"Mark is the main grunter, and our drummer, Ariën (van Weesenbeek), has a really nice, thick sound. "Well, it's Mark and it's actually our drummer as well," Simone said. And that's something that we worked on as well we changed up some things to make it less predictable." One of the aspects of Epica's sound which has been enhanced on "The Holographic Principle" is the growling vocal style of Epica guitarist and main songwriter Mark Jansen. But on this record, besides having catchy melodies, we also wanted to have really groovy vocal lines. And the choir parts are often very catchy, the choruses are very catchy. The orchestration, the choir is a little bit like the seventh and eighth bandmember of Epica, and that's something we'll always keep in there. "We are, in heart, a metal band going in the symphonic direction. "I think it needs to be all in balance," she said. And, yeah, I can belt out some high notes as well." Even though "The Holographic Principle" is one of Epica's most ambitious offerings to date, the album doesn't sacrifice any of its instant appeal, something which Simone says was intentional. And I do opera, rock, pop, and in the ballads you hear the really soft voice. And the songs themselves, they just ask for a lot of variation in the vocal style. "And Joost (van den Broek), our producer, he's also very good at getting everything out of me. "With each record, I try to get the best out," she said. Vocally, I put everything in the record that I can possibly do, and I'm very pleased with it." According to Simone, she has once again experimented a bit with her vocal approach on the new album. We had so many different instruments – real, live instruments. And we've done everything bigger than before – we had more orchestra, a bigger choir. Speaking to Spark TV, the lead singer Simone Simons stated: "Since The Quantum Enigma was received so well, we set the bar so high, but we accepted the challenge to make an even better record. The songwriting process took a year, and resulted in 27 songs written, but 18 songs recorded 12 were featured on the album, with the additional six songs recorded for a later release. "In between touring, we spent our time in the Sandlane Recording Facilities with producer Joost van den Broek" explained guitarist Isaac Delahaye. Immortal Melancholy (Acoustic Version)ġ2.Background, recording and writing Īfter Epica's 2014 album The Quantum Enigma was well received and the band toured Europe, Asia, Africa and both South and North America, halfway through 2015, Epica started a new journey – writing and recording their seventh studio album The Holographic Principle. The Holographic Principle – A Profound Understanding Of RealityĠ1. Earbook, 2LP PIC, poster flag, holographic projector, Nuclear Blast mailorder only!)Ĭheck out the tracklist of the “The Holographic Principle” and below you can find the content of the acoustic bonus CD and the instrumental CD:ġ2. acoustic & instrumental bonus CDs)īOX (incl. 5-track acoustic bonus CD)ĮARBOOK (48p, incl. The song comes from the upcoming album “The Holographic Principle” and is an impressive first demonstration of what fans can expect from Epica’s sound in the year 2016.Įpica ‘s new album “The Holographic Principle” will be released via Nuclear Blast on September 30th at different available formats:Ģ-CD-DIGI (incl. Dutch symphonic metal stars Epica release the lyric video for their first single entitled ‘Universal Death Squad’.
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