The new Epica album: Design Your Universe

Cool. I am glad I can raise some interest. Who knows you'll catch them live one day.

  :ok:

North American tourdates in January & February:

26-01-2010 Jaxx West Springfield, VA United States 
27-01-2010 The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA United States 
29-01-2010 The Blender Theatre at Gramercy New York, NY United States 
30-01-2010 The Palladium Worcester, MA United States 
31-01-2010 Club Soda Montreal, QUE Canada 
02-02-2010 Mod Club Toronto, ONT Canada 
03-02-2010 Peabody's Cleveland, OH United States 
04-02-2010 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, ILL United States 
05-02-2010 Rave Milwaukee, WI United States 
06-02-2010 Station 4 St. Paul, MN United States 
08-02-2010 Royal Arlbert Arms Winnipeg, MB Canada 
10-02-2010 Starlite Room Edmonton, AL Canada 
11-02-2010 Warehouse Calgary, AL Canada 
13-02-2010 Sugar Victoria, BC Canada 
14-02-2010 El Corazon Seattle, WA United States 
15-02-2010 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR United States 
17-02-2010 Slim's San Francisco United States 
18-02-2010 Key Club Los Angeles, CA United States 
19-02-2010 U.B.'s Bar Mesa, AZ United States 
20-02-2010 The Rock Tucson, AZ United States 
22-02-2010 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO United States 
23-02-2010 Marquee Tulsa, OK United States 
24-02-2010 Scout Bar Houston, TX United States 
25-02-2010 Scout Bar San Antonio, TX United States 
27-02-2010 Volume 11 Raleigh, NC United States 
28-02-2010 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA United States
 
Listened to this album last night. Very good, but it didn't quite do it for me. I'm not sure why... they have many elements to their style that I like. And though the vocals aren't my exact preference, they were far better than I expected. It's sort of like individual bits or moments constantly impressed me as the album played, and yet the total impression it left behind wasn't even close to being as good. The whole is less than the sum of the parts, somehow.

This is certainly just a matter of my preference in music. I can hear that the record is masterfully made, the songs are well written, the musicianship is great. It's just not the style I prefer to hear - though the more progressive sections of this album come very close.
 
Yes it's a matter of taste but still this album could be a grower though. On the Epica forum I read some complaints after a first listen but after a while they get more and more positive.

Witnessing an Epica live gig is imo much cooler than playing the record. Of course that goes for most bands but with Epica I have that feeling a bit more than with other bands.
 
I'm getting the recordone on friday  :yey:

I managed to stay away from YouTube and other downloads, I've only heard Resign to Surrender and Unleashed (and the teasers + the ''making of'' videos)
 
Helphyre said:
I've been listening to this album almost nonstop for weeks now. Truly their best.
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I agree 100%  :bigsmile:

The general theme of the album seems to be about freedom; and I love the defense of freedom of speech in Martyr of the Free Word, but some songs talks way too much about ''how horrible humanity has become'', which is a view that's common, but I don't share it at all. But it shouldn't really matter, I like black metal even though I'm not a satanist.

And I still think some of the lyrics are a bit ''messy''. They switch by talking about freedom to preach about how you should live, like Semblance of Liberty, and it just doesen't connect.
 
Reumeren said:
...but some songs talks way too much about ''how horrible humanity has become'', which is a view that's common, but I don't share it at all. But it shouldn't really matter, I like black metal even though I'm not a satanist.
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If you are refering to Epica, they are NOT black metal much less "satanists." as to their "how horrible hummanity has become" I think it just refers to the broken systems, whether religion or politics, but they usually champion individual freedom, achievement and potential...
 
I didn't say they were satanists or black metal. I was just making a comparison. What I meant was: I can listen to music without having to agree with its message 100%.
 
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