Evanescence released the lyric video for their new single “Afterlife”, as announced on their social media. The track, featured in Netflix’s upcoming animated series Devil May Cry, is now streaming on YouTube via the band’s official channel. The full single officially hits all major platforms tomorrow, March 28.
The Arkansas-formed alternative metal band, led by Amy Lee (vocals, keyboards) alongside Tim McCord (guitar/bass), Will Hunt (drums), Troy McLawhorn (guitars), and Emma Anzai (bass, backing vocals), delivers a haunting, cinematic sound with “Afterlife.” Co-written by Lee and Alex Seaver (Mako), and co-produced by Seaver, Nick Raskulinecz, and Tyler Demorest, the song captures the pain of loss and the resolve to fight on, as Lee shared in a Billboard interview. She was inspired by the Devil May Cry series’ “horrific and beautiful” storytelling, despite not being familiar with it initially. The track’s brooding guitars and Lee’s emotive vocals—singing lines like “I’m all out of tears to cry, today I’m not afraid to die”—fit the anime’s dark, supernatural vibe.
Devil May Cry, based on Capcom’s video game franchise, premieres April 3 on Netflix. Produced by Studio Mir and showrunner Adi Shankar, it follows demon hunter Dante (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch in English) as he battles forces trying to open a portal between human and demon realms. The series leans into a 2000s nu-metal aesthetic, with Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin’” as the opening theme and Papa Roach’s “Last Resort” in a trailer. Shankar told Billboard that Evanescence was the perfect fit, noting Lee’s voice as a “frequency that cuts straight to the soul,” aligning with the show’s themes of trauma and redemption.
This marks Evanescence’s first original release since 2021’s “The Bitter Truth”, which hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart. Lee hinted last September to 89 FM A Rádio Rock that the band was in a creative phase, with plans to hit the studio in November 2024. In a recent Kerrang! interview, she called “Afterlife” the “first of many” new songs, suggesting more material for a potential follow-up album is in the works. .
You can pre-save “Afterlife” on platforms like Spotify via here. Evanescence is also set to support Halsey on May 14 in Los Angeles, California and My Chemical Romance on September 13 in Tampa, Florida. Stream the lyric video now and hear how they channel the chaos of Devil May Cry.