Devil May Cry just dropped a brand-new lyric video for the new Evanescence song, “Afterlife”. Netflix is gearing up for fans to see Devil May Cry on April 3. Y2K-obsessed fans were so excited to see Evanescence releasing new music for the anime. “Afterlife” is the exact kind of intense, moody composition you would expect from the band.
While Amy Lee hadn’t seen Devil May Cry before, she’s been absolutely inspired by seeing the series in action. She told Billboard, “I absolutely love the show, art and story… I have always loved good anime. Right from the first scene of the show, I knew it was going to be good. Creative and thought-provoking, horrific and beautiful, classic.”
“For me, the song is both the pain and the resolve,” Lee continued. “From the perspective of someone who has lost so much, and will always carry the marks of that, but also someone who has reached the point of being past the fear. No trepidation, no hesitation in your quest when you have committed to the fight and have nothing left to lose.”
Showrunner Adi Shankar sees Devil May Cry as a perfect match for Evanescence. In the same interview, he lauded Lee’s efforts in soundtracking the action. “Amy and her squad own this space. Evanescence sculpts entire emotional landscapes,” he says.
“Their sound is alchemy — gothic grandeur meets raw vulnerability, a fusion of cinematic and anthemic. Amy Lee is a frequency that cuts straight to the soul,” Shankar added. “The way Amy Lee’s voice carries pain, power, and transcendence in a single note is exactly what Devil May Cry needed. To me, it wasn’t about picking a band—it was about recruiting the only band that could make this moment immortal.”
What Is Devil May Cry About?
“In this animated adaptation of the popular Capcom game and from the vision of Adi Shankar, sinister forces are at play to open the portal between the human and demon realms. In the middle of it all is Dante, an orphaned demon-hunter-for-hire, unaware that the fate of both worlds hangs around his neck.”
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