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{{Infobox album
| Name         = The Bitter Truth
| Type         = Studio
| Artist       = [[Evanescence]]
| Cover        = TheBitterTruth.jpg
| Released     = TBC
| Format       = TBC
| Recorded     = January - February 2020; Rock Falcon Studio, Nashville, TN
| Length       = TBC
| Label        = [[Evanescence]] <small>under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC</small>
| Producer     = [[Nick Raskulinecz]]
| Last album   = ''[[Synthesis Live DVD|Synthesis Live]]''<br />(2018)
| This album   = '''''The Bitter Truth'''''<br>(2020)
| Next album   = 
{{Singles
 | Name = The Bitter Truth
 | Type = Studio
 | single 1 = ''[[Wasted on You]]''
 | single 1 date = April 24, 2020
}}
}}

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''The Bitter Truth'' is [[Evanescence]]'s fifth studio album that is currently in the recording process, with the band scheduling to hit the studio multiple times in 2020.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n2UiznKzVw "¡Entrevista antes del desastre! Amy Lee de @Evanescence"] (in Spanish). December 10, 2019.</ref>

Amy confirmed that the new music will go back to its rock roots and that they've got some ideas in the bank, including previous songs that didn't make it to the [[Evanescence (album)|self-titled record]] and ''[[Synthesis]]''.<ref>KaaosTV (June 13, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpNAFMi0wOs "Evanescence Interview @ The Rockfest"]. ''YouTube''.</ref><ref>[http://www.kerrang.com/the-news/k-1694-code-orange-surviving-rocks-violent-new-reality/ "K!1694: Code Orange  – Surviving Rock's Violent New Reality"]. October 24, 2017. ''Kerrang!''</ref> There is currently no confirmed release date, but there is intention to release the new music in 2020.<ref name=moodtorock />

She also explained that the new music is "dark and heavy" and has "''[[The Open Door]]'' vibes" in terms of it having "weird and sparse" moments.<ref>Lee, Amy (November 21, 2019). [https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/dzqjla/i_am_amy_lee_from_evanescence_our_new_song_the/f89rx6q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x "I am Amy Lee from Evanescence, our new song “The Chain (from Gears 5)” is out tonight! AMA"]. ''Reddit''.</ref> 

==Conception==

After releasing 2017's ''Synthesis'', Amy said the next album would go raw and focus on the band.<ref name=kerrang2017 /> Later, she confirmed that the new songs are in a "place that’s even more raw", adding they are "all different" from each other.<ref name=rawsongs />

In a interview with ''Rock Sound'' in May 2020, Amy discussed the album's sound:<ref name=rocksound />

{{Quote|One of the things that we've been kind of aiming towards is taking the elements of what maybe are things that make up our sound and try to separate them and give each of them their own space. So some of the songs don't have strings and are fully rocking and heavy. And then some of the songs might be really in the electronic zone, and something might be more on the orchestral side. But overall, it's gonna be a rock record.}}

As for the album title:

{{Quote|[In the lyrics] there's a big theme of disillusionment for me. Just growing up and seeing that fairy tales aren't really real. And it's hard to be a grownup — it really is. Because somebody else isn't in charge, we really have to be able to make our own decisions, find out our own information, protect ourselves. People die — we're all going to. There's no magic castle. So that sounds like a lot of doom and gloom when I say it, but there's a choice to accept that truth and live in it and embrace it and choose to live and choose to live in a moment, and the choice to just give up. And there's a struggle there, but my choice is most definitely to take that pill.<ref name=rocksound />}}

==Recording Process & In the Studio==
[[File:Ev_at_Nick's_studio_2020.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The band working at Nick's studio]]
Amy has said that the band will record the album in sections during 2020 to work around their tour plans.<ref name=radioultra /> She said they might also bring in a different producer each time they hit the studio.<ref name=moodtorock />

The band recorded the first four songs with [[Nick Raskulinecz]] at his studio, [[Rock Falcon Studio]], on January 20th and concluded on February 5th.<ref name=4songs /> One of those will be released as a single. They will work with another producer on songs in the vein of ''The Open Door'' and "electronic, weird, mid-tempo world."<ref name=kyleinterview /> Amy said she wants to release songs over the course of 2020 and in the end the full album will be released.<ref name=kyleinterview />

No orchestra was recorded for some of the songs from the album,<ref name=rocksound /> with Amy saying "that's not because we couldn't get together with one because of the [COVID-19] pandemic!"<ref name=rawsongs /> Instead of strings, electronics, such as synthesizers, arpeggiators and sound effects, were used.<ref name=scrollin />

==Promotion==

===Singles===
''[[Wasted on You]]'' was the first single that was released digitally on April 24th. The official music video premiered on YouTube later that same day. It wasn't originally planned to be the first song, but after the COVID-19 pandemic, the band decided to release it first saying "the feeling and meaning [changed] of what we wanted to say right now."<ref name=woy />

===Music Videos===

===Tour===

==Track List==

==Album Credits==

==Album Reception==

==Chart Performance== 

==References==
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<ref name=moodtorock>Titus, Christa (December 16, 2019). [https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8546417/amy-lee-evanescence-the-chain-interview "Amy Lee on 'The Chain' Cover and Next Evanescence Album: 'We're Definitely in the Mood to Rock'"]. ''Billboard''.</ref>

<ref name=radioultra>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=Interview with Amy Lee (Evanescence)|url=https://radioultra.ru/news/intervyu-s-emi-li-evanescence|work=radioultra.ru|language=Russian|date=December 20, 2019}}</ref>

<ref name=kyleinterview>{{cite web|last=Meredith|first=Kyle|title=Kyle Meredith with... Evanescence|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pe9FdhOA2o|work=YouTube|date=January 22, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=kerrang2017>{{cite journal|last=Law|first=Sam|title=Symphonic Possession|journal=Kerrang!|year=2017|month=October|volume=|issue=1694|pages=24–27|url=https://evthreads.proboards.com/thread/2472/symphonic-possession-kerrang-issue-1694|accessdate=|issn=‎0262-6624}}</ref>

<ref name=woy>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/listen-to-evanescences-new-single-wasted-on-you/|title=Listen To EVANESCENCE's New Single 'Wasted On You'|work=Blabbermouth|date=April 24, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=rawsongs>{{cite web|title=Amy Lee: New Evanescence Songs Are “Going To A Place That’s Even More Raw”|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/amy-lee-new-evanescence-songs-are-going-to-a-place-thats-even-more-raw/|work=Kerrang!|date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=4songs>{{cite web|title=Evanescence Interview|url=https://www.spreaker.com/user/harddrivedl/hddl0165|work=Harddrive Hotline|date=February 21, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=rocksound>{{cite web|title=Rock Sound: Evanescence's Amy Lee Talks 'Wasted On You' & New Album 'The Bitter Truth' - Video Call|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFLRgIqk0s|work=YouTube|date=May 8, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=scrollin>{{cite web|last=Ghosh|first=Devarsi|title=Evanescence’s Amy Lee on their new album: ‘Good if some songs go off the rails a little bit’|url=https://scroll.in/article/961166/evanescences-amy-lee-on-their-new-album-good-if-some-songs-go-off-the-rails-a-little-bit|work=Scroll.in|date=May 9, 2020}}</ref>

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