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Epica

Нидерланды

Gothic Metal
Power Metal
Symphonic Metal

http://www.epica.nl
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/epica
VK.com: https://vk.com/epica_official
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epica

21 апр 2024 :	EPICA Streaming 2021's Omega Alive Blu-Ray Via Their Official YouTube Channel
2 мар 2024 :	SIMONE SIMONS: New EPICA Album To Be Released In 2025
12 фев 2024 :	EPICA Share Latin America 2024 Aftermovie; Video
5 фев 2024 :	SIMONE SIMONS On Being In EPICA With Her Ex-Boyfriend, MARK JANSEN: 'We Wanted To Preserve The Band Because It Was Special'
22 дек 2023 :	Watch EPICA's Full Set From Pol'And'Rock Festival 2023; 4K Video Released
29 ноя 2023 :	Watch EPICA's Full Set From Serbia's Exit Festival; Pro-Shot Video Released
9 окт 2023 :	EPICA Release New Video "Code Of Life" (Live At The AFAS Live)
1 сен 2023 :	EPICA Release New Single "Beyond The Matrix" (Live At The AFAS Live); Official Video Streaming
20 авг 2023 :	EPICA's SIMONE SIMONS On Use Of AI In Music: 'Art Needs To Be Created By Actual Flesh And Blood'
28 июл 2023 :	EPICA Release New Single "Consign To Oblivion" (Live At The AFAS Live); Official Video Streaming
16 июн 2023 :	EPICA's SIMONE SIMONS: 'We're All Excited To Write A New Record'
6 июн 2023 :
18 май 2023 :	Watch: EPICA Plays First Show As Support Act For METALLICA
16 май 2023 :	EPICA Replaces FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH As Support Act For METALLICA In Paris And Hamburg
10 мар 2023 :	EPICA Launch "Rivers" Live Single And Video Feat. APOCALYPTICA
19 янв 2023 :	EPICA Release One-Shot Live Video For "Rivers"
13 дек 2022 :	EPICA Share HD Remastered Version Of Official "Never Enough" Video
22 ноя 2022 :	EPICA - Pro-Shot Video From Wacken Open Air 2022 Streaming
21 ноя 2022 :	EPICA - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire São Paulo Show Streaming
14 ноя 2022 :	SIMONE SIMONS, CHARLOTTE WESSELS And MYRKUR Come Together On New EPICA Song 'Sirens - Of Blood And Water'
13 окт 2022 :	EPICA Launch Official Track Video For "The Great Tribulation" Feat. FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE
16 сен 2022 :	EPICA Announces 'The Alchemy Project'
5 сен 2022 :	EPICA Release Official Video For "Blank Infinity" Live At Paradiso
4 сен 2022 :	EPICA Release Official Live Video For "Cry For The Moon"
23 авг 2022 :	EPICA Is Working On 'Secret Project': 'It's Something We've Never Done Before', Says SIMONE SIMONS
11 авг 2022 :	EPICA Release Official Live Video For "Run For A Fall"

24 мар 2016

EPICA's MARK JANSEN Offers Update On Next Album

"Moshpit" show, which airs on the SYN 90.7 radio station in Melbourne, Australia, recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On the progress of the recording sessions for EPICA's follow-up to 2014's "The Quantum Enigma" album:

Mark: "At the moment, we're recording the strings, and right after, the choirs we'll get to record and the brass. So we are getting into the final stage of the recordings. And the drums, bass, guitars, pianos, everything has been recorded already. And after the [Australian] tour, we will record the lead vocals of Simone [Simons] and my grunts. And then it's already basically time to start the mixing process pretty soon."

On how the new EPICA album will be different from "The Quantum Enigma":

Mark: "The biggest difference, I think, is, on 'The Quantum Enigma', we already used real strings but still samples for the brass. And now, with the new album, we do everything we possibly can live, so also the brass section… we hired a brass section to play all the brass parts. And I think the album will also really benefit from that. Even though samples are, live, nowadays so good, but still, if there's real people playing the music, it makes still a big difference. So I think that will be the biggest difference."

On the evolution of EPICA's songwriting:

Mark: "I think we learned lot. We always made music we really felt like making, so we never listened to what was popular at the time, or what other bands were doing. But we developed, I noticed, in a different way than most bands around us. When this female-fronted scene was pretty big back in the day, around 2000, many of these bands became more commercial later on, and we always developed in a more… we [went] more in a metal direction. And many people, at that time, said, 'You are crazy. You are ruining your own career.' But now when I look back, I think that was… Even though we did just what we felt like doing, but it was smart, actually, because that made us stand out, and that's why we're also still around and still growing. So, I think, at that point, people thought it was a stupid move, but it appeared to be a good one."

On whether it's a challenge to balance Simone's operatic vocals with his "grunts" while writing new music:

Mark: "It's always a challenge, that's for sure, but, for some reason, all the elements, they fall automatically [in the] right [place]. It's hard to explain, but after all these years, you find a way to make it naturally work. So back in the day, it was more like a puzzle, a search, and now it naturally happens. So still sometimes we discuss, 'It might be better to have a choir here instead of Simone singing,' or, 'Maybe we should not use grunts here.' So these little discussions still happen, but usually it's quite obvious where we're gonna put what. But sometimes it's even good to still experiment a bit, because it's always also good to go off the path and try and explore new things. And with every record we also try that, and we sometimes try ideas that at first seem ridiculous but then still work out. So that's also [something] we learned — that we try out everything, ever ridiculous ideas, that seem ridiculous, and later on appear to be a great idea. Because that's the way it works. You should never say that something doesn't work before trying it."

EPICA's next album is tentatively due in September.

EPICA's MARK JANSEN Offers Update On Next Album

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24 мар 2016

Pandem Light

Интересно, конечно, но такое ощущение, что опять будет тягомотина с вкраплениями пары классных номеров.

24 мар 2016

SS-ULTRA

>>>Сейчас мы записываем струнные, а после настанет очередь для хора и духовых

В очередной раз с этой херью перестараются и получиться второсортная, вторичная тягомотина. Как и всё их творчество.

24 мар 2016

Camilon

В последнее время заметил, что все дружно начали поносить эту группу. Из всей кучи симфо металла с женским вокалом они едва ли не лучшие. Есть и свой стиль и узнаваемый подчерк в отличии от других. Да и звучат как металл, а не как попса с гитарами и клавишками.

24 мар 2016

and3223r

"Из всей кучи симфо металла с женским вокалом они едва ли не лучшие."
Да ладно... Ну, длинные они и тягомотные. Кому как.

24 мар 2016

Fixxxer

Но я бы вдул Симоне. Под музыку Эпики.

24 мар 2016

BobaKoba

Тема "живых" духовых была бы не полностью раскрыта, если бы Fixхxer не желал вдуть Симоне.
Но, к сожалению, группа уже " нашла исполнителей на духовых инструментах".

24 мар 2016

Nepalcev

"Си-мо-на-а-а, вдутие моей мечты, Си-мо-на-а-а, королева симфоты!" ))

24 мар 2016

chuvaksurala

Полностью солидарен с Camilon !

25 мар 2016

blacksnake

Epica никогда не сделает что то хреновое. Эти ребята чётко знают своё дело)))