This band awesomingly rocks!
Check them out, awesome melodic metal band!

Epica's music is very intriguing and comprises
artistic musical concepts. there music is so very artistic
and the vocals are mmm so so very good.. :P :twisted:

http://www.dev-hell.com/projects/epica_2003/images/index_slice/index_r33_c1.jpg

the official epica website: http://www.epica.nl

So can someone give a better description of what their sound is like?

are there any mp3's of their songs on the site? i didn't see any.

They´re a bit unknown
I got them on kazaa, got 2 songs and loved them
Imagine something like Tristania and Haggard with some bit of Nightwish and, of course, some own style. That´s the best way I could describe

After hearing all their 9 songs, I got the conclusion they´re not just good. They´re not just awesome, they´re really really awesome. Best cd I´ve ever heard tied with Angels Fall First. There´s even a part with some Tony Blair speech against terrorism...

I would say Epica's music is classical and metal based Orchestral/Symphonic Power Metal.
There is a flash player on the main page of the site featuring three songs.
Yes the speech about terrorism is on the song façade of reality.

Epica is awesome, definitley worth checking out

they're great live too!
i saw one of their vids on MTV the other day. I think it was 'feint'

I really like 'Illusive Consensus'

they'll be at graspop this year. woohoo

*huggles his ticket for epica and autumn*

woo, in 3 weeks i'll see them :D

I don't like theur music... they make everything I didn't like in the two firsts Efter Forever albuns (thanks to Mark Jansen's contribution)... I like 3 songs although (Cry for the Moon, Ilusive Consensus and Façade of Reality), but they all sound like same one...

they'll be at graspop this year. woohoo

*huggles his ticket for epica and autumn*

woo, in 3 weeks i'll see them :D

You damn lucky Europeans. lol

<---wishes he lived in Europe

<---is listening to Epica's album

*sobs*

Epica fucking pwn.

Europe doesn't really help :/

*wishes she lived in dutchieland*

Europe doesn't really help :/

*wishes she lived in dutchieland*

hehehehe. :D

Europe rawks my panties off.

Oh right...

*remembers he doesn't have panties*

who needs panties anyway? ;)

and even better, they are coming to the tiny town i live in! :D

I think that Epica could be best described as Dark/Gothic Metal Opera.

And I love them. I don't think that a band has struck such a chord with me since Nightwish. I can't believe that the singer is so young. I wish I could sing like that. Epica r0x0rs my s0x off.

I think that Epica could be best described as Dark/Gothic Metal Opera.

And I love them. I don't think that a band has struck such a chord with me since Nightwish. I can't believe that the singer is so young. I wish I could sing like that. Epica r0x0rs my s0x off.

I told you, you'd love them. ;)

I'm still shocked that Simone Simons is only 19 too, pretty talented for her age. Epica r0x0rs b0th mah paNties anD s0x off.

I told you, you'd love them. ;)

I'm still shocked that Simone Simons is only 19 too, pretty talented for her age. Epica r0x0rs b0th mah paNties anD s0x off.

Yes, thanks for introducing me to them.

*steals Sinful's paNties*

lol, more naughtyness :p

And yea, Epica rocks

Yes, thanks for introducing me to them.

*steals Sinful's paNties*


*laughs at the image of a hot woman stealing his panties right off of him*


mmmmmmallorymmmmmm


I sex Mal.

*laughs at the image of a hot woman stealing his panties right off of him*


mmmmmmallorymmmmmm


I sex Mal.
hmm......

This is why you rock. And if you weren't too young and in a relationship...you would be in my bed. right now.
:p :p :p

oh, and thanks to Mallory for sending me that sample... it's amazing!

hmm......


:p :p :p

oh, and thanks to Mallory for sending me that sample... it's amazing!


Hun, Mal has already been in my bed. ;)

And yay too you for liking Epica.

i could be wrong but isn't epica a band from a former guitar player of After Forever?

i could be wrong but isn't epica a band from a former guitar player of After Forever?

you're absolutely right there :P

you're absolutely right there :P
YAY! Wat did i won? :p
this thread reminds me to listen to epica more often

YAY! Wat did i won? :p


uhhh... I dunno.. Epica chocolate?

damnit ingi, epica is dutch :p

*gives sas some epica cheese*

:p

epica chocolate? lol

i'm listning to cry for the moon right now

damnit ingi, epica is dutch :p

*gives sas some epica cheese*

:p

yuck, poor girl

*slaps 20*

Hun, Mal has already been in my bed. ;)
Damn, I must have been very plastered to not remember that. You drugged me didn't you?

*cries RAPE*

I can't believe that the singer is so young.
After all the time that Ive known and liked Epica, I finally decided to check out their official site and what a shock when I found out Simone's only 10 months older than me. damn that girl looks so much older!!! and so talented

After all the time that Ive known and liked Epica, I finally decided to check out their official site and what a shock when I found out Simone's only 10 months older than me. damn that girl looks so much older!!! and so talented

I know. She make me feel like an underacheiver....wait a second I am. haha.

Damn, I must have been very plastered to not remember that. You drugged me didn't you?

*cries RAPE*


Maybe...

You know I have been being a bad bad boy. ;)

I so fucking wish I lived in Belgium :/

http://www.sengirweb.com/images/flyers/AB.jpg

fuuuuck :|they have a whole festifal for that AND all those bands? :|

damn..*moves to belgium*

I so fucking wish I lived in Belgium :/

http://www.sengirweb.com/images/flyers/AB.jpg


*moves his ass to belgium with you and kstar*


I heard about that festival through the Epica website a few weeks ago. I'm talking to my father about him lending me some money so I can go. So fucking excited. I hope he says yes. ;)

I probably wont live in Belgium anymore, but Ill try to come down for the MFV fest, if mike wants to come with me

I dont know if its been mentioned but Epica are doing a gig in the Camden Underworld, London.

I dont know if its been mentioned but Epica are doing a gig in the Camden Underworld, London.

That was last Friday, and I won tickets, but couldnt go :(

was it? i forgot what date it was. too bad you couldnt go, the underworld is awesome. very small, but good atmosphere

pics from the concert i went to! :D

http://epica.erikschepers.nl/fotos/zoetermeer_23_05_2004/

pics from the concert i went to! :D

http://epica.erikschepers.nl/fotos/zoetermeer_23_05_2004/

:eek:

Those pictures are fucking amazing. Great Quality. Thanks for sharing Kstar. :)

yeah, some dude with a way too big lense (about 20 cm) took them :S

awesome pics! simone looks soo pretty. no catsuit tho :p
not long till i see them again now

I really love her voice.

I'll have to check them out some time.

awesome pics! simone looks soo pretty. no catsuit tho :p
not long till i see them again now

still a very nice leather suit :p lucky you

and you should luna :p

Simone is such a beauty *.*... and her voice.....omfg *.*...... my fav one is "cry for the moon"... beautiful

I really love her voice.

I'll have to check them out some time.


You definitely should. :)

Nice to see the number of Epica fans growing.

Simone is such a beauty *.*... and her voice.....omfg *.*...... my fav one is "cry for the moon"... beautiful

she's better in close-up, really ^__^

they played that twice, once in the show, and once as an encore, it was awesome :D

25 days till I see Epica & After Forever again. Epica's the first band im gonna see at graspop, good start for the festival :)

25 days till I see Epica & After Forever again. Epica's the first band im gonna see at graspop, good start for the festival :)

Woot! Have fun honey. :)

yeah, some dude with a way too big lense (about 20 cm) took them :S

Actually, I didn't. I use a regular Canon PowerShot G5, without any additional equipment.

The guy with the big lense is most likely Edwin van der Ende, and his material can be found at http://www.vanderende.net/. He's a nice bloke, and has given me several tips with regards to photography.

Still, it's nice to read that people like my work. Maybe we'll see each other at another Epica gig.

lol, i see!

well that edwin was kinda annoying though, pushing me to the side (i'm small, didnt help)

I love Epica. The Phantom Agony is an incredible CD, and i wish it would make some mainstream here in the US, so more people could hear them.

Never heard of this before.... me wants :/


DVD release info
August 4th 2004 at: 14:19:00 hours
The release of Epica’s first DVD “We Will Take You With Us / 2 Meter Sessies" has been planned for October 4th. This DVD will come in a limited deluxe ECO-Book (containing a 40 page booklet) with an additional bonus CD containing all of the 2 Meter Sessies recordings.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/ace_trace/dvdcover.jpg



DVD
a. 2 Meter Sessies
1. EPICA The Works
2. EPICA Acoustic
b. Making Of 2 Meter Sessies
c. Music Video
1. The Phantom Agony
2. Making Of The Phantom Agony
3. Feint
4. Making Of Feint
d. The Voices of The Phantom Agony (Documentary)
e. Slide Show
f. Discography
g. Website
h. Audio Settings
i. Credits DVD

CD

EPICA The Works

1. Façade of Reality

2. Sensorium

3. Illusive Consensus

4. Cry for the Moon

5. The Phantom Agony

6. Seif al Din



EPICA Acoustic

7. Feint

8. Run for a Fall

9. Memory (from the musical Cats) – unreleased Track

great. I loved them.
Now where can I get their music? :rolleyes:
I can really efford to order their CD to Israel...
And I couldn't really find them over Kazzad :(

Some pics from the upcoming DVD



http://www.servemode.co.uk/Epica/EPICA_clip_1092_s.jpg

http://www.servemode.co.uk/Epica/EPICA_clip_674_s.jpg

http://www.servemode.co.uk/Epica/EPICA_clip_761_s.jpg

http://www.servemode.co.uk/Epica/EPICA_clip_776_s.jpg

http://www.servemode.co.uk/Epica/EPICA_clip_857_s.jpg

http://www.servemode.co.uk/Epica/Singer_01_s.jpg
http://www.servemode.co.uk/Epica/Singer_02_s.jpg

i could go see them again sometime soon, me friends are going, but meh, not going

beautifullchaos, pm me, we might be able to sort something out ;) (i'm from the netherlands)

Epica! I love them.

Especially Feint or Run for a Fall.

I've heard epica today and I think they are quite good.I've only heard samples so far.They are quite good.I think they sound a bit like nightwish.I'm also thinking about getting the album.Does anyone have the album and if you do,would you recommend it?

yeah epica! :D:D
I have the 2 meter session dvd with the cd from them and they are so great!!
I also went to their concert 2 weeks ago, and is was soo great and nice and good en ow fantastic! :D
I really like them! :)

I have the album, and it's really good! I recommend it! ;).

I want the DVD! I don't know where to find it!

yeah epica! :D:D
I have the 2 meter session dvd with the cd from them and they are so great!!
I also went to their concert 2 weeks ago, and is was soo great and nice and good en ow fantastic! :D
I really like them! :)

Aw, I'm so jealous! Epica is my favouritest.

I really want the DVD. I don't know where to get it, either. :(

ow well, i bought it in a musicstore in holland? but it's a holland band, zo maybe you can buy it only there?
or in some places in europe..
and i've really no idea how i can help you with the dvd.. :( i'm sorry
but it is not as nice as the dvd from ev! epica is a 2 meter session (I dont know if everybody knows what it means) but is just a dvd where you see epica singing in a studio, so it isnt very special..
and you see behind the scenes and the video's but thats it..
and simone is singing memory from the musical cats! :D
thats soooo beautyfull song :o i love it! :D
but if i know how i can help you i will tell, but it's not very special.

Bringing this thread back to life ... :rolleyes:

It's so shamefull... Last week I went to the heart of my city, where everything is very cheap, to buy some christmas presents, and there I found some "stores" that sells those CD's you would never find in a regular music store like Tower Records. I was very happy because I thought I could finally buy some CD's I don't have original. But then I see Epica's album, with a scanned and printed cover, the cd was completely burned... I couldn't believe it. I mean, I can believe those being selled in the streets, but in a store??... and... Epica??? :confused: I was truly dissapointed, and I, of course, didn't buy it. ¬¬

i'm hearing a lot Epica these days... i really love SENSORIUM, great song, & great female voice :D

i'm hearing a lot Epica these days... i really love SENSORIUM, great song, & great female voice :D

That's one of my favourites. I loove Feint [especially the piano version] and Run for a Fall.

I like sensorium also the most!
and on the dvd is memory (from the musical cats) that simone sings with only a piano and that song i love also very much!

I'm so proud the singers name is Simone!!! (that's my name :p )

let's survive this thread :(

I LOOOOOOOOOVE EPICA :D

Yeah Epica roolz!!!I love Sensorium,Seif al Din,Cry fir the Moon and Force of the Shore!!
(I'm so sad :( )

yeah epica! i was listening to the phantom agony yesterday, hmm fav songs... cry for the moon, the phantom agony, sensorium, well lots of them :D pretty cool band!

my faves... sensorium, quietus, solitary ground, the phantom agony, feint... :D

I'm so sad, too..

btw, Smytho! I sent you a PM with the links for the songs (gmail wouldn't work!) but with all this EvBoard stuff, I'm not sure if you got it.. :(

I'm so sad, too..

btw, Smytho! I sent you a PM with the links for the songs (gmail wouldn't work!) but with all this EvBoard stuff, I'm not sure if you got it.. :(
yeah i got it, but didn't have time to download the :(

still <3 you for sending them though, i'll find someway to get those songs. :/

I have the links here, don't worry :D

Illusive Consensus (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=245SZKWK1RT4V39O8LAS7WRDO0)
Run For A Fall (http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0EB8RXU2DQEIY0B6VRUPQG950M)
Seif Al Din (http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DMA1PA01DZG03IXZZKODFA9HQ)
The Phantom Agony (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1FVE3KI4QKN523D64WWR4G370F)

I have the links here, don't worry :D

Illusive Consensus (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=245SZKWK1RT4V39O8LAS7WRDO0)
Run For A Fall (http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0EB8RXU2DQEIY0B6VRUPQG950M)
Seif Al Din (http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DMA1PA01DZG03IXZZKODFA9HQ)
The Phantom Agony (http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1FVE3KI4QKN523D64WWR4G370F)
THANKYOU!!!!!!! *hugs* i love this board, i get so much good stuff from it :)

Epica is my favourite, yes.

I must re-upload my Simone av. >_>

Epica is my favourite, yes.

I must re-upload my Simone av. >_>
That's right, Simone was in my Avatar too! Must change that...

Done.

Simone is so gorgeous. I wish I could see Epica live. :(

There, changed my Avatare.

Someone should start the Rain Fell Within thread again, I actually liked what I heard from that band.

There, changed my Avatare.

Someone should start the Rain Fell Within thread again, I actually liked what I heard from that band.


Frozen did it, here it is ^^
http://www.evboard.com/showthread.php?t=24473

Epica roolz!!I love them!!I downloaded a new age dawns part 1,2 and 3 and I really like them!!

Hey,we have a club??I've missed a lot of things!!Well someone took care of me!!I'll add it in my sig :D

lol, Frozen that about the club is that Leticia and I said that we were always the same in the threads, and I said that we could set up a club or something. And then Leticia put that in her sig, and so did I and crimson_angel and some more. :p
And we also thought about doing a Female Fronted Bands forum to go and postwhore there, but that just was an idea, haha. :D

And we also thought about doing a Female Fronted Bands forum to go and postwhore there, but that just was an idea, haha. :D

She told me that yesterday ;) !The club was also an idea... :rolleyes: but it became real :p !
Anyway, Black Infinity and Force of the Shore are my favourites!!Still can't get over The Phantom Agony(album) though!

lol, Frozen that about the club is that Leticia and I said that we were always the same in the threads, and I said that we could set up a club or something. And then Leticia put that in her sig, and so did I and crimson_angel and some more. :p
And we also thought about doing a Female Fronted Bands forum to go and postwhore there, but that just was an idea, haha. :D
I so want to join this club! :p That's like ALL I listen to, female fronted bands :D

I so want to join this club! :p That's like ALL I listen to, female fronted bands :D

I think you have already joined :p !Take a look at AracneMorgana's sig... :rolleyes:

I so want to join this club! :p That's like ALL I listen to, female fronted bands :D
Same here! In my CD case there aren't many bands that are male fronted, but like Frozen said, you're already a member :p

I heard more of these guys recently and I have to get their CDs!!! They sound amazing! I asked for them for my birthday, so I have to wait until then and it's really hard to wait that long :p 36 more days, too far away :mad:

I so want to join this club! :p That's like ALL I listen to, female fronted bands :D

u'r in the club since the very moment i put it in my sig :p

I think you have already joined :p !Take a look at AracneMorgana's sig... :rolleyes:

thanks love for being so attentive :D

Same here! In my CD case there aren't many bands that are male fronted, but like Frozen said, you're already a member :p

I heard more of these guys recently and I have to get their CDs!!! They sound amazing! I asked for them for my birthday, so I have to wait until then and it's really hard to wait that long :p 36 more days, too far away :mad:

there u are!!! another member for the team :D


ok, back on topic :rolleyes: i've heard that Epica are coming to Spain in some kind of concert or show or something like that... it'll be free, but it's in the coast & i live in the centre of Spain :( maybe i manage a way to go :cool: can't wait till autumn to see them live!!!! :o

I had to post this: Don't you think Epica lost their epic element they had at The Phantom Agony?Songs from Consign to Oblivion sound less epic and less powerful,if you know what I mean!

I had to post this: Don't you think Epica lost their epic element they had at The Phantom Agony?Songs from Consign to Oblivion sound less epic and less powerful,if you know what I mean!

well, there's a big difference between both albums, u're right... but i don't think they've lost that epic element... maybe they're just trying some different ways of doing it till they find the best one for them :rolleyes:

u'r in the club since the very moment i put it in my sig :p
thanks love for being so attentive :D
there u are!!! another member for the team :D

ok, back on topic :rolleyes: i've heard that Epica are coming to Spain in some kind of concert or show or something like that... it'll be free, but it's in the coast & i live in the centre of Spain :( maybe i manage a way to go :cool: can't wait till autumn to see them live!!!! :o
Oh right, I see it now thanks!

A free Epica concert! I maybe I could smuggle aboard a plane somehow.

I had to post this: Don't you think Epica lost their epic element they had at The Phantom Agony?Songs from Consign to Oblivion sound less epic and less powerful,if you know what I mean!
I dunno. I love the new AND the old album. The new one certainly is heavier, but I still think it's just as epic. Its both.

I had to post this: Don't you think Epica lost their epic element they had at The Phantom Agony?Songs from Consign to Oblivion sound less epic and less powerful,if you know what I mean!
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?! Consign To Oblivion not so Epic?, are you kidding???. I''m not saying is waaaayyy better than The Phantom Agony (I actually die for those two albums), but CTO is one of the most epic albums I've heard in my life. When I hear it I just think Im somewhere in the nature at 150km/h screaming. It's indeed very less heavy than TPO because of the escesive ammount of Choir and the very few grunts, but a lot more epic for that same reason. I mean... just hear the first track. compare Adyta to it. Adyta is more gloomy, the Intro of CTO is waaaaayyy more epic, and so it's the rest of the album.

WHAT!?!?!?!?!?! Consign To Oblivion not so Epic?, are you kidding???. I''m not saying is waaaayyy better than The Phantom Agony (I actually die for those two albums), but CTO is one of the most epic albums I've heard in my life. When I hear it I just think Im somewhere in the nature at 150km/h screaming. It's indeed very less heavy than TPO because of the escesive ammount of Choir and the very few grunts, but a lot more epic for that same reason. I mean... just hear the first track. compare Adyta to it. Adyta is more gloomy, the Intro of CTO is waaaaayyy more epic, and so it's the rest of the album.
Well said :P In conclusion: Consign to Oblivion pwns. Every.single.song.

So does Phantom Agony, but somehow CtO just does it for me more.

It's indeed very less heavy than TPO because of the escesive ammount of Choir and the very few grunts, but a lot more epic for that same reason. I mean... just hear the first track. compare Adyta to it. Adyta is more gloomy, the Intro of CTO is waaaaayyy more epic, and so it's the rest of the album.

In a matter of fact, I haven't downloaded the whole album but the songs I've heard are more operetic and less heavy!Well,you might be right, I'll download the intro of CTO and I'll tell you.But still I haven't found a song like Seif al Din :rolleyes:

that's what I'm saying :p I haven't heard another song like Seif al Din, maybe Force Of The shore... I don't know. xD.

In a matter of fact, I haven't downloaded the whole album but the songs I've heard are more operetic and less heavy!Well,you might be right, I'll download the intro of CTO and I'll tell you.But still I haven't found a song like Seif al Din :rolleyes:

u should tell us then which ones from CtO have u heard :p

u should tell us then which ones from CtO have u heard :p

I've heard Force of the Shore, Trois Vierges, Solitary Ground, Black Infinity and all the parts of A New Age Dawns!My favs are Force of The Shore and Black Infinity but the one I think is more epic is Mother of Light!

Epica are my favourite band at the moment. I heard some of The Phantom Agony a while ago and have been tracking down all their songs since. I love Cry For The Moon and Feint, they're both so beautiful.

Gah, Cry For The Moon is aaalmost my fave Epica song, it's great! And Feint is really beautiful..
About the epic element and all... I find CtO more epic, and after listening to both albums several times now, I think it's better as a whole. The songs are more worked, every detail. In tPA, some songs seem too long for me because there are some boring parts. But it's a greaaat album however. :p This is all in my opinion of course. :D


and now a bit of..

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About the EvBoard 64 best bands/artists! Epica got to second round so.. we all have to vote to make them through this one too! :p This time you have to send a PM to Cfw828 with 4 votes (4 names). You can vote for different bands, or use all the votes in Epica, whatever. It's explained here. (http://www.evboard.com/showpost.php?p=677785&postcount=13)

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hehe ony's at it again, nice work!

i haven't heard cto, i guess you'd all recommed that to me then? i've only heard tpa, but i really like what i've heard. i really like that song too ony.

and now a bit of..

[shameless spam]

About the EvBoard 64 best bands/artists! Epica got to second round so.. we all have to vote to make them through this one too! :p This time you have to send a PM to Cfw828 with 4 votes (4 names). You can vote for different bands, or use all the votes in Epica, whatever. It's explained here. (http://www.evboard.com/showpost.php?p=677785&postcount=13)

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I voted 3 for Epica and 1 for Nightwish cause Nightwish have many fans here!
I want to give Epica at least a chance:D !

I voted 3 for Epica and 1 for Nightwish cause Nightwish have many fans here!
I want to give Epica at least a chance:D !

lol, i must have thought about that before voting :rolleyes: i gave 2 for epica & 2 for nw... i'm pretty sure epica will pass :D (at least, i hope so :p )

i haven't heard cto, i guess you'd all recommed that to me then? i've only heard tpa, but i really like what i've heard. i really like that song too ony.

:D just pick any song of the album and it will be a winner.
I recomend most of all Quietus, consign to oblivion, the last crusade and dance of fate... and black infinity... :rolleyes: I'm serious, pick any song.

:D just pick any song of the album and it will be a winner.
I recomend most of all Quietus, consign to oblivion, the last crusade and dance of fate... and black infinity... :rolleyes: I'm serious, pick any song.
I agree. ANY song. But especially Last Crusade, and Blank Infinity....and the rest too :p but Blank Infinity is probably my favourite. Love Quietus at the moment though.

I'm serious, pick any song.

agreed, i love the whole album :D my faves maybe should be Quietus, Solitary Ground, Blank Infinity... ANY OF THEM :p

agreed, i love the whole album :D my faves maybe should be Quietus, Solitary Ground, Blank Infinity... ANY OF THEM :p
Even Force of the Shore, which I didn't like as much at first, I now love so much! Even the intro is awesome (I love the epic intros that bands like this have. Like the intro to The Silent Force by Within Temptation!)

yeap, INTROs in cd's really kick ass :D i love my cd's that have Intros :p

i think ev should put an intro in their next album too :p

oh btw, in case of any confusion, of course i meant i've only heard the album tpa, not just the song...although that is my fav by them right now!

well thanks everyone, i guess i should like the whole album then :) like i said, i really like tpa and if y'all think cto's better and like all the songs then...yay!

*agrees about intros* they rule when listening to an album start to finish.

hehe, I wrote black infinity instead of blank XD sorry 'bout dat :rolleyes:

You were right!!!The intro to CtO is so epic!!!One of the best intros EVAR!!

hehe, I wrote black infinity instead of blank XD sorry 'bout dat

The downloaded file I have is titled Black Infinity!
So you are not the only one who mistakes it ;)

it is a very good band with a sound really very good, have a style paraesido to the one of nightwish but it parese to me that each one has its touch :D

hehe ony's at it again, nice work!

i haven't heard cto, i guess you'd all recommed that to me then? i've only heard tpa, but i really like what i've heard. i really like that song too ony.

I'd recommend it. Especially Solitary Ground.

yay!!!!!!!! i've bought this morning the WE WILL TAKE YOU WITH US limited edition!!!! i'm going to see it right now :D

yay!!!!!!!! i've bought this morning the WE WILL TAKE YOU WITH US limited edition!!!! i'm going to see it right now :D
Awesome! That album is packed with hundreds of cool stuff! I might buy it sometime. Tell us what it's like when you see it!

yay!!!!!!!! i've bought this morning the WE WILL TAKE YOU WITH US limited edition!!!! i'm going to see it right now :D

I can imagine your parents moving the T.V set and you ARE still watching WWTYWU!!:D

Awesome! That album is packed with hundreds of cool stuff! I might buy it sometime. Tell us what it's like when you see it!

it's definetly awesome!! it's got the 2 meter sessies (of course :D ) + videos for TPA & Feint + the making of's+ lots of pics + a little interview with simone + the cd with the songs of 2 meter sessies with the cover of Memorie (from "Cats") + it's so beautiful cos u look at it & u think it's a book + a huge booklet :D

I can imagine your parents moving the T.V set and you ARE still watching WWTYWU!!:D

LMAO, yeap, i can imagine that too :p

Juaz, the DVD!. lol, I love DVD's. Make sure there's no easter eggs :p .
That's something I'll definetely (?) buy it in a near future XD.
You didn't mention a concert... is there any concert? :rolleyes: . heh

You didn't mention a concert... is there any concert? :rolleyes: . heh

hehe, the "2 meter sessies" is some kind of concert - recording, so yeap, there is :p a very cool "concert" with its acoustic part included :D

I love their song Cry for the Moon. It's so graceful, and the screaming makes it really cool :D

Is there anywhere on the internet where I can see the video for Solitary Ground?

I've seen The Phantom Agony, and Feint, but I can't find Solitary Ground anywhere, and the music channels don't play Epica here. :(

Is there anywhere on the internet where I can see the video for Solitary Ground?

I've seen The Phantom Agony, and Feint, but I can't find Solitary Ground anywhere, and the music channels don't play Epica here. :(
I agre I still can't find the Solitary Ground video on the net. A link was posted a while ago, but it didn't work for me.

OOOOH the DVD comes with a big booklet? I love album booklets they are the best! What stuff does it have in the booklet?

I agre I still can't find the Solitary Ground video on the net. A link was posted a while ago, but it didn't work for me.
This was the link to download the video: http://www.moshvideos.com/downloads.htm

It worked for me but my computer decided to stop the download before it was finished, lol. :mad:

OOOOH the DVD comes with a big booklet? I love album booklets they are the best! What stuff does it have in the booklet?

well, it's got a little explanation for the DVD (why did they recorded it & so on), some of the pics u can find in the dvd, the tracklist (of course), a section called "Highlights of EPICA by Mark Jansen", the listing & the crew, & a very very cool part with drawings of each member of the band & a few questions to each of them :D

wahoo, thanks onyrika!!!. I've search that video everywhere too! (complete)!. Thanks so very mucho ^_^. Just one question: The file is a .rar file. What's up with that?, is it just change the name?... or.... ^^ *heh, *ignorant*

wahoo, thanks onyrika!!!. I've search that video everywhere too! (complete)!. Thanks so very mucho ^_^. Just one question: The file is a .rar file. What's up with that?, is it just change the name?... or.... ^^ *heh, *ignorant*
you have to have a program called WINRAR to unzip the file if its a .rar file. The program is free.

But that link still doesn't work for me :(

btw you can download winrar here: http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10350955.html?tag=lst-0-1

Damn. Is there any where else you can upload it which allows 80mb?
There must be some place, but I don't know about it. They all cost XD.
Another problem: It's on .m2v format!! lol, I'll never see this video.

There must be some place, but I don't know about it. They all cost XD.
Another problem: It's on .m2v format!! lol, I'll never see this video.
Damn thats a wierd mpeg file. mpeg 2.

This program should be able to play it though: heres a link for downloading it: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358

EDIT: This program might work too, i don't know havn't tried it. But try the first one first, its a really good player (and free) http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/_m2v-player.html

Thanks. The first one played it, but with no sound lol. xD. The second one jus didn't download. But you know what?. I downloaded this DivX pack that has the player, the converter, codecs, etc. I'll try to convert it. If it doesn't work I give up, lol. I hope it does. ;)
I know why is so heavy!. The image is HUGE!.

Another problem: It's on .m2v format!! lol, I'll never see this video.

u can see it through WINAMP ;) it allows u to see this format

anyway, smytho!!! gmail just allows 10MB mails *smif smif* how can i send it to u??? :(

I may sound incredibly obvious, but the reason why it's so heavy is because is an SVCD, lol. In a normal format it shouldn't weight so much. Right now, I converted it do an DivX format and it's only 25 MB. The cuality is the same. Now I must find the way to change it into a normal format, lol xD.


Edit: I made it!!!. It's on .avi *cries*.
But guess what. The video is 730 MB hahaha. It's so funny xD. I'm working on it. It's only that the image is incredibly big!. *hugs EO video and windows movie maker* XD. It will be up in no time.

EDIT!!!!!:

I MADE IT!!!!!!
At last!!!. a 38MB file .wmv Very good cuality (in fact, it didn't change a bit, not even the image size. the image is still huge!!) (I realy don't know what I did, lol.). I'm uploading it right now. It takes an hour to be available XD My internet is slow, so sorry for that. Patience padawans!!! :p
Ahh at last I can sleep

I may sound incredibly obvious, but the reason why it's so heavy is because is an SVCD, lol. In a normal format it shouldn't weight so much. Right now, I converted it do an DivX format and it's only 25 MB. The cuality is the same. Now I must find the way to change it into a normal format, lol xD.


Edit: I made it!!!. It's on .avi *cries*.
But guess what. The video is 730 MB hahaha. It's so funny xD. I'm working on it. It's only that the image is incredibly big!. *hugs EO video and windows movie maker* XD. It will be up in no time.

EDIT!!!!!:

I MADE IT!!!!!!
At last!!!. a 38MB file .wmv Very good cuality (in fact, it didn't change a bit, not even the image size. the image is still huge!!) (I realy don't know what I did, lol.). I'm uploading it right now. It takes an hour to be available XD My internet is slow, so sorry for that. Patience padawans!!! :p
Ahh at last I can sleep


That's cool, good for changing the format. Whenever I try to change video formats it takes like 3 hours to convert, even though my computer is pretty fast and stuff!

And thanks AracneMorgana for sending me all that stuff, I've got the video now yay and all those other files you sent me! Must be like 500mb of stuff! <3 you so much! :)

Thanks aracnemorgana for sending me the vid, the files joined together fine and the vid works.
BTW it plays perfectly in the program I sent you, Media Player Classic. Even the sound plays. Weird how it doesn't work for you.

and wow (this has probably already been discussed but) the video version of Solitary Ground is COMPLETELY different! Its a whole new re-recordning of the song! Lots of changes, like more symphonic, more piano, longer intro etc. Even the vocals were rerecorded! Interesting...

Huge thank you for the video!!!
I've never seen an Epica video before!!
Simone is so beatiful!!

There ya go :D http://s15.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1GBJQCDL2FBIL124KUGSA72LK3
Thank you Ana for uploading the video :)

*awaits for it to finish downloading* I'm having an slow computer day xD

After watching the Solitary Ground video I can't say I'm too impressed. Sure, Sharone looks gorgeous in it, and the actual song is obviously great but the video was kinda basic. Ah well.

After watching the Solitary Ground video I can't say I'm too impressed. Sure, Sharone looks gorgeous in it, and the actual song is obviously great but the video was kinda basic. Ah well.

Sharone?!?!?! XD

It happens the same as the song "or am I just wasting time" :p

seriously.

After watching the Solitary Ground video I can't say I'm too impressed. Sure, Sharone looks gorgeous in it, and the actual song is obviously great but the video was kinda basic. Ah well.

Sharone????????
LMMFAO!!!
A combination of Sharon and Simone?

It happens the same as the song "or am I just wasting time"

I can't understand this :(
But you should watch the video,just to have an idea ;)

Simone does look really nice in the new video, but overall it's boring!

Sharone????????
LMMFAO!!!
A combination of Sharon and Simone?

Yeah you STFU :p I was really sick last night and had trouble typing and thinking properly :D

I can't understand this :(

I mean that the song ends "or am I just wasting time", and on the video SIMONE (lol) is searching for something: that rock she had when she was little, but she couldn't find it, so she wasted time :p lol

I mean that the song ends "or am I just wasting time", and on the video SIMONE (lol) is searching for something: that rock she had when she was little, but she couldn't find it, so she wasted time :p lol

Oh,lol, I was thinking something totally different :rolleyes:
/me=d0rk

Don't worry Smytho;at first I was spelling Kristina(LC) Kristiana until someone told me :rolleyes: !!

http://www.epica.nl/images/thescore_cover.jpg

Release: 8th September, according to the official site.

Does anyone know what this is? A soundtrack for what? :confused:

Sorry, but I've never heard of this before, lol.

http://www.epica.nl/images/thescore_cover.jpg

Release: 8th September, according to the official site.

Does anyone know what this is? A soundtrack for what? :confused:

Sorry, but I've never heard of this before, lol.
What the hell is that! Looks awesome whatever it is!

I found this on some random website: Trois Vierges: Song written for the dutch movie “Joyride” I have also composed the total score for this movie, the score will be released as well in September.

But Joyride is an old movie!!
I've seen it long ago!
Isn't this one with two guys and a crazy truck driver?

But Joyride is an old movie!!
I've seen it long ago!
Isn't this one with two guys and a crazy truck driver?
According IMDB theres many movies called Joyride. But since theres one thats coming out this year sometime, made in the Netherlands I'm presuming its that one. Not much info on it though. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430257/

My fav songs changed!!
From tPA I love tPA and Facade of Reality and from CtO I can't stop listening to Mother of Light!!
Awesome intro!

Mother of light is awesome, but the actual song Consign to Oblivion is awesome too! It incorporates EVERYTHING that is epica in the one song, and is so addictive at the same time!

Can you believe this?
The music store brought Consign to Oblivion as they told me a few months ago and geuss what, someone bought them!They've only order 3 copies and now there is none!I'm so unlucky sometimes!I ask them when they will order more and they told me that they don't order cds during summer months!:mad:

Can you believe this?
The music store brought Consign to Oblivion as they told me a few months ago and geuss what, someone bought them!They've only order 3 copies and now there is none!I'm so unlucky sometimes!I ask them when they will order more and they told me that they don't order cds during summer months!:mad:
Damn you should have asked them to keep a copy for you. That’s what I usually do. If I ask a store to order in some CDs, they keep a copy for me, and sometimes even ring me when its in.

Damn you should have asked them to keep a copy for you. That’s what I usually do. If I ask a store to order in some CDs, they keep a copy for me, and sometimes even ring me when its in.

I know,I'm so stupid sometimes :o !
But I didn't expect that they would brought only 3 copies and that they'd be sold that quickly!That's a good sign for Epica,at least :rolleyes: !

Yesterday I bought me the special edition of the Consign To Oblivion ohhh, the song Quietus is my favorite :p . And the DVD is fantastic.

Yesterday I bought me the special edition of the Consign To Oblivion ohhh, the song Quietus is my favorite :p . And the DVD is fantastic.

A special edition of CtO??
What does the DVD have?
*feels excited thought he doesn't even have the normal version*:p

Check this out! Can't wait.
Epica have been working on a soundtrack inspired by a Dutch movie entitled "Joyride." The soundtrack will be released by Transmission Records on September 8th, under the title, The Score: An Epic Journey.

According to guitarist Mark Jansen, The Score is "Typically Epica, Only without the singing, without the guitars, no bass and no drums..." Mark Jansen, together with Yves Huts and Coen Jansen are responsible for the greater part of the music. The Score is much more than simply Epica without the Gothic rock. The remaining orchestrations have been worked out into the most minute details with strong arrangements. As a result, The Score has become an extremely attractive album which will appeal to a far larger audience than just the rock aficionados. An album that might be regarded as detached from all the earlier Epica work, but also as the next logical step.

"Of course The Score sounds different from the earlier albums, on the other hand it is at the same time unequivocally Epica. For this reason we’re obviously releasing it under our own name. We are enormously proud of this album and we do not feel we have to confine ourselves to a certain genre."

"Collaboration is something Epica feels very strongly about. It is just like a colouring picture that you keep on making more beautiful with the whole group. Yves also contributes a lot of music, Coen takes care of the arrangements, subsequently I have some ideas and in this way, a project continues to grow. Into everything we do, we put our hearts and souls. The guitars, singing, bass and drums may be lacking, but with regards to work, this album took nearly as much time as a regular Epica CD."

The influence of composers Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer is very clearly present. The music of this duo ranks as the crème de la crème of what is being composed in the field of incidental music in Hollywood at this moment. Mark Jansen looks upon the duo as a shining example:

"To me, personally, it is an aspiration to reach that same level at some point in the future. They are the absolute top in their discipline and each and every member of Epica thinks of them as shining examples. Our dream therefore is composing the music for a Hollywood film at some point in time. Films such as Gladiator, Braveheart or The Last Samurai are projects to which I would have gladly contributed. Films such as these pre-eminently suitable for our music."

"I would like to write more scores, preferably intertwined with what we are doing with Epica. With The Score, we want to make a name for ourselves. This is who we are and this is what we have to offer. Nothing is impossible and that is why we pattern ourselves on the best composers and strive for the best. In the arrangements on our album Consign to Oblivion you can easily detect to what an extent Epica has been influenced by cinematic orchestrations and soundtrack elements. On The Score we explore these influences."

Seems that the new single will be 'Quietus' (Aracnemorgana will be very happy, lol) and it'll be released in September (as The Score album and Remagine by AF... uuh, lots of money).
In the single there'll be the version of the song with grunts and more stuff. But what I want to see is a video for it! I'm curious about what they will do. :D

That is awesome news Onyrika!

LOVE Quietus, and you say they're releasing a 'grunts' version? :eek: OMG can't wait that would be so good!
Hmmm... the video could be interesting, because well the song style is very different.

Quietus as the new single? *spasms* That's so cool :p I love Solitary Ground, but I didn't think it was the best song to be releasing as a single. Quietus is a much better choice.

I'm also curious as to the video. Hmm *ponders*

Quietus?That's cool!!!!
I hope they'lll release a video!That would be awesome!!

I love Solitary Ground, but I didn't think it was the best song to be releasing as a single.
I agree. I was hoping they would release Blank Infinity as their first single, and thought it wierd that they released Solitary Ground. But will Quietus is awesome.

Yeah, I also thought that Solitary Ground wasn't a good choice for a single and less for the first single. I'd have chosen The Last Crusade (I still want it as a single!! :p) or Blank Infinity. Buuut they must know what they are doing. Maybe they wanted to start with a song that could be played in lots of places as it's a slow and calmed one. Who knows..

True. I think Solitary GRound would be alright as a second single. Don't bands like often release a heavier song first, then a slower song? Besides most of Epica's songs are more heavier, so Solitary Ground is like different.

I also hope the video is better than the Solitary Ground video. It sucked lol.

I really want Blank Infinity to be a single. I love that song so much, and I'd kill to see a video. :p

I do think Solitary Ground would have been good for a 2nd or 3rd single, but definately not the first.

I really want Blank Infinity to be a single.

Great idea! This song is my fav tarck from Consign to Oblivion! (after Trois Vierges :p) Today I coudn't stop to listening to CtO!

Well, the current singles from CtO:

Solitary Ground
Quietus (soon to be)

I think future singles from the album should be:

Blank Infinity
Force Of The Shore

I really like the song Consign to Oblivion, I love it, but I'd really hate for it to be a single. Why? Because it would have to be cut down, like the Phantom Agony was, and that would really spoil it for me, like it spoiled the Phantom Agony song. You just don't mess with pieces of art, lol.

Force of the Shore would be a great single!
Its commercial and awesome!!

Yeah, Force The Shore would be pretty cool, too! There are a lot of potential singles in that album. :p
And this song, Force The Shore.. at first it was the only one I skipped but now I love it!! It needed to grow on me. I really like the beginning and the contrast between voices.
Now I have temptations of listening to it! :D lol

Heh, I used to skip much of Consign to Oblivion, it just took me a while to get used to it I guess. Dance of Fate, The Last Crusade, Force of the Shore, Consign to Oblivion - I used to skip them all, and now they're some of my favourite songs!

Hmm, there are two things I regret from the last album - now having a video for Cry For The Moon, and not having Run For A Fall as a single, heh. :p

Maybe they wanted to start with a song that could be played in lots of places as it's a slow and calmed one. Who knows..

Weird. Because Solitary Ground isn't a "commercial" song. I mean, people just don't litsen to piano ballads, unless the band is very well known. lol, I know because I did an experiment. I played it when I was working with some friends, and they just wanted to change it. They are not use to that kind of music and want to hear something that they know.
I think they were defying the world with that single. lol XD.
:D I can't wait until the new version of Quietus!. The live version with the grunts is.... just... awesome... *dies*

(what a crappy grammar!. See? this is what happens when I stop posting at EvBoard! XD)

I can't see Force of the Shore being a single. I love the song, but its just not Epica's "normal" style, so I don't think it will be released. We can hope though.

Imagine if they made a video for Consign to Oblivion! That would be awesome! Would never happen though.

I can't see Force of the Shore being a single. I love the song, but its just not Epica's "normal" style, so I don't think it will be released. We can hope though.

I don't think it would happen because of the grunts... . No, really. I know many bands that use grunts in almost all of their songs, but the singles are the ones that don't have them.
Take for example Epica with the last CD. Only 3 songs (with the excepion of Adyta) don't have grunts, and precisely 2 of 3 were singles. Interesting, taking into account that Cry For The Moon is in my opinion the song that everybody likes, and one of the best of the CD.
Oh well...

Well, the current singles from CtO:

Solitary Ground
Quietus (soon to be)

I think future singles from the album should be:

Blank Infinity
Force Of The Shore

i love quietus to be a single, & i'd love blank infinity to be a single too... i love that song ^^

I'm looking into getting there new CD. After hearing TPA again I really do enjoy it. I hope to get it soon. :)

the new album, consign to Oblivion, is even better. Solitary Ground, their new single, is played near the end of the movie Batman begins, though it´s not part of the official soundtrack.

the new album, consign to Oblivion, is even better. Solitary Ground, their new single, is played near the end of the movie Batman begins, though it´s not part of the official soundtrack.
WHAT! You serious? When was it played, because I saw that movie and I definately did NOT hear that! (otherwise I would have gone crazy in the theatres :p)

WHAT! You serious? When was it played, because I saw that movie and I definately did NOT hear that! (otherwise I would have gone crazy in the theatres :p)

actually it´s played twice:
first when "batman", still a child,wakes up beside his father after having fallen inside the trap full of bats
second time near the end, when batman kisses katie holmes and they walk through the debris of his mansion.
but it´s only the beginning of Solitary Ground that´s played, you don´t even listen to Simone´s voice.

actually it´s played twice:
first when "batman", still a child,wakes up beside his father after having fallen inside the trap full of bats
second time near the end, when batman kisses katie holmes and they walk through the debris of his mansion.
but it´s only the beginning of Solitary Ground that´s played, you don´t even listen to Simone´s voice.
I'm still very surprise I missed it, I shoulda recognised that anywhere, even without the vocals.

Mind you I was probably concentrating more on katie holmes more than the music ;) :p


EDIT: are you sure it was on the movie? I can't find anything about it ANYWHERE. This is always the tracklisting I find:

1. Vespertilio 2:52
2. Eptesicus 4:20
3. Myotis 5:46
4. Barbastella 4:45
5. Artibeus 4:19
6. Tadarida 5:05
7. Macrotus 7:35
8. Antrozous 3:59
9. Nycteris 4:25
10. Molossus 4:49
11. Corynorhinus 5:04
12. Lasiurus 7:27
Total Time: 60:26

http://www.epica.nl/images/thescore_banner.gif
http://www.epica.nl/images/thescore_cover.jpg

A soundtrack by Epica

Scheduled release date: 8 September

Anyone else looking forward to this? I don't think it will be as good as their normal stuff, but I'm interested to see what sort of film score they can produce. Might be fun!

Anyone else looking forward to this? I don't think it will be as good as their normal stuff, but I'm interested to see what sort of film score they can produce. Might be fun!

Nah,I'm looking forward to this,I'm not fond of scores!!
I'm still waiting to see Consign to Oblivion at music stores :rolleyes: !!

I'm not very interested in it either.. I'll wait and read the comments about it, and then I'll think about buying it/downloading it, lol. :p

OMG blasphemers :p I'll definately download it. As soon as I can probably, even just to see how skilled these guys are, even if the music isn't their normal style.

Its uploading night,hehe!!
Some Epica photo,well better say Simone photos!!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/FreezingEmbrace/epicaed5.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/FreezingEmbrace/epicaed1.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/FreezingEmbrace/epicahf3.jpg

She must be dying in that outfit, poor thing.

She is so gorgeous! But yeah, that outfit is kinda wierd... and very tight!

She has a very short list of outfits, doesn't she? :D lol

And I Am very anxious for "the score". I mean, with the two intros and the instrumental Epica has.... wow. they are amazing. I can imagine an album filled up with instrumentals and choirs :D . :D

And I Am very anxious for "the score". I mean, with the two intros and the instrumental Epica has.... wow. they are amazing. I can imagine an album filled up with instrumentals and choirs :D . :D
Yay, well that makes two of us. The rest are non beleivers and not worthy of Epica. :D

Yay, well that makes two of us. The rest are non beleivers and not worthy of Epica. :D
:eek: :eek: *covers ears* Liar!!

I'll just.. wait for the critics and comments. :p I've never been someone who likes intrumental music very much.. only on some song parts, intros and stuff but I dunno if I'll like this enough to buy the album. And I must save up! :p

:eek: :eek: *covers ears* Liar!!

I'll just.. wait for the critics and comments. :p I've never been someone who likes intrumental music very much.. only on some song parts, intros and stuff but I dunno if I'll like this enough to buy the album. And I must save up! :p
I know what you mean, but if it's really epic, and symphonic and stuff it would be awesome. Some filmscore is really cool, like the pirate of the carribean soundtrack. If they do it right it could actually be pretty good.

Of course I'd rather a normal Epica album, but this is still gonna be good I hope!

Yay, well that makes two of us. The rest are non beleivers and not worthy of Epica. :D

:eek: :eek: *throws gitano* mwahahahahahaha!!
Smytho, music stores here don't even have Consign to Oblivion,I seriously doubt I'll never see this score around here!! :p

:eek: :eek: *trows gitano* mwahahahahahaha!!
Smytho, music stores here don't even have Consign to Oblivion,I seriously doubt I'll never see this score around here!! :p
Well that's the same here, which is why I'll have to download it ;)

btw what the hell does trows gitano mean :confused:

Well that's the same here, which is why I'll have to download it ;)

btw what the hell does trows gitano mean :confused:

Sorry my mistace
Change trows to throws!!!Mwahahahhaha
Take a look at my sig!:p

Ooh I bought We Will Take You With Us DVD!!!!
The booklet is awesome!!!

Ooh I bought We Will Take You With Us DVD!!!!
The booklet is awesome!!!
I am SO jealous of you! How did you get it! I want this one, but I don't know where I could ever buy it!

Is it awesome or what?!?

I'm so fucking lucky sometimes!!!!
First of all its the limited edition which has a DVD and an audio cd!!!
And second I bought only 14 euros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its real good,I'm now watching the videos!!The Phantom Agony video is so cool!!
It also has a kind of live performance!They are in studio playing their songs!!
Haha,Simone just make a mistake with the lyrics of Sensorium!!Haha,she has a funny expression!!

Its real good,I'm now watching the videos!!The Phantom Agony video is so cool!!
It also has a kind of live performance!They are in studio playing their songs!!
Haha,Simone just make a mistake with the lyrics of Sensorium!!Haha,she has a funny expression!!
Damn, I didn't even know they had a video for The Phantom Agony! :eek: Anyone got a link ;)

Does the DVD have a live concert, or just a studio recording?

No live concert,unfortunately!!
Simone's voice is great,but of course she is a Mezzo-Soprano!!:p
Mark is exagerrating sometimes!

No live concert,unfortunately!!
Simone's voice is great,but of course she is a Mezzo-Soprano!!:p
Mark is exagerrating sometimes!
Exagerrating? :rolleyes: :p ??!?

Doesn't matter about no live concert, you get so much other stuff anyway!

Exagerrating? :rolleyes: :p ??!?

Doesn't matter about no live concert, you get so much other stuff anyway!

*searches dictionary*

Okay its exaggerating!Big deal :p
Anyway,I'm starting to dislike him and love Simone(she is gorgeous)!!
I will take caps soon!
I love her!!!!I hate him!!!!

*searches dictionary*

Okay its exaggerating!Big deal :p
Anyway,I'm starting to dislike him and love Simone(she is gorgeous)!!
I will take caps soon!
I love her!!!!I hate him!!!!
No I understood that you meant exaggerating, but I'm not sure that that is what you meant to say.

Maybe you meant exasperating which means like annoying. And yes Simone is sooooo gorgeous (was watching The Haunting video by Kamelot today)

Haha,its so funny watching Simone getting ready!!
I also see Amanda Sommerville!!
OMG,Simone tryed to reach soprano and she sounded like cat!!Haha!
Amanda is doing the grunts lmao!!!
Her hair is real?I mean she is a natural red-head?
She speaks really sweet!!

I've always wondered if females can do metal grunts. Can they? Are there any bands that I listen to or would know of that have female grunts in them? Would be wierd I think, but you never know.

I've always wondered if females can do metal grunts. Can they? Are there any bands that I listen to or would know of that have female grunts in them? Would be wierd I think, but you never know.
I don't know.. I've tried to grunt to Enter some times and what I get is awful. :p

We Will Take You With Us is awesome!!!! I love Feint video. Phantom Agony is cool too, but I don't like how they edited the song! hehe.
And the whisper in the menu saying we will take you with uuus makes me shiver!! I'm like.. damnit! Yeah, take me!!
Now I want to watch the dvd again, lol. *puts it on*

Smytho, I haven't seen any link for the Phantom Agony video but I'll search for it!

*steals Jess's AND Frozen's DVDs* :p

Thanks for looking for the vid, please post if you find it. I can't find it :( BUt i love that song. Except for the random whispers, they're not done terribly well :/

Someone sent me one of their songs the other day, and it was really good. Um, I think it was called feint.

*steals Jess's AND Frozen's DVDs* :p


NO!!!Steal just Ony's DVD!!!:p

And Smytho I haven't heard a female doing grunts professionally but I doubt there'd be any!!
She must have a really deep and heavy voice for grunts not too regular and beautiful for a girl lol!!
:eek: :eek: Simone said that you mustn't drink dairy products,soda and chocolate in order to sing operatic
Sorry hun I can't stop drinking milk and chocolate!

NO!!!Steal just Ony's DVD!!!:p

And Smytho I haven't heard a female doing grunts professionally but I doubt there'd be any!!
She must have a really deep and heavy voice for grunts not too regular and beautiful for a girl lol!!
:eek: :eek: Simone said that you mustn't drink dairy products,soda and chocolate in order to sing operatic
Sorry hun I can't stop drinking milk and chocolate!

Angela of Arch Enemy does nothing but grunting lol!
She sounds like a man!

And milk is disgusting :p

Angela of Arch Enemy does nothing but grunting lol!
She sounds like a man!

And milk is disgusting :p

I have a song from Arch Enemy Dead Eyes See no Future and I was wondering "where is the girl?"
This is not flattering!

I have a song from Arch Enemy Dead Eyes See no Future and I was wondering "where is the girl?"
This is not flattering!

LOL I know!! Smytho must hear this :rolleyes: :p

I made my class listen to this, and they were all like: :eek: :eek: :eek: OMG!

LOL I know!! Smytho must hear this :rolleyes: :p

I made my class listen to this, and they were all like: :eek: :eek: :eek: OMG!

That's what I'm saying OMG!!!!:eek:
Still I prefer the more lyrical voices (oh my Floor :heart: )

Smytho if you want I can upload this Arch Enemy song
And back on topic even orange juice is forbidden!!:eek:

That's what I'm saying OMG!!!!:eek:
Still I prefer the more lyrical voices (oh my Floor :heart: )

Someone's obsessed :p

Ahh Simone is so beautiful :)

:eek: :eek: Simone said that you mustn't drink dairy products,soda and chocolate in order to sing operatic
Sorry hun I can't stop drinking milk and chocolate!


I'm currently training my voice for classical singing, and I still drink soda nad eat chocolate. Its best not to do it when you're practicing your vocals, but they say everything in moderation.
Then again, Simone is the professional, you should probably listen to her. :p *would never be able to sing like her*

Anyhoo, yeah. I'm looking forward to the Quietus single/video. I hope there's an unreleased track or something on the single. :)

NO!!!Steal just Ony's DVD!!!:p
:eek: Damn you, chicken-dancer. :p

So no chocolate eh?? Thank god I don't have good voice so I won't even try that by far. I couldn't live without chocolate! *drools* lol

And I haven't heard anything by Arch Enemy, although I wanted to check them out. I think I won't now, hahah.

Smytho, I ripped from mah loved dvd and uploaded The Phantom Agony video: :D

http://rapidshare.de/files/4151917/The_Phantom_Agony.avi.html

:eek: Damn you, chicken-dancer. :p
And I haven't heard anything by Arch Enemy, although I wanted to check them out. I think I won't now, hahah.

You HAVE to hear them. I'll send you a song. It's quite ok, actually :)

You HAVE to hear them. I'll send you a song. It's quite ok, actually :)

I'm uploading a song also!I'll send you the link!!
*innocent face*Ony try to understand me,I just got it, I haven't enjoyed much :rolleyes:

http://rapidshare.de/files/4151917/The_Phantom_Agony.avi.html
OOhh thankyou I'll get it now *hugs* (It's big! But the bigger the better I guess)

Angela of Arch Enemy does nothing but grunting lol!
She sounds like a man!
BLAH! I am NOT listening to that! Simones vocals are so sexy don't think I could stand any female doing grunts :eek:

....but maybe my curiousity has beaten me. I'll have to listen to that song (then delete it straight away! :p )

OMG!!!The operatic singing totally pwns me these days!!
After watching thrice the We Will Take You With Us I rent The Phantom of the Opera,the only non horror movie I ever rent!!!!

I just realised that the woman speaking in Seif al Din isn't Simone!!!
I'm not very observative sometimes!

Oops I only just read your PM Frozen. lol I'll tell you what I think of that song when it downloads (after the video clip's finished)

I don't know if anyone's seen this before, but I was bored, so I googled Within Temptation pictures and I came across this site where Epica are the models for almost all the band tees and Simone models some of the girlie-shirts. Kinda odd, but kool. I have no clue why they modeled the shirts there, but they did. Sad part is that there are hardly any Epica shirts there.

http://www.tigerprint.nl/

The band tees are all listed after it says "Sample Gallery" on the side bar. All the options from punk/rock to gothic are band tees.

Well that's very....odd 0.o lmao

I had seen some of those pics, but only a few. lmao, there are some funny ones, like the Hulk. :p
And she's also a model for normal clothes:
http://www.tigerprint.nl/uplimages/photo_PR--1075raglan1110209788.jpg
http://www.tigerprint.nl/uplimages/photo_PR-1040tanktop1110207872.jpg
Simone, Floor and company there and Cristina on Hottopic, what's this?? lol

i can't work out if they're real or if they're photoshopped, nevermind.

anyway, i finally heard consign to oblivion :D twice in fact, as well as the phantom agony which i posted about a while back. i love them both!

i like all of the songs from cto really, which is rare. my fav epica song is still the phantom agony though, even if the video's different with half the song cut out lol (i've seen instrumental parts get cut out for radio edits before, but that's nothing compared to this song!).

so yeah, anacorreal, smytho, aracnemorgana, etc were right about all the songs, thanks :)

Simone, Floor and company there and Cristina on Hottopic, what's this?? lol

Simone looks so sexy,like always!!
What did you say about Floor?Is she advertising a cloth company??

Floor is in one of those samples, in metal - After Forever I think! :p

susurrus, it's great you like it! CtO is such a good album. :D
And omg.. that edit for the video was.. er.. I have no words! They lost 2/3 of the song and they didn't do it very good to be honest. :rolleyes: lol

btw, maybe we've talked about this earlier but what's your favorite Epica video? If I'm not wrong we only have 3 to choose from, haha: The Phantom Agony, Feint and Solitary Ground.
Mine is Feint without any doubts. I love it!!
But maybe Quietus (if they do a video :S) will beat it!

My fav is certainly The Phantom Agony!!
I love the variety and the scenery is great and Simone is so beautiful there!!
Like always!

well it could've been worse i guess! i suppose the main thing is people would see the video, like it and then find the cd, and they'd hear the full version that way.

oh i haven't seen feint *goes to search*

My fav is certainly The Phantom Agony!!
I love the variety and the scenery is great and Simone is so beautiful there!!
Like always!
Simone is so beatiful !! In the "solitary ground" video, her beauty dazzles :p

Simone is so beatiful !! In the "solitary ground" video, her beauty dazzles :p
True, except that video sucks :rolleyes: but thanks to Ony I watched the Phatom Agony video, and it's pretty good (and wierd:p ). That song is definately the best off their first CD.

True, except that video sucks :rolleyes: but thanks to Ony I watched the Phatom Agony video, and it's pretty good (and wierd:p ). That song is definately the best off their first CD.
The other day, watching the WWTYWU *checks if she has done it right, lol* dvd I understood what's the video about! It is about these women that were killed because people said they were witches (the so-known story hehe). So it makes sense.. Simone is in one of those torture-machines that they used to make them confess. And the soldiers are dead at the end of the video because she made a spell or something, I guess, lol.

Alsp,from what I got,they were throwning the "witches" int water chined and if they were saved they were innocent but if they dive down,which that was happening,they were witches!That's why Simone is underwater and drown!

The other day, watching the WWTYWU *checks if she has done it right, lol* dvd I understood what's the video about! It is about these women that were killed because people said they were witches (the so-known story hehe). So it makes sense.. Simone is in one of those torture-machines that they used to make them confess. And the soldiers are dead at the end of the video because she made a spell or something, I guess, lol.

And i sat with you watching all of that and at the end i still had my "eh 0.o? what's she talking about?" expression plastered across my face. lol. oooo and Feint...well...that made me giggle inwardly

*gives cookie to Ony* :p jk

I guess some people might get confused in her "white witch" outfit. Please don't kill me for this, but when I first saw it I was like wtf?, because it reminded me of the Ku Klux Klan XD. *hides*

heh.

When I first saw feint I was accesing a page that was loading and had a midi file of a very weird music and some diabolic laughs behind it, lol!. I tought it was part of the video XD. I was like "ohh boy.... what the hell is this video about". But then I figured it out it was the damn page :D . Very funny if you think about it.
The video is so sad :( . But I didn't like the actress. I mean, at the begining she's just incredibly fake. And those cries.... come on, wtf, the band could of find a better one. The daramatic touch is given by the song and the band's attitude. Juaz, and the camera at the ending that flies away from simone and shows all the cathedral. Wow, that's my favourite part.

When I first saw feint I was accesing a page that was loading and had a midi file of a very weird music and some diabolic laughs behind it, lol!. I tought it was part of the video XD. I was like "ohh boy.... what the hell is this video about". But then I figured it out it was the damn page :D . Very funny if you think about it.
The video is so sad :( . But I didn't like the actress. I mean, at the begining she's just incredibly fake. And those cries.... come on, wtf, the band could of find a better one. The daramatic touch is given by the song and the band's attitude. Juaz, and the camera at the ending that flies away from simone and shows all the cathedral. Wow, that's my favourite part.
yeah the actress seemed very fake to me aswell. And i must of not been paying too much attention towards the end. lol. i missed that bit :p

Yeah I don't like the black and white parts of the feint video. they're kinda wierd.

tpa is about witches? cool, i'll have to watch the vid again :D

is that dvd worth getting btw? i found some info here (http://www.epica.nl/index.php?id=4&section=disco). i guess it's the fourth track.

tpa is about witches? cool, i'll have to watch the vid again :D

is that dvd worth getting btw? i found some info here (http://www.epica.nl/index.php?id=4&section=disco). i guess it's the fourth track.
Yeah, I think it's worth! You get TPA and Feint videos + making of, 9 (i think) live tracks, but not in a concert but in a studio session thing, and some of those tracks are acoustic. Then there's like a documental about the choir and all.
Also you get a cd with those tracks and the booklet is really cool. :D

tpa is about witches? cool, i'll have to watch the vid again :D



I always thought that Cry For the Moon was about the Pagan persecutions, heh. The lyrics fit, as does the name. :p

Grr, I got Consign to Oblivion today and I am so pissed off. I can't listen to the bonus tracks, because of the silly SACD stuff. *shakes fist at SACD Surround Sound Thing*

But still, the sound quality of the rest of the CD is much better than the burned copy I had, so yay.

Yeah, I think it's worth! You get TPA and Feint videos + making of, 9 (i think) live tracks, but not in a concert but in a studio session thing, and some of those tracks are acoustic. Then there's like a documental about the choir and all.
Also you get a cd with those tracks and the booklet is really cool. :Di've not seen feint, and being able to play tpa on my external dvd player as well as on my pc would be cool, what with my desktop pc being less portable :p

hmm, do you mean like evanescence's "sessions @ aol" haunted performance? overall that sounds pretty cool *adds to ever growing wishlist* hehe. thanks!

I always thought that Cry For the Moon was about the Pagan persecutions, heh. The lyrics fit, as does the name. :p
A lot of Epica's' lyrics seem to be about religion, and about people following blindly and all sorts of things relating to religion.

This band does ROCK!!!!i was wondering if anyone else is like in love with simones eyes? cuz i love them. it sounds wierd but yeah...

I was in the same painting class as the girlfriend of one of their guitarists, and he came to pick her up sometimes. I saw them live once.. it's not my fav band but I can't deny that they're good at what they do :)

I finally found and bought Consign to Oblivion!
And its limited edition :D it has a DVD called "Documentary"
I still haven't heard it (can't stop listening Remagine)

I finally found and bought Consign to Oblivion!
And its limited edition :D it has a DVD called "Documentary"
I still haven't heard it (can't stop listening Remagine)
OOooh tell us what is in the documentary, I would have thought that everything would have been on the ‘we will take you with us’ dvd!

OOooh tell us what is in the documentary, I would have thought that everything would have been on the ‘we will take you with us’ dvd!

Its the making of CtO and long interviews with each member seperately!
There are also some outdoors scenes while having fun, while bathing(??) its so lol!!!!!

There are also live performances of Solitary Ground and Black Infinity,haven't watched it all,there might be more!!
They performed once semi naked and Simone had a snake around her neck,an alive shaking snake!!!!!:eek:

Its the making of CtO and long interviews with each member seperately!
There are also some outdoors scenes while having fun, while bathing(??) its so lol!!!!!

There are also live performances of Solitary Ground and Black Infinity,haven't watched it all,there might be more!!
They performed once semi naked and Simone had a snake around her neck,an alive shaking snake!!!!!:eek:
What! That is so wierd...I'll have to check out these random videos...strange how they wern't on the DVD

They performed once semi naked and Simone had a snake around her neck,an alive shaking snake!!!!!:eek:

woah. britney..vma...flashbacks...oh the horror *shakes*

What! That is so wierd...I'll have to check out these random videos...strange how they wern't on the DVD

The DVD was before CtO so they couldn't have add The Making of CtO to the DVD!!It is quite funny and good!I thought it would be some videos and interviews but that is so much bettter!!

The DVD was before CtO so they couldn't have add The Making of CtO to the DVD!!It is quite funny and good!I thought it would be some videos and interviews but that is so much bettter!!
True, I didn’t think of that.

Well there’s something else I can add to my list of stuff to waste my money on :D

I <3 CtO!!
You were absolutely right!
Its better than tPA!!
Simone really participates in this album!!
And her vocals are not so boring anymore!!!

The release of 'the Score - an Epic Journey' has been delayed with one week, the new release date will be the 15th of September.
http://www.epica.nl/

Damn we'll have to wait just a little bit longer.

Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy!


The Score has been leaked onto the net! I'm going to try to 'aquire' it as soon as possible!

01--vengeance is mine
02--unholy trinity
03--the valley
04--caught in a web
05--insomnia
06--under the aegis
07--trois vierges (solo version)
08--mystica
09--valley of sins
10--empty gaze
11--the alleged paradigm
12--supremacy
13--beyond the depth
14--epitome
15--inevitable embrace
16--angel of death
17--the ultimate return
18--trois vierges (reprise)
19--solitary ground (single version)
20--quietus (score version)

Note there are a few songs from CtO that are different versions and stuff.

*is excited*

Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy!


The Score has been leaked onto the net! I'm going to try to 'aquire' it as soon as possible!

Note there are a few songs from CtO that are different versions and stuff.

*is excited*

Oohhhh I'm gonna hunt it!!!!
Trois Verges reprise???I want that!!!