We Are the Fallen: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

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• Draconian
• Nightwish
• On Thorns I Lay
• My Dying Bride
• The Gathering
• Lacuna Coil

• Evanescence

Genres:

Rock Music, Alternative Rock Music, Gothic Rock Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Formed in 2008 by former members of popular goth metal/pop outfit Evanescence, We Are the Fallen (the name was derived from Evanescence's 2003 album, Fallen) employed their predecessor's penchant for melodrama and brooding theatricality with a newfound emphasis on the band as a whole. Rocky Gray, John LeCompt, and Ben Moody the latter left Evanescence in 2003 had experienced significant tensions within the group as it rose to international fame behind talented singer/pianist Amy Lee, so when the opportunity for a new project arose, they looked to former American Idol contestant Carly Smithson to provide the pipes. We Are the Fallen released their first single, "Bury Me Alive," on June 22, 2009.

- James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide