![]() They're like a breath of fresh air that gives you a slap in the face when you go off track. Because despite Epica not being anywhere near one of my favourite bands, they have an incredibly positive influence on me. It's a rather peculiar choice of subject for metal but I think more artists should do this sort of thing. The truth is we're all somehow distracted and out of focus most of our time and these people are trying (quite successfully I might add) to snap you out of that state and make you actually live your life. This actually happens to me all the time! I really have to make an effort to focus my mind on one thing. Take the lyrics in "A Phantasmic Parade": "Playing a million pictures in my mind/ That travel at the speed of light". They also bring a lot of their attention to the digitallized and technological world we've come to live in and the way it affects our awareness. Preaching motivation, positivity and peace, they put these ideas in opposition with certain mistakes of human behavior, the latter representing nothing but "your hologram", an illusion that you believe in and that blinds you from reality. ![]() It has real depth and message that everyone should hear!Īs the wise and enlightened entity they claim to be, Epica chose to maintain a similar concept with the one in "The Quantum Enigma" but seen from a different perspective. Despite the easy and accessible songwriting style they've always had, this to me seems a lot more than a pile of hooks and sing-along choruses. And even with that mindset, I am pretty impressed. I can't look at this the same way I'd look at the debut of some unknown group trying to make a name for themselves. Since this is their seventh full-length release and they're a very important name in the scene, the standards are pretty high. However, after a more thorough listen I have to say that it's a very good piece of work. And when The Holographic Principle was released I didn't give it much attention. Symphonic metal was never my first choice as it tends to be quite repetitive and stale most of the time. I've been getting into Epica quite a lot lately. Women in metal, hell yes! Check this out! It's no wonder she's friends with Christina Scabbia. Mark does the bulk of the songwriting which is where Simone has to latch onto (the concepts) in order to successfully belt forth her immaculate clean Dutch vocal duties. I can't wait to hear their latest 'Omega'. Though I did enjoy 'The Solace System' EP quite immensly. I feel that this one and that one are my favorites. I think that 'The Quantum Enigma' is or was a good start to the band. I think that Simone's voice on here seems to fit that moving sound that the band has eradiated over the years which I don't want to go any further down their discography. She barely made it through High School when it was the second time around that she was asked to be on vocals for the band. Mark seems to have infected Simone with certain types of physics (which appears on an interview with Simone). The whole album seems to tell a story and seems to be a sort of concept release. ![]() ![]() But this one in particular hit-home with me. I don't much like the video but hearing the song on this LP has what really got me into this release. My favorite song of all time from the band "Universal Death Squad" is featured on a YouTube video for the song. Her voice soothes the brutal tunes of the music. But on here to me, she's absolutely amazing. Simone is easily likeable though they are many people that I've heard that despise her voice and personality. Both styles of the vocals (brief) seem to mesh well with the operatic vox. But they (despite the keys) sound like an underground band with seriously intriguing musicians. The music is all-encompassing pretty orchestra tic and the guitar riffs are blatantly heavy. 'The Holographic Principle' features some moderate sounding tempos with illustrious vocals (clean) as well as mixed with some male voice that's hoarse (featured on "Universal Death Squad", etc.). I also liked their EP 'The Solace System' which featured 6 tracks that didn't make it on this full-length. I like Simone's vocals and the music, which is whole symphonic featuring some killer guitars. I felt that since I liked that one, 'The Holographic Principle' was good in the next. I was a fan after I heard 'The Quantum Enigma' some years ago when it was newly released.
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