Amy Lee of Evanescence shares more insight about the band’s upcoming album

Evanescence singer Amy Lee discussed the band’s upcoming album, “Sanctuary,” which is scheduled for release on June 5, in a recent interview with Abe Kanan of Audacy Music, as per Blabbermouth. The album will be offered as a digital album, standard CD, deluxe CD, and limited-edition box set. It includes songs produced by Jordan Fish (Bring Me The Horizon, Poppy, House Of Protection, Architects), Zakk Cervini (Bad Omens, Yungblud, Bring Me The Horizon, Spiritbox), and Nick Raskulinecz (Korn, Foo Fighters, Rush). On September 4, the album will be available on double vinyl. When asked how long Evanescence had worked on “Sanctuary,” Amy responded as follows.

I’d say three years solid. We’ve been tour touring a lot, as you know. But we had a lot of little trips in between — like while we’re somewhere, go rent a place for the days in between the shows. And people come to me and we work together. Or we had some amazing creation sessions with Zakk Cervini and Jordan Fish here in L.A. We recorded stuff in Nick’s house in Nashville. It’s just been kind of all over the place the last three years.

How about the inspiration for the lyrics and music?

I felt very fueled by the state of the world creatively. I feel like I have a ton to get off my chest. This music is a sanctuary for me. I’ve needed this — we all have — just to be able to pour into something, and I know I sound like a broken record ’cause I was saying similar stuff about [2021’s] ‘The Bitter Truth’, but music is so, so needed. And we’ve just been writing like crazy. I’ve been kind of underground. At the beginning of this year, I just sort of had to disappear and finish all the lyrics, which seemed more important than ever. And I finally pulled my head up and we just finished the album. I’m so excited. It’s so good. And it feels so good to finally be releasing the music that we’ve been obsessing over.

Upcoming shows:

• June 11, 2026 – West Palm Beach, FL * 
• June 12, 2026 – Tampa, FL * 
• June 14, 2026 – Alpharetta, GA * 
• June 15, 2026 – Nashville, TN * 
• June 17, 2026 – Raleigh, NC * 
• June 18, 2026 – Charlotte, NC * 
• June 20, 2026 – Camden, NJ * 
• June 21, 2026 – Mansfield, MA * 
• June 23, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY * 
• June 24, 2026 – Wantagh, NY * 
• June 26, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ * 
• June 27, 2026 – Bristow, VA * 
• June 29, 2026 – Toronto, ON * 
• June 30, 2026 – Montréal, QC * 
• July 8, 2026 – Tinley Park, IL 
• July 9, 2026 – Noblesville, IN * 
• July 11, 2026 – North Little Rock, AR * 
• July 12, 2026 – Kansas City, MO * 
• July 14, 2026 – Albuquerque, NM * 
• July 15, 2026 – Phoenix, AZ * 
• July 17, 2026 – Chula Vista, CA * 
• July 18, 2026 – Irvine, CA * 
• July 20, 2026 – Mountain View, CA * 
• July 22, 2026 – Ridgefield, WA *
• July 23, 2026 – Auburn, WA * 
• July 25, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT * 
• July 28, 2026 – St. Louis, MO * 
• July 30, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH * 
• August 1, 2026 – Cincinnati, OH * 
• August 2, 2026 – Clarkston, MI * 
• September 8, 2026 – Leeds, UK + 
• September 10, 2026 – Manchester, UK + 
• September 11, 2026 – Birmingham, UK + 
• September 13, 2026 – London, UK + 
• September 16, 2026 – Brussels, BE §
• September 17, 2026 – Paris, FR §
• September 19, 2026 – Frankfurt, DE  §
• September 20, 2026 – Dortmund, DE  §
• September 22, 2026 – Amsterdam, NL  §
• September 23, 2026 – Hamburg, DE  §
• September 25, 2026 – Berlin, DE  §
• September 26, 2026 – Munich, DE §
• September 28, 2026 – Bologna, IT  §
• September 29, 2026 – Zurich, CH  §
• October 1, 2026 – Barcelona, ES  §
• October 2, 2026 – Madrid, ES  §
• October 4, 2026 – Lisbon, PT  §
• October 26, 2026 – Morrison, CO ^

* Spiritbox and Nova Twins
+ Poppy and K.Flay
§ Poppy and Nova Twins
^ K.Flay