The Alchemy Project

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EPICA Announces 'Omega Alive' Global Streaming Event". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 29 April 2021 . Retrieved 17 May 2021. For all its inherent aesthetic messiness, the charming and surprisingly substantive The Alchemy Project finds Epica absolutely nail the execution. In hindsight, believing that the band wouldn’t go full Epica on the mash-up concept was colossally foolish. Even so, the approach that it takes here isn’t so much a 50/50 split. Rather, it’s Epica taking certain signatures from other bands and working them quite naturally into its very specific brew of symphonic metal. Epica announce the release of Design Your Universe - Gold Edition, Epica.nl. 17 July 2019. Retrieved on 2019-07-19.On September 16, 2022, the band announced their third EP, The Alchemy Project, a collaborative effort with each song featuring at least one guest artist. It was released on November 11, 2022 via Atomic Fire. [81] It was accompanied by official music videos for the songs "The Final Lullaby" and "Sirens – Of Blood and Water". saw Dutch outfit Epica release their Omega album. It was an epic piece of work (and you can read our review here). They followed this with a release of their live stream event which was released around a year ago. 2022 sees the band celebrating their 20th anniversary. With eight albums under their belt, one can certainly allow them an amount of self-indulgence with their latest EP, The Alchemy Project. Review Summary: The Alchemy Project succeeds in both its integration of multiple guest musicians as well as allowing the band to step outside their established formula.

EPICA: 'Unleashed' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. 25 September 2009 . Retrieved 2014-07-14. Epica To Release 'The Holographic Principle' Album In October". Blabbermouth.net. 31 May 2016 . Retrieved 2 June 2016. Vayner, Ofer. "Interview with Mark Jensen of Epica". Alternative-zine.com . Retrieved 30 March 2008. EPICA: 'The Classical Conspiracy' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 27 May 2009 . Retrieved 2014-07-14. See Epica's Lavish Video for New Song "Abyss of Time" ". Revolver Magazine. 9 October 2020 . Retrieved 9 October 2020.

Requiem for the Indifferent – Chart positions / News / Epica". Epica.nl. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 . Retrieved 28 November 2013. SCHWEIZER HITPARADE - MUSIK-DVD TOP 10 24.11.2013". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-07-19 . Retrieved 2014-07-14. Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will release "The Alchemy Project" on November 11 through Atomic Fire Records. Brown, Matt (11 December 2013). "Metal By Numbers 12/11: The Charts Show a Bit of Common Courtesy". www.metalinsider.net . Retrieved 2014-07-14. With “The Alchemy Project”, EPICA sets another highlight in the band’s 20th-anniversary year. Graced by a vivid and witty artwork by graphic wizard Heilemania, visual partner in crime for more that 15 years, EPICA embarks on a journey through seven extraordinary new songs. Co-written and performed with diverse guests ranging from extremists like FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, Niilo Sevänen ( INSOMNIUM) and Björn “Speed” Strid ( SOILWORK) via melodic masters like Tommy Karevik ( KAMELOT),keyboard legend Phil Lanzon ( URIAH HEEP) and Roel Van Helden ( POWERWOLF) to a once-in-a-lifetime song with Simone Simons, Charlotte Wessels and Myrkur, the EPICA members have really outdone themselves once again. The result is a mind-bending EP that even surpasses the usual broad scope of an EPICA record.

Choir, Bass Vocals [Basses] – Angus van Grevenbroek, Jan Douwes, Jan Hoffmann (4), Martijn De Graaf Bierbrauwer a b "Austrian Charts > Epica" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2011-12-22 . Retrieved 2012-03-21. In early 2002, at 23 years old, Mark Jansen left After Forever over creative differences. [20] He then began looking for musicians who would work towards a more classical/symphonic type of music project; this was initially named Sahara Dust. [21] In late 2002, the band courted Helena Iren Michaelsen [21] (from Trail of Tears) as its frontwoman, but shortly after she was replaced by Simone Simons, who was Jansen's girlfriend at the time. The band's line-up was completed by guitarist Ad Sluijter, drummer Jeroen Simons, bassist Yves Huts, and keyboard player Coen Janssen. The name was later changed to Epica, inspired by Kamelot's album of the same name. On July 3, 2019, Epica announced that they would release their first book later that year. This would include a history of the band, interviews and photos. [65] Sacred & Wild" ( Powerwolf cover - originally from the album Preachers of the Night (July 19, 2013), released on July 20, 2018 on the "Communio Lupatum" of Powerwolf's album The Sacrament of Sin)Epica – Zuviel gibt es für Epica nicht: Die Listening-Session zu "The Holographic Principle" ". Metal.de. 7 August 2016. Simone Simons had stated on February 1, 2020 that pre-production for the next album had been completed. [68] On March 11, 2020, the band had entered the studio to begin recording their new album, while in turn released studio vlogs showing the album making process for their upcoming eighth studio album. [69] [70]

History [ edit ] Cry for the Moon (2002) [ edit ] Simone Simons, Epica's lead singer and frontwoman Epica – The Holographic". 10 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017 . Retrieved 30 May 2017. a b c "Epica The Divine Conspiracy Review and Interview at Musical Discoveries". Musicaldiscoveries.com . Retrieved 14 January 2023. Human Devastation feat. Henri Sattler (God Dethroned) & Sven de Caluwé (Aborted)
• The Miner feat. Asim Searah (Damnation Plan), Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium) & Roel van Helden (Powerwolf) You’ll also love closer – the epic ‘The Miner’ which builds beautifully and takes you on a real journey to settle things down after the rather frenetic thrashy ‘Death is Not the End’ and the even faster and more dramatic ‘Human Devastation’.With "The Alchemy Project", EPICA sets another highlight in the band's 20th-anniversary year. Graced by a vivid and witty artwork by graphic wizard Heilemania, visual partner in crime for more that 15 years, EPICA embarks on a journey through seven extraordinary new songs. Co-written and performed with diverse guests ranging from extremists like FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, Niilo Sevänen ( INSOMNIUM) and Björn "Speed" Strid ( SOILWORK) via melodic masters like Tommy Karevik ( KAMELOT),keyboard legend Phil Lanzon ( URIAH HEEP) and Roel Van Helden ( POWERWOLF) to a once-in-a-lifetime song with Simone Simons, Charlotte Wessels and Myrkur, the EPICA members have really outdone themselves once again. The result is a mind-bending EP that even surpasses the usual broad scope of an EPICA record. The new Epica video..." Facebook. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 . Retrieved 18 November 2012. Epica – Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)' ". youtube.com (EPICA channel) . Retrieved 2015-10-28. In the 20 years of their existence, EPICA has never shied away from challenges, twists and turns, weathering every storm and pushing the symphonic metal genre to heights no one even dared to believe in. Since 2002, the band featuring singer Simone Simons and her longtime musical partner Mark Jansen has released eight highly innovative and cinematic albums, has toured the world over and has left its mark as one of metal’s most prolific, most cherished and most admired success stories forever. After that, a calmer composition is necessary. What Epica present is the epic ‘The Miner’, a seven-minute song that sees Asim Searah (Damnation Plan), Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium) and Roel van Helden (Powerwolf) bring their considerable talent to a stunning piece that concludes the EP in fine style.