They should do an Album cover for God of War IV when it comes out. They sound like the music Kratos would listen to as he smashes skulls, washes them, and then drinks out of them just for the pure enjoyment of killing. =D
I saw Epica live almost a year a go. That was the first time I met my boyfriend and now we are happy together. We hope that Epica comes back to the US soon because we want to this band live again.
AWESOME VIDEO! WANT TO BE BLOWN AWAY? THEN GO TO MY CHANNEL TO WATCH THIS AMAZING VIDEO AND LISTEN TO THE MOVING MASTERPIECE SONG THE LIGHT THAT MAKES IT GREAT!
@volkolova Lose strength?? her voice has power and helps bring the songs to life...maybe mainstream garbage where the vocals are fixed entirely with computers is more your taste bitch.
@FrozenSun29 yes.. lose strenght, i said i like THIS SONG but i dislike when simone sings,only that, i didn´t say i dont like or dislike her voice as say the other one....
i didn´t say i want bands to sound the same as say the other one, i didn´t say i like mainstream if so would not listen Epica beacuse is too
LOL I think that quote is meant for the people living in totalitarian communistic countries who think they are free, even as they are dragged off to the gulog, because they have "collective" freedom.
Epica is a group.. Epica isn't only Mark or Simone.. Everybody contribute with different talents.. (I'm sorry for my English.. but I speaking Spanish.. and little English)
Who provides lyrics, compositions, experience? Simone's voice is very admirable but it is not unique, without Mark Jansen, Epica would not exist. Simone would not be known to you, either by me or by anyone.
@MyDarkDoom She's just a woman who loves being herself and she loves metal. And she sings like a godess.... Good enough for me! Plus she headbangs like hell. It's not about looks, metal is in the heart.
This is a video of the NEW BAND of the Rhapsody of fire's drummer Alex Holzwarth and BlindGuardian's bassist Oliver Holzwarth called PERGANA (female gothic metal)
i find it quite amazing how kids use the word"poser" that easily today,so how did u conclude epica is poser band??did u even bother listening??the fact that u dont like the band is something entirely diferent...it is called TASTE
Jesus said: "repent ye, and believe the gospel"(Mark 1:14-15) REPENTING IS TURNING AWAY FROM SIN, FORSAKING SIN & TURNING TO GOD. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Jesus said: "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved." (Matt 10:22) For Q's/free help beginning a relationship with Jesus call1888NeedHim & NeedHim.org
@clintmmartin With all due respect for our shared religion, why are you posting this here? All you're doing, sadly, is contributing to prejudice against christianity.
i just found epica and im flashed...i love metal and epic music....epica is something between it but it compares styles of both... i loooove it ... epic+metal = epica = music which everyone loves...
I must say this is a great album in every sense, but I still miss the atmosphere of sadness and sorrow of gothic bands. Epica is great, but it no longer has what I seek in this kind of music, seems it's time for me to say goodbye to them.
(Still great songs and I agree this could be Epica's best album so far).
Totally agree. I believed they would eventualy become gothic based in the false premise that their creative is Mark Jansen, but after this 4th album is clear they want to explore new paths; Interesting paths, but paths that I don't share anymore. You will have to excuse me, but it's unavoidable to compare AfterForevers first two albums with Epica, although I'm pretty aware is such a selfish and unfair comparison. * Hugs
@brookarsi Hey i don't have to excuse you at all xDD, if it's your opinion then so be it, but i'm glad that even though you don't like it, you are at least objective about it's art, i applaud you, there are not many people like you, you earned my respect :) \m/
You caught me. I'm afraid to say none of Epica's songs have it. I began to hear Epica hoping that their sound would eventually become darker and obscure, as in After Forever's albums: "Prision of Desire" and "Decypher", both of which I consider master pieces and big treasures.
But It was my mistake as I based my hopes only in the fact that Mark J. was the band's creative. Epica is great, but it's clear that they are not interested in taking back the A.F. direction, which is a flavor I enjoy more
@killerpeaches7 of course AF is dark, I'm talking about their first two albums. The atmosphere and the lyrics are truly depressing (unless you don't understand them). That's why they inspired many later gothic bands.
Now if you want to listen to something really deep and obscure, listen to EstaticFear (Somnium Obmutum or Somber dance), if you don't find that dark enough, I fear you just don't know what you are talking about or you are just babbling.
@fresagakusei or I listen to stuff a LOT darker than what you are willing to listen to. Pop on some Ancient or Tsvangeste, then get back to me on their "darkness".
@killerpeaches7 =3 I didn't knew those bands meow, I've just heard Tsvangeste and sounds good, but Ancient is kind of hard to find nya, Can you give me a couple of links to their videos?
@fresagakusei never have figures out how to post a video link one, so just type in "Ancient - Lilith's Embrace", and just folow whatever links you like from there.
@fresagakusei It was easy to under stand the lryics. Half of what Mark wrote had to do with religion. Why do you think they kicked him out. Hell 50% of Epica lryics deal with fundamentalism in religion. If not that then it deals with free speech, Mayan Philosophy or something else. Those are not dark or depressing lryics.
@brookarsi Uh? Epica has never been a gothic band to being with. There songs deal with religion, Mayan Philosophy, and Facade Of Reality is about 9/11. What does any of that have to do with the gothic scene?
Sweden have pretty much good Metal bands but we don't have any good Symponic one so thank you Netherlands for sharing this band with us. This is by far the best song i have heard!!
@Arwenbrand ummmm.... last time I checked.. there was this little band called THERION.. from Sweden, pretty much invented the whole Symphonic Metal concept....
@Overture2152 Who, Therion? Very true, actually made halfway decent Death Metal too, but even by Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas in 1993, they were moving that way, marking them as one of the first serious players, and considered by pretty much all as probably the most important influence on the genre as a whole.
@killerpeaches7 Therion isn't a small band, is the best symphonic metal band, besides being the pioneer, better voices, best live presentations and more creativity, compositions and music!
@klahuss Really!?!?!?!? Wow I never would have known that! Did the sarcasm come through intact that time? I doubt there is anything of importance you could tell me about therion I don't already know, since I have been listening to them since 1993...... As for the rest of your comment, that would be totally SUBJECTIVE. Personally, I prefer Epica. And I did not know there was a meter for gauging creativity. I need to get one I guess. *rolls eyes*
@klahuss are you fucking retarded? Do you have idea what kind of work goes into this music? Epica aren't even that mainstream you're the fucking poser kid.
@klahuss Dude if you had seen them live once, or met them once for that matter you would never dare to say that. They are an awesome band and they really are as good as they appear on cd. Oh and don't bother insulting people when your knowledge of correct spelling and grammar is that bad.
@klahuss I have seen them live about five times and you might not like their music but that's taste, technically however their music is perfect. And I am not North American either moron, I'm Dutch, but still my grammar's fine. Not being a native speaker of English is no excuse for such incompetent use of language,
@gothicthorn3 Yeah, you've got a point there. Draconian and Deathstars are good band. But a symphonic one is something I have missed a couple of years now. So Even if we have Therion etc, I just haven't seen them as that good to like them as much as Epica :D
@Fiachra9357 I feel like such a retard, I could never figure out what this song was about. I figured it had something to do with the recession but that's as far as I could get
yes, this group make interesant music helped by profis... I think that the lyrics are unfinished, they arrive not at the main problem's point, they are one step back from the solution, they are like teenagers, the way of thinkig is similar.
@VC106893 Alright, so let me rephrase: Classical and metal are usually assumed to be contradicting by those who do not understand the way pieces are composed. And it's like green and red, the way they contrast. I guess that's the word I was trying to find. :D
@VC106893 Well... Maybe only a kind of metal: i don't think that groups like Amon Amarth are like classical music. There are so much kind of metal: in Italy we have a saying. It is "Non fare di tutta l'arba un fascio". It means: don't generalize. ; )
@ziachebeve I didnt say they are classical. I just said they had classical influences and patterns. At least thats what I meant. And I would agree with you that Amon Amarth isnt that influenced.
Ok I'll rephrase, "A lot of metal bands have classical inspiration and use music patterns borrowed from classical music"
I saw Epica live few days ago, and I even got Marks autograph! :D My friend had to drag me to Mark because I started to chicken out. :''D well I't was MARK JANSEN...
Epica shouldn't have considered this a part of the A new age dawns series. That series was heavily orchestrated and a lot more melodic. This is just death metal all the way through, and it doesn't have the same element of classical.
Holly Shit!! Dimmu Borgir has gotten a female on vocals. But seriously, this band is good but bands like Cradle of Filth do a better job at having a female vocalist.
@InternalConflicts I love Dimmu Borgir, and Epica, they are both wickedly awesome ;) Simone is amazing, and I'm glad she is in Epica. Nobody will ever beat Dimmu Borgir at what they do, and nobody will ever beat Epica at what they do. I suspect the same would be true of cradle of filth. They all have more fans that I do, lol. If it wasn't for Epica, I probably wouldn't have ever heard Simone sing, And I'll be damned if life was worth living without that ;)
@Epica124 Emperor has a completely different sound than Dimmu Borgir, though there are similarities. Emperor is pretty awesome at what they do. I listen to Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, and Epica when I am in different moods.
All that aside, "A new age dawns" is an amazing work of art, hail to Epica!
FINAL BOSS IS APPEARED
YOUR HP IS 15
THIS SONG START PLAYING
wulfsaga2 1 week ago
EPICNESS
danteeep 1 week ago
My first song of them lol. Simone is awesome. :)
DarkDragoonX92 1 week ago
This is so fucking awesome.
WTObsessiveDevotion 2 weeks ago
5:24 Damn, this voice at this seconds, i jizz in my pants.
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They should do an Album cover for God of War IV when it comes out. They sound like the music Kratos would listen to as he smashes skulls, washes them, and then drinks out of them just for the pure enjoyment of killing. =D
firestaradam 1 month ago
I like the nice little guitar solo. It's not just going up and down the scale... well, mostly anyways.
YannisSalutatOmnes 1 month ago
I saw Epica live almost a year a go. That was the first time I met my boyfriend and now we are happy together. We hope that Epica comes back to the US soon because we want to this band live again.
PrincessYeimiNohemi 1 month ago
AWESOME VIDEO! WANT TO BE BLOWN AWAY? THEN GO TO MY CHANNEL TO WATCH THIS AMAZING VIDEO AND LISTEN TO THE MOVING MASTERPIECE SONG THE LIGHT THAT MAKES IT GREAT!
TheSteveWhiddonBand 2 months ago
So Fucking Metal
Sc0rpioX666 2 months ago
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I like this song but the only thing I dislike is when Simone sings, she makes the song lose strength
volkolova 2 months ago
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You're crazy. She's the core of the song.
DreadedLeopard 2 months ago 4
@volkolova what's the logic in there if She is the lead singer of the band?! :D:::::
ThroesOfDawn 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
@ThroesOfDawn dont worry is my opinion many ppl misinterprets
(sorry for my english)
volkolova 1 month ago
@volkolova Son, it makes it original lol. Why you want bands to sound the same.
KJR8910 1 month ago
@volkolova i think you're the only person in the world that dislikes simone's voice....
akinraxxie 1 month ago 11
@volkolova Lose strength?? her voice has power and helps bring the songs to life...maybe mainstream garbage where the vocals are fixed entirely with computers is more your taste bitch.
FrozenSun29 1 month ago 4
@FrozenSun29 yes.. lose strenght, i said i like THIS SONG but i dislike when simone sings,only that, i didn´t say i dont like or dislike her voice as say the other one....
i didn´t say i want bands to sound the same as say the other one, i didn´t say i like mainstream if so would not listen Epica beacuse is too
volkolova 1 month ago
Magnifica est, Ave vobis! :D
Rindavar 2 months ago
DAAMN, this song is sick
EXA32 2 months ago
3:19 None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free- Fuck capitalism.
SheldonKooper666 3 months ago
@SheldonKooper666 move to cuba, which means you'll first have to move out of your parent's basement.
totallyasimpsonjunki 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Epica
@totallyasimpsonjunki why would i move to Cuba? I'm not a communist just because i am against capitalism...
SheldonKooper666 3 months ago
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LOL I think that quote is meant for the people living in totalitarian communistic countries who think they are free, even as they are dragged off to the gulog, because they have "collective" freedom.
AK49Gunner 2 months ago
Why is Enya in the suggested videos, get the fuck out of here.
afareni 4 months ago
Great song!!! *.* <3
Lukrecija251 4 months ago
isso eh muito ruim....
dificil de ouvir, praticamente uma punheta sonora!!
Motaba11 4 months ago
@Motaba11 ruim é a tua cara
LLemminkainen 3 months ago
Aquí les dejo, iniciando mi viernes ñ_ñ día bueno para ustedes ^_^
cosmoyue 4 months ago
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jamoowhihitjeugh 5 months ago
Any `girls` here arguing about superficial , meaningless , trivial , subjective crap ?
Yes ?
You know who you are !!!!!!
pcrvg0808 5 months ago
The beginning is the best of the song by far.
unevilGenius 6 months ago
wait i found a glitch theres a dislike button wtf
jaycencleveland 6 months ago 3
@DubrinskyMikhail
Epica is a group.. Epica isn't only Mark or Simone.. Everybody contribute with different talents.. (I'm sorry for my English.. but I speaking Spanish.. and little English)
ZarithSimons 6 months ago
@MyDarkDoom
Just because you don't look like a metal type of person, doesn't mean you don't love it.
musicislife387 6 months ago
oh my... where the fuck has this music been all this time?? why have i never listened to these. fuck yeah
5/5 \m/
federz666 6 months ago
i love her voice
xxemocutsxx1 6 months ago
Genial Song!
(: 100% Epica --> Simons
ZarithSimons 6 months ago
@ZarithSimons ¡Jajaj! Epica is 75% Mark Jansen and 25% Simonne
DubrinskyMikhail 6 months ago
@DubrinskyMikhail :/ hahahaha... I said.. I listen Epica 100%
:/ mmmm... Who provides the voice? for me the voice of Simone is admirable and worthy of recognition..
her VOICE IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF THE BAND..
ZarithSimons 6 months ago
@ZarithSimons
Who provides lyrics, compositions, experience? Simone's voice is very admirable but it is not unique, without Mark Jansen, Epica would not exist. Simone would not be known to you, either by me or by anyone.
DubrinskyMikhail 6 months ago
Good memories when Design your Universe first came out. It was essentially the only album I listened to for a month!
souldefier 7 months ago 2
Now THIS is what I call music.
tanshaomala 7 months ago
@MyDarkDoom She's just a woman who loves being herself and she loves metal. And she sings like a godess.... Good enough for me! Plus she headbangs like hell. It's not about looks, metal is in the heart.
Rattlepiece 7 months ago
@MyDarkDoom so what? no matter if she "doesn't look like" a metal singer for you, she is
PurdyITA 7 months ago
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This is a video of the NEW BAND of the Rhapsody of fire's drummer Alex Holzwarth and BlindGuardian's bassist Oliver Holzwarth called PERGANA (female gothic metal)
/watch?v=CaHJjr_YOl0
Warriordung 7 months ago
Great band. It's so fun to see epica grow, and goes on to do the same style. If you like their music, try listening to:
Capricia - Recline in the Fire or
Capricia - Something's Wrong
Might like it ;-)
Arnoldnesis 7 months ago
Epica has a few good songs, but i dont like theire music in general. I like Marks project MaYan better, tbh. Anyways, the song is good!
DarkValnar3 7 months ago
i find it quite amazing how kids use the word"poser" that easily today,so how did u conclude epica is poser band??did u even bother listening??the fact that u dont like the band is something entirely diferent...it is called TASTE
maggotMEarxidia 8 months ago
20 people think this is the download button...
TheMAxi131 9 months ago 40
Mark has one of the most awesome grunts I have ever heard.
MaggotOfMetal666 10 months ago
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clintmmartin 10 months ago
@clintmmartin With all due respect for our shared religion, why are you posting this here? All you're doing, sadly, is contributing to prejudice against christianity.
spineyrequiem 10 months ago
Feels like Epica is kind of my secret epic band that few people has yet to discover!
MargitHjukse 10 months ago
No comparation!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dunkelheit7771 11 months ago
i just found epica and im flashed...i love metal and epic music....epica is something between it but it compares styles of both... i loooove it ... epic+metal = epica = music which everyone loves...
Th3PiloT1995 11 months ago
Anyone who dislikes this song, needs to go butt rape themselves!
metalmachiene 11 months ago 4
I must say this is a great album in every sense, but I still miss the atmosphere of sadness and sorrow of gothic bands. Epica is great, but it no longer has what I seek in this kind of music, seems it's time for me to say goodbye to them.
(Still great songs and I agree this could be Epica's best album so far).
brookarsi 11 months ago 2
@brookarsi but this isn't a gothic band, it's a symphonic metal band :)
conspiractThEoRy840 11 months ago
Totally agree. I believed they would eventualy become gothic based in the false premise that their creative is Mark Jansen, but after this 4th album is clear they want to explore new paths; Interesting paths, but paths that I don't share anymore. You will have to excuse me, but it's unavoidable to compare AfterForevers first two albums with Epica, although I'm pretty aware is such a selfish and unfair comparison. * Hugs
brookarsi 11 months ago
@brookarsi Hey i don't have to excuse you at all xDD, if it's your opinion then so be it, but i'm glad that even though you don't like it, you are at least objective about it's art, i applaud you, there are not many people like you, you earned my respect :) \m/
conspiractThEoRy840 11 months ago
@conspiractThEoRy840 Mark said he doesn't mind being called gothic, early Epica was a little gothic.
Megadedly 9 months ago
@brookarsi but which of their songs have what u seek?
ValuriDeNisip 11 months ago
You caught me. I'm afraid to say none of Epica's songs have it. I began to hear Epica hoping that their sound would eventually become darker and obscure, as in After Forever's albums: "Prision of Desire" and "Decypher", both of which I consider master pieces and big treasures.
But It was my mistake as I based my hopes only in the fact that Mark J. was the band's creative. Epica is great, but it's clear that they are not interested in taking back the A.F. direction, which is a flavor I enjoy more
brookarsi 11 months ago
@brookarsi After Forever is DARK? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! unny troll is either very funny or delusional.
killerpeaches7 10 months ago
@killerpeaches7 of course AF is dark, I'm talking about their first two albums. The atmosphere and the lyrics are truly depressing (unless you don't understand them). That's why they inspired many later gothic bands.
Now if you want to listen to something really deep and obscure, listen to EstaticFear (Somnium Obmutum or Somber dance), if you don't find that dark enough, I fear you just don't know what you are talking about or you are just babbling.
fresagakusei 10 months ago
@fresagakusei or I listen to stuff a LOT darker than what you are willing to listen to. Pop on some Ancient or Tsvangeste, then get back to me on their "darkness".
killerpeaches7 10 months ago
@killerpeaches7 =3 I didn't knew those bands meow, I've just heard Tsvangeste and sounds good, but Ancient is kind of hard to find nya, Can you give me a couple of links to their videos?
* hugs
fresagakusei 9 months ago
@fresagakusei never have figures out how to post a video link one, so just type in "Ancient - Lilith's Embrace", and just folow whatever links you like from there.
killerpeaches7 9 months ago
@fresagakusei It was easy to under stand the lryics. Half of what Mark wrote had to do with religion. Why do you think they kicked him out. Hell 50% of Epica lryics deal with fundamentalism in religion. If not that then it deals with free speech, Mayan Philosophy or something else. Those are not dark or depressing lryics.
Epica124 8 months ago
@brookarsi Uh? Epica has never been a gothic band to being with. There songs deal with religion, Mayan Philosophy, and Facade Of Reality is about 9/11. What does any of that have to do with the gothic scene?
Epica124 11 months ago
0:54 to 0:58 ; french misheard.
"Et on s'en tape !"
Metallica38 1 year ago 3
Es realmente increíble cómo una melodía tan fantástica pudo haber sido concebida por una mente humana.
Epica la rompe! ♥
maituny97 1 year ago
As final touch God created the Dutch. So true, look at Epica and van Halen :D
ProEditerForU 1 year ago
This song is godness in JamLegend !
thoronirdu09120 1 year ago
TO MORDOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
punkpasta123 1 year ago 4
Sweden have pretty much good Metal bands but we don't have any good Symponic one so thank you Netherlands for sharing this band with us. This is by far the best song i have heard!!
Arwenbrand 1 year ago 58
@Arwenbrand ummmm.... last time I checked.. there was this little band called THERION.. from Sweden, pretty much invented the whole Symphonic Metal concept....
killerpeaches7 10 months ago
@killerpeaches7 they weren't always Symphonic Metal to be fair though.
Overture2152 10 months ago
@Overture2152 Who, Therion? Very true, actually made halfway decent Death Metal too, but even by Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas in 1993, they were moving that way, marking them as one of the first serious players, and considered by pretty much all as probably the most important influence on the genre as a whole.
killerpeaches7 10 months ago
@killerpeaches7 Therion isn't a small band, is the best symphonic metal band, besides being the pioneer, better voices, best live presentations and more creativity, compositions and music!
klahuss 9 months ago
@klahuss Really!?!?!?!? Wow I never would have known that! Did the sarcasm come through intact that time? I doubt there is anything of importance you could tell me about therion I don't already know, since I have been listening to them since 1993...... As for the rest of your comment, that would be totally SUBJECTIVE. Personally, I prefer Epica. And I did not know there was a meter for gauging creativity. I need to get one I guess. *rolls eyes*
killerpeaches7 9 months ago
@klahuss Really? Who says they are the best? Not ever one like them.
Epica124 8 months ago
@Epica124 Therion is the best symphonic metal band IN THE WORLD!
Epica is a poser band
klahuss 8 months ago
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@klahuss Really who says?
Epica124 8 months ago
@klahuss are you fucking retarded? Do you have idea what kind of work goes into this music? Epica aren't even that mainstream you're the fucking poser kid.
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@IamElSatan666 Hahahahha....I love do to suffer fools like you
Epica: poser band
Simone:milling cutter
you:motherfucker
klahuss 8 months ago
@klahuss kid you can't even type a coherent sentence, fuck off
IamElSatan666 8 months ago
@klahuss Dude if you had seen them live once, or met them once for that matter you would never dare to say that. They are an awesome band and they really are as good as they appear on cd. Oh and don't bother insulting people when your knowledge of correct spelling and grammar is that bad.
Charlieparliee 8 months ago 2
@Charlieparliee I've been on concert Epica, which is why I am saying, is terrible!
I'm not a fucking North American, so my grammar is bad!
klahuss 8 months ago
@klahuss I have seen them live about five times and you might not like their music but that's taste, technically however their music is perfect. And I am not North American either moron, I'm Dutch, but still my grammar's fine. Not being a native speaker of English is no excuse for such incompetent use of language,
Charlieparliee 8 months ago 3
@Charlieparliee bobo hijo de puta, tus paisanos son malos, cantan feisimo en vivo, y mas idiota será su mal parida madre!
mi ingles es malo, porque no hablo ingles y tampoco me interesa aprenderlo!!! chúpate esa maldito!!!
klahuss 8 months ago
@klahuss Epica? A poser band? HAHAHAHAHA!
Nuunuu1234 7 months ago
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klahuss 7 months ago
@Nuunuu1234 Too much, excessive, very poser, starting with the singer!
klahuss 7 months ago
@klahuss such stupidity cant be described.......
gabijkk 6 months ago
@klahuss you're a human, deal with it.
gothikgamer 7 months ago
@Arwenbrand but even while not symphonic you have great bands like draconian,deathstars etc.so u must be proud man :D
gothicthorn3 5 months ago
@gothicthorn3 Yeah, you've got a point there. Draconian and Deathstars are good band. But a symphonic one is something I have missed a couple of years now. So Even if we have Therion etc, I just haven't seen them as that good to like them as much as Epica :D
Arwenbrand 5 months ago
@Arwenbrand actually they're from the netherlands
frostbiteinOhio 4 months ago
@frostbiteinOhio Which is what i said.
Arwenbrand 4 months ago
This is EPIC Epica!! Very apt name I must say
mpape80 1 year ago
wuhu !!!!^^
DragonGodization 1 year ago
Not so subtle Marxist lyrics FTW! One of the overt and damning criticisms of America I've seen in a long time!
Fiachra9357 1 year ago
@Fiachra9357 I feel like such a retard, I could never figure out what this song was about. I figured it had something to do with the recession but that's as far as I could get
DarkArtist 2 months ago
I can't wait til Sunday to see these guys! I'm so looking forward to it!
VampRune 1 year ago
@VampRune i believe i saw u at the DNA lounge on sunday
sabiansk8er 1 year ago
@sabiansk8er No, wasn't me. I'm seeing Epica at Emo's in Austin on Sunday. Can't wait! I expect a great show from them!
VampRune 1 year ago
Their name is not inaccurate!
cbc82 1 year ago
i love it <3
patapu2 1 year ago
SUCH AN AMAZING SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
megapowers90 1 year ago
This is Awesome with big A!!!!
JohnElahtinen 1 year ago
HOLY EFF! That intro was epic...a!
See what I did there?
penguinofhell 1 year ago
FYI---You can download this song for FREE at Amazon.....
Lania99999 1 year ago
I SAW THEM LAST NIGHT!!!!
monsterman3362 1 year ago
Epica en Colombia.........!
mauevil4 1 year ago
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S34NH3RN4ND3Z 1 year ago
yes, this group make interesant music helped by profis... I think that the lyrics are unfinished, they arrive not at the main problem's point, they are one step back from the solution, they are like teenagers, the way of thinkig is similar.
scwarzesherz1887 1 year ago
Metal and Classical are the most contradictory genres, but these guys put the two together in an amazing way
xFLAMExREAPERx734x 1 year ago 2
@xFLAMExREAPERx734x no, they're not actually.
Seregfaroth 1 year ago
@xFLAMExREAPERx734x I couldnt disagree more with you...
The way that Metal songs are written is very much like classical music writing.
The baselines, guitar riffs, are all metalized but a lot is recycled from classical music.
Listen to Epica's "Classical Conspiracy" if you really think metal and classical contradict.
VC106893 1 year ago 2
@VC106893 Alright, so let me rephrase: Classical and metal are usually assumed to be contradicting by those who do not understand the way pieces are composed. And it's like green and red, the way they contrast. I guess that's the word I was trying to find. :D
xFLAMExREAPERx734x 1 year ago
@xFLAMExREAPERx734x To that, I, and probably everyone else can fully agree :)
VC106893 1 year ago
@VC106893 Well... Maybe only a kind of metal: i don't think that groups like Amon Amarth are like classical music. There are so much kind of metal: in Italy we have a saying. It is "Non fare di tutta l'arba un fascio". It means: don't generalize. ; )
ziachebeve 1 year ago
@ziachebeve I didnt say they are classical. I just said they had classical influences and patterns. At least thats what I meant. And I would agree with you that Amon Amarth isnt that influenced.
Ok I'll rephrase, "A lot of metal bands have classical inspiration and use music patterns borrowed from classical music"
VC106893 1 year ago
Wow, Epica is fucking awesome, I never really listened to them before but wow.
Mind = blown.
DarkShadowRage2 1 year ago
OMG! NOES! the intro just blew my mind away!
*listens to the rest of the song then goes to the hypermarket to buy replacements for the missing pieces of his brain*
Andrei1801 1 year ago 2
this song was AMAZING live!
LoveWTgothic 1 year ago
I saw Epica live few days ago, and I even got Marks autograph! :D My friend had to drag me to Mark because I started to chicken out. :''D well I't was MARK JANSEN...
RE4RamonSalazarfan 1 year ago 3
I'm sure I've lost some hearing to this song, I love this band
diamadtiel 1 year ago
Wow *.*
EnialisStormrage 1 year ago
Great song.
mynamedab3 1 year ago
I say them live saturday... WHOA ! *-*
ninja1VanillaNinja 1 year ago
Epica shouldn't have considered this a part of the A new age dawns series. That series was heavily orchestrated and a lot more melodic. This is just death metal all the way through, and it doesn't have the same element of classical.
rcg1989 1 year ago
this is what im talkin' bout, thumbs up
AshOfTrash 1 year ago
magnifique.......
TheDidi1409 1 year ago 2
F*cking awesome song!!!!!
WillyWonkaS2 1 year ago 3
So, this is where the word "epic" was derived from...
warfighter67 1 year ago 97
Awesome!! \,,/
Heidi507 1 year ago
wtf am i hearing
FuselPub 1 year ago
@FuselPub A goddess of music, a guy with one hell of a growl, and a couple masters of the good o'l axe.... You got a problem?
Immafishstick 1 year ago 6
@FuselPub Amazing music.
crazy8cs 1 year ago
holy shit her voice sounds better
guigowlo 1 year ago
If metal was a drug... i would envelope myself in this band. Make it my own personal addiction.
darknight15100 1 year ago 2
Men if someone knows how to play the part between the minute 043 and 1:13 in guitar, please let me know becouse I can't get it right = / .
tuviejaentanga2226 1 year ago
Symphonic metal at his best.
Kasusable 1 year ago 4
2:30 - So Incredible !
gleeaddicted 1 year ago
0:43 - 1:13 rocks!!!
marks grunts are amazing
ninoiphone12 1 year ago 2
@ninoiphone12 I'ts the best part of the song
tuviejaentanga2226 1 year ago
No word for this song.
It's way more than just beautiful. <3
xtnmdline 1 year ago
this song kicks ASS!!!!! wait is this new? O.o
Lightfall18 1 year ago
Holly Shit!! Dimmu Borgir has gotten a female on vocals. But seriously, this band is good but bands like Cradle of Filth do a better job at having a female vocalist.
InternalConflicts 1 year ago
@InternalConflicts I love Dimmu Borgir, and Epica, they are both wickedly awesome ;) Simone is amazing, and I'm glad she is in Epica. Nobody will ever beat Dimmu Borgir at what they do, and nobody will ever beat Epica at what they do. I suspect the same would be true of cradle of filth. They all have more fans that I do, lol. If it wasn't for Epica, I probably wouldn't have ever heard Simone sing, And I'll be damned if life was worth living without that ;)
9Diamondsoul 1 year ago
@9Diamondsoul You're my favorite person.
thedaveydude 1 year ago
@thedaveydude Correct !
gleeaddicted 1 year ago
@9Diamondsoul Emperor does the Symphonic Black Metal better then Dimmu Borgir.
Epica124 1 year ago
@Epica124 Emperor has a completely different sound than Dimmu Borgir, though there are similarities. Emperor is pretty awesome at what they do. I listen to Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, and Epica when I am in different moods.
All that aside, "A new age dawns" is an amazing work of art, hail to Epica!
9Diamondsoul 1 year ago
@InternalConflicts Uhm....Dani Filth isn't female, dude. Dani's a guy.
ChainedPhantom 1 year ago
@ChainedPhantom
he's talking about Cradle of Filth ex-vocalist Sarah Jezebel Deva.
rencrow 1 year ago
god this song is sooooo badass! i think they have a low tuning. my band tunes to "AEADGB"
EnGLfReAk 1 year ago
@EnGLfReAk No they don't, on this album they used 7 strings. They're either in standard BEADGBE, or Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb.
Overture2152 1 year ago
Anyone else notice that the only way to listen to this song is on full volume!?!?!?!? lol
9Diamondsoul 1 year ago 2
@9Diamondsoul
fuck yea!
DestroyerX93 1 year ago
Fucking good this band i've seen them 2x and i go to appelpop en there comes epica too :D :D
nouendoodisleuk 1 year ago
@nouendoodisleuk u dutch? they were great at pinkpop ;-)
ninoiphone12 1 year ago
WOW O.O
BonusQuodMalum 1 year ago
i luv it
thedenisa4200 1 year ago
you can't spell epica with out EPIC for a reason.
Metalhead15712 1 year ago 6
The lyrics in the description are pretty hard to follow though... Where did you get them?
KankuChan 1 year ago
OMG THIS SONG FUCKIN KICKS ASSSSSSSS
KankuChan 1 year ago 3
This song is so kreepy
TRUSSNHOPE1 1 year ago
Her Voice Improved Magnificiantly !!!
gleeaddicted 1 year ago
OMG this New Album is Fing awesome!
I loved the whole thing and I'm a new fan of them so this CD was so good heck even the cover of the CD was mind blowing thanks for the upload.
bluefurr 1 year ago
excelent!!!!!!!!!!
darkko92 1 year ago
epica style changed completly in the new album but i think it suits them alot iluv they way of making songs
HellFire2034 1 year ago
men, could you ad the lyrics in the description or something like that?
jimfaindelmaster 1 year ago 9
@jimfaindelmaster hi there, i just added the lyrics ;-)
Scenarium 1 year ago 38