Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. So I'm a big fan of his guitar work and also his songwriting."īLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. "Also in the mix, the melodies, the grooves, and I think that ever since Isaac joined the band, not only as a songwriter but also the guitars have been lifted to a different level, and have become more interesting to listen to, I find myself. ![]() "The guitars are definitely more brutal," she said. Simone also praised the contributions of EPICA guitarist Isaac Delahaye, who came into the band in 2009. Mark can do also really low grunts, he can do screams, and Ariën really has that deep sound to it." So I don't know if he sang all the grunt parts as well, if he doubled them with Mark, but them together makes a totally new grunt sound, and I like it. "Mark is the main grunter, and our drummer, Ariën, has a really nice, thick sound. "Well, it's Mark and it's actually our drummer as well," Simone said. One of the aspects of EPICA's sound which has been enhanced on "The Holographic Principle" is the growling vocal style of EPICA guitarist and main songwriter Mark Jansen. ![]() And that's something that we worked on as well we changed up some things to make it less predictable." But on this record, besides having catchy melodies, we also wanted to have really groovy vocal lines. And the choir parts are often very catchy, the choruses are very catchy. The orchestration, the choir is a little bit like the seventh and eighth bandmember of EPICA, and that's something we'll always keep in there. "We are, in heart, a metal band going in the symphonic direction. "I think it needs to be all in balance," she said. And, yeah, I can belt out some high notes as well."Įven though "The Holographic Principle" is one of EPICA's most ambitious offerings to date, the album doesn't sacrifice any of its instant appeal, something which Simone says was intentional. And I do opera, rock, pop, and in the ballads you hear the really soft voice. And the songs themselves, they just ask for a lot of variation in the vocal style. "And Joost, our producer, he's also very good at getting everything out of me. "With each record, I try to get the best out," she said. Vocally, I put everything in the record that I can possibly do, and I'm very pleased with it."Īccording to Simone, she has once again experimented a bit with her vocal approach on the new album. We had so many different instruments - real, live instruments. And we've done everything bigger than before - we had more orchestra, a bigger choir. She added: "Since 'The Quantum Enigma' was received so well, we set the bar so high, but we accepted the challenge to make an even better record. Speaking to Spark TV, which is part of the Czech monthly magazine Spark, EPICA singer Simone Simons stated about the follow-up to 2014's "The Quantum Enigma": "It's a huge amount of songs, it's a lot of information, it's a lot to take in, but we put everything in this record and we hope that it will pay off and that the people will feel what we feel when we listen to it." Fasten your seat belts and get ready for a ride as nothing appears to be what it seems in our holographic universe." The lyrics challenge you to think out of the box, to reconsider everything you thought to know for sure and to be open-minded towards recent revolutions in science. This implies the existence of a higher reality which we currently do not have access to. The band commented: " 'The Holographic Principle' deals with the near future wherein virtual reality has taken off and allows people to create their own virtual worlds which can't be distinguished from 'reality as we know it.' This raises the question whether our current reality is a kind of virtual reality on itself, a hologram. The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding Of Reality ![]() "The Holographic Principle" track listing:ġ2. The cover artwork was created by Stefan Heilemann. The CD was produced by Joost van der Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities and was mixed by Jacob Hansen ( VOLBEAT, DESTRUCTION). Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA will release their seventh studio album, "The Holographic Principle" on September 30 via Nuclear Blast.
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