Epica - Divine Conspiracy CD


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Divine Conspiracy album for sale by Epica was released Aug 28, 2007 on the Nuclear Blast (USA) label. After two albums of generally finely crafted symphonic metal, Dutch ensemble Epica decided to indulge their orchestral kinks to the fullest with 2005's metal-free The Score: An Epic Journey, but they are back to their usual, genre-meshing stomping grounds with 2007's The Divine Conspiracy, which many fans will likely consider their proper third opus. Whatever the case may be, the album gets under way with the entirely symphonic "Indigo" prologue, before slamming into the metallic portion of the program with "The Obsessive Devotion." This, in typical Epica fashion, showcases not only the angelic soprano of Simone Simons, but also a manly baritone choir and ever more demonic death grunts from bandleader Mark Jansen -- all of them juggling lyrics in English and Latin! As with all of The Divine Conspiracy's -- and indeed Epica's -- best tracks (here including "Fools of Damnation" and "Sonata Terra"), the attraction ultimately hinges on exploring the sonic contrasts of light and dark; the punishing intensity of those elephantine guitar riffs and hyperactive drumming cast against the soaring, layered sweetness of the orchestrated strings and keyboards. Divine Conspiracy CD music contains a single disc with 13 songs. ...See Full Description

Epica - Divine Conspiracy Album Track Listing

	Trk	Song
	1	Indigo: Prologue See All 3
	2	Obsessive Devotion See All 3
	3	Menace of Vanity See All 3
	4	Chasing the Dragon See All 4
	5	Never Enough See All 4
	6	La'petach Chatat Rovetz: The Last Embrace See All 3
	7	Death of a Dream: The Embrace That Smothers, Pt. 7 See All 3
	8	Living a Lie: The Embrace That Smothers, Pt. 8 See All 3
	9	Fools of Damnation: The Embrace That Smothers, Pt. 9 See All 3
	10	Beyond Belief See All 4
	11	Safeguard to Paradise See All 4
	12	Sancta Terra See All 4
	13	Divine Conspiracy See All 3
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Darker, faster & heavier
The Divine Conspiracy brings in a way the Dutch band Epica back to its Death Metal roots and, in another way, propels these young musicians to a new dimension of complexity and craftsmanship. This concept album is much heavier and darker than its predecessors, showing more resemblance to recent Dimmu Borgir works than to those of other female fronted Dutch bands such as Within Temptation or After Forever.
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symphonic with a heavy stroke
Do you love heavy guitars, do you love symphonic music, do you love nice vocals, do you love complex music? If so try these out, EPICA.
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Epica's best yet!
This is a very good release by Epica, and some might say that it is their best yet. I would actually like to have given this CD is 3.5 rating, but since that is not a option, I gave it a 4. Highlights of this release is deffinatley Simone's amazing vocal talents, the strong songwriting and song structures, and the overall flow of the album.
By Chevy (Gwinn, MI)

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!!brilliant epic album!!
I had seen some pictures of the band, and got my attention caught by their pretty readheaded female singer thinking of some kinda evanescence-like band.
By Jim Osmond (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

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step back
This is the worst album of Epica. They ruin this cd with the silly grunts,what sound like mentally retarded drunks on Holloween night.
By george (canada)

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CD Universe Part number	7486273
Label	Nuclear Blast (USA)
Orig Year	2007
Catalog number	11956
Discs	1
Release Date	Aug 28, 2007
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Sascha Paeth; Sacha Paeth; Epica
Engineer	Amanda Somerville; Olaf Reitmeier; Ad Sluijter; Sascha Paeth; Sacha Paeth; Amanda Somerville; Hanz Martens; Simon Oberender; Olaf Reitmeier; Ad Sluijter
Recording Time	75 minutes
Personnel	Sascha Paeth - background vocals Amanda Somerville - spoken vocals, background vocals Previn Moore - tenor Simone Simons - mezzo soprano Yves Huts - bass guitar Ad Sluijter - guitar Cinzia Rizzo - alto Linda Van Summeren Melvin Edmondsen - bass instrument Bridget Fogle - soprano Jeff Wade - spoken vocals Also: Olaf Reitmeier