Epica - Abyss of Time (Piano Cover by Aria Ellys)

As some of you know, Abyss of Time was my very first cover on this channel, two years ago on this very day. Since then, many things have evolved, and I now have a better sound recording setup. As I still hold this cover very close to my heart, I wanted to do it justice by re-recording it properly and releasing this new version on its birthday. It was a real pleasure to play it again and I hope you will feel that and enjoy it as much as the first one (if not more!)
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Original song: • EPICA - Abyss of Time ...
Acoustic version I also drew inspiration from: • EPICA - Abyss O'Time (...
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By the way, for the Epica fans, I used some bits of Abyss O'Time, Alpha, and even Kingdom Of Heaven, Part III! I hope y'all will appreciate these (not so) little references!
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The old video is now Unlisted but you can still view it if you'd really like to for some reason, find it here: • Epica - Abyss of Time ...
I know my activity is very variable but as always, thank you for staying with me and I still have a lot of things I want to put out for you so stay tuned!
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Aria Ellys

[@DansMusic23]

Amazing and beautiful piano playing, perfect 👌

[@tuulip11]

Beautiful! ❤️

[@AriaEllys_Music]

Thanks a lot! 🥰

[@eclipse_eternal8178]

This is really nice, I love it 🖤

[@Omega072.]

Oh my gosh! This was probably one of the best piano covers I've heard of ANY Epica song! You even incorporated "Alpha - Anteludium" into the piece! My favorite part was the ending, because I was fully expecting you to use the epic final verse from the original, but instead the key changed to A Major and you included the ending from the acoustic version! Very, very well done. I'm actually working on my own cover of the song right now, but the sound is closer to the original and doesn't include Alpha unfortunately. Keep up the amazing work! I'd like to hear Code of Life or The Skeleton Key next since those are my two favorite songs from the album.

[@AriaEllys_Music]

Wow! Thank you so much for your comment, I love it when people notice all the little changes and references I do in my cover, so you saying you appreciated it really warms my heart a lot 🥰 As for the two (amazing) songs you mentioned, they are songs I already enjoy playing, and I probably will record them at some point, especially The Skeleton Key, so yeah there's a good chance you'll see that one day on this channel! Good luck to you on your cover, take care!

[@Valentin-Fernandez-Protti]

Awesome Cover ^^. I'm a Pianist from Argentina and I really want to learn how to play the songs of Epica, (Kamelot and Nightwish too ^^) because is my favorite band ^^. Thank you so much for making videos of songs of Epica in Piano, because Epica have such a power for that instrument, from other part I love the chance to see it, so I can learn it ;) and is awesome to hear it. That was really Awesome. I wait for more Epica songs and I Subscribe to your channel ^^. Sometimes I Upload Improvisations of Piano, maybe you like it ^^