PHOTOS - INFORMATIONS - DISCOGRAPHY
Country: The NetherlandsLabel: Nuclear Blast
Website: www.epica.nl
Formed in: 2002
2002- Symphonic metal
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Demos
* 2003: "Cry for the Moon"Cry for the Moon was the demo of the Dutch symphonic metal band Sahara Dust (the later Epica). The record contains two songs, that were later on rerecorded for their debute album The Phantom Agony. The band had planned to record this demo in July 2002 already, but had to cancel the recording session due to the departures of Helena Iren Michaelsen and Iwan Hendrikx.
1. "Cry for the Moon"
2. "Illusive Consensus"
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Studio albums
* 2003: "The Phantom Agony"The Phantom Agony is the first full-length studio album by Epica.
1. "Adyta (The Neverending Embrace)" – 1:26
2. "Sensorium" – 4:48
3. "Cry for the Moon (The Embrace That Smothers, Part IV)" – 6:44
4. "Feint" – 4:19
5. "Illusive Consensus" – 5:00
6. "Façade of Reality (The Embrace That Smothers, Part V)" – 8:12
7. "Run for a Fall" – 6:32
8. "Seif al Din (The Embrace That Smothers, Part VI)" – 5:47
9. "The Phantom Agony" – 9:01
10. "The Phantom Agony (single version)" – 4:34
The Embrace That Smothers
On this album, Mark Jansen continues with the collection of songs that make up "The Embrace That Smothers". The first three parts of this can be found on Prison of Desire (2000), the After Forever debut album, and the following three parts can be found on The Divine Conspiracy (2007), Epica's third album. These songs deal with the dangers of organized religion.
Theme
This album's lyrics are mostly based on current events during the writing of the album
* "Cry for the Moon" is based on the abuse of children by Catholic priests. It has been released as a single in 2004.
* "Feint" was written after the murder of Pim Fortuyn.
* "Façade of Reality" is based on the September 11, 2001 attacks. It features two fragments from a speech by Tony Blair.
* "Run for a Fall" expresses Mark's frustrations towards his former band After Forever.
* "Seif Al Din" is about Islamic fundamentalism.
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* 2005: "Consign to Oblivion"Consign to Oblivion was the second studio-album by the Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica, and was released in April 2005. Trois Vierges features a guest appearance by Kamelot vocalist Roy Khan. The album's lyrics are heavily influenced by Mayan Civilization.
Track listing
1. "Hunab K'u" (A New Age Dawns, Prologue) – 1:43
2. "Dance of Fate" – 5:13
3. "The Last Crusade" (A New Age Dawns, Pt. 1) – 4:22
4. "Solitary Ground" – 4:24
5. "Blank Infinity" – 4:01
6. "Force of the Shore" – 4:02
7. "Quietus" – 3:47
8. "Mother of Light" (A New Age Dawns, Pt. 2) – 5:56
9. "Trois Vierges" – 4:42
10. "Another Me "In Lack'ech"" – 4:40
11. "Consign to Oblivion" (A New Age Dawns, Pt. 3) – 9:45
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* 2005: "The Score - An Epic Journey"The Score - An Epic Journey is the third Epica album, released in 2005. It's the film soundtrack to Joyride, a Dutch production.
Most of the songs of the album are purely instrumental, and can best be compared to the intros of the previous two albums. The four songs which do feature the singing voice of Simone Simons, are different versions of songs from the album Consign to Oblivion which was released earlier the same year.
Track listing
1. "Vengeance Is Mine" – 1:54
2. "Unholy Trinity" – 3:09
3. "The Valley" – 2:09
4. "Caught in a Web" – 4:27
5. "Insomnia" – 2:08
6. "Under the Aegis" – 2:49
7. "Trois Vierges" (Solo Version) – 4:42
8. "Mystica" – 2:48
9. "Valley of Sins" – 5:41
10. "Empty Gaze" – 2:10
11. "The Alleged Paradigm" – 2:26
12. "Supremacy" – 3:22
13. "Beyond the Depth" – 1:58
14. "Epitome" – 1:19
15. "Inevitable Embrace" – 3:52
16. "Angel of Death" – 3:30
17. "The Ultimate Return" – 4:50
18. "Trois Vierges" (Reprise) – 2:07
19. "Solitary Ground" (Single Version) – 4:08
20. "Quietus" (Score Version) – 6:27
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* 2007: "The Divine Conspiracy"The Divine Conspiracy is the fourth full-length studio album by the Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica. It was released on September 7, 2007 through Nuclear Blast. It is the band's first concept album. The idea behind it is that God created many different religions for humanity to figure out and overcome their superficial differences and to discover their true nature, which is the same for all of them. The album features a session appearance by the God Dethroned drummer Ariën van Weesenbeek, who is now a full-time member of the band, following the departure of Jeroen Simons in 2006. The album also features a guest performance from Sander Gommans (After Forever), who contributed grunt vocals for the song "Death of a Dream." The European digipak version of the album contains a cover of Fear Factory's "Replica".
Track listing
1. "Indigo ~ prologue" - 2:05
2. "The Obsessive Devotion" - 7:13
3. "Menace of Vanity" - 4:13
4. "Chasing the Dragon" - 7:40
5. "Never Enough" - 4:47
6. "La‘petach Chatat Rovetz ~ the Last Embrace" - 1:46
7. "Death of a Dream ~ the Embrace that Smothers part VII" - 6:03
8. "Living a Lie ~ the Embrace that Smothers part VIII" - 4:56
9. "Fools of Damnation ~ the Embrace that Smothers part IX" - 8:42
10. "Beyond Belief" - 5:25
11. "Safeguard to Paradise" - 3:46
12. "Sancta Terra" - 4:57
13. "The Divine Conspiracy" - 13:56
14. "Higher High" (Bonus Track) - 5:27
15. "Replica" (Fear Factory Cover) (Bonus Track) - 4:10
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EPs and singles
* 2003: "The Phantom Agony"The Phantom Agony was Epica's debut single.
Track listing
1. "The Phantom Agony" - single version
2. "Veniality" - previously unreleased track
3. "Façade of Reality"
4. "Veniality" - previously unreleased orchestral version
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* 2004: "Feint"Feint is the second single of the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica.
Track listing
1. "Feint"
2. "Feint" (previously unreleased piano version)
3. "Triumph of Defeat" (previously unreleased instrumental track)
4. "Seif al Din"
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* 2004: "Cry for the Moon""Cry for the Moon" is a song by the symphonic metal band Epica. It can be found on their debut album, The Phantom Agony.
Track listing
1. "Cry for the Moon" (single version)
2. "Cry for the Moon"
3. "Run for a Fall" (single version)
4. "Run for a Fall"
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* 2005: "Solitary Ground"Solitary Ground was Epica's first single from the album Consign to Oblivion.
Track listing
1. "Solitary Ground" (soundtrack version)
2. "Solitary Ground" (remix)
3. "Mother of Light" (gruntless version)
4. "Palladium" (previously unreleased track)
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* 2005: "Quietus (Silent Reverie)"Quietus (Silent Reverie) is the 5th single released by the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. The album comes in two versions; one with 2 tracks and one with 4 tracks (which was released one week later, October 28). Although at the point of the release of Quietus (Silent Reverie) a newer album entitled The Score - An Epic Journey was already out, this single comes from the forelast album Consign to Oblivion.
The song Crystal Mountain was not composed by Epica. Its original version was performed by the death metal band Death, on the album Symbolic.
Two tracks single
1. "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" - single version
2. "Linger" - previously unreleased track
Four tracks maxi-single
1. "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" - single version
2. "Crystal Mountain (Death Cover)" - previously unreleased orchestral version
3. "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" - grunt version
4. "Crystal Mountain (Death Cover)" - previously unreleased track
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* 2007: "Never Enough"Never Enough is the sixth single released by the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. The album was released as a three-track digital download on August 10, 2007. It is the first single from their fourth album, The Divine Conspiracy.
Track listing
1. "Never Enough" (edit) - 3:41
2. "Chasing the Dragon" (edit) - 3:50
3. "Safeguard to Paradise" (piano version) - 3:50
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Compilations
* 2006: "The Road to Paradiso"The Road to Paradiso is the name of a book about the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica (written in both Dutch and English) which was accompanied by compilation album of the same band. It was released on May 4, 2006, on the very same night they performed at Paradiso in Amsterdam. The title The Road to Paradiso was given to the project because the book contained the story of how Epica developed from their beginning days in 2002, until what they had become in 2006. The album also includes demo versions of three of their previous released songs, effectively giving insight into how their songs developed.
The release of the album and book was announced on January 16th, 2006 on the official website of Epica.[1] The band stated that they wanted this album and book "to be made for the fans, but also by the fans".
Track listing
1. "Welcome to the Road of Paradiso (Caught in a Web)" – 4:37
2. "Making of Adyta" – 1:34
3. "Adyta (demo version)" – 1:23
4. "Making of Cry for the Moon – 1:29
5. "Cry for the Moon (demo version)" – 6:43
6. "Making of Quietus" – 1:14
7. "Quietus (demo version)" – 3:41
8. "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" – 3:54
9. "The Fallacy" – 3:23
10. "Interview with Ad (on the live tracks)" – 0:32
11. "Solitary Ground (live)" – 4:05
12. "Blank Infinity (live)" – 4:04
13. "Mother of Light (live)" – 6:01
14. "Linger (piano version)" – 4:15
15. "Crystal Mountain (orchestral version)(Death cover)" – 5:01
16. "Purushayita" – 3:50
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DVDs
* 2004: "We Will Take You with Us"We Will Take You With Us is the title of the first DVD released by the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. The DVD only has material that was already released on Epica's debut album, The Phantom Agony, with the exception of Memory, which is a cover from the musical Cats. Feint and Run for a Fall were both acoustic versions recorded at 2 Meter Sessies, a Dutch live music television show. The title of this release is taken from the lyrics to "Façade of Reality".
Track listing
1. "Façade of Reality"
2. "Sensorium"
3. "Illusive Consensus"
4. "Cry for the Moon"
5. "The Phantom Agony"
6. "Seif al Din"
7. "Feint" (acoustic version)
8. "Run for a Fall" (acoustic version)
9. "Memory"
10. "Falsches Spiel" *
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2004 - Live At Lowlands (Bootleg)
1. Adyta (The Neverending Embrace) [01:28]
2. Sensorium [05:09]
3. Quietus [03:56]
4. Follow In The Cry "The Embrace That Smothers - Part II" [After Forever Cover] [05:27]
5. Illusive Consensus [05:31]
6. Feint (Acoustic) [05:16]
7. Seif Al Din "The Embrace That Smothers - Part VI" [05:45]
8. Façade Of Reality "The Embrace That Smothers - Part V" [08:22]
9. Mark And The Crowd [00:47]
10. Cry For The Moon "The Embrace That Smothers - Part IV" [07:16]
11. The Phantom Agony [07:16]
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Live in Granada [ 2006]
01 - Mother of Light
02 - The last Crusade
03 - Sensorium
04 - Run For A Fall
05 - Illusive Consensus
06 - Cry For The Moon
07 - Solitary Ground
08 - Blank Infinity
09 - Seif al Din
10 - Façade of Reality
11 - The Phantom Agony
12 - Quietus
13 - Consign to Oblivion
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Live at Noordeslag, NL.
01 - Hunab'Ku
02 - Mother of Light
03 - Sensorium
04 - The Last Crusade
05 - Quietus
06 - Linger
07 - Blank Infinity
08 - Consign to Oblivion
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Live in Bilbao
01 - Hunab'Ku and Mother of Light
02 - The Last Crusade
03 - SEnsorium
04 - Run For a Fall
05 - Illusive Consensus
06 - Dance of Fate
07 - Cry For The Moon
08 - Linger
09 - Blank Infinity
10 - Seif al Din
11 - Façade of Reality
12 - The Phantom Agony
13 - Quietus
14 - Consign to Oblivion
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Live At Underground Koeln
01. Indigo (intro)
02. The Obsessive Devotion
03. Cry For The Moon
04. Beyond Belief
05. Blank Infinity
06. Never Enough
07. Consign To Oblivion
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Saarbrücken, Germany
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