Music Teacher Reacts: Epica - Consign to Oblivion (Live)
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Music Teacher Reacts: Epica - Consign to Oblivion (Live)
My first Epica video! This was a real treat and I can't believe what they are doing live! Another band to add to my symphonic metal education.
Thanks for such a great recommendation!
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Consign to Oblivion is one of their most iconic songs, but Kingdom of Heaven is definitely their magnum opus; a 13-minute symphonic prog death metal epic and highlights all of the elements of their music and how they come together.
Absolutely, Kingdom of Heaven is a masterpiece, and I was lucky enough to hear it live the first time they ever played it (they never play it live) in Berlin, I was in heaven!
Absolutely but it needs to be the live lyric fan video instead of the studio version
To Mark that would still be Consign to Oblivion which is why they close with the song.
@@linkiny yeeah i have the same lucky . I've saw kingdom of heaven live in Argentina. The entired show was amazing!!!. The 10th desing your universe tour
Agreed Kingdom of Heaven is their magnum opus. I'm surprised Epica never posted an official live video of it, they have the lyric video instead.
And, yes, the Sancta Terra duet with Floor is mandatory. As is Stabat Mater Dolorosa from the same concert.
Mandatory for Nightwish fans maybe.
@@BDawborn Erm, no. 'Mandatory' because it's a feckin' brilliant performance.
@@AnOldGreyDog its a great song to introduce Epica to people who only have listened too Nightwish and Floor
Stabat Mater Dolorosa is the best
@@BDawborn Well i'm guessing you are an Epica fan, if Simone would come to a Nightwish concert you would like people to react to that song. People that are more familiar with Nightwish than Epica (but still like it) will of course suggest that one.
I think it's a great song to showcase both ladies voices even though it's not as representative of Epica as other ones, and a good way to go from Nightwish to Epica in a reaction channel.
Epica's epos 'Kingdom of Heaven' live is mandatory. It's Epica's best song ever. Drummer is Ariën van Weesenbeek, also known as the 'The Beast'
Andreas Friedel Yes! And while Sancta Terra live at Retrospection is a good version due to Floor singing in it, I don’t like them getting into Epica with a guest vocalist.
That song is a mind blowing, it's amazing.
Look I like KoH but the reason Epica closes with CtO is because it's the song that has ever Epica element in it and that's going by Mark.
@@evacody1249 that's his personal opinion, but I prefer KoH
Epica- Chasing the Dragon Retrospect live!!!
Maybe a heavier cut is the best next step but I firmly support this song being in the near future. Get simone out front because her talent is unreal.
Epica - Kingdom of heaven
2nd this
YES
My symphonic metal journey started with Nightwish. And as much as I love them, I gravitate towards heavier/progressive music which Epica just hit every single note I didn't know I needed and became one of my favorites. Simone Simmons is hands down one of the most amazing voices I have ever heard. It breaks my heart that this band isn't more well known. What an amazing sound and combination of styles. Thanks for giving them a platform for others to hear them and appreciate.
You mentioned Mark Jansen came from After Forever, which was Floor's first band. Floor and Simone (lead singer of Epica) are actually very good friends. Nightwish is my favorite band, but Epica is a damn close number 2.
For me, Nightwish, Epica, and Within Temptation are my symphonic metal hat trick.
@@OlettaLiano me hat trick is Nightwish, Haggard and Therion
I agree, for me it's the same about Nightwish and Epica! And Rammstein adds my personal triumvirat:-)
@@OlettaLiano For me it is Versailles, Nightwish, Epica and then Within Temptation.
I love number 2
You're one of the few people who mentions the drummer specifically. He is Arien van Weesenbeek, and IMO an absolute world class beast on the drums.
This song is super important because it's the closing track for most of their concerts. It's a signature track that showcases Epica's style, although it's an older track and compositionally simpler compared to many of their newer songs. Might I recommend Essence of Silence (official live) ?
You are a wonderful person for recommending The Essence of Silence. I had a random Google Play radio station based on a Nightwish track playing one day and the algorithm hit me with that song and since been on a mission to get all their albums. Such a good song and good recommendation!
Arien is such and underrated drummer. His addition to the band adds so much. Just listen to this song from the album vs live. It's night and day.
It cracks me up every time Simone holds the mic out for the keyboardist 😂
She's the Human Microphone Stand!
Coen just wants his moments of fame on stage. And he'll sure as hell gets them.
React to Design Your Universe live from retrospect show, it have a live orquestra and choir, you’ll love it 🖤❤️ I love that you talked about the drummer, he’s criminally underrated! I love the band you can see they love what they do on stage 👌🏼
Love that song, i have yet to watch the whole Retrospect show, cant believe i haven't done it yet
Lead singer Simone Simons is a good friend of Floor Jansen. Seeing & hearing Simone and Floor together (and a big orchestra): Watch the song (live) "Sancta Terra" from Epica: czcams.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/video.html
Also note that in this show they have a Live orchestra and choir, rather than a backtrack:)
After Forever was quite an influencial band, actually. Not only Mark Jansen was part of it; Floor Jansen (Nightwish) was the lead singer, and keyboardist Joost van den Broek is now a well known metal producer for European symphonic and prog metal bands, as well as he has become an important part of Ayreon. Not sure if you have ever heard of Ayreon, but if you have not then you should definitely check it out. Start with The day that the world breaks down, the official video. I’m sure you will like it.
I wouldn't say After Forever was that influential, mostly because the only other bands sounding like them also have Mark Jansen in their lineups. I think that's because of the complexity and genre blending in their music, the main reason why they never went mainstream. I also believe they targeted the wrong audience. Most of the symphonic power metal fans were and is still not prepared for this kind of music. Don't get me wrong, After Forever and Epica are my favorite sympho metal bands, I'll take anything they made over Nightwish or Xandria etc
their sancta terra live performance with floor is easily my favorite live video
Epica is just so diverse like Nightwish is. Of course they lean a little on the heavier side than Nightwish does. Simone has an amazing voice and it just blends so good with the growling vocals. They use a lot of choir in their songs and it fits so good. A lot of people recommend this song cause it captures the spirit of the band live.
"Is that something you'd be interested in?" DO IT. DO IT TOMORRO- NO - TODAY...
exactly! :D
Thank goodness, about damn time, Hazah!
Epica - Design your own universe next, trust me just do it. Best thing ever.
Then... Wintersun
Ok I know I already commented but seriously, please, for the love of all that's metal
Epica - kingdom of heaven
Epica - design your own universe
Just enjoy it, I'd love to see a react, but at least check it out. You won't be disappointed 😊
Yaaaassss plzzz🙌
Add my amen to both suggestions. Those too are long epic songs, although EPICA are great at shorter "hit" songs with attitude as well. But yes their construction is mind-boggling, but the music and melodies - very memorable, and the great moments - spine-chillingly awesome. I would definitely tune in if you choose to analyse them on cam.
The guitarist doing the harsh vocals and speaking to the crowd is Mark Jansen who, as you read, was in After Forever with Floor Jansen (Nightwish's lead vocalist - no family relation). He left due to creative differences and founded Epica with his girlfriend at the time - current lead vocalist Simone Simons. Simone and Floor are close personal friends.
Simone and Mark are no longer a couple but they still work very well together. Simone is married to Oliver Palotai who is the keyboards player of another power/symphonic metal band: Kamelot (in which Simone was a guest vocalist) . Kamelot was the support band for Nightwish on their Imaginaerum US tour in 2012 and when Nightwish's lead vocalist at the time, Anette Olzon, fell ill just before their Denver concert, Kamelot's touring vocalists Elize Ryd and Alissa White-Gluz covered for her. The decision to go ahead with the concert instead of cancelling it was publically criticized by Anette on her blog which lead to her firing and Floor joining Nightwish.
Elize was once considered by Nightwish as a replacement for Tarja (the band's original vocalist) in 2005 after they fired her but they thought Elize was too young and inexperienced at the time and chose Anette instead. Elize went on to found Amaranthe, itself an excellent metal band. Parallel to this, on their first album with Anette, Nightwish released a song titled Amaranth.
The symphonic metal scene sometimes feels like one big family with Nightwish sitting at the end of the dinner table :)
I recommend reacting to Sancta Terra by Epica - Live Retrospect ft. Floor Jansen.
And Alissa White-Gluz is now the Vocalist of Arch Enemy. The world is a village.
This reaction is one that I appreciate and have enjoyed the most from anyone, because you happened to have noticed so many small details that make this song so darn epic! I went through the same experience. The full sense of how great this production is did not fully registered in me-until maybe-the third viewing of the video. I appreciate this a bunch.. Smart and insightful reaction. You have a new subscriber!
React to Design Your Universe, Chasing the Dragon, Unleashed from Retrospect and Unchain Utopia (Live Official)
Fucking LOVE chasing the dragon, it's an absolutely amazing epica song
Hy, i am a private in NW army and a Epica worshiper. Love your reactions and hope to see more of NW and Epica. Next i would definetely recommend Kingdom of Heaven live in México with lyrics (please not the official one) you will love it and its mandatory Sancta Terra feat Floor Jansen from Retrospect show. Great reaction! Keep the Good work
They have performed live with a choir before, and it's so deeply lovely. I saw them a couple of months ago and this was my fave song that they performed- there's so much packed into it.
Loved the reaction. Long time Epica fan here. This is just one of their classics that they usually close out their concerts with. I has a little bit of everything that is Epica in it: Growls, Operatics, Death Metal. Often touted as 'Nightwish's darker sibling'. Mark Jansen and Floor Jansen (no relation) were in After forever together. Simone Simons (singer of Epica) and Floor are close friends. I think they even shared an apartment for a while. Both Simone and Floor are also often featured together in the project that is Ayreon. I am sure you will get many recommendations for these ones:
Epica - Kingdom of Heaven. Arguably their biggest master piece. Link: czcams.com/video/PF56D9mrlck/video.html (I like this one better than the 'official' one)
Epica - Sancta Terra. Features Floor. Link: czcams.com/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/video.html
Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down. Link: czcams.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/video.html
Enjoy.
Right, Simone was a long time participant in Ayreon. It is such a pitty that she couldn't make it to the only live concert that was ever held and (knowing Arjen being Arjen) that will probably the only live concert forever.
@Olga Hein. Was Simone not in the Electric castle and other tales concert?
@@olgahein4384 Simone was in the Electric Castle concert in 2019.
I always see Nightwish fans ask for Sancta Terra with Floor but please please if you want to see what Epica is really about, that song does not do them justice at all- it's just fans wanting you to react to Floor. (I love the song but honestly, it's tiring to see all the time and it does not represent them)
Chasing the Dragon from Retrospect and Blank Infinity from Retrospect would be good starts- you've already began with this beast of a song! Love the reaction. :)
Kingdom of Heaven is what others have called their magnus opus so maybe wait a little longer for it. :)
Edit: btw, I am a Nightwish fan also so no bad feelings! I love Epica just as much and they don't have a loud enough fanbase to back them up unfortunately.
Here is the link for this song. czcams.com/video/Dx-FsHAQHp8/video.html
There’s a very good overlap between the fan bases. I bet you most of us are After Forever fans too. I hear ya about the most done songs. Would be cool to see Sancta Terra but we can for it be done later.
@@sugoruyo Definitely agree with you there. I am also an After Forever fan from back in the day and have been following both bands (meaning Floor and Simone) for a long time. It's just Sancta Terra could definitely wait until later so he can get a good idea of what they are really about first- it would be a nice difference!
Thanks reacting to this
Try kingdom of heaven :3
The thing with Épica is that they were form after Mark Jansen and Floor Jansen part ways from their band After forever.. that was an excellent band and Floors vocals and versatility were great.
And then you can continue with SanctaTerra , Épica live with a special guest,, Floor Jansen. This version ie awesome as well
Sancta Terra Live from the Retrospect show is the way to go. You get to see the full orchestra and choir, and of course, Floor guest singing with Simone.
What the hell are you talking about? Epica's first album released in 2003 Mark Hanson left After Forever before that album dropped.
After Forever didn't break up until 2009 and Floor didn't join Nightwish until 2013.
And for the love of metal would people stop riding the nightwish band wagon so hard you refuse to let Epica be appreciated without bringing up Sancta Terra? Epica is great on their own.
Sancta Terra isn't that great of a song and the live version with Floor is terribly recorded and mixed.
Just listen to Nightwish, love the band been a fan since wishmaster. And listen to Epica, equally great band, been a fan since we will take you with us.
TL:Dr calm down Nightwish army Epica can shine on their own and deserve to be appreciated beyond Sancta Terra
@@cypherredux2771 ..exactly...
So first off you need to react to Epica Kingdom of Heaven
Second you need to react to Dimmu Borgir live from the forces of the northern night.They are a symphonic black metal band from Norway. Songs from this show i would recommend Gateways which features a guest female vocalist
Self titled song Dimmu Borgir
Progenies of the great Apocalypse
This whole concert is mind blowing musical perfection imo
Epica is great because they bring you Consign, this great headbang/mosh song and then you listen to Tides of Time and just cry. That's what they do. They're so versatile and their lyrics are great too.
"Tides of time" actually made me take a closer at the lyrics and made me a fan of the band.
1:41 "You know the drill" how incredibly funny that Simone says exactly that at the intro. I love symphonic metal and Classical for the same reasons, the complexity, the horns and strings.
Finally someone saying anything about Arien, he's an amazing drummer! ♥️♥️♥️
YES! Epica is incredible! I suggest "The Essence of Silence," "The Obsessive Devotion," "Kingdom of Heaven," and "Design Your Universe" to start. They have a fantastic catalogue of music. I always feel Mark Jansen is very underrated as a composer and musician. It should also be noted that Simone Simons (the vocalist) does write lyrics for the band as well. I also believe Coen Janssen (the keyboardist) also writes for the band. So there is a lot more writing from the entire band as compared to Nightwish (where Tuomas is the main composer and lyricist).
Mark Jansen founded After Forever, which was Floor Jansen's (no relation) first metal band. I really suggest checking out After Forever sometime too.
Actually they all do their part. Mark for example hated writing guitar solos just as Ad did. So you can hear after The Divine Conspiracy when Isaac joined a whole new take on the guitar structures... and then I forgot one of the best assets Epica has, Ariën on drums
Epica is a great band, together with After Forever they helped me overcome my initial aversion to those death metal vocals))) After Forever is really worth checking out too, especially if you are curious about symphonic metal. Decipher, the last album (I believe) they made with Mark, regularly makes the lists of top symphonic metal albums ever, especially its gothic/black metal strand (as opposed to the power metal strand where Nightwish comes from). Partially because Decipher is so good, but also because of when it came out, making it very influential for the genre. That album and Epica have the same blueprint, save for swapping out soprano for a mezzo, and, of course, the evolution over time. My personal favorite of their's is Design Your Universe - just like Decipher it opens with a ridiculous string of great song after great song, blending in to be a very satisfying immersive experience. And great lyrics too, that's another Epica hallmark, like my favorite Martyr of the Free World.
I'm not the first to mention it, but it can't be said enough: if you liked this one, you're going to love Epica - Sancta Terra ft. Floor Jansen live Retrospect show. This was a special anniversary concert with a full choir and orchestra. Floor and Simone singing harmony is also one of the most beautifull things I ever heard.
Dude, u need to see avantasia - the scarecrow live (the flying opera one), it will hurt your brain
My old laptop fought this vid every second. It flung off it's wifi connection every 10 seconds. It's like my mom, from the great beyond, is trying to exert her opinions even now. I'm 57, just trying to get an idea of what Metal is, and Mom ( Catholic school teacher) is trying to keep me away from it 24 yrs after her death. She has possessed my laptop! She must feel very threatened by this EPIC coolness! This is NOT the Metal that existed when I was in high school.
Yes, please, by all means, tell us about YOU! How did you learn about Metal and music? What got you into teaching? What influenced you growing up? How did you get HERE?
Im super glad you reacted to this. Great song by a great band.
Epica take their name from the Kamelot album of the same name (the sequel to which, _The Black Halo,_ features guest vocals from Simone).
Might as well continue down the path and check out them out soon, too?
I'd recommend the live version of the Elizabeth suite, which is widely regarded amongst Roy Khan era Kamelot fans to be the pinnacle performance with Khan. Link to that here: czcams.com/video/ecvHBLadaxM/video.html
Really anything from the live concert recording that is taken from is great, but I feel like you'll have more appreciation for Elizabeth than say something like The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) [ft. Simone Simons] which while still good is meant to be a more "easily digestable" song.
Yes.
I love the fact the keyboardist moves around on his keyboard
I love his screams aswell 😂
Epica are fast becoming one of my favourite bands. Love the complexity of their songs, and they are still metal 🤘
I haven't seen a comment yet why this song is the important song for Epica.
This is from their second album called Consign to Oblivion. Their first album (The Phantom Agony) had a small break through but that was mainly After Forever fans who wanted to check out what Mark had been doing after he left AF.
Now CtO came out while more and more european symphonic metal heads where searching for something heavier then Within Temptation and Evanescence. So this came out, and it was completely different because they got the death metal influences in there. The song is the last song of the album and ever since the album came out it also has been the last album of a concert. This song is the one song where Epica showcased their talent and uniqueness within this genre. Ever since then they just got bigger and bigger.
For me as an early listener it's pure nostalgic. Everytime I hear this I remember the 16 year old me in a small cafe witnessing a band that should already be on a grand stage. That they actually accomplished that just makes me so so happy. This song resembles those feelings.
And I probably got it wrong why this song is so important, but this is how I see it. And I've been following Epica since 2003. And a bit before they released their first album.
same choir and orchestra who helped them wit backing tracks (the 70-piece Extended Hungarian Remenyi Ede Chamber Orchestra and the Choir of Miskolc National Theatre.) were with them 3h in Epica 10 anniversary (Retrospect show)
I suggest Phantom Agony
czcams.com/video/fP3Sku0kY6Y/video.html
from that show
Yup, Fav band and fav song in the world.
I saw Epica in November 2008 (Montpellier). The group was only 3 years old. They were great already.
I love that you stop and say what's on your mind. I learn so much lol.
Glad to have seen them performing this song live
🥰 i love your reaction 🤟🏻
Haven't finished seeing the video yet, so idk if this will come up later, but Epica's main composer, Mark Jansen (growls and rythm guitar), was with Floor Jansen in After Forever's first two albums, which in my opinion, made After Forever my favorite female fronted band back then (yes, over Nightwish, easy choice).
Extremely easy choice, I'd say hahahaha After Forever rules
They actually had an orchestra and a live choir at that concert. You can see them if you react to Sancta Terra featuring Floor Jansen. It's well worth watching!!
It’s a long one but Kingdom of Heaven is one of my favourite epica songs :)
Yes, do that video of your journey through music!
Design Your Universe. Its the PERFECT balance with the fundamentals elements of Epica: symphonic choir and high voice + heavy metal.
Epica! My favourite band
They have a couple of live shows with an orchestra with a live choir it’s AMAZING
Great reaction. I always come back to this video, even if it doesn't give back half of the atmosphere that evening. And yes, the flames were quite hot, even in the first rows in the crowd 😉
Epica is more metal then Nightwish, heavier, darker. But they write great ballads too. They have a great catalogue of songs really worth checking out. Ariën, the drummer, is called The Beast. Wellm I guess you get why. He and Mark (the guitarist / growler) have a second band called MaYaN. They are even more dense, there is hardly any ginger inbetween the parts of the songs. No compromise for hooklines and... 5 singers. And great instrumentalists. I recommend Saints don't die as this song features all 5 of the singers.
The band name comes from Kamelot's concept album Epica. Or so the lore says.
And to make things interesting Simone is married to Kamelot's keyboard player.
Following this not so thin red line; Kamelot - Elizabeth (live in Oslo). Or Abandoned or Haunting. The latter one is a duet with Simone.
Keep it up!
If you want to see them live with an orchestra and choir, check out Design Your Universe from their Retrospect DVD. Glad you finally got to Epica. Definitely my favorite symphonic metal band and in my top 4 all time bands.
I think you'd enjoy "Design your Universe" the live version from the Retrospect show! The vocals are so good and I just live for the performance + they play with an entire orchestra and choir 🖤
What amazes me the most is how Mark immediatly continues after the fast part, that guy has insane control over his breathing (makes sense as he's a Wim Hof Method follower) :)
Yeah, would be interesting to hear your story.
Epica did a concert with a live orchestra and choir in 2013. It's called "Retrospect" and it comes with 2 DVDs and 3 CDs. Epica is my favorite band right now.
Tbh, I think the most obvious reason for people to specifically request this song (and especially this version) is not so much because it's the quintessential Epica song, but because of the fact that it's a freakin' fun video to comment on. Such a great show. It's completely worth it to watch it again just to focus on the keyboard player alone.
Good reaction by the way. I'm sooooo glad that you immediately heard that they use background 'tapes'. You have a good ear and understanding of music, my friend.
Did you notice the rare 7 string Gibson Les Paul? Don't worry, I didn't either. You don't expect Les Pauls to have 7 strings. 😁
If you like that drummer, I believe the songs name is cry for the moon or something like that. Look that up in their retrospect anniversary concert, at the end he does like a 3 to 4 minute drum solo and just goes nuts
Yeah, I'd love a little background vid. For most "reactioneers" I don't care. I may watch a reaction as a thank you for a channel spreading the word (even if it's only a little) of a band I enjoy, but I may well never come back, because MOST of these channels (including some of the very biggest) offer nothing I don't already know. They are content to Ooo and Ahhh and WHAT?! a few times while hammering their self-promotion ad nauseum. This channel is different because you try to give us something beyond your feelings upon hearing a song - I got a The Islander guitar tutorial ffs! - so I'm invested. Thank you for how you go about this, and for (at least as far as I can tell) being geniune about it.
I love the whole live sessions "we will take you with us' from Epica😍😍😍 theres a choir and an orchestra/ensemble 🥰🥰🥰
do The Phantom Agony!! It's amazing and another crowd favorite during shows
Another great reaction. When Simone reached down she was probably adjusting her in-ear monitor. 😄🤘
YES
Arien (the drummer) showcases some amazing skills at every show. Check out the drum playthrough video for Universal Deathsquad! 🤯
Yes, more EPICA, please, the songs you want, I don't care, I love all their songs... About your comment about you loving the background orchestration and the choirs, just have one word to say: THERION, the real investors of symphonic metal, in my opinion the best operatic metal in the world, with the best metal soprano, LORI LEWIS... Check them out, my friend, you will love them...
Greetings from Spain...
The Holographic Principal is a masterpiece concept album🤘💜🤘 Simone Simmons is super nice and cool, I love her to death!
Hi! New subscriber here, and a massive Epica fan (just wish more people would react to their songs). I second all the recommendations of Kingdom of Heaven (one of their best songs, if not THE best), and would like to add The Phantom Agony (Retrospect Live), which I haven't seen recommended as much. Definitely another crowd-pleaser during live shows!
czcams.com/video/cVFi_sBcMzw/video.html
@@TempleMusicAcademy Heya! Why no more Epica? :]
Pure art
Epica We will take you with us. Studio recording 💜
All my youth After Forever, Within Temptation, Epica, Tristania, Nightwish...
More Epica please!
Retrospect Concert version of Sancta Terra ft Floor Jansen next..... please!!!!
Yep you have to do sanct terra retrospective with floor it is great, would love your perspective on it ty
Thank you for this reaction! and many others. Seeing what parts you really enjoyed, I think you would like my dad's band Witch Burial. It's black metal band from around New Orleans. Not trying to promote him lol, but I genuinely think you would like it!
Epica is my favorite band ever.
Cool reaction. Glad you enjoyed Epica. Please do more live songs from them. Maybe Design your Universe from the Retrospect show. There they have the whole orchestra and choir live on the stage with them.
Epica took their name from a Kamelot album. Oliver from the latter is married to Simone of Epica..... Check out "The Haunting (Somewhere In Time)" which is Kamelot feat. Simone.
I was at a Rammstein concert at a summer Festival, they were the main act and it was close to midnight
It wasn't cold but it was chilly and by the time they ended I was sweating like crazy and I barely moved
Thanks for reacting to this song. Superb music, isn't it !!!!
Would you react to The Day The World Breaks Down from Ayreon ??? Another great dutch musician !!!
Greets, Chris
More Epica!!!
Epica is top-notch Symphonic Metal. They have dozens of tracks in this level that will blow your mind.
Please try -
Epica - Design Your Universe - Retrospect live
Epica has their own small choir and string octet they use for recordings
If you want to see a show with an orchestra and choir check Epica - Design Your Universe (Retrorespect concert) amazing song!
Great reaction as always! Would love if you'd react to more Epica! :)
Phantom Agony, pretty amazing too!!! Live version!!
So you say you got a knock in the "nether regions"... from Netherlands with love! :D
Simone is amazing, the drummer Arien is also called...the beast! 🤟 Check out Dancing in a Hurricane live at Zenith
TMA: "Death Metal"
Simone starts singing: (Oooops!)
Check out the live at Retrospect show. There's a full orchestra and choir on stage with the band.
Will get criticism, but I think Epica beats Nightwish.
Maybe, I think it depends of what are you expecting. Sometimes Epica gets me more chills that Nightwish and then, the opposite. I really enjoy both, and feel happy that I can listen all of their music. Love them both, thy are absolutely awesome. :)
Hey, everyone gets to have their faves. It's a matter of personal taste. If Epica hauls your freight ( and they ARE fabulous!) then sing it out. I happen to be UTTERLY enthralled by Nightwish. But I'm finding that this band is kinda interesting, too.
I respect and admire Epica, but haven't fallen in love with them like I have Nightwish. Some of their fans are downright rude if Nightwish are even mentioned in the same breath. It's disrespectful considering the links between the two bands. There should be ample room for both.
Don't let Nightwish fans silence you. Most of them think the predictable music they made are groundbreaking and out of this world, so no criticism is allowed. I'll take anything Epica made over Nightwish in a heartbeat
Nightwish is amazing.
But I gotta give the win to Epica. That doesnt make NW any less awesome - it's just the death metal, more technical guitar work, proggier song structures... it scratches every itch I didn't know I had.
And I would never compare Simone and Floor. Two of the greatest female voices I've ever heard.
Surprised you haven't done more of this yet. They have a good number of live videos with FULL ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR, in concert and studio.
For one of the first symphonic metal bands look up Therion - Via Nocturna, album version. It's more metal symphony than symphonic metal... Lots of choir elements with a more operatic arrangement. Lots of elements to this song that anyone with any musical training can appreciate. If you like the choir element this is right up your alley!
If this impressed you, then their concert with a real choir and orchestra will blow your mind 😄 I recommend to watch:
Design your universe (live retrospect) with a live orchestra
I love that you are reaction to some of my most favorite songs of all time and you seem to like them as much as i do! If you haven't heard it yet, I would love your thoughts on The Glass Prison by Dream Theater (and/or shattered fortress, this dying soul and Panic attack)
Something to listen for your entertainment - Epica - Tides of Time and Once Upon a Nightmare....
...better later than never ... more Epica pls ....
After the Sancta Terra duet with Floor you should listen to Cry for the Moon
Also to round out the 3 biggest Symphonic Metal bands you should listen to Within Temptation - The Reckoning (Or any other song :P)