Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band EPICA have a well-deserved reputation of being close to their dedicated fans. With nearly 2 million likes on Facebook, the band is covering new grounds within the virtual world, and they’re always eager to try new ways of reaching out to music lovers from around the world. To that end, EPICA singer SIMONE SIMONS, guitarist MARK JANSEN and keyboard player COEN JANSSEN are setting aside 60 minutes on Tuesday, November 19th at 10 a.m. PACIFIC / 1 p.m. EASTERN to chat with fans via Spotify’s Soundrop.
To take part in the chat, visit: http://soundrop.fm/s/epica
Install the Soundrop app into your Spotify account and follow the upper link to the chat room (chat function is in the upper right).
View more details on the Soundrop chat by clicking the icon below.
Celebrating their 10th Anniversary with a spectacular “One Night Only” sold-out concert at the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, The Netherlands with five thousand fans in attendance, Retrospect, EPICA’s live 2-DVD/3-CD career retrospective, is strictly limited to 3,000 copies in North America and will be released in the U.S. and Canada on November 26th. It includes a 48-page booklet, exclusive interviews with all EPICA band members, and behind-the-scenes footage from their self-professed “longest & biggest show ever.”
The prima book & exclusive Retrospect t-shirt bundle (below) can be pre-ordered from the Retrospect Landing Page: http://bit.ly/epicaretrospect
Watch a live clip of “The Phantom Agony” on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpIEPdRXwYA
“Unleashed” live is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxd6sxLxdys
The pyro-filled & lightshow-studded evening also included special guest appearances by fellow Dutch metal frontwoman Floor Jansen (NIGHTWISH, REVAMP) EPICA founding drummer Jeroen Simons, founding guitarist Ad Sluijter, and founding bassist Yves Huts performing on the band’s breakthrough single “Quietus” from EPICA’s 2005 album Consign To Oblivion.
In addition to the collection of EPICA of hits from their entire catalog, the Retrospect DVD also features instrumental covers of classics by Italian Baroque composer Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, and the Oscar-winning film composer John Williams.
The track listing for Retrospect is:
01 – Introspect
02 – Monopoly On Truth
03 – Sensorium
04 – Unleashed (live clip at http://youtu.be/rxd6sxLxdys)
05 – Martyr Of The Free Word
06 – Chasing The Dragon
07 – Presto
08 – Never Enough
09 – Stabat Mater Dolorosa
10 – Twin Flames
11 – Serenade Of Self-Destruction
12 – Orchestral Medley
13 – The Divine Conspiracy ~Anniversary Edition~
14 – Delirium
15 – Blank Infinity
16 – The Obsessive Devotion
17 – Retrospect
18 – Battle Of The Heroes & Imperial March
19 – Quietus
20 – The Phantom Agony (live clip at http://youtu.be/gpIEPdRXwYA)
21 – Cry For The Moon
22 – Sancta Terra
23 – Design Your Universe
24 – Storm The Sorrow
25 – Consign To Oblivion
26 – Outrospect
Visit EPICA online at www.EPICA.nl.
Like: www.facebook.com/EPICA
Follow: http://twitter.com/EPICA
Watch: www.YouTube.com/EPICA
Enjoy: www.Flickr.com/photos/EPICAOFFICIAL
