In an interview with the webzine Sonic Cathedral, Simons confirmed that a video for "Unchain Utopia" was set to be released soon. Van den Broek is in staat gebleken de energie, de snelheid, de bombast en de schoonheid, die de band op dit album tentoonspreidt, vast te leggen. De complexiteit van dit nummer is recht evenredig met de complexe samenhang van bovengenoemde nummers en reeks in de back catalog van Epica. Het zevende studioalbum, tenminste als je “The Score” ook als een volwaardig band album meetelt. De zangkwaliteiten van Simone Simons lijken elk album nog te groeien en haar mezzosopraanstem klinkt overtuigender en zelfverzekerder dan ooit. I had a strong schedule of ten days, every day for a couple of hours. Het album is geproduceerd in de Sandlane Recording Facilities door Joost van den Broek (zie interview). "[9] The band further commented: "Where Retrospect reflected on the first decade of our career, we’d like to think The Quantum Enigma marks the beginning of a new era, where Epica sounds heavy, modern and without compromises! De grunts lijken te verstommen en Simone Simons mag samen met het koor – bestaande uit vijf sopranen, vier lagere altzangeressen, drie tenoren en drie diepe lage baszangers – een prachtig harmonisch vocaal gedragen nummer neerzetten. It is their first studio album with new bassist Rob van der Loo, who replaced Yves Huts in 2012. 4 making it their highest ranking album on the chart. Het nummer gaat prachtig over in Chemical Insomnia waar de soundtrackelementen hun vervolg krijgen. Het nummer dat dus het tweede deel is van Kingdom Of Heaven, dat op zich weer het vijfde deel is van de A New Age Dawn serie – dat begon op Epica’s tweede album “Consign To Oblivion” – is een complex geheel met sterke arrangementen, orkestrale hoogtepunten, snel wisselende gitaarsolo’s en goed opgebouwde teksten over tegenstrijdige fysieke realiteiten in de natuurwetenschap, maar ook in ons eigen bedriegende geest (‘our own deceiving mind’). 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Vorig jaar bestonden ze tien jaar en dat hebben ze groots gevierd in Eindhoven (zie mijn verslag daarvan). This time we did a long pre-production in the studio and we got to check out a lot of different combinations of amps and then we could record it. The album produced two singles: "The Essence of Silence" (released on 17 March 2014) and "Unchain Utopia" (released on 4 April 2014). Productspecificaties. [25] In Epica's home country Netherlands, the album peaked at No. Super vette muziek die telkens je weer verrast in details en meer.The Quantum Enigma behoort voor mij thuis in de top 3 van hun beste albums.Een ieder die van deze soort muziek (gothic metal / symphonic rock) houdt, kan ik ten zeerste deze CD aanraden. Copyright © 2001 - 2019 ProgWereld. Meld je aan voor onze wekelijkse nieuwsbrief en mis helemaal niets. We tried out several people and had them do a test mix of certain songs and he came out on top. It is their first studio album with new bassist Rob van der Loo, who replaced Yves Huts in 2012.[8]. [17] On 30 October 2014 Epica premiered a new video for the track "Victims of Contingency". betaal facturen of [22], The album was released in five different versions: Regular Jewel Case, 2-CD Digipack, 3-CD Earbook, Double Vinyl and as a digital download. [14] Three days later a lyric video was released on Epica's YouTube account. De Jongh horen we eveneens – als ‘additional male vocals’ – op dit slotnummer. We helpen je graag. After taking a break from the road due to the pregnancy of lead singer Simone Simons and the release of a new concert DVD, Retrospect the band started writing and recording of their sixth album. "[10], In an interview lead vocalist Simone Simons explained what was the main inspiration behind the album: "Well in quantum physics they have done this experiment and they found out that whenever you observe particles they take a certain shape – and when you are looking away, it’s a different shape – so in a way you can say you never know: ‘What is reality?’ We determine our reality through our observations, and if we would look away, reality would change.