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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
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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

EPICA Launch New Video For ‘Decoded Poetry’, Currently Touring Latin America

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 2, 2018
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Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA have launched the video for ‘Decoded Poetry’ which is taken from the band‘s latest EP “The Solace System”. The animated video was created/produced by anime-master Davide Cilloni and completes the video trilogy of EPICA‘s masterful title track ‘The Solace System’ and ‘Immortal Melancholy’, all taken from “The Solace System” EP which was released worldwide in September 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Watch the new video now here:

EPICA‘s Coen Janssen (keys) comments: “It has been a great pleasure working with the talented Davide Cilloni on this unique video trilogy. In this final part we finally find out what will happen to our dimension and if the Universal Death Squad will conquer our planet…. Let‘s hope for the best!! I hope you enjoy this last part as much as I have enjoyed seeing myself as a cartoon haha!”

This Thursday, EPICA kicked off “The Ultimate Principle Tour – Latin America” in Montevideo, Uruguay. On this tour, EPICA will perform 8 dates in Brazil including cities where the band has never performed during their 15-year career, next to additional dates in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The band is excited to perform tracks of »The Holographic Principle« and »The Solace System« for their Latin American fans for the first time.

EPICA guitarist Mark Jansen comments: “We are very happy to announce we are finally returning to Latin America! As I have noticed many fans are so much looking forward to that as well. We are all very excited and can’t wait to party with you guys!!!“

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

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EPICA Announce “The Ultimate Principle Tour – Latin America 2018”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 25, 2017
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Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA are more than proud to announce their return to Latin America. Upcoming March, the band will finally return to Latin America for the first time since 2015! On this tour, EPICA will perform 8 dates in Brazil including cities where the band has never performed during their 15-year career, next to additional dates in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

The band is excited to perform tracks of “The Holographic Principle” and “The Solace System” for their Latin American fans for the first time.

EPICA guitarist Mark Jansen comments: “We are very happy to announce we are finally returning to Latin America! As I have noticed many fans are so much looking forward to that as well. We are all very excited and can’t wait to party with you guys!!!“

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Tickets + VIP packages will go on sale this Friday and will be available via http://www.epica.nl/tour!

On September 1st, EPICA proudly unleashed their long-awaited EP »The Solace System«. This EP includes six brand new tracks, which were written and recorded during the process of their latest album »The Holographic Principle«, which charted worldwide!

Get your physical copy, here: http://nblast.de/EpicaSolaceSystem
Or from the EPICA webshop, here: http://smarturl.it/thesolacesystem
Purchase the digital versions or stream the songs, here: http://nblast.de/EpicaDigital