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Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band, founded in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever (Floor Jansens band). Formed as a symphonic metal band with gothic tendencies, later Epica have incorporated into their sound strong death metal influences. In addition, the band often uses thrash metal and groove metal riffs, black metal passages (mostly in the drum technique), power metal moments and references to Arabic music. Simone Simons has an incredible voice.
Consign to Oblivion - Live at the Zenith in Paris
th-cam.com/video/dkqyyUTCMUQ/w-d-xo.html
Storm the Sorrow
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Sancta Terra feat. Floor Jansen - Live
What a perfect duet with Floor Jansen and what an epic sound with a full orchestra and a full choir.
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Even if you look at their earlier stuff, it is still just as good
Welcome to Epica 🔥🔥🔥
This group is out of this world. Try these long masterpieces, they will blow your mind -
Epica - Design Your Universe (live)
Epica - The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding of Reality (lyrics video)
Epica - Kingdom of Heaven part 1 (live)
Epica - Kingdom of Heaven part 3
Yes! Kingdom of Heaven live
Doesn't have to be live. Geebz want to focus on music, not on videos (which I like).
@@Fermion911 True, that song is incredible on the album too
If you already suggest 2 of the 3 parts of Kingdom of Heaven add in the 2nd one too.
Epica is so good! Not only is the music great, but the contrast between their voices adds so much to their songs.
I love how the growl and simone's vocals kinda adds to the recurring theme of their lyrics, like duality, polar opposites and trying to find balance in between. I guess we can say that they found the balance between growl and clean in the band.
This album from EPICA is amazing from start to finish. Check out ‘Code of Life’ next.
Maybe you should check out Ayreon, “ the day that the world breaks down “..it’s a project of a Dutch genius that features a lot of metal singers of Europe and beyond 😁
Exactly, just posted a comment a few seconds ago recommending Ayreon.
I don’t know why but my earlier comment is gone 😏
I'll third this recommendation! Arjen Luccasen is a mad genius for sure. Really incredible compositions.
Definitely need some Ayreon.
Epica is awesome. Their new album is fantastic. Would recommend going back to their first album, The Phantom Agony
Yes, TPA is absolutely beautiful. I don't understand why only a relatively small percentage of fans ever mentions it.
Oh and those acoustic versions.... Damn, that's pure beauty. I love Simone's young voice so much :)
For me The Phantom Agony is in top 3 Epica albums. Nightwish army Romanian 🇷🇴 division is here.🤟
To check out songs that really showcase EPICA’s music, you might want to check these songs:
Unleashed (Live in Retrospect)
Design Your Universe (Live in Retrospect)
From the new album - “Omega”
Freedom (The Wolves Within)
Code of Life
"Unleashed" is a classic
A few bands for you from the genre as asked: Nightwish (Already covered), Kamelot, Delain, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil (A bit darker/heavier but in the same vein), Amaranthe(Going more electric pop rock at times), Seventh Wonder. Great reactions, keep em up! :-)
Haggard. Dimmu borgir, ("Cradle of filth"), Symphony X, Apocalyptica, Therion, Satyricon (early works), Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius, Dream theater (some.oftheir work, but mostly progressive metal).
And so much more.
@@darthmarr9886 Not much more. Most "symphonic metal" bands are not really symphonic. Adding either a piano or strings to metal does not make it symphonic. I only count bands that use many orchestral instruments and, in ideal case, operatic vocals. Then the whole lists suddenly shrinks to only a few bands.
@@cancelled_user well, touché,;)
@@darthmarr9886 have you ever heard dark sarah? Deffinaltely cannot compete with the bands that youve mentioned but its pretty good too imo
There are many BTS videos of the process Epica uses to create and produce their music, and every member is very involved in everything that goes into making a CD. In addition, Epica is adept at all aspects of the music business, making videos, interviews, tours, etc, and they make the most of it. Add in the fact that they are all best friends, and there are no inflated egos fighting for the spotlight, and you can see how they've managed to stay together for nearly 20yrs, and create music that profoundly touches the heart and soul.
The "Kingdom of Heaven" Trilogy is a masterpiece 👌
It's worth mentioning that Epica got their name from the album entitled "Epica" by power metal band Kamelot. There is a great song on the album called "Karma" and it's best experienced live.
Now there's some trivia I didn't know!
The song Karma is actually from Kamelot's previous album, Karma.
@@luxetveritas9196 yes he knows, he must be talking about the Elizabeth trilogy. Although as amazing as the live version is to see, I think the studio version really takes you away to a different place, and also in the live version Thomas gets lazy and doesn't play that amazing riff properly in part 3. not to mention the fact that the 2nd guitar parts are missing live since there is only 1 guitarist.
I didn't like growling at all until I heard Epica for the first time. To me, growling is kind of like hot sauce - if you put a little bit in your chili, it spices things up really nicely, but you don't drink straight from the bottle, and you don't pour the whole bottle into your chili. Epica does the hot sauce just right - the juxtaposition between the growling and Simone's beautiful soprano is just wonderful. I've grown to like other growly bands, but Epica was the first for me that opened up this world.
Yay Epica
oh and a request for next "once upon a nightmare" 🎵🎶🥰
yes!! such a underrated song, my favorite of them!
Yes, this one with on-screen lyrics: th-cam.com/video/pNs_pMdZGrw/w-d-xo.html
Oh yes! Such a beautiful song!
Damn straight.
Here 8 months later and still waiting for once upon a nightmare (studio version) even after I sent him a $20 PayPal for it 😥😥😥😥
"Cry For The Moon" is Epica's best song
This song btw is from their latest 8th studio album Omega, released earlier in 2021. It is one of their best albums, on this one they used the Prague Philhamonic Orchestra.
I agree, Omega is a masterpiece! I never ever skip any song on this album!
Another amazing band of Symphonic Metal 🤘👊🙂
As you said, these albums tell a story. I'd love to see you do the whole Design Your Universe album. It's my favorite album, and is named for my favorite song.
Nice reaction as always! I leave you here some tracks I wish to see next
Ayreon - The Day that the World Breaks Down
Dream Theater - Octavarium and/or A Change of Seasons
Kamelot - Elizabeth (I, II & III)
Haken - The Architect, Crystallised and/or Visions
Opeth - The Drapery Falls
Steven Wilson - Luminol
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy and/or The Odyssey
Those are suggestions from someone who knows what he’s talking about. Any prog-head earns my eternal respect.
@@ledsabbazepplath3889 Thanks mate 🙏 I really appreciate, you also have my respect
Epica got their name from Kamelot's album Epica. Also, the singer Simone Simons did some guest vocals on Kamelot's albums and later married the keyboardist Oliver Palotai.
Kamelot is love and one of the first bands that introduced me to metal.
All fairy tale movie soundtracks should sound like this. Change my mind.
I've been saying that for a long time, no one agrees with me, but I don't care
Everything Erica does is full scale. They have since 2003 Every band member writes songs and lyrics. This band is the best of Symphonic metal. To see the best of them watch their entire Retrospect concert.
You said it Geebz! "Beauty and the beast" is a genre already within metal. :)
Yes and my favorite band that does it is scardust I also really like lacuna coil
It's not really genre, more like technique or trope.
The "beauty and the beast" comes from gothic metal: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_metal#Beauty_and_the_beast
I love Epica but I hadn't heard this song yet, 10 seconds in it was added to my playlist, great reaction.
You gotta look at Storm the Sorrow and Rivers (both Epica). The beauty is just, wow. And the comparison between the 2 videos with overlapping themes is just amazing.
I love "Storm the Sorrow" too. But Geebz is not very interested in videos :) He wants to focus on music.
@@Fermion911 Please don't assume that I don't know what the channel is about, or how he does things. There is nothing wrong with me encouraging him to watch the videos as well as do his job, is there? So, don't tell me what people are interested in, when you don't know them personally.
It's hard to me to say witch epica song I like the most because it's always shifting, Actualy It's "Design your universe". I can't get enough of it.
for a long time it was abyss of time both the original and the accoustic version.
And I'm prety sure i'll get another new favorite next days, weeks or month.
EPICA IS AWESOME!! Definitely the top of this genre!! Solace System just before this and Holographic Principle just before that are mind blowingly good! So glad you finally got some Epica going! Go for Solace System!
Absolutely agree, I love all of their albums but The Quantum Enigma and everything that followed it is simply spectacular, including the EPs, The Holographic Principle is still my favourite Epica album
I'm so excited to see Epica on your channel. Their new album is a true masterpiece, I highly recommend "Code of Life", should you like you explore their music more in the future.
Amazing reaction, thanks so much! This song is a masterpiece to me!
I hope you'll react to more Epica, maybe after your little break!
Here are 2 Epica songs you must absolutely react to :
-Chasing The Dragon (live retrospect)
-Consign to oblibion (live at the Zenith)
here's a good reference: Nightwish (considered the granddaddy of symphonic metal), Epica (on the extreme metal end of symphonic metal), Within Temptation (on the pop-rock end of symphonic metal), Lacuna Coil (gothic rock/metal end of symphonic metal though with less symphonic elements), and Delain (is somewhere in the middle).
Absolutely love their new album! 🤟🏼
You must watch the live work of Ayreon the guy behind the hammond and a bunch of keyboards is the arranger and recording tech of this album. Now works with Floor Janssen on a new album.
Mark Janssen (not related) was the main composer but this album the whole band participated. And it is their newest album its been out 8 weeks. Funny that Joost van den Broek, Mark Janssen and Floor all originated from After Forever. I must listen back some more of that because there were a bunch of diamonds in the rough in that band.
Yay! Glad you finally got to Epica! A lot of their stuff is pretty much what you heard here. I hope you can check out “unleashed” from their 10th anniversary show if you get a chance. (And Mark largely does growl vocals.)
Another absolute favorite of mine! I would love to hear your take from an orchestration and engineering perspective on Epica - Once Upon a Nightmare (The Holographic Principle), your chicken skin will get chicken skin. Thank you for the video!
I Saw once upon a nightmare live back in 2017 and i can tell you I experienced something that i never felt before and could never experience again until this day. It was surreal
You've got to Epica, that's awesome. The singer is features in multiple Kamelot songs, I suggest checking them out as well
As for Epica themselves, Cry for the Moon is where it is :)
This was great. More Epica! This band has so much great music for you to dive into. They also do lots of acoustic versions of their songs which is a nice change of pace. Highly recommend some of their live videos! Any vids from their 'Retrospect' show in Paris is awesome because they have a full orchestra.
That was cool. For me it was like throwing Evanescence, Metallica S&M, Slipknot, Meatloaf and Two Steps From Hell into a blender and hitting play.
And it is the best result 😎🤘🏻
Metallica S&M was the album that opened my eyes to what metal could be. Discovered Apocalyptica shortly after, Nightwish and Leaves' Eyes a few years later, then Epica, Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Opeth, etc. Down the rabbit hole I went. I was raised on classical (i.e., Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and the like) and I've always loved rock and metal, and this was to my young ears pure aural ecstasy. That one album changed my life. On a related note, it kind of forever ruined garage bands for me, lol.
Thanks Geebz for an awesome reaction to one of my favorite bands! So my fellow Epica fans have done a great job already of giving you all of the must hear tracks from this band. With that in mind I mainly want to focus on a less popular track that I feel is one of the best intros to the band’s uptempo side.
You got a good taste of their medium tempo side with this song that you did,”The Skeleton Key”. The song “Edge Of The Blade” from their Album “The Holograhic Principle” combines a blazing fast tempo, a killer main guitar riff, and a catchy chorus. It’s also in my opinion one of their most uplifting high tempo tunes. For me it’s the kind of song that leaves me with that “I can conquer the world now!” kind of feeling.
Anyway I hope you’ll get a chance to check it out. Thank you very much as always and keep up the good work! Here’s the official video pink: th-cam.com/video/4Cb91iAD-nY/w-d-xo.html
Epica always felt like the Dutch Nightwish to me, but it feels like they really have out grown that and ascended to higher levels of metal.
Oh I once saw em live in Amsterdam and the leadsinger was sick so the guy did all the vocals in harsh growls, that was epic
I listen to Epica for many years and their music was always better than Nightwish
Epica has never, not even for a second, sounded like Nightwish. I like Nightwish too, but Epica is on another level
Simone has suffered from MRSA for some time.... She's lucky to be alive!
@@damienmaynard8892 I didn't know that :(
Ofcouse its not epic that she was sick..
the male singers growls were really good tho even for the clean parts.
This was 2007 as warm up for Sonata Arctica
Haha I loved your facial expressions before the 1st comment, like "wow! wait, what? wow!... wow!!" hahahaha nice video!
Such a wonderful songs you are reacting to! If you want to listening to more epica songs, I recommend "cry for the moon" or "unleashed", classics songs of them 🙌
Epica leads the way. 🤘😎🤘
Epica, Xandria, Delain and Within Temptation worth checking out. Great reaction 😎
Yes, Epica are great, they don’t put a foot wrong. Everything they have done is well worth a listen. I will also put in my two cents for Ayreon, “The Day That The World Breaks Down” is a great starting point, the music is just genius, in my humble opinion, of course :)
Epica have been my favourite band for many years, their music covers a wide spectrum from beautiful ballads, catchy melodic metal songs, to unique prog metal masterpieces that are not easy to categorize, some songs heavier than others. Epica are simply amazing, here are just a few examples on youtube of the variety you can find in Epica's music:
Beautiful ballads:
Once Upon a Nightmare - Epica (Live with Lyrics)
Epica - Tides Of Time (lyrics)
EPICA - Rivers (OFFICIAL VISUALIZER)
Catchy melodic metal:
EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
EPICA - Edge Of The Blade (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Epica - Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)
Unique metal masterpieces:
Epica - Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe (+ lyrics)
EPICA - Universal Death Squad (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)
Epica - The Quantum Enigma (Lyrics)
Good post except... you should always provide links otherwise reactors sometimes pick wrong versions :]
@@Fermion911
thanks to youtube's algorithms if i add links my post disappears
Hi Key of Geebz, EPICA worked with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on this album
Kingdom of heaven is one of Epicas most epic pieces, and it is performed live with a symphony and choir when they celebrated 10 years as a band. The sound quality is good too. I am impressed with the mixing team
They didn't do Kingdom of heaven in Retrospect unfortunately
Another awesome Dutch band of the symphonic metal universe is Delain with Charlotte Wessels as singer.
"Masters of Destiny" is a perfect start to get to know them: th-cam.com/video/nT14mlv92t4/w-d-xo.html
Hello. Great reaction! Nightwish army Romanian 🇷🇴 division is here. 🤟 Stay safe.
The engineer is Joost who is also involved in Ayreon and used to be in a band with Floor, After Forever. Hè get credits! Simone also sings on the last Ayreon project, Maybe try "this human equation". And Epica, sooooooooo many brilliant songs! Experience them live with full orchestra and choir, design your Universe. Curious about your analysis on that masterpiece!
There's an Epica song called Sancta Terra where Floor Jansen(Nightwish) sings with Simone
and Stabat Mater Dolorosa
But I wouldn't recommend songs only because they feature Floor, though I love her. This is about Epica and we should recommend whatever is best from Epica.
Great reaction of one of my favorite bands. They are great composers and performers. Lots of amazing songs. Much with orchestra and choir. There is an amazing concert of them on TH-cam with live orchestra. Thank you for this reaction.
EPUCA is a band and ons of the first symphonic metal bands in Europe and a real known ons as well around the world.
I can't help but smile every time I see you after the intro, love your energy man it's so refreshing and positive
Thank you so much 😀
Awwwright🤙
@@KeyOfGeebz Hello and welcome to the world of Epica! :) Please, pay attention to this post!
Epica is not just "some symphonic metal band", Epica is literally a top-notch symphonic metal, alongside Nightwish and Therion. Google any website for "top 10 symphonic metal bands" and Epica will be there, usually in the top 3 or top 4.
I'm glad you reacted to "The Skeleton Key" from their latest album Omega (Feb 2021) BUT that is more radio-friendly song (typica verse-chorus-verse structure). You really need to react to some of their great masterpieces that use a lot of orchestral sound.
Since you are a composer, I would recommend "The Phantom Agony" from their debut album (2003) of the same name: th-cam.com/video/G1YTu54A69w/w-d-xo.html - please, use exactly THIS link as it is a HD version.
The last 3 minutes of the song is pure orchestral sound, no electric instruments, I think you will really like it.
Simone Simons (the gorgeous redhead lead singer) was only about 19 years old here (she's 35/36 in The Skeleton Key) and her technique has changed quite a lot, but I personally love her young voice.
Here is one of their breathtaking ballads "Once Upon a Nightmare" - th-cam.com/video/pNs_pMdZGrw/w-d-xo.html
It starts off almost like a movie score. Not very complicated composition but it's really beautiful. The spoken male voice reads parts of the poem Erlkonig (Alder-king) by Goethe.
If you'd like to hear their (probably) magnum opus and if you don't mind some heavier parts, try "Kingdom of Heaven". The song has 5 movements, 13 minutes in total: th-cam.com/video/hFlgT4dny4k/w-d-xo.html
Epica also make acoustic versions of some of their songs which are really wonderful, such as Feint: th-cam.com/video/FNTaIz5cABY/w-d-xo.html
If you reacted to just these four songs, it would make me happy :) Some other suggestions may come later. Enjoy!
@@Fermion911 Thank you so much for that detailed comment. Will be diving much deeper into Epicas body of work. Thanks for links as well :)
@@KeyOfGeebz You're welcome sir :)
Looking forward to more Epica reactions!
This reminds me of a band I discovered called Ostura, from Lebanon! They're like a symphonic/power metal. Really powerful dual vocals. Their album The Room is spectacular!!
My fav Epica song is the Essence of Silence, does a good job of showing the best of the death metal growls and operatic vocals
Simone Simons is one of the Greatest voices ever...She could easily been a great opera Singer but fortunately She chose Metal 😉🤘🤘
Man, Epica is my ultimate favorite band and i would love if you do a Kingdom of Heaven or Serenade of Self Destruction video, that would be awesome
Thank you. Didn't hear this song before. It reminds me Amorphis - "Amongst stars", which I also strongly recommend you for review because of very interesting and rich harmonies there
Finally! So happy that you decided to delve into epica.
That being said, as much as skeleton key is a good song, it is nothing compared to some of their MANY magnum opuses. I beg you to listen to any of the following. They have more nuanced melodies and structures, changes between compressed and decompressed sounds, parts that are riff driven or keys driven or symphony driven, all within the same songs themselves. And a definitive touch of prog!!
-The Phantom Agony live retrospect
-Consign to Oblivion live in Zenith
-Obsessive Devotion official live
-The divine conspiracy live retrospect
-Design your Universe live retrospect
-Kingdom of heaven (part 1,2 or 3 with a preference on 1) live mexico
-Serenade of self destruction live retrospect
-The Holographic Principle (A profound understanding of reality)
-Omega (Sovereign of the sun spheres)
Eyyyyy, Epica! Yes, I remember listening to them sooo much growing up, a good two or three albums being stand outs!
To anyone reading this, definitely search this for yourselves too, you won't be disappointed, trust, especially you Opeth fans!
Definitely gonna get to this one, but also just leaving my regular request of Wilderun: The Unimaginable Zero Summer for a teaser! You'll notice the cliffhanger at the end, but maybe it'll you'll be curious to see what the following track is since it is only the first track....Or if you want to get into the nitty gritty, Tyranny of Imagination! Definite Opeth vibes, I know you'll be in for a ride, along with dissecting the amazing production and creative choices, especially the ending of Tyranny! Interested in hearing other's impressions, anyone leave thoughts below!
Their music is epic indeed.
Epica- Chasing the Dragon live Retrospect!!!
Yes, Epica is an amazing band and please continue with the suggested songs from others here. "Consign to Oblivion" live at Zenith is amazing. Also they have a full orchestra live on "Unleashed" Retrospection official video. They will astound you!! Yes this is their new album release but they have sounded like this always. Awesome reaction👌
Please do more Epica, I really appreciate your insights, especially on symph metal
This single comes from their new album, released in March. It was recorded during the pandemic.
I am so happy you finally discovered Epica! I would suggest you to try one of the long songs, they are at a completely different level.
My favourite ones are Holographic Principle: th-cam.com/video/CYlQJ_t2iks/w-d-xo.html
and Kingdom of Heaven (1): th-cam.com/video/hFlgT4dny4k/w-d-xo.html
More Epica pleaseee 🤘🏿
Also check Epica - Kingdom Of Heaven, an older masterpiece of theirs.. a must listen in their discography.
You always get super excited when hearing string arrangements ahaha that is the power of music
Epica is a great Dutch band! And Floor Jansen is also a great Dutch singer in Nightwish. But don’t forget Anneke van Giersbergen who you used to be singer in The Gathering, a long long time ago! Oh wait a minute, I almost forget Dutch band Within Temptation! The Netherlands are hometown of goth/symphonic metal :-)
Sir Joost Van Den Broek engineered this, he also plays Keyboards with Ayreon
The Gathering was this kind of band, without the opera style and the growls, but with a lead female singer. Try Travel 😇
Absolutely bring on more Epica! Been a fan of them for a few years now, and I love their album "The Divine Conspiracy" and this one as well, so much! I recommend their songs "Fools of Damnation - The Embrace That Smothers, Pt. 9" and "Beyond Belief"!
Metal theater opera thing? HELLO AYREON
Geeeeeeeeeeebz! More newness!!! Sweet! There's nothing that could've prepared me for this! Damn. I love the contrast of feelings in this whole track. Very operatic indeed! When you stopped going into the solo... my eye popped out a little bit! Lol!!! Fun listen! Thanks brother!
EPICA - DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE
One of my favorites from them, should checkout next!
Hell yes EPICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Epica-design your universe-retrospect show, listen until the end
Strapping young Lad - Almost Again Please react to this you will love it. some amazing guitar work, an unbelievable vocal performance from Devin Townsend and some of the best metal drumming there is and my favourite groove of all time!
Thanks for your reaction - I indeed waited for some Epica reaching you and I'd say it goes well hand in hand with the Nightwish-Universe! :D So great to see you expand into that big space aswell!
I would clearly vote for "Consign to oblivion" - the live at Zenith (Paris) version ... it's a ridiculous great show-finisher. For having a full symphonic experience surely the live-retrospect-songs recommended several times are a greaaaaat dive! (meet Floor Jansen there aswell having an appereance :D )
Brilliant reaction to a brilliant band. You could throw Kamelot into your mix as Simone has done tracks with them. It's truly amazing to see these bands finally getting recognition and promotion. Thanks.
Stuart somewhere near Glasgow
8:15 Definitely agree. A good engineer makes talented musicians sound otherworldly, or decent musicians sound good :).
Kudos to all sound engineers out there!
It's been a long time since I last listened to epica... Forgot about how I used to love this kind of operatic metal
* symphonic / gothic metal
I hope you're going to listen to Epica again :)
@@cancelled_user not sure I will dive into the genre again bit will surely give a look at what they've been doing...
@@Spitx OK, enjoy ;)
And btw, do you know acoustic versions of their old songs? It's not metal, so you are not diving into the genre :) but those songs are damn beautiful. For example:
Feint - th-cam.com/video/FNTaIz5cABY/w-d-xo.html
Martyr of the Free Word - th-cam.com/video/nV5SCcrAxC0/w-d-xo.html
In the first video, Simone was only around 19 years old. I still love her young voice :)
@@cancelled_user can totally relate to feint but not this version, pretty incredible and beautiful arrangement. It's now much easier to find music and titles I've once heard and explore deeper. I still do remember some names like theater of tragedy, nightwish, octavia(?), lacuna coil... There were a lot of gothic symphonic metal beauty and the beast style bands 😅
Their song Sancta Terra is great too. There is a nice live performance where the Epica singer sings it together with Floor Jansen.
I loved hearing the ocean crashing into shore!!!!
Epica released this album (Omega) feb 26th. Recorded it last March just as everything started to get closed down. its a great album with many great songs... Abyss of time is the one you should do next from this album.
Epica! Love this track! Love this band! Thanks for decomposing this! Would love to hear you do Within Temptation. Great songs: Ice Queen, Angels, See Who I Am, Deceiver of Fools, Mother Earth, and, The Promise. They’re similar but not as heavy. Also would love more Draconian and Nightwish!
If you want to watch some really good sample of what Epica has to offer, go watch Retrospect ( a show live to celebrate their 10 year anniversaries) on stage with the band ther is a full orchestra and choir, and a lot of epicness and pyrotechnic:) have a great one :)
Hello from France, you should try Therion (historic : one of the first symphonic band in Europe 1987 !), I really love the Live Gothic 2007 - with Lori and Katarina (wondefull singers)- PLease listen to those 4 songs : Der Mitternachtslöwe - Schwarzalbenheim - Son of the staves of time - Perennial Sophia ( this last one is my favourite). they've also played with symphonic orchestra in the Miskolc fest in Hungary. very interesting
Then you should also try Sirenia The Other Side / Lacuna Coil : Senzafine (in italian)..
have a great day !
Another great band is Dir En Grey. They are a japanese metal band who have some very theatric performances and some incredible musicianship. Rinkaku would be an excellent song to check out, it has a very haunting and ethereal quality to it.
Epica are the classiest band there is
Oh, you should definitely take a look at Kamelot: Ravenlight!
Hi Key of Geebz, you might find this interesting, this episode of the Epica vlog on youtube shows them recording the orchestral parts, a 5 minute video, I think it might even be cool enough to be worthy of a reaction:
EPICA - Studio vlog album #8 (Part 5) (Official Studio Vlog)
My favorite! Checkout consign to oblivion!
EPICA - Abyss of Time (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) this is a ather singel from this cd ....this has more orcester and is intensiver .....I would be happy if you would respond so well to that too
As others have suggested before, I think you'll get a kick out of "Design Your Universe" ( live in retrospect) and absolutely marvel at the sound engineering required for it.
Checkout Myrath too. They are a Tunisia band.
Discover all that beautiful singers, and bands of metal music from the Netherlands. 🇳🇱🤘♥️
Epica is the dutch Nightwish (from the Netherlands 😉)
There is a lot to discover,
From this musical soil!
Probably one of the more agressive songs in their catalogue "internal warfare" is a hell of a banger
I listened to this genre almost exclusively for a time back in ~2009, though I never got in to Epica. Some bands I love are:
Tristania, who is probably my favorite. Illumination is my favorite album but anything before that is also excellent
Theatre of Tragedy - Anything from first three albums
Penumbra - Seclusion
Leaves' Eyes - First three albums
Draconian - One of the first albums but I don't remember exactly which one.
Sirenia - first three albums
The States does have one symphonic metal band, Kamelot