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Title: Monochromatic Goth
Review: First, let me say that this is a very good album. So good, in fact, that it's easily better than 3/4 of the cookie-cutter rock that's out today. Amy Lee's haunting, ethereal voice punctuates the roaring guitars and thundering drums perfectly ("Snow White Queen" and "Cloud Nine" are excellent examples) -- but she's also capable of putting together a much softer, more intimate cut like the exceptional "Good Enough."Having said that, however, there's a disturbing lack of variety when you listen to the album as a whole. Each cut is very good on its own, but they start to sound very similar to each other on a complete listen. Unlike "Fallen" with its tremendous peaks and valleys of unique sounds, this Evanescence album is the foothills that never quite reach the same heights or valleys of originality.Still, a very good album and a solid follow-up to something truly exceptional.
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