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EPICA Reveal First Trailer Sharing Memories About “Design Your Universe”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 24, 2019
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Recently, Dutch metal titans EPICA have launched a lyric video for ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ which is taken from the band’s upcoming re-release of »Design Your Universe« – Gold Edition. Today, the band has revealed the first album trailer, in which they share memories about the album, including the line-up changes that happened during »Design Your Universe«, how the title came to be and the touring, that followed the album.

Watch the new trailer here:

Also, watch the lyric video for ‘Kingdom Of Heaven’ on the band’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/hFlgT4dny4k

Mark Jansen comments: “’Kingdom of Heaven’ is very dear to me. This song was dedicated to my grandmother after she passed away. The lyrics are dealing with near-death experiences and the bridge between spirituality and science. Up until today it’s the EPICA song I’m most proud of and even though we cannot perform it that often live due to its length, we will perform it soon during the »Design Your Universe« 10th Anniversary shows. Enjoy this lyric video!”

»Design Your Universe«- Gold edition contains a remastered and remixed version of the album and a newly recorded acoustic bonus disc and will be released October 4th. The album and exclusive merchandise bundles are now available for pre-order now from: http://smarturl.it/epica

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EPICA Release Lyric Video For ‘Kingdom Of Heaven’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 10, 2019
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Dutch metal titans EPICA have launched a lyric video for ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ which is taken from the band’s upcoming re-release of »Design Your Universe« – Gold Edition.
 
The lyric video can be viewed on the band’s YouTube channel:

Mark Jansen comments: “’Kingdom of Heaven’ is very dear to me. This song was dedicated to my grandmother after she passed away. The lyrics are dealing with near-death experiences and the bridge between spirituality and science. Up until today it’s the EPICA song I’m most proud of and even though we cannot perform it that often live due to its length, we will perform it soon during the »Design Your Universe« 10th Anniversary shows. Enjoy this lyric video!”

»Design Your Universe«– Gold edition contains a remastered and remixed version of the album and a newly recorded acoustic bonus disc and will be released October 4th. The album and exclusive merchandise bundles are now available for pre-order now from:  http://smarturl.it/epica

The tracklist reads as follows:

CD1: Album
01. Samadhi – prelude
02. Resign to Surrender – A New Age Dawns – pt IV
03. Unleashed
04. Martyr of the Free Word
05. Our Destiny
06. Kingdom of Heaven – A New Age Dawns – pt V
07. The Price of Freedom – interlude
08. Burn to a Cinder
09. Tides of Time
10. Deconstruct
11. Semblance of Liberty
12. White Waters
13. Design Your Universe – A New Age Dawns – pt VI
14. Incentive (bonus)

CD2: The Acoustic Universe / Bonus CD:
01. Burn To A Cinder
02. Our Destiny
03. Unleashed
04. Martyr Of The Free Word
05. Design Your Universe

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To coincide with this release EPICA will perform a number of exclusive »Design Your Universe« 10th anniversary shows around the globe.
 
»Design Your Universe« – 10th Anniversary Shows – Europe
w/ BLACKBRIAR
04.10.  D         Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
05.10.  NL        Utrecht – TivoliVredenburg *SOLD OUT*
06.10.  F          Paris – Élysée Montmartre *SOLD OUT*
10.10.  IL         Tel Aviv – Barby Club
12.10.  RUS     Moscow – Glavclub
 
»Design Your Universe« – 10th Anniversary Shows – Latin America
21.10.  MEX    Monterrey – Escena
22.10.  MEX    Guadalajara – Diana Theatre
24.10.  MEX    Mexico City – Auditorio BlackBerry
26.10.  BR       São Paulo – Tropical Butantã
27.10.  BR       Rio de Janeiro – Circo Voador
29.10.  AR       Buenos Aires – El Teatro Flores
30.10.  CR       Santiago – Teatro Caupolicán
02.11.  CO       Bogotá – Royal Center
03.11.  CR        San José – Pepper Disco Club

2020: 
03.01. CN         Montreal – Corona Theatre *NEW*
05.01. US         Los Angeles – Regent Theater *NEW*
12.01. US         New Yorck City –  Webster Hal *NEW*

Tickets are on sale now through: www.epica.nl/tour

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EPICA Announce “Design Your Universe” 10th Anniversary Shows In Latin America

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 2, 2019
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Dutch Symphonic metal band EPICA will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of their fan-favorite album “Design Your Universe”. In support of this anniversary, the band will perform a number of exclusive shows in Latin America in October.

Simone Simons comments “We are super excited to tell you that due to a huge demand from our fans in Latin America for our ‘Design Your Universe’ anniversary shows. We have we decided to also celebrate the album’s anniversary there”.

Mark Jansen adds “In celebration one of my personal favorite Epica albums we will return to one of my favorite territories. When a huge amount of our fans made us clear that we should bring this show to Latin America we started looking into possibilities and I’m very glad we found a way to make this happen!”

Tickets and VIP upgrades are available at: http://www.epica.nl/tour

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Next EPICA shows:

2019-06-29 Hertme (Openluchttheater) NL
2019-07-03 Ballenstedt (Rockharz Open Air) DE
2019-10-04 Oberhausen (Turbinenhalle) DE
2019-10-05 Utrecht (TivoliVredenburg) NL
2019-10-06 Paris (Élysée Montmartre) FR
2019-10-10 Tel Aviv (Barby Club) IL
2019-10-12 Moscow (Glavclub) RU
2019-10-22 Guadalajara (Diana Theatre) MX
2019-10-24 Mexico City (Auditorio Blackberry) MX
2019-10-26 Sao Paulo (Tropical Butanta) BR
2019-10-27 Rio De Janeiro (Circo Vorador) BR
2019-10-29 Buenos Aires (Teatro Flores) AR

College Of Metal Launches EPICA Guitar Courses

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 16, 2019
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College of Metal, an online educational metal music platform that enables anyone to learn from the best metal musicians in the world, announces that guitarist Isaac Delahaye released his first 6 EPICA courses.

Watch the trailer here:

Other than with most guitar lessons, artists at College of Metal focus on songs rather than on techniques exclusively. That’s why every individual course is a walk through of a song, explaining whatever techniques are used in the context of that specific song.
All courses have 3 camera views, including close-ups of both left and right hands. Every lesson includes accurate guitar tabs, reviewed by Isaac Delahaye himself. Also, he explains any differences between the recorded parts and the way he’s playing them in an ever-changing live environment.

The individual EPICA courses and the full EPICA bundle are now available at https://store.collegeofmetal.com

Isaac Delahaye is best known as the lead guitarist of EPICA, and has also played for GOD DETHRONED and MAYAN. As a graduate from college of music in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, he’s been teaching guitar for around 20 years and a professional touring metal musician for 15 years now.

“After seeing that the general musical education system still treats metal music as an outsider, I decided to create College of Metal for anyone who is looking for in-depth lessons from the artists themselves. What better way to learn the songs/genre you love so much than having the composer/performer getting through the different parts, showing you the tricks and the techniques used, and explaining you why they do what they do. If you’re a self taught hobby player or an aspiring professional, this is what you’re looking for.”

College of Metal will continue to expand courses, bringing leading metal musicians to its base of subscribers. For more information, please visit http://www.collegeofmetal.com

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MAYAN Announce Baltic Tour 2018

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 24, 2018
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Go Loud Agency, in collaboration with Darkside Records, is proud to announce that all-star band MAYAN – feat. members of Epica, Nightwish and Firewind, among others – will play four exclusive shows in the Baltic States, with very special guests CARTHAGODS (TN). The Baltic tour will hit Tallinn (EE), Riga (LV), Liepaja (LV) and Vilnius (LT), marking the band’s first appearance in the Baltic States.

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TOUR DATES

06.12.2018 | Tallinn (EE) | Rockclub Tapper
07.12.2018 | Riga (LV) | Melna Piektdiena
08.12.2018 | Liepaja (LV) | Fontaine Palace
09.12.2018 | Vilnius (LT) | Narauti

Watch the official music video for ‘Saints Don’t Die’, taken from MAYAN’s new album “Dhyana”:

MaYaN live lineup:

– Grunts: Mark Jansen – George Oosthoek
– Clean male vocals: Adam Denlinger / Henning Basse (special guest)
– Clean female vocals: Laura Macrì – Marcela Bovio
– Keyboards: Jack Driessen
– Guitars: Frank Schiphorst – Merel Bechtold / Arjan Rijnen (backup) / Jord Otto (backup)
– Bass: Roel Käller
– Drums: Ariën van Weesenbeek

Get more information at:

MAYAN: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

CARTHAGODS: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube

 

 

EPICA Launch New Music Video For ‘Universal Love Squad’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 6, 2018
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Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA have launched a brand new music video for the track ‘Universal Love Squad’. The video was filmed at their recent sold out 1000th Show Anniversary at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands in front of 3000 ecstatic fans! ‘Universal Love Squad’ shows a different and more intimate side to the band, as it is the acoustic version of another EPICA track entitled ‘Universal Death Squad’, released earlier in 2016 on the album »The Holographic Principle«. In occasion of their 1000th show anniversary, EPICA performed this track for the very first time live, which resulted in this astonishing music video! Watch the new video here:

EPICA’s Mark Jansen (band founder & guitarist) comments:
“At the 1000th show we performed for the first time ever the acoustic version of ‘Universal Death Squad’ which became ‘Universal Love Squad’.  As many fans kept asking us to play something acoustic live, we couldn’t resist any longer. We want to thank our fans from all over the world for all these fantastic shows and hopefully there will be a 1000 more to come! :)”

After two years of literally non-stop touring worldwide, this summer EPICA will perform their last batch of festivals of their current touring cycle! With performances on the legendary Hell & Heaven Festival in Mexico City, Wacken Open Air in Germany or at Slovenia’s magical Metaldays, among other festivals, EPICA will give all metal fans one last party before their well-deserved touring break!

Tickets & info: http://www.epica.nl/tour

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Festival shows of EPICA:
05.05. MX Hell & Heaven Festival
15.06. E Zamora – Z! Live Rock Fest
21.06. N Halden – Tons of Rock
05.07. CH Pratteln – Z7 Open Air (w/ ELUVEITIE, EXCELSIS)
06./07.07. RO Bucharest – Metalhead Meeting
25.07. H Székesfehérvár – Fezen Festival
27.07. SLO Tolmin – Metaldays
03.08. D Wacken – Wacken Open Air
11.08. B Kortrijk – Alcatraz Metal Festival
17.08. CZ Moravský Krumlov – Rock Heart
18.08. A Graz – Metal on the Hill

Order EPICA ‘s latest EP, »The Solace System«, here: http://nblast.de/EpicaSolaceSystem
EPICA Webshop: http://smarturl.it/thesolacesystem
Purchase the digital version or stream the EP, here: http://nblast.de/EpicaDigital