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#Evanescence #SweetSacrifice #Remastered #4K #2160p #UHD Evanescence with “Sweet Sacrifice“ from the Album “The Open Door“ (2006). Remastered and A.I. Upscaled in 4K with (selfmade) lossless 5.1 Surround Sound. “Sweet Sacrifice“ is a song by American rock band Evanescence released on May 25th, 2007, as the third single from their second studio album, The Open Door. It was written by Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo while the production was handled by Dave Fortman. “All That I'm Living For“ was initially planned to be the third single, as announced at live concerts and online. However, due to requests from the band and fan reaction, Wind-up reconsidered its release and announced that “Sweet Sacrifice“ would be the band's third single from The Open Door. Evanescence's lead singer Amy Lee wrote the song about the abusive relationship that inspired all of the songs on the group's debut record, Fallen (2003). “Sweet Sacrifice“ is a rock song written in a moderate tempo. Several critics found a metaphor to Evanescence's former guitarist Ben Moody in the song. Upon its release, “Sweet Sacrifice“ received mostly positive reviews by critics; many deemed the song as a highlight on the album and praised Lee's vocals, which some described as “haunting“. Although the song failed to chart as highly as the band's previous singles, it appeared on the charts in Turkey and Germany, as well as the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. “Sweet Sacrifice“ was nominated in the category for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 50th Grammy Awards. A music video for the song, directed by P.R. Brown, was filmed in California between March 9 and March 10, 2007; It contained mostly live performances. “Sweet Sacrifice“ was also added on the set-list on Evanescence's The Open Door Tour. According to the sheet music published on the website by Alfred Music Publishing, “Sweet Sacrifice“ is an alternative metal and gothic metal song, set in common time and performed in moderate tempo of 96 beats per minute. It is written in the key of F# minor and Lee's vocals for the song range from the musical note of A#3 to G5. According to IGN's Ed Thompson, Lee sings the lines “It's true we're all a little insane/But it's so clear now that I'm unchained“, with her “haunting vocals“. Some critics found dark lyrics like “I dream in darkness, I sleep to die, erase the silence, erase my life, our burning ashes darken the day, a world of nothingness, blow me away“ accompanied with “rumbling guitars“ and a string section. A writer for the website Sputnikmusic found similarities between the songs on Fallen and “Sweet Sacrifice“. The main theme for the song is getting over from an abusive relationship. Jordan Reimer of The Daily Princetonian concluded that Lee sings the lines “You know you live to break me“ and “Are you still too weak to survive your mistakes?“ to Evanescence's past guitarist Ben Moody. That sentiment was echoed by Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone, who said that the lyrics “One day I'm gonna forget your name/And one sweet day, you're gonna drown in my lost pain“ are aimed at Moody. A music video directed by P.R. Brown was filmed in Burbank, California between March 9 and March 10, 2007. The music video leaked onto the Internet on April 4, 2007, after briefly being available for digital download on iTunes Store. It initially premiered on Yahoo! Music on April 5. The video was compared with the psychological thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, The Cell (2000). Lee said that the main inspiration is “like we're in the walls of our minds, sort of“. During an interview with MTV News, she further revealed the concept of the video, “It's mostly live performance. It's not so much fluff and flying and tricks and wolves and stuff. It's more really just about the song, and that is unique for us. We usually do crazy stuff. It's gonna be sort of like a video within the video. Since the song is our heaviest single, we really wanted to focus on mostly performance but still have something about it that's really unique. And I believe [Paul] hit the nail on the head so much.“ The video starts with Lee laying on a couch and as the song progresses, she starts singing the lyrics “It's true, we're all a little insane, but it's so clear now that I am unchained“ while getting up from it. She wears a red dress and red make-up on her face. Later another scenes, show her singing in a room similar to The Cell, while the band is performing in another room. As of December 2021, the song has 62 million views on YouTube. (Wikipedia)
