Epica is a metal band and heavier than Nightwish, but this was their 10th anniversary concert where they invited an orchestra and choir. In this song, the band is taking a break. This is 13th century lyrics sung to 18th century Baroque music by Pergolesi and sung by two metal queens at a metal concert. The song is about Mary crying for her son at the cross of Christ in Latin of course. Pergolesi was dying from TB when he wrote this and had only a short time left to live. One noteworthy point: Floor the soprano is singing the alto role. "Sancta Terra" from this same concert, also with Floor. And then to get the full Epica effect, "Consign to Oblivion" at the Zenith in Paris.
it is so amazing to see a few thousand metal fans appreciate and enjoy classical music in almost complete silence due to there respect and wonder they have for these two women ( and the orchestra )
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band. They tend to lean a bit heavier than Nightwish. Simone Simons has been their vocalist for their entire 20 year career so far. This particular song is not an indication of their usual sound.
Hi for me, two of the best Symphonic metal lead singer's there is I absolutely love Classical and any type of metal music, to have bands like Epica and Nightwish, is the nearest I will ever get to heaven and angels with Floor and Simone singing. As you may now know. This is a superb cover of Giovanini Battista Pergolesi's sacred music composition, Stabat Mata Dolorosa (The Sorrowful Mother was Standing) is the 1st movement of a 12 movement composition and one of the most popular pieces. So with Mary and Jesus being the main character's it is mostly performed at Easter. Pergolesi was dying of Tuberculosis, it was said that he died within 24 hours of completing his work. For me I can feel the sadness and pain he felt, he so skillfully transmitted into the music. I had to get Pergolesi's music. It goes to show, how good Floor and Simone with Epica's version is I just always make up my mind on which one do I play. Great video reaction.
Can you imagine these thousands of young metal fans listening to this classical piece in such reverence. During the long into by the strings you could almost feel the pain Pergolesi was feeling when he composed this, his last masterpiece, knowing he was dying from tuberculosis at only 27 years old. Thanks for a great reaction.
✨✨I love NW, Jinjer...and yeah EPICA.... the first EPICA performance you have to see (from the same show btw), just to get a taste of their grand sound is- Unleashed (OFFICIAL LIVE)✨✨✨✨
To eaze into this Epic journey start with Unleashed from the same concert. If you think you still need Floor then Sancta Terra, and keep on going from there! It's worth it!!!
No, this is not their normal style. They are a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by guitarist, and harsh vocalist ,Mark Jansen after parting ways with his former band, After Forever, which he co-founded. AF was also the first band that Floor joined at age 16. Lead singer is Simone Simons. She switched to the symphonic metal style in training, from pop, after hearing Tarja with Nightwish. Coen Janssen on keyboards, Guitarist Isaac Delahaye, bassist Rob van der Loo, and drummer Arien van Weesenbeek round out the current lineup. This performance was in the middle of a metal concert. How to quiet thousands of metalheads and still have them love it. The Retrospect 10th anniversary 3 hour show in 2013. Simone was 3 months pregnant here. As with Nightwish, they are great live. Try The Skeleton Key and Kingdom of Heaven part 3 from the Omega Alive 2021 virtual show, Beyond the Matrix and Consign to Oblivion live at the Zenith in Paris (2017), or the other song at this show with Floor, Sancta Terra.
There is one word to describe that - BEAUTIFUL! I am a metalhead at heart but I do love a bit of classical, baroque being my favourite. For me I feel like metal and classical are relatives, there's enough differences but there's something that connects them. There is another song with Floor from that concert and it's a knockout too 😁
Hey Brandon . Simone Simons Starts her Classical Vocal Training with 15 Years . Behind Listen the Nightwish Album Oceanborn from 1998 . Simone like to sing like Tarja Turunen Tarja Was the Priwies singer by Nightwish . Simone vam with 17 years to Epica . And she have today her one singing style . Simone is naby the best soprano in Metall 🤘❤️🤘🤘🤘
You want to begin with Epica ? Try "Consign to Oblivion" live in zenith Paris. Epica is a very powerful, artistic and creative symphonic metal band, melting wonderful musicians. This piece is a very classic pice from Pergolese, and both of the singers have a classical formation
This song is fabulous(!), but is also shows only one (classical) side of Epica. For this one-of "Retrospect" concert (to celebrate their 10-years anyversary) they hired a full Symphony orchestra plus a full classical choir. If you want a good introduction to the enormous catalogue of great - and heavy! - songs by Epica a good starting point would be "Consign to Oblivion" (live at the Zenith in Paris), also "Unleashed" from the same retrospect concert as this one, "Sancta Terra" (also with Floor as guest) also from the Retrospect, or "Kingdom of Heaven, Part 3" from Omega Alive, and from there on your homefree to explore the enorms rabbithole you just found. Enjoy!
Love this duet. I'm classically trained singer and pianist and this just warms my heart. Simone is a great singer but I think Epica is just a little too hard for me. Sancta Terra is awesome from this same concert.
Epica sounds to me like a heavy metal band trying to combine its death metal legacy with orchestral instruments, choirs and Simone's vocals - and it doesn't always sound like they've succeeded with it :) Also, when will people finally realize that death growls and fry screams do not belong in serious metal music that has grown beyond the underground cvlt and the "f. you" attitude of the 80's? They're only appropriate in the extreme subgenres of metal that often don't even have any lyrics (maybe for the better :), but even there the progress has reached the point at which the human throat just doesn't sound brutal enough and people are forced to look for alternative solutions: th-cam.com/video/aHHIqaNVS3A/w-d-xo.html
@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Your conservatism, inability to adapt and learn and your fear of the unknown are quite shortsighted. And who are you to determinine what is "appropriate"? It is exactly the juxtaposition and the melding of Simone's angelic voice with the symphonic instruments on the one hand and hard metal and the growls on the other hand that makes Epica so SPECIAL and that has given many moments of enjoyment and emotion to many. If you don't like it and you are unable to assimilate things that you don't fit in your predetermined paterns... Just go somewhere else, but don't bother people who are more flexible than you and who have more ability to assimilate then you.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 😂Haha, leuk. I envy your ability to judge others based on just one short comment. And I don't remember having "bothered" anyone, I was replying to Lisa, whose opinion seemed to be similar to mine. I don't think your beloved band needs an advocate online. I'm pretty sure they can survive being viciously criticized by infidels like me. Now, to use your way of expression, - who are YOU to come here and tell me what to do? I don't remember asking for an advice. This is not about Epica, or music anymore, this is getting personal. Are you sure you want to take it there?
@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Ha ha goed geprobeerd! You are trying to put things on their head now. My problem with your statement is that you are doing exactly what you are now trying to blame me for (de pot verwijt de ketel dat i zwart ziet...) You are making sweeping judgements "trying to", "appropriate", and "what works": these are your own words bro. That is not up to you to determine. You are not the judge of such things. And you can try to turn it around and blame me for your own fault, but that is not going to work. Sorry. En verder: e.e.a. is NIET persoonlijk bedoeld, en zo wil ik het ook houden, maar je laatste opmerking is VER over de schreef. Ik vat dit op als een bedreiging. Ik zou HEEL ERG GOED nadenken voordat ik hier mee verder ga als ik jou was. EDIT: and one more thing: I am the one who was here just enjoying a reaction to Epica, and you are the one who came in, and started talking about Epica being "not appropriate". So you are putting things on their head bro. So the question is why are YOU here, if you don't even like Epica?
@@rientsdijkstra4266 All of this sounds very familiar. I had a talk with a Nightwish - or rather Tarja - fanatic t' other day and it went pretty much like this. I had the audacity to mention that Tarja was limited to her operatic style and had a rather thiCC accent early on, which sometimes led to the lyrics being unintelligible - and oh boy, you can't say things like this, you'll be lynched. I see the same thing here. What's the point of this? Why did you come here, if not just looking for a conflict, telling me that my opinion is wrong and I should fix it because it hurts thy precious feelings? You like Epica. I don't. That's it. It's not gonna change. And I'm not taking my words back if that's what you're here for. Anything else?
This is getting on for 300 years old written by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736 weeks before his death from tuberculosis. As others have already said it's based on a 13th century hymn to the Virgin Mary. You can hear the pain - it's palpable!
Welcome to EPICA's rabbit hole. Another great journey, with some of the greatest ballads! But as Christmas's coming, you should definitely react to SABATON 's "Christmas Truce". Greetings from Greece!
😂😂😂 they punked ya good. Metal heads movement hun. Most of us hate auto-tune and appreciate good music. Simmone is beautiful to hear as Floor, and they are good friends. The dive into Epica is fun too. Enjoy the drop.
Well, few things: Along with Nightwish, they are in the symphonic metal category. Lead singer is Simone Simons, and male vocalist is guitarist Mark Jansen. Mark and Floor are not related ,but were in After Forever together (Floor's first band she joined at 16). WHEN Epica hit hard, they are heavier than Nightwish. But they also have some really beautiful, soft and tender ballads. And they often ”cover themselves” in completely different styles (jazz, Irish folk, klezmer…). Epica fan's are Epicans . Their song "Sancta Terra" also features Floor in the same concert !!!! Plus....It's still amazes me when I watch this concert , that all that screaming metal crowd goes completely silent , in the moment when these two lovely angels start to singing ..... It is really funny , that Metal lovers can appreciate classical music more then vice versa . NWSU/Epican 🤘😎🤘.
Nice reaction! From the 10th anniversary Retrospect concert for Epica with a live orchestra and choir. It was a 3.5 hour concert and Epica took a few breaks and allowed the orchestra and Simone to stretch their musical legs. They even do some soundtrack music from Star Wars. This song is not really an Epica song but Simone and Floor returning to their classical training and performing a well known piece of classical music by Pergolesi. Epica is a symphonic metal band much like Nightwish but darker and heavier. I would recommend Unleashed from this same concert as a good introduction to an Epica song. Sancta Terra with Floor again is also a common introduction to Epica for many people. Epica also has some truly beautiful ballads like Once Upon a Nightmare, Rivers, and Time and Tides as well as some beautiful acoustic version of their songs like Omegacoustic and Abyss O'Time.
Isn't it wonderful to be so surprised by 2 real artists?As it could not be overlooked, this performance was exactly the right introduction to Epica, especially to Simone.The next logical step would be to listen to the song by Epica feat. Floor 'Sancta Terra'.Then you are properly prepared for the music of Epica.
You made me smile so wide when you guessed it would be more metal 😉 Other songs by Epica, yes, but this is just a special, glorious treat for all. I could see your brain not computing at one point & the emotion welling up in your eyes! It is incredibly powerful & gorgeous. Sancta Terra is best for next as it also features Floor, then you can dive into more Epica. They are a bit heavier than Nightwish. You also MUST react to Aeryon - The Day That The World Breaks Down. It is a super cool collaboration project with tons of talent - in the Progressive genre. 😀
You want metal from Epica? Same concert - 10th anniversary of Epica from Utrecht/Netherlands - but ... the epic song about good and evil, namely: Consign to Oblivion.
Stab at mah tair is the closest I can render in writing. Metal audience completely silent for a religious work. But Floor and her good friend Simone, who is second only to Floor, do a grand job in a rock-ised version of this setting of the sacred music piece about the sorrow of Mary. So now you start to see why people love classical music. There are, in fact, even better and more touching performances by classical musicians (speaking as a Nightwish fanatic with 60 years of classical background).
Great 👍🏻 You have no idea what you’ve discovered. Epica is next level stuff, no point to compare them to anything else you heard. More metal, more symphonic, more complex and more consistent for 20 years now. Their compositions are top-notch, the melodies and lyrics are out of this world and their live shows are legendary. With about 15 masterpieces and additional 60-70 amazing songs, there is no other band like Epica.
This sounded so much holier than Epica's regular pieces of music, but man, how beautiful to hear and see. On March 23, 2013, Dutch metal band Epica celebrated their 10th anniversary with a special performance titled: “Retrospect” which took place at the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, in their home country of the Netherlands. "Retrospect" was Epica's most ambitious project to date, accompanied by a 70-piece symphonic orchestra and choir, international guests including 2 duets between Simone Simons (Epica's lead singer and old friend of) Floor Jansen and numerous special effects. The other song they sang together, but now with the band orchestra and choir was: "Sancta Terra" th-cam.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/w-d-xo.html BTW, Simone was about 3 months pregnant at the time and that's why she didn't headbang or windmill, which she usually does.
So this show was actually a few months before Wacken? Floor was still fairly new to Nightwish at this time, but she would make her "big show" debut soon.
@@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Yes, however, Nightwish follows a very tight schedule and performs a concert almost every 2 days during their 2-year world tour, so there was minimal time available for Floor to perform in other concerts. See concert data: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginaerum_World_Tour
Every Epica song. 20 years of great stuff. They are all amazing and quite different from Nightwish. Try Serenade of Self-Destruction or Chasing the Dragon live at Retrospect. Facade of Reality live at Paradiso. Dancing in a Hurricane live at Zenith. Resign to Surrender, Fools of Damnation, Semblance of Liberty, Death of a Dream, and I could go on for days....
And some infos... the Stabat mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is a setting of the medieval poem of the same name for alto, soprano, strings and basso continuo. This is the Italian composer's best-known sacred work and was written in 1736, a few weeks before his death.
Plus it is part 1 of a traditional Stabat Mater mass with several duets and solos, all together about an hour of gorgeous music about the grief of mother Mary standing at the cross where her son is dying. Stabat Mater Dolorosa means Stands the Mother in pain.
Hey bro!! Still in shock?? Hahaha. Please check Epica featuring Floor. Sancta Terra. All the band, the simphonic orchestra, choir, and of course, Floor. You'll be not dissapoint. Greettings from Argentina
The very next track Twin Flames which is also soft but it got back to slightly heavier with Serenade of Self-Destruction and is also pretty good, The whole show was good! They are heavier symphonic compared to Nightwish. The also did the Imperial March from Starwars a bit later on. th-cam.com/video/iw7YUSBQWL4/w-d-xo.html I love the fact that its at a metal concert and the fans love everything. You certainly wouldnt expect some classical at a metal concert but saying that matal and classical are similar. Personally I love it. This is the link for the complate show th-cam.com/video/hEi6ANdCcxI/w-d-xo.html Glad you enjoyed this, Have a good one
Mark Jansen and Sander created a band and invited Floor Jansen to sing. Sander Floor started dating and writing songs together. The two decided to expel Mark Jansen who had formed the band Epica. Nightwish is a crossover of power metal, folk and orchestral arrangements. Excellent for anyone who wants to start listening to metal. The Epica is heavier. It's death metal with orchestral arrangements.
@@geuseliohulk8661 for me Epica is the best symphonic metal band and most Epicans will agree with that. It would be strange to say about ur own band thst u are the best, so if Mark Jansen think that Therion is the best symphonic band than it's a fan feeling of him and where he likes to listen to. I never heared a band member say that his band is the best. So for me EPICA is by far the best symphonic metal band no other in this subgenre comes even close to them even in other subgenres, only Eluveitie is for me equal. Both bands are my absolute favourite bands!
I know you don't read or react to reactions, but I just need to tell you :) This is written by an Italian composer Pergolesi, who was 27 years old and dying. He knew he had some weeks left and wrote this beautiful music piece that is written in 1300 AC. It is about the pain and strength Maria (Mary) had to endure while her son hang on the cross. For katholics, Maria Mary) is after God and his son Jesus the most important person. What she endured at very young age, protecting her child against the Romans (Nero) and always close to him till the end. Simone from Epica and Floor are best friends. They studied classical singin together and were roommates. Floor had her own band at 16, After Forever. Epica has several bandmembers from After forever. I love Simone her voice, but it is more fragile and her range is less wide than Floor's. That's why Floor took the ALT part here, she is a higher soprano than Simone, but lower registers she can also sing easily. That is what I love about Floor. I hear people saying Epica is harder than Nightwish, I dare to challange them with some very trash-progressive metal songs from Nightwish...but you can't compare the bands. I feel that Nightwish dares to experiment more with all kinds of genres and not standard intruments (Like Troy with his Irish bagipe, the old flute, old snare instruments) But I love Epica also dearly and most important...these ladies love eachother dearly. They grew up together in classical music. Fun fact....try singing this during a pop or rap concert. This shows that Metalheads, like myself, apreciate classical music a lot and many guitarists and singers are classical trained.
A few people have mentioned how good of friends these two are in real life. Closer than sisters, some have said. The story behind the song is haunting and and a little heartbreaking. Though it must have been such a labor of love to create something so beautiful in a time such as that. I have stopped being surprised by the diversity and open minds and hearts of “metal fans”. The generosity of dodo toy that I’ve seen in this fandom has seldom been matched by others out there. You are a peculiar and lovely bunch 🥰 P.S. I know that sometimes it can seem as though I don’t listen or that I’m unreachable. There are, in fairness, so many of you and I am definitely overwhelmed. But I always do my very best to listen and read; even if I can’t always respond. You are important. It’s important for me that you know that.
As a performance coach, I think you would really enjoy Epica's KINGDOM OF HEAVEN PT 3 - (ΩMEGA ALIVE) (OFFICIAL VIDEO). Perhaps the most impressive and well put together stage performance I have ever seen from a metal band.
This song is about Mother Marys pain, when her son Jesus was cruzified. The theme is pretty old, so there are different versions to that. I think this one is from the 17th century, but i may be wrong about it. The time, when metalfans would be disturbed, when wittnessing a classical piece in the middle of an metal concert, are gone for a long time. I don't miss them. It's an honour for the genre, that musicians, who were obviously able to do the most advanced musicstyles, decids to make metal. I like that. Btw., i think, this video would have a lot more then 50 clicks. There are a lot of reactors doing this, and most of them have loads of clicks... XD Edit: This version is written by composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736. The origins of the lyrics are not completely clear, but it seems, they are from the 13th or 14th century.
The author of the lyrics may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III in the 13th century. I tend to think it was the friar; it wouldn't be the first time in history that someone higher up the chain would take - or be given credit - for a magnificent piece of work by a lowly underling. Pergolesi set it to music just a few weeks before he would die of tuberculosis in march 1736.
I love Nightwish & Epica. As well as classical music. Stabat Mater is one of my favourite classical pieces. Still hoping to hear Erbarme dich, mein Gott from Bach's Matthäus-Passion with one (or both) these ladies.
I suggest you start your Epica rabbit hole journey with Sancta Terra, Unleashed and Design Your Universe. All 3 are in the same 10th anniversary Retrospect concert as this song. You're Welcome. If you like those, then try Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 at Omega Alive. This one is an unforgettable performance visually, musically and vocally.
4:18 "What is this": Giovanni Pergolesi's Stabat Mater Dolorosa, 18th century baroque. If you have an orchestra and two class vocalists capable of classical like singing why not, even if it's in the middle of a symphonic metal concert.
at the end Floor greets the audience and makes a small knee bend to the conductor, this shows once again that Floor has no star allures, although she should have 🎶🎶🤟🏻🤟🏻
Nightwish and Epica are do Symphonic Metal . And here , both, Floor and Simone , sing full classical. In my opinon, when they cant ' sing Classic , they have no place in a Symphonic Metal Band 🤘
Epica is a metal band. More hardcore than Nightwish. But you see in yourself that the stereotypical thinking and prejudices are to think that not both go together in one concert. Imagine that at a metal concert. All hardcore metalheads dead silent and blown away. No one can say we have no sense for culture. There's another song Epica did with Floor. Sancta Terra th-cam.com/video/Xoi2extvi_c/w-d-xo.html
As several commenters have said, definitely Sancta Terra next. On the whole Epica is a bit too heavy on the growls for me, so you'll have to rely on others for suggestions as to their more "standard" mode (like NW they love variety). My own go-to is another atypical one, Feint, which is also beautiful (and after a long time there's now a decent version on YT).
Epica is the 2nd unbelievable Symphonic Metal Band next to Nightwish. And has a lot of influences of Death and Black Metal. Like NW their diversity is huge. As you see 😂. For me Epica and Nightwish are my Yin and Yan of Metal music. There is a 2nd duet with Floor called "Sancta Terra". But if you wanna discover them check out "Beyond the Matrix" Paris live. And from this you can go to the left to incredible ballads or accoustic songs like "Run for a Fall" official live, or to the right to heavy stuff like "Consign to Oblivion" Paris live. 😉
So you know now what classical training means and that it s a component of the symphonic part of the music of Epica. And also latin is used a lot in their music. And look in the lyrics of Nightwishes Greatest Show on earth. Opus Perfuctum...
Where else but at a metal concert, would they have the balls to stop mid-show and perform a 13th century christian hymn set to 18th century music by Pergolesi. 🤯
You'll hear the incredible crystal clear beautiful voice of Simone Simons. Btw this not an Epica song, it's an old hymn that Epica ( basically Simone the soprano part, another vocalist from choir the alto part and an orchestra) played already years before this one during a live show. Epica has a much heavier sound than nightwish and uses more choirs and orchestration and includes grunts too.
Simone performed on some Ayreon songs and videos just as Floor has. The Guitarist From Floor's first band Afterforever helped form the band Epica. Floor shared a room or was it a flat?. With Simone they are good friends. Floor has performed more then one song with Epica and Epica's music is normally a bit heavier then Nightwish because of the use of more growls and guitar focus but that's my opinion. Thank you.
Stabat mater dolorosa = sorrowful mother standing (Referring to Mary during the cruxifiction) 16th century Marian hymn. Arrangement here by Palestrina As awesome as Nightwish is, they are only one band in a whole genre. Or rather a closely related group of genres - symphonic, progressive, gothic and power metal. Epica is typically a heavier band than Nightwish
Stabat mater is not Classical music, it is Medieval sacred music (pre-Renaissance); it is a sacred hymn to Mary, Mother of Jesus honoring her suffering as she watched her Son's agonies on the Cross (if you go in for such things). You can hear the longing and pain in the Mother's voice as she stands, helplessly, unable to come to her Son's rescue or even comfort, knowing that He will die a terrible death in agony for all the world to see, and begging God to take her instead. It is a beautiful, haunting hymn, whether one believes in the underlying religious stories or not - but keep in mind that during the 1200's, people were significantly closer to the times of the events portrayed in those songs than we are today. Pax vobiscum.
Don't be afraid about pronouncing stuff written in Latin. Usually it just requires you to pronounce each letter. Please keep going with Epica. As others have said, this is a baroque piece of music with the libretto (lyrics) being even older, performed at their 10th anniversary show where they had a full orchestra and choir backing them up. They obviously cannot tour with that kind of lineup, so it was very much a one-off. I suggest a mix of new, old and intermediate Epica -- and then you can comment on how you feel Simone Simons' voice changed through the years, a favourite topic among Epica's fans. This video from their anniversary show falls into the intermediate category. New: * Skeleton Key, live in studio from their _Omega Alive_ project (which has a stage show like a concert, but without an audience) during pandemic in 2021: th-cam.com/video/zIZkvhiOUU8/w-d-xo.html * Once Upon a Nightmare, live in studio again from their _Omage Alive_ project: th-cam.com/video/67PeUSAJqnc/w-d-xo.html Old: * Facade of Reality, concert footage from Amsterdam in 2006: th-cam.com/video/_j8XnlixSeo/w-d-xo.html * Illusive Consensus, live in studio for a Dutch TV show, recorded 2004: th-cam.com/video/bAkkzMQp3IY/w-d-xo.html Intermedia: * Anything from their 10th anniversary show, which was titled _Retrospect_ -- easy to search for. * Unchain Utopia, official live video: th-cam.com/video/ClmnwsnSHdQ/w-d-xo.html * Tides of Time, studio version for their _Design your Universe_ album: th-cam.com/video/MFPn1lFDlyE/w-d-xo.html (The last song I mentioned, Tides of Time, is a ballad in the honourable tradition of rock ballads. My hot take is that if it had premiered in a previous century, its chorus would be classified as an aria and would be very highly regarded as such.)
you better please watch simone and floor in epica sancta terra, please. you should have watched first. the band rocks out. and epica cosign to oblivion in paris is one of the better performances you will ever see. epica is indeed a metal band. this was their ten year anniversery concert with a 70 piece orchestra and choir. watch those two songs and you will thank yourself.
A hymn from thr 12th centery in the middle of a metalconcert ! and the audience is stunned , Kudos
The hymn is from the 12th century. The music is from the early 18th, by Giovanni Pergolesi, who wrote it on his deathbed, at the age of 26.
Not just stunned - they applaud, cheer, and appreciate it. This genre literally exposes people to the wonders of all music.
Haha vet klep
Epica is a metal band and heavier than Nightwish, but this was their 10th anniversary concert where they invited an orchestra and choir. In this song, the band is taking a break.
This is 13th century lyrics sung to 18th century Baroque music by Pergolesi and sung by two metal queens at a metal concert. The song is about Mary crying for her son at the cross of Christ in Latin of course. Pergolesi was dying from TB when he wrote this and had only a short time left to live.
One noteworthy point: Floor the soprano is singing the alto role.
"Sancta Terra" from this same concert, also with Floor. And then to get the full Epica effect, "Consign to Oblivion" at the Zenith in Paris.
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I concur because of Consign hehe 🤓
Floor sang the alto part Simone the Soprano. They are friends. Simone is about 3 months pregnant at this concert
You loved this! Also try Epica, Sancta Terra, with Floor! Another beauty!
Yes!
To grow slowly into consign to oblivion😜😜😜😜🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🤘🤘🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🔥🔥🔥
@@jennienoppers210 Ofcourse 😜
yeah sancta terra is amazing when Floor joines Simone
The next step is Sancta Terra from the same concert, also with Floor.
And then, the full Epica journey
You could hear a pin drop during this. A show to a venue full of metal heads. Look and hear their reaction at the end. Wonderful.
Simone and Floor are not only Dutch.
They've also been friends for a long time.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
"I thought Epica were heavy" - Yes- they are - much heavier that Nightwish on occassion
it is so amazing to see a few thousand metal fans appreciate and enjoy classical music in almost complete silence due to there respect and wonder they have for these two women ( and the orchestra )
They also sing together on Sancta Terra
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band. They tend to lean a bit heavier than Nightwish. Simone Simons has been their vocalist for their entire 20 year career so far. This particular song is not an indication of their usual sound.
Awesome...
Floor's Alto range is rich in tone especially for a soprano.
Stabat Mata Dolorosa .is the first Song with flooron epicas Retrospect show the 2. Song with Floor on this show is Santa Terra 🤘
Hi for me, two of the best Symphonic metal lead singer's there is I absolutely love Classical and any type of metal music, to have bands like Epica and Nightwish, is the nearest I will ever get to heaven and angels with Floor and Simone singing. As you may now know. This is a superb cover of Giovanini Battista Pergolesi's sacred music composition, Stabat Mata Dolorosa (The Sorrowful Mother was Standing) is the 1st movement of a 12 movement composition and one of the most popular pieces. So with Mary and Jesus being the main character's it is mostly performed at Easter. Pergolesi was dying of Tuberculosis, it was said that he died within 24 hours of completing his work. For me I can feel the sadness and pain he felt, he so skillfully transmitted into the music.
I had to get Pergolesi's music. It goes to show, how good Floor and Simone with Epica's version is I just always make up my mind on which one do I play. Great video reaction.
WOW. If you didn't know, already you know now. Floor can do anything. So does Simone.Together just wunderful.
Can you imagine these thousands of young metal fans listening to this classical piece in such reverence. During the long into by the strings you could almost feel the pain Pergolesi was feeling when he composed this, his last masterpiece, knowing he was dying from tuberculosis at only 27 years old. Thanks for a great reaction.
Have you done Face Your Demons from Floor’s solo live in Amsterdam yet? You’ll LOVE that!
✨✨I love NW, Jinjer...and yeah EPICA.... the first EPICA performance you have to see (from the same show btw), just to get a taste of their grand sound is- Unleashed (OFFICIAL LIVE)✨✨✨✨
Your reaction is completely appropriate. It is what the composer intended us to feel.
A Symphonic Metal Singer, must be can sing Classical . And Floor and Simone can do it.🤘 Wonderful Song from Epica 🤘
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To eaze into this Epic journey start with Unleashed from the same concert. If you think you still need Floor then Sancta Terra, and keep on going from there! It's worth it!!!
No, this is not their normal style. They are a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by guitarist, and harsh vocalist ,Mark Jansen after parting ways with his former band, After Forever, which he co-founded. AF was also the first band that Floor joined at age 16.
Lead singer is Simone Simons. She switched to the symphonic metal style in training, from pop, after hearing Tarja with Nightwish.
Coen Janssen on keyboards, Guitarist Isaac Delahaye, bassist Rob van der Loo, and drummer Arien van Weesenbeek round out the current lineup.
This performance was in the middle of a metal concert. How to quiet thousands of metalheads and still have them love it. The Retrospect 10th anniversary 3 hour show in 2013. Simone was 3 months pregnant here.
As with Nightwish, they are great live. Try The Skeleton Key and Kingdom of Heaven part 3 from the Omega Alive 2021 virtual show, Beyond the Matrix and Consign to Oblivion live at the Zenith in Paris (2017), or the other song at this show with Floor, Sancta Terra.
yeah....again...it hurts.... so beautiful!
There is one word to describe that - BEAUTIFUL!
I am a metalhead at heart but I do love a bit of classical, baroque being my favourite.
For me I feel like metal and classical are relatives, there's enough differences but there's something that connects them.
There is another song with Floor from that concert and it's a knockout too 😁
Hey Brandon . Simone Simons Starts her Classical Vocal Training with 15 Years . Behind Listen the Nightwish Album Oceanborn from 1998 . Simone like to sing like Tarja Turunen Tarja Was the Priwies singer by Nightwish . Simone vam with 17 years to Epica . And she have today her one singing style . Simone is naby the best soprano in Metall 🤘❤️🤘🤘🤘
Epica is a metal band, but very diverse in style at times. This was a special anniversary performance.
My Queen doing one of her casual mass healing sessions!
You want to begin with Epica ? Try "Consign to Oblivion" live in zenith Paris. Epica is a very powerful, artistic and creative symphonic metal band, melting wonderful musicians. This piece is a very classic pice from Pergolese, and both of the singers have a classical formation
This song is fabulous(!), but is also shows only one (classical) side of Epica. For this one-of "Retrospect" concert (to celebrate their 10-years anyversary) they hired a full Symphony orchestra plus a full classical choir. If you want a good introduction to the enormous catalogue of great - and heavy! - songs by Epica a good starting point would be "Consign to Oblivion" (live at the Zenith in Paris), also "Unleashed" from the same retrospect concert as this one, "Sancta Terra" (also with Floor as guest) also from the Retrospect, or "Kingdom of Heaven, Part 3" from Omega Alive, and from there on your homefree to explore the enorms rabbithole you just found. Enjoy!
What a odd way to discover Epica, love it😁. Now it would be fun for some contrast. A heavier song Epica - consign to oblivion live at zenith 🤟 😁
Love this duet. I'm classically trained singer and pianist and this just warms my heart. Simone is a great singer but I think Epica is just a little too hard for me. Sancta Terra is awesome from this same concert.
Epica sounds to me like a heavy metal band trying to combine its death metal legacy with orchestral instruments, choirs and Simone's vocals - and it doesn't always sound like they've succeeded with it :)
Also, when will people finally realize that death growls and fry screams do not belong in serious metal music that has grown beyond the underground cvlt and the "f. you" attitude of the 80's? They're only appropriate in the extreme subgenres of metal that often don't even have any lyrics (maybe for the better :), but even there the progress has reached the point at which the human throat just doesn't sound brutal enough and people are forced to look for alternative solutions: th-cam.com/video/aHHIqaNVS3A/w-d-xo.html
@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Your conservatism, inability to adapt and learn and your fear of the unknown are quite shortsighted. And who are you to determinine what is "appropriate"? It is exactly the juxtaposition and the melding of Simone's angelic voice with the symphonic instruments on the one hand and hard metal and the growls on the other hand that makes Epica so SPECIAL and that has given many moments of enjoyment and emotion to many. If you don't like it and you are unable to assimilate things that you don't fit in your predetermined paterns... Just go somewhere else, but don't bother people who are more flexible than you and who have more ability to assimilate then you.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 😂Haha, leuk.
I envy your ability to judge others based on just one short comment. And I don't remember having "bothered" anyone, I was replying to Lisa, whose opinion seemed to be similar to mine. I don't think your beloved band needs an advocate online. I'm pretty sure they can survive being viciously criticized by infidels like me.
Now, to use your way of expression, - who are YOU to come here and tell me what to do? I don't remember asking for an advice. This is not about Epica, or music anymore, this is getting personal. Are you sure you want to take it there?
@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Ha ha goed geprobeerd! You are trying to put things on their head now. My problem with your statement is that you are doing exactly what you are now trying to blame me for (de pot verwijt de ketel dat i zwart ziet...) You are making sweeping judgements "trying to", "appropriate", and "what works": these are your own words bro. That is not up to you to determine. You are not the judge of such things. And you can try to turn it around and blame me for your own fault, but that is not going to work. Sorry.
En verder: e.e.a. is NIET persoonlijk bedoeld, en zo wil ik het ook houden, maar je laatste opmerking is VER over de schreef. Ik vat dit op als een bedreiging. Ik zou HEEL ERG GOED nadenken voordat ik hier mee verder ga als ik jou was.
EDIT: and one more thing: I am the one who was here just enjoying a reaction to Epica, and you are the one who came in, and started talking about Epica being "not appropriate". So you are putting things on their head bro. So the question is why are YOU here, if you don't even like Epica?
@@rientsdijkstra4266 All of this sounds very familiar. I had a talk with a Nightwish - or rather Tarja - fanatic t' other day and it went pretty much like this. I had the audacity to mention that Tarja was limited to her operatic style and had a rather thiCC accent early on, which sometimes led to the lyrics being unintelligible - and oh boy, you can't say things like this, you'll be lynched.
I see the same thing here. What's the point of this? Why did you come here, if not just looking for a conflict, telling me that my opinion is wrong and I should fix it because it hurts thy precious feelings?
You like Epica. I don't. That's it. It's not gonna change. And I'm not taking my words back if that's what you're here for.
Anything else?
This is getting on for 300 years old written by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736 weeks before his death from tuberculosis. As others have already said it's based on a 13th century hymn to the Virgin Mary. You can hear the pain - it's palpable!
Thankyou for sharing your reaction to this stunning performance.
Some of the best female vocalist doing this during metal concert, and audience just silently soaks it up. Tells a lot about European metal Fandom.
I highly recommend Epica-Kingdom of Heaven part 3 Omega live.
Simone and Floor were room mates in college so have been best friends for a long time
Not true.
Floor is 4 years older than Simone and they were never room mates. It’s a false legend. They aren’t even best friends.
Welcome to EPICA's rabbit hole. Another great journey, with some of the greatest ballads! But as Christmas's coming, you should definitely react to SABATON 's "Christmas Truce". Greetings from Greece!
😂😂😂 they punked ya good. Metal heads movement hun. Most of us hate auto-tune and appreciate good music. Simmone is beautiful to hear as Floor, and they are good friends. The dive into Epica is fun too. Enjoy the drop.
if you want a heavier side of Epica watch consign to oblivian live at the zenith its realy heavy
Well, few things:
Along with Nightwish, they are in the symphonic metal category. Lead singer is Simone Simons, and male vocalist is guitarist Mark Jansen. Mark and Floor are not related ,but were in After Forever together (Floor's first band she joined at 16).
WHEN Epica hit hard, they are heavier than Nightwish. But they also have some really beautiful, soft and tender ballads. And they often ”cover themselves” in completely different styles (jazz, Irish folk, klezmer…).
Epica fan's are Epicans .
Their song "Sancta Terra" also features Floor in the same concert !!!!
Plus....It's still amazes me when I watch this concert , that all that screaming metal crowd goes completely silent , in the moment when these two lovely angels start to singing .....
It is really funny , that Metal lovers can appreciate classical music more then vice versa .
NWSU/Epican 🤘😎🤘.
...one of their other duettos of "Sweet Curse" is great too 🤘😋👍
Nice reaction! From the 10th anniversary Retrospect concert for Epica with a live orchestra and choir. It was a 3.5 hour concert and Epica took a few breaks and allowed the orchestra and Simone to stretch their musical legs. They even do some soundtrack music from Star Wars. This song is not really an Epica song but Simone and Floor returning to their classical training and performing a well known piece of classical music by Pergolesi. Epica is a symphonic metal band much like Nightwish but darker and heavier. I would recommend Unleashed from this same concert as a good introduction to an Epica song. Sancta Terra with Floor again is also a common introduction to Epica for many people. Epica also has some truly beautiful ballads like Once Upon a Nightmare, Rivers, and Time and Tides as well as some beautiful acoustic version of their songs like Omegacoustic and Abyss O'Time.
Isn't it wonderful to be so surprised by 2 real artists?As it could not be overlooked, this performance was exactly the right introduction to Epica, especially to Simone.The next logical step would be to listen to the song by Epica feat. Floor 'Sancta Terra'.Then you are properly prepared for the music of Epica.
Good one have to do Sancta Terra now
Epica, like Nightwish is indeed a symphonic metal band with a very wide variety of sounds.
Great Sir! The best opera performance of Floor is imo "O mio babbino caro" from Pucini...please check it out...😊
Try Design Your Universe from the same retrospect concert… you’ll get your metal!
You made me smile so wide when you guessed it would be more metal 😉
Other songs by Epica, yes, but this is just a special, glorious treat for all.
I could see your brain not computing at one point & the emotion welling up in your eyes!
It is incredibly powerful & gorgeous.
Sancta Terra is best for next as it also features Floor, then you can dive into more Epica. They are a bit heavier than Nightwish.
You also MUST react to Aeryon - The Day That The World Breaks Down. It is a super cool collaboration project with tons of talent - in the Progressive genre. 😀
You want metal from Epica? Same concert - 10th anniversary of Epica from Utrecht/Netherlands - but ... the epic song about good and evil, namely: Consign to Oblivion.
Stab at mah tair is the closest I can render in writing.
Metal audience completely silent for a religious work.
But Floor and her good friend Simone, who is second only to Floor, do a grand job in a rock-ised version of this setting of the sacred music piece about the sorrow of Mary.
So now you start to see why people love classical music. There are, in fact, even better and more touching performances by classical musicians (speaking as a Nightwish fanatic with 60 years of classical background).
I'd love to see your reaction to anything from Epica's "Omega Alive" concert.
Great 👍🏻
You have no idea what you’ve discovered. Epica is next level stuff, no point to compare them to anything else you heard. More metal, more symphonic, more complex and more consistent for 20 years now. Their compositions are top-notch, the melodies and lyrics are out of this world and their live shows are legendary. With about 15 masterpieces and additional 60-70 amazing songs, there is no other band like Epica.
This sounded so much holier than Epica's regular pieces of music, but man, how beautiful to hear and see.
On March 23, 2013, Dutch metal band Epica celebrated their 10th anniversary with a special performance titled: “Retrospect” which took place at the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, in their home country of the Netherlands. "Retrospect" was Epica's most ambitious project to date, accompanied by a 70-piece symphonic orchestra and choir, international guests including 2 duets between Simone Simons (Epica's lead singer and old friend of) Floor Jansen and numerous special effects.
The other song they sang together, but now with the band orchestra and choir was: "Sancta Terra" th-cam.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/w-d-xo.html
BTW, Simone was about 3 months pregnant at the time and that's why she didn't headbang or windmill, which she usually does.
So this show was actually a few months before Wacken? Floor was still fairly new to Nightwish at this time, but she would make her "big show" debut soon.
@@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Yes, however, Nightwish follows a very tight schedule and performs a concert almost every 2 days during their 2-year world tour, so there was minimal time available for Floor to perform in other concerts. See concert data: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginaerum_World_Tour
how many times we have heard this kind of music durind pop/rap/ etc show? Welcome to metal concert...
Wonderful reaction. Please react to Ayreon " The day world break down"
Every Epica song. 20 years of great stuff. They are all amazing and quite different from Nightwish.
Try Serenade of Self-Destruction or Chasing the Dragon live at Retrospect.
Facade of Reality live at Paradiso.
Dancing in a Hurricane live at Zenith.
Resign to Surrender, Fools of Damnation, Semblance of Liberty, Death of a Dream, and I could go on for days....
And some infos... the Stabat mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi is a setting of the medieval poem of the same name for alto, soprano, strings and basso continuo. This is the Italian composer's best-known sacred work and was written in 1736, a few weeks before his death.
Plus it is part 1 of a traditional Stabat Mater mass with several duets and solos, all together about an hour of gorgeous music about the grief of mother Mary standing at the cross where her son is dying. Stabat Mater Dolorosa means Stands the Mother in pain.
Hey bro!! Still in shock?? Hahaha. Please check Epica featuring Floor. Sancta Terra. All the band, the simphonic orchestra, choir, and of course, Floor. You'll be not dissapoint. Greettings from Argentina
Look at Floor's COMMUNITY POST!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Next one: sancta terra, with Floor and Simone, same concert.
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At the end Simone say thank you little Floor they are great friends two Dutch queens.
Metal crowd respecting this classic in silence
The very next track Twin Flames which is also soft but it got back to slightly heavier with Serenade of Self-Destruction and is also pretty good, The whole show was good! They are heavier symphonic compared to Nightwish. The also did the Imperial March from Starwars a bit later on. th-cam.com/video/iw7YUSBQWL4/w-d-xo.html
I love the fact that its at a metal concert and the fans love everything. You certainly wouldnt expect some classical at a metal concert but saying that matal and classical are similar. Personally I love it. This is the link for the complate show th-cam.com/video/hEi6ANdCcxI/w-d-xo.html Glad you enjoyed this, Have a good one
Mark Jansen and Sander created a band and invited Floor Jansen to sing.
Sander Floor started dating and writing songs together. The two decided to expel Mark Jansen who had formed the band Epica.
Nightwish is a crossover of power metal, folk and orchestral arrangements. Excellent for anyone who wants to start listening to metal. The Epica is heavier. It's death metal with orchestral arrangements.
I am so happy that they kicked out Mark and he started Sahara Dust/Epica the best symphonic metal band ever in my opinion! 😃
@@fritsyt2090 Therion
@@geuseliohulk8661 EPICA
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@@geuseliohulk8661 for me Epica is the best symphonic metal band and most Epicans will agree with that. It would be strange to say about ur own band thst u are the best, so if Mark Jansen think that Therion is the best symphonic band than it's a fan feeling of him and where he likes to listen to. I never heared a band member say that his band is the best. So for me EPICA is by far the best symphonic metal band no other in this subgenre comes even close to them even in other subgenres, only Eluveitie is for me equal. Both bands are my absolute favourite bands!
I know you don't read or react to reactions, but I just need to tell you :)
This is written by an Italian composer Pergolesi, who was 27 years old and dying. He knew he had some weeks left and wrote this beautiful music piece that is written in 1300 AC. It is about the pain and strength Maria (Mary) had to endure while her son hang on the cross. For katholics, Maria Mary) is after God and his son Jesus the most important person. What she endured at very young age, protecting her child against the Romans (Nero) and always close to him till the end.
Simone from Epica and Floor are best friends. They studied classical singin together and were roommates. Floor had her own band at 16, After Forever. Epica has several bandmembers from After forever.
I love Simone her voice, but it is more fragile and her range is less wide than Floor's. That's why Floor took the ALT part here, she is a higher soprano than Simone, but lower registers she can also sing easily. That is what I love about Floor. I hear people saying Epica is harder than Nightwish, I dare to challange them with some very trash-progressive metal songs from Nightwish...but you can't compare the bands. I feel that Nightwish dares to experiment more with all kinds of genres and not standard intruments (Like Troy with his Irish bagipe, the old flute, old snare instruments)
But I love Epica also dearly and most important...these ladies love eachother dearly. They grew up together in classical music.
Fun fact....try singing this during a pop or rap concert. This shows that Metalheads, like myself, apreciate classical music a lot and many guitarists and singers are classical trained.
A few people have mentioned how good of friends these two are in real life. Closer than sisters, some have said.
The story behind the song is haunting and and a little heartbreaking. Though it must have been such a labor of love to create something so beautiful in a time such as that.
I have stopped being surprised by the diversity and open minds and hearts of “metal fans”. The generosity of dodo toy that I’ve seen in this fandom has seldom been matched by others out there. You are a peculiar and lovely bunch 🥰
P.S. I know that sometimes it can seem as though I don’t listen or that I’m unreachable. There are, in fairness, so many of you and I am definitely overwhelmed. But I always do my very best to listen and read; even if I can’t always respond. You are important. It’s important for me that you know that.
As a performance coach, I think you would really enjoy Epica's KINGDOM OF HEAVEN PT 3 - (ΩMEGA ALIVE) (OFFICIAL VIDEO). Perhaps the most impressive and well put together stage performance I have ever seen from a metal band.
Yes Epica is normally Symphonic Metal. This song is the softer side of Epica.
This song is about Mother Marys pain, when her son Jesus was cruzified. The theme is pretty old, so there are different versions to that. I think this one is from the 17th century, but i may be wrong about it.
The time, when metalfans would be disturbed, when wittnessing a classical piece in the middle of an metal concert, are gone for a long time. I don't miss them. It's an honour for the genre, that musicians, who were obviously able to do the most advanced musicstyles, decids to make metal. I like that.
Btw., i think, this video would have a lot more then 50 clicks. There are a lot of reactors doing this, and most of them have loads of clicks... XD
Edit: This version is written by composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736. The origins of the lyrics are not completely clear, but it seems, they are from the 13th or 14th century.
The author of the lyrics may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III in the 13th century. I tend to think it was the friar; it wouldn't be the first time in history that someone higher up the chain would take - or be given credit - for a magnificent piece of work by a lowly underling.
Pergolesi set it to music just a few weeks before he would die of tuberculosis in march 1736.
I wil not go in details abouth simone epica or floor, you my friend Rock, brilliant reaction
I love Nightwish & Epica. As well as classical music. Stabat Mater is one of my favourite classical pieces. Still hoping to hear Erbarme dich, mein Gott from Bach's Matthäus-Passion with one (or both) these ladies.
Bwahaha ..... that would be something. Great suggestion but I don't think there's much chance of that. 👍
@@roykliffen9674 Nope... unfortunately not. One can dream though ...
I suggest you start your Epica rabbit hole journey with Sancta Terra, Unleashed and Design Your Universe. All 3 are in the same 10th anniversary Retrospect concert as this song. You're Welcome. If you like those, then try Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 at Omega Alive. This one is an unforgettable performance visually, musically and vocally.
4:18 "What is this": Giovanni Pergolesi's Stabat Mater Dolorosa, 18th century baroque.
If you have an orchestra and two class vocalists capable of classical like singing why not, even if it's in the middle of a symphonic metal concert.
Hermosa cersion del stabat mater!!! ❤❤❤ Las amoo me falto tarja jaja saludos de Argentina cynthia
at the end Floor greets the audience and makes a small knee bend to the conductor, this shows once again that Floor has no star allures, although she should have 🎶🎶🤟🏻🤟🏻
Nightwish and Epica are do Symphonic Metal . And here , both, Floor and Simone , sing full classical. In my opinon, when they cant ' sing Classic , they have no place in a Symphonic Metal Band 🤘
React to epica design your universe live retrospect
To experience Epica as they are usually:
„Consign to Oblivion“ live from the Zenith in Paris
Epica is a metal band. More hardcore than Nightwish.
But you see in yourself that the stereotypical thinking and prejudices are to think that not both go together in one concert.
Imagine that at a metal concert. All hardcore metalheads dead silent and blown away.
No one can say we have no sense for culture.
There's another song Epica did with Floor.
Sancta Terra
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As several commenters have said, definitely Sancta Terra next. On the whole Epica is a bit too heavy on the growls for me, so you'll have to rely on others for suggestions as to their more "standard" mode (like NW they love variety). My own go-to is another atypical one, Feint, which is also beautiful (and after a long time there's now a decent version on YT).
Simone and floor are best frends Simone is Floors lidel Sister in Metall
This is a masterpiece of the Italian Pergolosi from about 1700, some weeks before he died. Text from 1200 - 1300 (year).
Epica is the 2nd unbelievable Symphonic Metal Band next to Nightwish. And has a lot of influences of Death and Black Metal. Like NW their diversity is huge. As you see 😂. For me Epica and Nightwish are my Yin and Yan of Metal music. There is a 2nd duet with Floor called "Sancta Terra". But if you wanna discover them check out "Beyond the Matrix" Paris live. And from this you can go to the left to incredible ballads or accoustic songs like "Run for a Fall" official live, or to the right to heavy stuff like "Consign to Oblivion" Paris live. 😉
So you know now what classical training means and that it s a component of the symphonic part of the music of Epica. And also latin is used a lot in their music. And look in the lyrics of Nightwishes Greatest Show on earth. Opus Perfuctum...
Where else but at a metal concert, would they have the balls to stop mid-show and perform a 13th century christian hymn set to 18th century music by Pergolesi. 🤯
A magic moment on the NIghtwish journey.
You'll hear the incredible crystal clear beautiful voice of Simone Simons.
Btw this not an Epica song, it's an old hymn that Epica ( basically Simone the soprano part, another vocalist from choir the alto part and an orchestra) played already years before this one during a live show. Epica has a much heavier sound than nightwish and uses more choirs and orchestration and includes grunts too.
2 metal queens singing a 13th century hymn. They silenced a whole venue filled with metal heads. lol
Hi Brandon, indeed, a great song would be. “sancta terra “ the version together with Floor is thé best!😊
Simone performed on some Ayreon songs and videos just as Floor has. The Guitarist From Floor's first band Afterforever helped form the band Epica. Floor shared a room or was it a flat?. With Simone they are good friends. Floor has performed more then one song with Epica and Epica's music is normally a bit heavier then Nightwish because of the use of more growls and guitar focus but that's my opinion. Thank you.
Epica is a symphonic metal band but
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Stabat mater dolorosa = sorrowful mother standing (Referring to Mary during the cruxifiction)
16th century Marian hymn. Arrangement here by Palestrina
As awesome as Nightwish is, they are only one band in a whole genre. Or rather a closely related group of genres - symphonic, progressive, gothic and power metal.
Epica is typically a heavier band than Nightwish
Stabat mater is not Classical music, it is Medieval sacred music (pre-Renaissance); it is a sacred hymn to Mary, Mother of Jesus honoring her suffering as she watched her Son's agonies on the Cross (if you go in for such things). You can hear the longing and pain in the Mother's voice as she stands, helplessly, unable to come to her Son's rescue or even comfort, knowing that He will die a terrible death in agony for all the world to see, and begging God to take her instead. It is a beautiful, haunting hymn, whether one believes in the underlying religious stories or not - but keep in mind that during the 1200's, people were significantly closer to the times of the events portrayed in those songs than we are today. Pax vobiscum.
Metal heads were silent, you could have heard a pin drop - good music is good music, and we regognize it.1
"Good music is good music" - Henke Poorte
Don't be afraid about pronouncing stuff written in Latin. Usually it just requires you to pronounce each letter.
Please keep going with Epica. As others have said, this is a baroque piece of music with the libretto (lyrics) being even older, performed at their 10th anniversary show where they had a full orchestra and choir backing them up. They obviously cannot tour with that kind of lineup, so it was very much a one-off.
I suggest a mix of new, old and intermediate Epica -- and then you can comment on how you feel Simone Simons' voice changed through the years, a favourite topic among Epica's fans. This video from their anniversary show falls into the intermediate category.
New:
* Skeleton Key, live in studio from their _Omega Alive_ project (which has a stage show like a concert, but without an audience) during pandemic in 2021: th-cam.com/video/zIZkvhiOUU8/w-d-xo.html
* Once Upon a Nightmare, live in studio again from their _Omage Alive_ project: th-cam.com/video/67PeUSAJqnc/w-d-xo.html
Old:
* Facade of Reality, concert footage from Amsterdam in 2006: th-cam.com/video/_j8XnlixSeo/w-d-xo.html
* Illusive Consensus, live in studio for a Dutch TV show, recorded 2004: th-cam.com/video/bAkkzMQp3IY/w-d-xo.html
Intermedia:
* Anything from their 10th anniversary show, which was titled _Retrospect_ -- easy to search for.
* Unchain Utopia, official live video: th-cam.com/video/ClmnwsnSHdQ/w-d-xo.html
* Tides of Time, studio version for their _Design your Universe_ album: th-cam.com/video/MFPn1lFDlyE/w-d-xo.html
(The last song I mentioned, Tides of Time, is a ballad in the honourable tradition of rock ballads. My hot take is that if it had premiered in a previous century, its chorus would be classified as an aria and would be very highly regarded as such.)
you better please watch simone and floor in epica sancta terra, please. you should have watched first. the band rocks out. and epica cosign to oblivion in paris is one of the better performances you will ever see. epica is indeed a metal band. this was their ten year anniversery concert with a 70 piece orchestra and choir. watch those two songs and you will thank yourself.
1000 years old lyrics on 370 years old music.