The glorious goth-metal of Evanescence

Evanescence became one of the most famous female-fronted metal bands on the planet in the 2000s off the back of a string of top-selling singles that fused their trademark gothic nu-metal guitar sound with the soaring vocals of lead singer Amy Lee. They stamped the entire decade with their blueprint, their almost symphonic grunge-tinged metal influencing a raft of metal bands with female lead singers in their wake. You can experience one of the originals when you buy or sell Evanescence tickets on StubHub.

Setting the tone with a different kind of nu-metal

Evanescence are probably best known for their monumentally successful debut album, "Fallen", which contained more hits than you could shake a stick at and earned the band no fewer than six Grammy nominations. They won two of these, but the sheer volume of acclaim for the album made it one of the best-selling of the decade and put the band on the highest plinth as the standard bearers for a new kind of nu-metal that reached back to gothic rock for its stylistic and musical flavours. Hugely melodramatic, the music captured millions of fans and made Amy Lee something of a pin-up girl for the emo generation. She briefly delved into a solo career while the band was on a hiatus, releasing a smash-hit duet with labelmates Seether. The band went through a tumultuous period in the late 2000s, but made a triumphant return with an eponymously titled album in 2009. It rushed up the Billboard charts and re-established the band as a force in the metal arena. Evanescence tickets have remained just as popular as they always were, and you can get yours right here.

A goth-metal blueprint for the new kids on the block

Evanescence spent a relatively brief time in the brightest of spotlights, but the years haven't diminished the power of their music, either in live concerts or in terms of the artists who have cited them as a direct influence on their own music. These include a veritable who's who of modern goth-rock and goth-metal. On the poppier side you have a band like The Pretty Reckless, who borrowed their goth-rock sensibilities and fused them with standard Sunset Strip LA metal. To call it goth-hair-metal might be going too far, but it's pretty close. On the other side of this, and in far more serious vein, are the symphonic goth-metal bands like In This Moment, who represent the slower side of the goth-metal template that Lee and her bandmates set. As for their own influences, look no further than Lacuna Coil. This is high-pedigree stuff and gives you plenty of good excuses to rush off and get Evanescence tickets on StubHub now.