Devil May Cry Netflix series gets a new song by Evanescence, "Afterlife"
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March Climber
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The more I see of this show and it's heavy 2000s influence, the more I think I can see the reference behind Lady's outfit.
Trunx81
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Underrated gameThe more I see of this show and it's heavy 2000s influence, the more I think I can see the reference behind Lady's outfit.
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FeralEcho
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The song is epic and the animation looks pretty amazing but I just can't get over those designs for the monsters and Lady. It's like they were making another show with some Ghost in the Shell type Alice and her nemesis the rabbit in a futuristic nightmare version of wonderland and then they got the rights to DMC and decided to combine the two by making the Rabbit the villain monster and gave Alice different coloured eyes,changed her name to Lady and called it a day....
Seeing as everything else stayed true to the game source material except the rabbit and Lady it's the only explanation I can think of.
Seeing as everything else stayed true to the game source material except the rabbit and Lady it's the only explanation I can think of.
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March Climber
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Everything looks alright to me except for the Rabbit. Either the rabbit is going to have a ton of charisma as a villain, or maybe the trailers aren't showing what he transforms into/what's next.
They keep hiding Dante's Devil Trigger form as well.
This show will hopefully at least be more fun than the way-too-serious, exposition-filled, 2000s DMC anime.
FeralEcho
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Yeah that 2000's one was straight garbage,this does look exponentially better despite my gripes with it.
Maybe Vergil's the rabbit
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Blitzkrieg!
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An interesting anecdote is that in the recording of Evanescence's biggest hit Bring Me to Life, the studio forced them to include the male vocalist/rapper to better fill out the song, against the wishes of Amy Lee. 22 years later it's still by far their biggest hit, and probably the only reason the band has had a successful career, but Amy Lee still takes every opportunity to complain about it and finger wag the studio for its supposed sexism.Not bad. Coulda used a contrasting male vocalist as I feel Lee's vocals could use some harmony. Depressing damned lyrics though, expect suicide rates to spike
Cartoon looks interesting.
March Climber
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I feel conflicted about this. While the studio made a good call for an overall mega hit, it also ruined the perceived image of the band itself and what she probably wanted the band to be, because now whenever anyone thinks of Evanescence, they mostly think of just that song including the clear Linkin Park influence with the male vocalist.
I think even without the mega hit they still had some great songs that still stood out on their own, like "Going Under" and "My Immortal" among others.
But the key here is getting people to "think of Evanescence". Getting shot into the zeitgeist for an IMMENSELY popular song that you can then turn into a lifetime career that's fairly well beyond the "one hit wonder" phase is the best most bands can ever hope for. Lee never had real mainstream success other than that song but was more than an indie darling for sure.
The male/female duet is sadly a rarity. Skillet, Nightwish, couple of others. For most its just a single collab, and these days is a good female singer and some mumbling rap buffoon far more often than not. I miss the days of Lita Ford and Ozzy!
FeralEcho
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Yeah,while Bring me to Life is amazing,I much prefer other songs from the band,plus Amy Lee is just an incredible singer so no matter what they do it'll be a banger.
And like you said,despite the studio making the right call I can see why Amy doesn't feel as strong about their decision overall.
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The more I see of this show and it's heavy 2000s influence, the more I think I can see the reference behind Lady's outfit.
Fantasic forgotten game.
Blitzkrieg!
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Fair points, though I'm skeptical those subsequent songs would have got airplay at all without the big breakthrough hit. My Immortal specifically is kind of an awkward fit for rock radio.
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March Climber
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Of the two songs I posted above, one of them has over 1 billion streams (maybe more if I count spotify) and the other 300m. They have some other ones in later albums that reached 500m as well. The talent is clearly there and they would have been fine in the 2000s if Bring Me to Life ended up as a different song, as their other songs were also being featured in movies at the time. Hell, even OP's song sounds audibly good and has a great hook, as if they never missed a beat.
Could we argue that they might have aged out? Yes, that can be argued, along with many other 2000s rock/punk/metal bands. However, calling them a one hit wonder is far off mark.
True, this can be argued too. I personally feel they still would have had a decent impact during that era without the breakthrough hit. Again, the talent in how they were making songs was already there, with or without the added male vocalist in that one song.
Thats my point. Lee was able to parley her "one hit" into an enduring career with numerous songs and multiple albums. Plenty of bands get that solitary moment in the sun but can't carry on. But had Lee stuck to her guns and that song graced Daredevil without Ben Moody's vocals, would it have had anywhere near the same impact and her her band all that radio air time?
We can see where it MIGHT have gone had Lee totally chased "Bring me to Life" with Moodys band We are the Fallen which sounds a lot like a wannabe Evanescence from that period. And that ain't a bad thing necessarily.
March Climber
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That song itself? Maybe. Like 70% chance. This still sounds incredible on it's own and would easily fit onto a movie soundtrack back then:
The other songs though, especially My Immortal? Definitely Yes.
I think this is something we might simply disagree on as I think their other hit songs would have stood out enough to get them to that level. Would they have ever reached that super stardom ceiling of a Linkin Park level? Probably not as LP went astronomical with multiple hits, but would Evanescence have made a sizeable impact on their own? I still think so.
Like you said, every band just needs one hit. They literally had multiple on their hands.
Rockondevil
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Don't care for Devil May Cry but thanks for the song. I like it.
March Climber
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Here are shots of DMC V Lady, complete with Owen Wilson-esque nose:
Hot take: The Lady in this animation looks better than DMC V Lady, a game fully created by the Japanese. If anything, instead of the blue and gray outfit like Motoko from GiTS or Konoko from Oni PS2, they should have made her outfit all black with the small yellow accents to resemble her initial DMC 3 concept art:
It would have been a nice easter egg.
Danteyke223
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeh no, I would say seeing Madhouse animate this, was hype, and then my god that anime is just boring slog, you can also see how the animation barely had any budget where they constantly cut away or he just uses his guns in action scenes.
I have no clue what happened during the production of that anime but it's just not good. It's not horrible, but for Madhouse to release that and go, yeah that's great was weird. It's basically a very Mid Anime that falls flat on it's face in multiple aspects. The only truly good thing about this was the opening song, and that's pretty much it. Japan fumbled the ball massively when it comes to that adaptation, to the point where I don't even like to recommend it.