Sanctuary

Sanctuary, released on 5 June 2026, is the sixth album, honed around gothic/alternative metal shading and dramatic melody including piano. It is their first in five years, and by Amy Lee's account took over three years. Jordan Fish, Nick Raskulinecz and Zakk Cervini shared the production, with Cervini mixing the whole record. It is also the first album with Emma Anzai on bass. The title comes from something Lee said onstage: that this is our sanctuary, where we find comfort and connection through the power of music. Heavy guitars build dark walls, and piano and string-like colour let cold light through them. “Afterlife” was written for Netflix's Devil May Cry, and “Who Will You Follow” became the band's first US Hard Rock Songs No. 1. On “How Do I Heal” and “Forever Without You” Lee returns to the piano, and the closing “Wide Open Heart” swells quietly out of a cold synth arpeggio. Beauty and weight coexist without conflict — a deep record, and unmistakably Evanescence.