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EPICA

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Category:	Music
Created:	Dec 15, 2004
Type:	Public
Members:	2183
Owner:	SepulcrO
Language:	English
Country:	United States of America

Dutch gothic metal band.
Line-up: Simone Simons (vocals) Mark Jansen (Guitars, composition, screams) Ad Sluijter (guitars, grunts) Jeroen Simons (drums) Coen Janssen (synth) Yves Huts (bass)

"Mark Jansen and his fellow musicians harbour a great interest in other cultures, especially Arab ones. The warmth with which people treat one anotherthere, but also the music from that part of the world. The varied sound of Epica reflects all that. Also influences from other parts of the world, including South-America found their way to the songs that figure on the debut album.
After a brief and stormy period as one of the creative king pins of the successful Dutch band After Forever, Mark Jansen felt compelled to start all over again recently. (...) The band works with a classically trained choir, whereas extra colour is added to the music thanks to eight strings: 3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and a double bass. The red thread is mezzo-soprano Simone Simons, who with the style of a classically trained opera singer stays on top of the material. Epica is a band that is fond of contrasts. Solid guitars versus flawless choral singing and strings. The sublime singing of Simone Simons versus the excruciating grunts of Mark Jansen."