Epica - Facade of Reality (Live at Paradiso)

[@Sarcasticron]

Simone Simons is like the biggest winner in the genetic lottery, getting both beautiful looks and an equally beautiful voice. And she looks and sounds even better at the age of 37 than she does here. AND, even though she dropped out of high school to tour with Epica, she speaks 5 languages and talks more like a university professor than a high school dropout. Being Simone Simons is like rolling up a D&D character and getting all 18s. 😀

[@Cynthia_Blackraven_666]

Wait, she dropped out of high school ?!? I'd never thought that lol

[@MilesDashing]

@@Cynthia_Blackraven_666 Yeah, I know! Have you ever tried reading the lyrics for some of their longer songs? There are a LOT of words there, and some of them are in Latin! She has to memorize all of that in order to perform live. And Mark is not good at writing lyrics. Often there's no rhyme scheme...it's just him writing down his thoughts. No way *I* could memorize the words for one of their 11-minute songs like "The Quantum Enigma."

[@Cynthia_Blackraven_666]

@@MilesDashing Honestly, without Simone, Epica would just be another random symphonic metal band. She carries the whole group.

[@joelplamondon1021]

@@Cynthia_Blackraven_666 we ALL love Simone, but come on, she doesn't wrote a single note, Epica is what it is also in big part because of Mark and Coen

[@slowedvsbattle]

She is not just genetic, she has put and still puts a lot of effort into her voice and physical beauty

[@cliffbarber6058]

Why are there so many beautiful , charismatic, and incredible singing Dutch front women in symphonic / power metal? the water? windmills?

[@Sarcasticron]

I think it's just coincidence, but maybe it's the combination of a country with a strong musical tradition and being very progressive in terms of equality for women. For example, prostitution has been continuously legal there since the 14th or 15th century. Also doesn't hurt that it's one of the richest per capita countries in the world.

[@lexburen5932]

the dutch university school conservatorium is considered one of the best music university's in the world.

[@geordiejohnston9815]

Beats me. People from the Netherlands are just lucky bastards I guess tee-hee 1010

[@Xaforn]

If you build up your people to be strong they will be. Maybe there’s less push of religious expectations and restrictions on women.

[@MilesDashing]

It's the windmills. Definitely the windmills.

[@adolfoalbornoz3730]

A very underrated song... It's just a Masterpiece! By the way, they should include it on their current setlists

[@Closminding]

They shouldn't

[@Sarcasticron]

This is a great song...the opera vocals that Simone does at the end give me chills like very few songs I've ever heard. But this song can't be extricated from 9/11, and it's morally questionable for a band to be making money off the deaths of thousands of people. They handle it very well in this concert...it comes off as a respectful memorial to the people who died, but now, 20 years later, it would not be okay.

[@adolfoalbornoz3730]

@@Sarcasticron why it wouldn't be ok now?

[@Sarcasticron]

@Adolfo Albornoz It’s a little hard to explain, because it's based on my feeling about how other people who are not me would feel if they did. I think that back in 2005, 9/11 was still in everyone's minds, so making art out of it and even making money off it was okay. It was part of the Zeitgeist. But 20 years later, half the audience is too young to remember what it was like when it happened, so it's sort of dredging a tragedy out of the past, in order to make entertainment out of it. Does that make sense?

[@Sarcasticron]

@@adolfoalbornoz3730 Maybe if they altered the song to take out the voice clips that refer directly to the event...

[@mayhemcito3233]

5:42 cuando el pelon tenia el pelo largo 😁

[@cancelled_user]

Simone is an unbelievably beautiful woman, as well as my most favourite female voice of all time. And of course, Epica music is in a league of their own. Best musical discovery of my life. Incredible!

[@mariadiezmari6185]

Estás en lo cierto. Yo les descubrí hace 18 años y aún sigo con ellos. 🤟

[@Sarcasticron]

@@mariadiezmari6185 Epica: "Te llevaremos con nosotros."

[@Sarcasticron]

The really unbelievable part is that she gets MORE beautiful as she ages. If you compare this to the Retrospect concert, she goes from being a pretty girl to a beautiful woman. And in the videos she did for Transitus about a year ago, she's stunning. I don't know how she does it. Beautiful voice too.

[@steliosp1770]

after 20 years of having a crush on this woman i still cannot believe she's even real. angel.

[@annydecramer8505]

Zij en floor zijn voor mij de beste ❤

[@mariadiezmari6185]

Después de tantos años escuchándolos me siguen fascinando. Sois muy grandes.

[@alistairblair2992]

My favorite band bloody amazing

[@sosietegal]

Ce concert date de 2006 quand elle sortait de l'école de chant et qu'elle s'entrainait un peu à chanter. Maintenant c'est un peu bâclé et n'arrive plus à poser sa voix. Trop d'ampli trop de son fort pour sa voix délicate pas vraiment faite pour l'hyperpuissance que l'on voit de plus en plus.

[@ClaraTatyana]

Tenho guiad espituais nortos que trazem para 🏠 no caso meus ancestrais mortos@!

[@jailbr3ak_acdc]

i love this audio mix. Restrospect was so bad

[@bastetskill]

One of my favorites songs 🤩 omg! Many memories 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@Obsessive_Devotion]

Gracias por subirlo. Yo ya me lo compré en Blu-ray. Thanks for uploading it. I already have it on Blu-ray. 🤘🤘😂😍

[@berenicemendozarivera7799]

¡WOW! 3:55 la foto de su portada!

[@anthony_antonello7578]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@adriantorresrodriguez4208]

Qué belleza de canción!

[@ClaraTatyana]

Eu mesmo e outras pessoas do ceus!!

[@finvaly]

Oh, the beginning is Seif Al Din, also a good song)

[@elpeluca7780]

It's actually the ending, they played it before this one

[@ClaraTatyana]

N tenho mas nada a dizer!!

[@ClaraTatyana]

Quem da e tira a vida sou eu!!

[@ClaraTatyana]

Vermelho acobreado!!

[@ClaraTatyana]

Tenho guias espirituas mortos!!

[@arrm1132]

Pfffff estaba durmiendo mientras se reproducían diferentes vídeos de Épica y woooow me despertó está canción pues tuve que abrir mis ojos para ver el vídeo y fue espectacular ver esa fascinante belleza de Simone Simons tanto física como vocalmente hablando me encanta simplemente es maravillosa 😍

[@rossi6020]

I ALMOST TEARED UP THIS IS SO GOOOD!!!

[@yinahe2117]

Disney debería de contactar a Simón para actuar la sirenita

[@mayhemcito3233]

odian a las pelirrojas y dicen estar a favor de la diversidad 🤡, solitos se contradicen.

[@yinahe2117]

@@mayhemcito3233 es puro celo.

[@berenicemendozarivera7799]

Lo tenía todo Simone para ser la Sirenita!! 🥰

[@FLOYY]

Tal cual! Es la version humana de sirenita! Es perfecta❤ pero ya esta grande ahora

[@juancarlossanchezlopez1986]

La gente del tercer mundo creen que la sirenita es la wichota 😅

[@thewildrose347]

The were just babies, look at them. Awn

[@cadenajoselyn1214]

ERA Y ES HERMOSA (8(

[@selinamüllerart]

I love TPA songs a lot & her hair at this time was the most beautiful.

[@willamealcantara9594]

Simone is a godness

[@ZikoPat78]

Un retour aux sources pour un nouvel album serait génial. Je l'ai cet album version cartonné 👍🤘

[@ClaraTatyana]

❤

[@ClaraTatyana]

Eu que fiz a pisina@!@!!!@@!!!!!!

[@marcoantoniocabrerazarate9082]

4:52 Simone headbanging so hard!

[@lennasilva9385]

Canta muito❤❤❤🤟🫶👏👏👏👏

[@Yuxi89]

Simone in her best

[@จอร์จจอร์จ-ฮ7บ]

Very good Good night🍻

[@alexpetrov8871]

4:10 This scene gives thoughts about some mutual artistic interference... I've no words to explain this yet..

[@gabrielamendoza5212]

Bellísima es poco, sinceramente todos los integrantes tienen hermosas cualidades físicas pero ella parece sacada de un cuento. Espectacular banda impecables

[@jeremendoza5492]

Insuperable ❤

[@agustinantoniosilvaschultz2883]

Excelente ejecución. Gracias por compartir.

[@alexpetrov8871]

I am from this generation. I look at these guys in the past and I think that there is something special about the character of this generation. Something open to the world, they look like young crusaders, selflessly rushing in a last attempt to win over the world to their side.

[@the_yissus0345]

Consign to oblivion upload please

[@lafken]

Para tocar en Epica hay que ser guapo? xD

[@luisortega4315]

Me encanta esta súper banda Epica fantástico

[@Mayy8893]

Muito nostálgico adoro❤🇧🇷

[@TheViniciusOP]

Sim

[@евгений-г1н]

Красотища

[@mariatavares1023]

Obrigado 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@micasasolis]

Me enamore!! 😍🤗

[@manglemush]

milli vanilli fakers

[@bhengdelgado3555]

💝💝💝💝💝💝

[@Monicagonmar]

Extraño la fuerza y el carisma de esta Simone :(

[@denebcygnus9129]

Yo la veo con la misma carisma y más potencia ahora. Igual no se va a ver son como 20 años

[@xandoppelsauger5039]

😆🤦

[@bumo8479]

Её голос тащил, а группа так себе , на уровень ранней Металлика не тянул

[@nadiram2345]

При чем здесь Металлика вообще

[@starcapture3040]

their best show but the editing is bad

[@viniciussousa084]

Edição de imagem? Eu achei bom, não tão quanto a mais recente.

[@Closminding]

Brilliant ... up to the snarly growling, which kills it for me (and will for the wider public). It's the reason they're not better known. Tragic. 🤮

[@Closminding]

@@Kelly-pp1et whatever what?

[@Closminding]

@@Kelly-pp1et yeah serves a purpose alright - to ruin the song. And I'm not the only one that can't comprehend it. It's the reason why they're not better known.

[@Closminding]

@@Kelly-pp1et What ... growling and throat clearing on a song requires another level of consciousness ???!!! No - what it needs is some strepsils, a Honey and Lemon and the ejection of all that phlegm. 🤮

[@cancelled_user]

@@Closminding The duality between Mark's harsh vocals and Simone's angelic soprano is called "beauty and the beast", a concept that originated in Gothic metal. It also represent a different view or different character in their songs. Another one is the choir, with their own lyrics (often in Latin), so we can say Epica use 3 different vocals or 3 characters. Most people don't mind very similar voices in movies when some demon or a monster is speaking, but in music it's suddenly a huge problem? This is METAL, not pop or hip-hop! Metal never tried to appeal to the masses. It is usually a harsh music often accompanied by harsh vocals. I personally can't even stand clean male vocals in metal. Female singers in symphonic metal are great, it's typical for this metal sub-genre, but otherwise, harsh male vocals are what I expect in metal. Btw, Mark's vocals got better over years. Compare "The Essence of Silence" (Official Live). It sounds badass and it fits the song perfectly! And for Epica without any harsh vocals, for example "Unleashed" (Official Live)

[@Closminding]

@@cancelled_user I've heard all Epicas output and seen them live. Growling in Metal always divides. But over 50% of Metal Fans are against it. I'm a Symphonic Metal Fan so growling doesn't define a Metal Head. Some Metal bands avoid it and others use it sparingly or subtly when it can work (like Beyond the Black), old Delain and Clementine Delauney (Exile Eden never used it). Within Temptation never use it and are by far the better for it