It is even possible to do a happy dance to this! After this song a very special track starts. With a choir and a nice rhythm it is easy to go along with the beat. The song is really catchy, but not in an annoying way. Unchain Utopia (the new single, available from 4-4) is a track that would do nicely as a single if they made a radio-edit. It has a quiet part in the middle, a no nonsense part after, nice melodies on keys and guitar and a nice spoken voice. This one makes it to nearly eight minutes and contains all the well-known parts of Epica. Previous releases had three or four long tracks on the album, this time it’s two. The fifth track on the record is Sense Without Sanity and this is one of the longer tracks. With the choirs, strong grunts by Mark Jansen and again some great vocals by Simone this is one of my favorite tracks. The song is loud, but the balance is near perfect here as well. Victims of Contigency continues this newfound hard sound with a double bass of ‘The Beast’. This is bound to be a fan favorite on the upcoming tour. The track is hard, starting with grunts and has found a great new balance with regards to how loud the band can go. The song hit a chord with fans worldwide right away and also created some new fans. The third track on the album The Essence of Silence was previously released by means of a lyric video. It will be a great opener for the new live shows, not messing about, but going full force right away. This track is very solid with hard drums from Ariën ‘The Beast’ van Weesenbeek, a nice solo by Isaac Delahaye and the beautiful clean vocals from Simone Simons. Therefore you easily flow into The Second Stone after the intro. From the first notes of opening track Originem the listener knows that this will be great! The advantage of all the records of this band is that they have a clear beginning and end. The very recognizable sound has stayed, but the tones have changed. With this new record the band has partly entered a new road. The record will be released on the second of May 2014 and will be presented a few days earlier, on April 30 in the 013 in Tilburg. Unfortunately this doesn’t stand for The Quasimodo Effect, but for the much better title: The Quantum Enigma. The band released their first record in 2003 and this year sees the release of number six. This appears to be the same frequency with which the band Epica releases their new albums. Once every two or three years a rare pearl is released in the Female Fronted Metal scene. Original Text & Pictures by: Sharik “MCSharQ”įREE GIVE-AWAY INCLUDED! READ MORE AT THE END OF THIS REVIEW!
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