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EPICA - Consign To Oblivion - Live at the Zenith (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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[@AndreRibeiro009]

EPICA - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

[@MountainMetal]

Yep. Please do Epica's Design Your Universe from Retrospect. Just watch out for the trick ending.

[@JHX1]

Yes! My favourite song!

[@tremapar]

That's a very good version of DYU and I absolutely second it. Also, their Phantom Agony from that same show is phenomenal as well!

[@isaacruiz299]

Yes please Desing

[@themaun]

Some background information that might be useful. Mark Jansen (guitar and vocals for Epica) and Floor Jansen were in the same band After Forever (they are not related). When the band split Mark founded Epica (with the name Sahara Dust) with a different female singer. Apparently that did not work and Mark was dating Simone at the time and invited her to the band. And as a side note the name Epica comes from Kamelot's second album name and now Simone is married to the keyboard player from Kamelot. Regarding their sound being heavy it is indeed true, they have quite heavy songs but have calmer songs as well, I would recommend one of my favorites "Cry for the Moon".

[@skullair52]

Thanks just saved me a ton of typing 😊

[@paulmdevenney]

And so the family circle of symphonic metal is complete! The metal world has quite a few lines you can draw around Nightwish, Kamelot, Sabaton, Epica, After Forever and Amaranthe.

[@themaun]

@@skullair52 someone had to do it :)

[@jongu71]

Few metal bands have a greater span in heavyness. They have lead-heavy songs with death metal influences as well as soft, fragile ballads.

[@AntoniahCH]

UnstoppaPaul and Delain

[@_AmorFisH_]

The Essence of Silence, no doubt

[@johnhitchens5632]

Symphonic metal is the greatest musical genre of the last 200 years

[@SlavomirSihtric]

Haha, nope.. Its good, but not best

[@Wriwnas1]

@@SlavomirSihtric it is definetely the greatest musical genre. The composers are geniouses. The great band out there like Nightwish and Epica have fantastic singers and members

[@SlavomirSihtric]

@@Wriwnas1 nope, do You know for example Jari Mäenpää or Toumas Saukkonen? They're genious compositors

[@paulwilson2651]

@@Wriwnas1 Nonsense there is no way this is better than Deep Purple, Led Zep or indeed Pink Floyd.

[@paulwilson2651]

@Leandros Laertiades You fecking Muppet they are the founders of Rock. The shit you listen to don't deserve to be on the same stage as the big 3 now away back to your bed sonny!

[@simonking5863]

“Kingdom of Heaven” lyric video 🤘Love Epica

[@helenahey]

I'd suggest you to check out the official live video of "The Essence of Silence" by Epica. 🖤🤘🏻

[@wishmaster0390]

There is a Masterpiece from Epica called Kingdom of Heaven. You won't be disappointed. Please if you do that listen to the official lyrics....

[@erwinmulder1338]

The official lyrics video sucks. I like the 'live' one better. It conveys much more epicness. I wish they had released an official live one from the 10 year Design Your Universe anniversary tour.

[@wishmaster0390]

@@erwinmulder1338 I don't mean that it's better. I think that we need to appreciate a good album version before listening to the live version. The bands always give you an album version before giving you a live concert. And the quality of the live versions that reactors are using sucks...

[@fnglert]

Essence of Silence, live. Good thing on waiting for the song with Floor, too many reactors listen to that, and that's really not representative of Epica.

[@marielaoquendorodriguez670]

Exactly

[@rafaelsmerdoufranke6157]

I completely agree with that.

[@jerrybk1]

Epica is as good as Nightwish. Unbelievable live. Lead female singer Simone is one of best symphonic metal singers today. She and Floor are very good friends. (Both Dutch) I would watch many songs from 10 the anniversary Retrospect tour. Great DVD.

[@phoenixaki3458]

I really like that you're holding off on the song with Floor on vocals, because I fear a lot of reactors end up viewing Epica as "that band that Floor sang with once" instead of their own thing. Some more background info about them - most of the music is written by Mark Jansen (guitarist and death vocals), and the lyrics are a close 50/50 between him and Simone (female lead vocals). They are considered Symphonic Metal with heavy Power Metal influences, as well as progressive metal (like this one, very unique structure) and obviously death metal with the riffs and harsh vocals. This is definitely one of their heaviest tracks - most of their songs are primarily Simone on vocals and Mark doing a bridge or backing with the harsh vocals, but he has a number of songs where he's the lead vocalist as well. This is the title track from their second album Consign to Oblivion - for another longer masterpieces, try out The Holographic Principle (not many people have reacted to it...I'd love to see that). For another heavy song, you can't go wrong with "Ascension - Dream State Armageddon", which has even some Black Metal influences. Some more standard songs by them would be "Unleashed", or "Natural Corruption".

[@diemolukke3830]

I would like to see "Illusive Consens" aswell. (The Last weeks I just can't stop to listen to the Album "The Phantom Agony" ;))

[@tommyjohnson9175]

Nightwish fans are Epica fans as well. Actually Simone and Floor are very good friends..

[@Soviet_Saguaro]

I can't even describe how amazing this song was to see in person. Absolute perfection

[@stups9975]

Epica is amazing. Simone is a goddess.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

That she is:)

[@rafaelsmerdoufranke6157]

Yes, I knew you would love EPICA, my friend... Now you understand why so many of us requested you to react to them... And yes, they are as heavy in most of their songs; my suggestions to react next are Design your universe, Kingdom of Heaven, Serenade of self-destruction, The Essence of silence or The Holographic Principle, but they have more than 50 masterpieces, so I let it up to you, he... Great reaction; by the way, you still didn't notice it, but Aren, Epica's drummer, is for me the best... The music is written mostly by Mark Jansen (the guy with the growls), a genius at the same level of Tuomas from Nightwish (the other genius is Christopher Johnson from Therion)... The lady singing is Simone Simmons, an angel fallen down to earth... Greetings from Spain and stay metal (and yes, more Epica, please)

[@markfrancis6886]

We could do with more Therion reactions to spread the news

[@rafaelsmerdoufranke6157]

@@markfrancis6886 Oh, my friend, that would be so awesome, but I don't know why, it's so difficult to make people react to them. For me they are the best, beside being the inventors of this amazing genre; without them there would be no Nightwish, no Epica, no symphonic metal... Other symphonic metal bands that reach perfection are Haggard and Penumbra...

[@skullair52]

Dude Epica was just on 70000 tons of metal this year and had a pit on par with any band I've ever seen 🤘 people think they aren't that heavy but I've seen em about six times and they are so damn good! Simone Simmons is super nice too, literally gave the shirt off her back to my friend's kid because they didn't have any more smalls 😂

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Simone is a real sweetheart. Once the power went out because some idiot went smoking in the toilet. Smoke alarms etc. So the band played acoustic and she went backstage to get beers for the audience lol

[@patriknordin353]

Epica essens of silence

[@marielaoquendorodriguez670]

Sancta Terra it’s a good song but it’s more “radio” friendly and the mayority just hear it cause Floor is in it and it’s a great performance by both but doesn’t represent their best so it’s good to wait. React to Storm The Sorrow music video (they sing together in one part) and to a live performance react to The Essence Of Silence official live video ❤️

[@Vegmart]

Epica - The Essence of silence You will love it you can take the live version from retrospective show .. Nice reaction done

[@skullair52]

The Holographic Principal is a masterpiece from beginning to end ( concept cd) Universal Death Squad , Beyond the Matrix both excellent 👌 if you can get the special edition they have a bunch of acoustic songs & a few other cool songs like funky algorithm and universal love squad 🤘

[@panduraditya79]

Try Children Of Bodom - Under The Grass And Clover !! You won't be dissappointed 🤘

[@BoG_City]

I so much love the dude on the keyboard having the time of his life on stage, screaming along, running after his keyboard and all. Love it

[@stups9975]

Design your universe live is a must

[@edinmg]

From all the bands with female vocalists, Épica is by far my favorite, the band is amazingly good, their concerts are simply magnificent and Simone Simons is a goddess on earth.

[@lolitozack8195]

The essence of silence, design your universe, matyr of the free world, the obssesive devotion are as heavy as this one. You should also give a listen to unleash, sensorium, dancing in a hurricane, unchain utopia and quietus. Featuring Floor i recommend both Sancta Terra and Stabat Matter dolorosa which isnt metal, just the orchesta and these ladys All songs live version please, its more enjoyable. Great work as always

[@darazis4981]

Kingdom of Heaven ;)

[@lolitozack8195]

The trouble is that the live video of kingdom of heaven has bad quality and its a mix between the record audio and the live audio. Maybe he should react to the offlicial lyric video

[@demise0]

The setup between the female vocals and the male vocals is similar to Nightwish. The female (Simone Simons) is the primary vocalist and sings on just about every song and is the only vocalist for about half of their songs, whereas the male (Mark Jansen) does not sing on every song. Also in your parallel to Nightwish regarding the operatic vocals, Simone has said that her primary influence was Tarja Turunen, the first vocalist of Nightwish. You haven't done many Nightwish songs with her, but Tarja was primarily operatic with very little other diversity in vocal styles (whereas Floor has a much different approach and so much diversity that she doesn't rely on operatic often). Mark Jansen however sounds much different than Marco Hietala.

[@jaapblaauw3735]

Epica is currently busy with their 8th studio album. First mix is already done. There are some vlogs around on their channel with bits and pieces about the recording sessions. In the last vlog the keyboard player and their producer were in Prague to record a complete orchestra and choir ( and it sounds awesome) as these are key elements in their songs like no other band uses in this genre..

[@DivinityEthereal]

I saw them a couple of months ago and they were the wildest metal performance I've ever been to, haha. It was incredible. Being in the mess of the moshes (because they encourage multiple!) was a ridic amount of fun.

[@annagranath4287]

Lots of great songs!! Universal Death Squad and Architect of Light, among many more!

[@azizsrayri6727]

if you wanna see more of the two voices together in other Epic Epica songs you have to try out : Kingdom of heaven ascension - dream state of Armageddon design your universe the essence of silence ( there s a lot more btw ;) but start with these, kingdom of heaven is a must hear tbh )

[@necross19]

Next: Kingdom of heaven!!!!

[@palantir135]

Floor is the vocal coach of Simone Simons, the female vocalist. There’re good friends. The founder of Epica, Mark Janssen, was guitar player in After Forever. Floor was the singer then. Simone and Mark both sing in the last live concert of Ayreon. Simone also sings on many albums too as does Floor.

[@ericbeveridge9186]

Unbelievable Beautiful Hi notes from Simone ❤️❤️❤️🎤🎤🎸it!! What a performance!!

[@music2seeconcertphotograph457]

Now you do know with Floor from Nightwish, Simone from Epica two of the great Dutch female symphonic metal singers. But there are still four! missing: Sharon den Adel from „Within Temptation“: „And we run feat. Xzibit“, „Angels“ or Paradise feat. Tarja“ Charlotte Wessels from „Delain“: „Masters of Destiny“ or „Sing to me fest. Marco Hietala“ Anneke van Giersbergen in Duet with Sharon den Adel: Within Temptation „Somewhere“ Dianne van Giersbergen with Xandria: „Nightfall“.

[@brothernemiel6465]

For people interested in Within Temptation I recommend "The Black Symphony" live DVD with full orchestra. My favorite is "The Cross". For Delain, which are really awesome live, I recommend the DVD "Decade of Delain - Live at Paradiso", it just hapenns to lie next to me while I type those lines ^^ Anneke is great as well and saw her opening up for WT one day, but as solo arstist and not with her band projects. I love her parts on the latest Amorphis album on the song "Amongst Stars" but also "Her Alone" from the album Under The Red Clouds. In regard to Dianne I am sad that I missed the chance to see Xandria with her as lead singer, but the records with her sound amazing.

[@williamtruman1822]

The Essence of Silence this !

[@moimeme8827]

One of my favorite ! I was in this concert. It was my birthday's gift from my friends (I'm French and I was in Paris at the date). This song was the last of the concert. I never forget this evening. A-MA-ZING ! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease do "EPICA Design your universe/Retrospect live" (9'57'' for the complete song and stay until the real end ;) ).

[@Catgirl6Poezebeest]

Funny amazing thing, Consign To Oblivion is from their second album, which came out in 2004, but to this day, it’s still (almost always) the grand final of Epica’s live shows. Over the years it just became a special thing between Epica and their fans, because of the interaction and the pure epicness of this song. I’ve been a fan since Epica was formed in 2002 under the name Sahara Dust. I’ve lost count of how often I’ve seen them live since then, but probably more than 100 times. If you’ll ever have the opportunity to see them live, go for it! You won’t regret it! Also, they recently recorded their eighth album and it will be released later this year (hopefully).

[@evacody1249]

Well the song shows off everything that Epica is that's why the close with it.

[@MrSh0110]

More Epica! Epica - Design Your Universe - Retrospect live

[@evacody1249]

Epica Mother of Light is the song you want to hear for Mark and Simone both doing vocals at the same time.

[@Xbitrate]

Listen to "Dancing in a Hurricane" the other video recorded from this same concert. Here Simone (female vocalist) sings more.

[@milologan5959]

Kingdom of heaven live

[@bignade00]

check out the song called the obssesive devotion live it's really heavy too & u gonna love it !

[@daianenina]

Kingdom of Heaven please it’s a masterpiece

[@merowinger4802]

Epica - Crimson Bow and Arrow is a cover of the Attack on Titan intro. This band is called Epica for a reason.

[@KreshDraven6]

Epica is a fantastic band and with an incredibly cohesive discography

[@isab.c.6702]

Simone is also Tarja's friend and she says that Tarja inspired her to start learning lyrical singing 🙃

[@paulretzbach9583]

Saw these guys live in NYC this past January at a small venue and it was a SICK show!!!

[@brothernemiel6465]

I somehow don´t listen to much of their songs on record although they were part of the early beginnings of my metal journey, but man those guys do not dissapoint live and I try to catch them when they are near my place. Last time I saw them was two years ago at Wacken and it turned out to be one of my personal highlights! honestly even before Nightwish on the same festival, but I guess the latter had a rough day as they came directly from a gig in Switzerland. Can't blame them but rather the tour manager tbh. Btw another highlight and total suprise to me was Alien Weaponry, didn't knew anything about them, but the maori thrash metal that came out of the, back then, 16-year old trio from New Zealand blew me away!

[@HawkNButterfly]

I'm a bit late to the party, but loved your reaction to this song. I discovered you through your reactions to Nightwish, and was pleasantly surprised to see you reacted to Consign to Oblivion, my favorite song from Epica. Now to go full circle, since people told you about the relationship of Epica with Nightwish (Floor used to be in After Forever with Mark, Simone was inspired by Tarja for her style...) why not try Kamelot (their album Epica was the inspiration for well... Epica's name :p), Memento Mori (Live in Belgrade) ? They have changed vocalist since then but this performance is amazing. Cheers !

[@dac2007]

Design Your Universe next!

[@lonelywind3511]

Actually Floor did two songs with Simone during the Epic Retrospect show. The one most people recommend is Sancta Terra but they also did Stabat Mater Dolorosa during that show. Two headbanging metal singers doing a full on operatic piece.

[@JHX1]

She just comes back in the end to calm things down and prevent the start of ww3... If this was the whole concert, I'd still go!

[@Cathelefay]

Design your Universe Retrospect Live with a choir and orchestra!

[@Cathelefay]

Or Kingdom of Heaven c:

[@Wriwnas1]

I have heard them live 4 times in the last decade, all the times they came to Athens, Greece. Simone sings operatically and she is a beauty and a fatntastic singer that sounds live even better than studio. Heavier than Nightwish, lots of "Beauty vs Beast" vocals, that's their thing. Welcome to the wholy trinity of Symphonic metal. Nigthwish, Epica, Within Temptation. \m/

[@MauroGarciaMJr]

Epica and Nightwish: My two favorite bands

[@TheDevilYouKnow891]

The Essence of Silence next !!! Or Design Your Universe live Retrospect ( live orchestra and choir.. PURE EPICNESS)

[@onlythtruth2938]

if you like that..Epica's 'kingdom of heaven", will blow you away by its heavy greatness

[@sonjaemery]

Yay Epica.......my favourite along with Nightwish!

[@AdamStraughan]

Epica are one of my favourite bands. Thanks so much for reacting man!

[@TheJrkrahe]

The Essence of Silence or Universal Death Squad. The lady name is Simone Simons and the guy is Mark Jansen.

[@amandasuomi773]

Yay Epica! She sings more often than Mark, but he has songs for himself too. Though similarly to Nightwish, she started back in the days with a very operatic style but with the years she's been singing less and less that way, incorporating more styles into her voice. That song is from their second album, so live she sticks with the original style of course. Some more recent songs that allow her to shine : "Unchain Utopia" : lighter song but really epic (obviously, lol). "Storm The Sorrow" is one of her favourites to sing, less operatic, but amazing. "Phantasmic Parade" is my favourite from their last album, very heavy and her singing is AMAZING and tough in many ways. "Design Your Universe" is another LONG epic song, my favourite from their whole catalog. Features her operatic style of singing. Others : "Ascension" probably has her highest soprano notes, but Mark sings most of it. It has a black metalish vibe to it. ;) "The Essence of Silence" still a lot of Mark in the verses, she does the chorus.

[@wesleyjgr]

Epica live never disappoints 🔥 Technically in the right point, heavy and melodic in the same time, very executed transitions…. Next, highly recommend Kingdom of heaven parte 3 from Omega Alive. Sublime composition. From classic to melodic death in minutes 🎸 🎻

[@Zoza15]

Epica is the heavier version of Nightwish. And yes their new album is in the making as we know it.

[@brianl8481]

I'd suggest checking out some Kamelot, where Epica got their name from, with both Roy Khan (original singer) and Tommy Karevik (current singer). "Karma" is as good of a place as any to start with Roy's era. "Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)" is definitely a good place to start with Tommy, though they did bring in both Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) and Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) for it, it is very much a Kamelot song.

[@pondboy3682]

About time bro! 😁👍

[@ukasso4758]

Epica- Design your Universe live. Must see!

[@brunovicente4324]

welcome to Epica!!!! Simone is the most gorgeous lead vocal in metal out there!!! And Epica has more heavier songs!!!!! Epica is the heavy dark litle NW sister, lol.... KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, live from Mexico with Lyrics, 15 min of pure masterpiece (not the lyric video because it sucks), The Essence of Silence, Universal Death Squad lyric videos, Design your Universe, Phantom Agony and Sancta Terra feat Floor Jansen in Retrospect Show just to begin with! Great Reaction

[@marielaoquendorodriguez670]

Bruno Vicente the lyric video doesn’t suck lol the “live” video does cause it’s not really live..never understood why people recommend that one...

[@florcita07]

A little late to the party, but of the top of my head, there is an old song by Epica called Mother of light, in wich you can hear both singers singing together. I don't know if there are good quality recordings of the song live, but it's from the album Consign to Oblivion

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

6:50 small joke from the keyboard playing the french national anthem lol

[@janottens6755]

Aaaaah what a good choise Thank you , i love this performence 😁😁😁😁👍💪

[@patriksjoholm7102]

Serenade Of Self-Destruction live from the Retrospect show is a favourite of mine. It might not be their best known song, but it's probably the best live performance of a song that i have seen from them (the vocals on the live version are completely different from the album version where everything is kind of held back and restrained). Another favourite of mine that hardly anyone ever mentions is Burn To A Cinder which is more of a straight forward metal song.

[@smp7077]

Epica - The Phantom Agony from Retrospect show 🤘🏻

[@jamiestout142]

Design your universe! :) Too many Epica songs to recommend they have a massive catalogue...

[@ladislaualbert2807]

Epica- heavy symphonic metal with a great mix of female melodic vocals with death and black metal vocals. Many of their songs have more of her singing. Another great band with nice contrast to NW. Both bands have epic songwriting!!! Enjoy.

[@Gabriel_Fonseca]

The Phantom Agony.

[@dandyprime5338]

So glad to see you reacting to this! Epica is one of the most successful European metal bands right alongside Nightwish and the most successful Dutch metal band. If you want to hear more of Epica, check out these songs: "Unleashed" (from their 2009 album, Design Your Universe) "Storm the Sorrow" (from their 2012 album, Requiem for the Indifferent) "Victims of Contingency" (from their 2014 album, The Quantum Enigma) "The Essence of Silence" (from their 2014 album, The Quantum Enigma) "Edge of the Blade" (from their 2016 album, The Holographic Principle) "Universal Death Squad" (from their 2016 album, The Holographic Principle) The female singer's name is Simone Simons. She's been in the band since the beginning, along with the harsh vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Mark Jansen, and the keyboardist, Coen Janssen. Mark Jansen has no relation to Floor Jansen, however, he and Floor were in a band together in the past called After Forever before the forming of Epica and before Floor was in Nightwish. I consider Epica to lean more towards the really heavy stuff since they have a harsh vocalist, which Nightwish does not have to any major degree. Epica has been around since 2002. They were originally called Sahara Dust before taking the name Epica before their first studio album released. They got the name Epica from the Kamelot album of the same name. Kamelot and Epica have a friendly history together. Kamelot is another symphonic metal band and Simone is married to Kamelot's keyboardist, Oliver Palotai. They have 7 studio albums and two EPs. Their 8th studio album is nearly complete and will be released later this year. Here's a breakdown for their discography and band members: [Discography] 1. The Phantom Agony (released in 2003) 2. Consign to Oblivion (released in 2005) 3. The Divine Conspiracy (released in 2007) 4. Design Your Universe (released in 2009) 5. Requiem for the Indifferent (released in 2012) 6. The Quantum Enigma (released in 2014) 7. The Holographic Principle (released in 2016) 8. TBA (2020) The Solace System EP (2017) Epica VS Attack on Titan Songs EP (2017 Japan; worldwide 2018) [Current Band Members] Simone Simons - Lead female vocals (2002-present) Mark Jansen - Harsh male vocals, rhythm guitarist (2002-present) Coenn Janssen - Keyboardist (2002-present) Arien van Weesenbeek - Drums (2006-present) Isaac Delahaye - Lead guitarist (2009-present) Rob van der Loo - Bass guitarist (2012-present) [Past Band Members] Helena Iren Michaelsen - Lead female vocals (2002; no songs were recorded with her as she left and Simone replaced her soon after. Simone was Mark's girlfriend at the time and completely unknown to the metal music scene) Jeroen Simons - Drums (2002-2006) Ad Sluijter - Lead guitarist (2002-2008) Yves Huts - Bass guitarist (2002-2012) Hopefully this gives you some more insight to the band! Looking forward to seeing you check out more of Epica! Thanks!

[@dejannightwish]

Consign To Oblivion

[@santosgalo]

Nice reaction Bro. I love them...Try Design your Universo or The Obsessive Devotion next

[@taemfreak]

Finally subscribed after this reaction! I love Epica and more people need to know about them. Simone DOES sing a lot. They are very diverse in their music catalogue, switching vocals all the time. In fact, Simone does sing MOST of the time to be honest and this song is one of the ones where Simone steps back and allows the song to be what it is. Many others like this, Mark and Simone are always switching back and forth between who's 'leading' but Simone leads 90% of the time just so you know their dynamic! Try: The Essence of Silence, The Holographic Principle, Ascension - Dream State of Armageddon, Edge of the Blade. :)

[@elwansaillant9752]

Design Your Universe live Retrospect is another insane show ending by Epica

[@Rose-From-the-Dead]

I'm gonna throw a wild card out there and request Kittie. Brackish is the song that got them famous. When they recorded it, they were a bunch of cute little Canadian teenagers that sounded like Cannibal Corpse, but managed to be mainstays on TRL. You won't regret it

[@richardhall6034]

Hi from the UK check out epica cry for the moon studio live

[@thancrow]

I love Simone Simons voice.

[@michaelasche6950]

Band manager: "We need alot of pyros" Pyro technician : "sounds like you have a band from overseas performing a show"

[@pfeuhpfeuh4447]

Avantasia- scarecrow wacken 2008 Very few reactions of this out there, you wont regret.

[@cyberdan42]

I love Epica, my introduction to symphonic metal. Adore the heavy, gritty sound and contrast between the growls and angelic singing. Anything from the Retrospect anniversary concert is simply amazing (including the noted Floor/Simone duet) but my picks for songs are all from my favourite studio album, so live Retrospect - Design Your Universe, Unleashed and Martyr of the Free Word would be three excellent choices.

[@likeanangel1000]

Epica -Dancing in a Hurricane (live) -Unleashed (Live) -The Holographic Principle - Victims of Contingency - Serenade of self- destruction (live) -Fight your Demons also another band: Infected Rain-Black Gold pleaaaase

[@ignaciovidela4187]

Nightwish is fully operatic when Tarja was the lead singer. In fact Simone studied classical singing thanks to Nightwish. You should check some more staff of Nightwish with Tarja

[@ignaciovidela4187]

You should check Epica "Illusive Consensus", not such heavy but more operatic

[@WinterKestrel]

More please!

[@arya.yudhistira11]

Nightwish & Epica are top two of my favorite bands ever. Try more Epica. - Sancta terra (duet with Floor) - Cry for the moon - Design your universe - Essence of silence - Dancing in a hurricane

[@daeva7]

"Kingdom of Heaven" is another good Epica song. "Epica - Kingdom of Heaven (Live video) (Lyrics - English / Español | Subtitulado)" is a video that combines the sound of the studio version with the live video. It's in my opinion the best video of this song. You should also check "Epilogue" by Fleshgod Apocalypse. Fleshgod Apocalypse is an Italian symphonic death metal band.

[@tillylovesholland1161]

Of you want to see and hear them sing together watch their video Abyss of time

[@ronaldboers8061]

The band is bit heavier then Nightwish on average but apart from that there lyrics are spectacular as well. Take a closer look at them and you find out that never create simple songs. The next song i would like you to take a look is recording from a Dutch legendary tv program called the "2 meter sessions" (the actual length of the presenter). They usually invited well known artist and arranged a studio, and then gave the artists the freedom to records their songs in a way that a normal commercial recordstudio would not allow them to. Even though the songs are recorded in a studio for the best result it is totally live and unedited, wich was a trademark of the show. The only exception they ever made to them inviting renowned artists was Epica. The presenter received their debut album from the record company which is not unusual in the business. When he listend to it he was so impressed that he went over to the producer and said "you have to listen to this". This resulted in 1 hour special (released on dvd/cd) and this was one of the clips. They were all very young indeed (Simone had just finished her vocal lessons). One of the people singing in the choir was one of her vocal coaches (the blond woman called Amanda Somerville). If you watch the whole hour you see that she is very proud of her pupil and gives her some encouraging signals. The string sections in the studio were all conservatory musicians who had no prior knowledge of the music they were going to play except for the papers in front of them. The dvd has been sold out as you can imagine. I bought my copy second hand for 50 euro's but it worth every penny. A great example of this session in the song "The phantom agony" The song is beautiful and the closing section with the strings section is just magical. It sometimes looks like Mark Jansen is just goofing around but when he starts talking music seriously you will see a true artist. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3LPg5lvpstsmpI

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Epica singer Simone began her career as metal vocalist after hearign Tarja of Nightwish. Its not an exaggeration to say that without nightwish epica would never have been-

[@MrDannyDarkside]

You should watch and listen to Epica - Kingdom of Heaven live. Its something you really should experience :).

[@evilvolts]

Epica Sancta Terra Featuring (Floor Jansen of Nightwish)

[@MrYamaha2306]

Epica - Sancta Terra (live AT Retrospect Show).....Hm if u wanna wait for that Floor thing, try to check other one then in a meantime---->>> Epica - Dancing In A Hurricane (Live AT ZENITH)

[@Benobot99]

Epica - Chasing the Dragon (album version)

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Epica is always a party:)