean anything to me anymore … It’s just like, ‘Wow, that’s a big number.’ It’s amazing. [We’re] super grateful and absolutely, to be honest, when it was all happening in that moment \u2014 ‘Bring Me to Life,’ all that stuff in 2008 \u2014 every second was like, I hope we can make this last another year.”<\/p>\n Lee shared that she and the band are happier and healthier than ever and remain grateful to be able to do what they do year after year.<\/p>\n “You just got to pave that path,” Lee said about what it’s taken for her to remain a force in the male-dominated world of rock and roll.<\/p>\n “There isn’t an easy for me to walk down that looks the same as everybody else; I’ve got to make my own way a little bit.”<\/p>\n And there’s no question that Lee has done just that, whether it’s with the two new songs from Evanescence released this year, “Afterlife” and “Fight Like a Girl,” or her part in one of the biggest collaborations of 2025 alongside Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante and Poppy<\/a>, “End of You.”<\/p>\n Fortunately for fans, all of that momentum seems to be pointing toward even more new music.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Yungblud’s Authenticity, Success + Connection With Rock Legends – Interview<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n “I’ve been working on a new album for awhile,” Lee revealed.<\/p>\n “We’re really kind of rounding the corner. We have a lot of songs in progress and we’re looking to release our new album at the beginning of next year.”<\/p>\n Lee caught herself for a second.<\/p>\n “When I say ‘beginning,’ I don’t mean January … Early 2026.”<\/p>\n Amy Lee\u00a0joined\u00a0<\/em>Loudwire Nights on Monday, Sept. 29;\u00a0the show replays online here<\/a>, and you can tune in live every weeknight at 7PM ET<\/a> or on the Loudwire app<\/a>; you can also see if the show is available on your local radio station<\/a>\u00a0and listen to interviews on-demand<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n Tens of thousands of rock and metal songs have been released in the 21st century. Here are the 25 best ones of these last 25 years!<\/p>\n Entries written by Rabab Al-Sharif (RA) Chad Childers (CC), Joe DiVita (JD) and Lauryn Schaffner (LS).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Loudwire Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Loudwire](\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/loudwire.png?w=100\")
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The 25 Best Rock Songs of the Last 25 Years (2000-2024)<\/h2>\n