CARNIVAL OF MADNESS, the annual touring rock extravaganza, will make its roaring return with rock titans EVANESCENCE, CHEVELLE, HALESTORM, and NEW MEDICINE.

Evanescence's third album is self titled for a reason: 15 years after its formation, the multi-platinum band has made the most collaborative, united album of its career. And it rocks. "Coming back together is such a beautiful and happy thing," co-founder and lead singer Amy Lee says of making "Evanescence," the group's first album since 2006's "The Open Door." "We'd bring a song to the whole band and arrange it in a group. That's something that really stands out against the other records. There's a tight band at the center of everything, giving it a very tangible energy." The cohesion is evident in every note. The album, produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Alice In Chains, Def Tones), packs a wallop with a unified vision that can only come from a group working together as a creative unit.