Retrospect contains the following fan favorites: Both as a 2DVD/3CD and 2Blu-ray/3CD version. Nuclear Blast released Retrospect as a deluxe hardcover book with 48 pages. In addition to a collection of the band’s biggest hits from across the spectrum of their entire catalog, this once-in-a-lifetime spectacular also features the live debut of ‘Twin Flames’ and the previously unreleased ‘Retrospect’, covers of classics by VIVALDI, PERGOLESI, and Oscar-winning film composer JOHN WILLIAMS, two guest collaborations with the venerable Floor Jansen (NIGHTWISH, REVAMP), and a very special performance of their breakthrough single, ‘Quietus’, with founding members Jeroen Simons, Ad Sluijter, and Yves Huts. Ten high definition cameras captured this very special sold-out show while Epica played in front of nearly five thousand ecstatic fans in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The band was accompanied by the seventy piece Extended Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra and the Miskolc National Theatre Choir, playing an unforgettable 3-hours best-of set. Retrospect was released on November 8th in Europe, November 11th in the UK, and will be released on November 26th in North America via Nuclear Blast.Įpica celebrated their 10th anniversary with a one-night-only event, dubbed Retrospect. Chat will take 60 minutes and start on November 19 at 7 PM, CET /11 AM, PST/2 PM, EST.
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These three hours plus of your life spent with Epica are hours that you won’t regret.Join in and listen to some of the new live tunes here. Thinking about the massiveness of this undertaking is exhausting, but as with anything that you’re passionate about, it leaves you feeling that exhilarating kind of tired when you know you’ve done something well worthwhile. You can hear the band members interviewed and see backstage footage of the show. There’s bonus material to assist listeners and viewers to prolong the passion. After three hours or so, the album spits you out at the end and leaves you feeling like you’ve run the equivalent of an aural marathon…but wait there’s more! Sometimes the journeys are within the songs or music and at other times balladic tracks are butted against heavy ones. Delicate minuets precede violent crescendos and sunshine playing on the water is contrasted with the furnaces of Hades. It is a roller coaster ride of gentle anticipation followed by walls of sound so vibrant that they temporarily stun and need to be replayed to hear them in fullness. From the first track of the LP “Introspect” to the last “Outrospect” we are taken on a journey. So, with all the talent of this sextet accompanied by the ethereal seventy-piece Extended Reme’nyi Ede Chamber Orchestra and The Miskolc National Theatre Choir, you can only imagine the breath-taking sounds to be heard on Retrospect. Despite the reluctance of mainstream media to play them, Epica made top fifty in Australia with their previous album Requiem for the Indifferent, and for that, we might thank the digital media revolution.
Imagine how innovative and intriguing radio would be if stations dared to play something inspiringly left-of-center. Rob Van Der Loo plays a thumping bass, Isaac Delahaye shreds the guitar, Coen Janssen adds a dark dimension on synth and piano, and keeping the beat together on drums is Arien Van Wesenbeek. He may play guitar and sing like the devil on heat but that’s not enough to get him a regular on-air gig here.
We may not get to hear Mark Jansen’s death metal scream piped over mass media either. Even stations brave enough to spin alternative tracks play few to zero symphonic metal compositions, so we’re not about to be bombarded with the steamy, operatic vocals of Simone Simons anytime soon. There are twenty-six tracks on the album many of the crowd favorites, but as we know, live performances are different each time and for fans well acquainted with Epica’s studio albums, the nuances of live performance make this recording interesting and diverse enough to warrant purchasing the live L.P.Įpica’s music is so awesome that it’s difficult to believe commercial stations haven’t picked it up. Retrospect is a tenth-anniversary live album, which was recorded in Eindhoven (Netherlands), and it showcases some of the best music the band has performed over the last ten-and-a-half years. The newest addition to Epica’s music catalog isn’t really new at all.
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