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Imaginaerum: The Score CD music Enhancements inlude music videos for "Nemo," and "Wish I Had An Angel." Includes bonus tracks. International Phenomenom From Finland Nightwish: Marco Hietala (vocals, bass guitar); Tarja Turunen (vocals); Emppu Vuorinen (guitar); Tuomas Holopainen (piano, keyboards); Jukka Nevalainen (drums). Additional personnel: Nina Robertson (flute, piccolo); Andy Findon (flute); Nick Bucknall (clarinet, bass ...

Imaginaerum: The Score album for sale Most metal magazines have rated this album "Best Of The Month" and gleefully singing its praises, like Burrrn, Metal Heart, Monster and Metal Invader. Kamelot (U.S.): Khan (vocals); Glenn Barry (bass instrument); Thomas Youngblood, Casey Grillo. Personnel: Sascha Paeth, Thomas Youngblood (guitar); Andre Neygenfind (double bass); Casey Grillo (drums). Audio Mixers: Sascha Paeth; Olaf Reitmeier. Recording information: Above The C Studios, Tampa, FL (06/2004-10/2004); Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany (06/2004-10/2004); Mirage Recordings, Elverum, Norway (06/2004-10/2004); Morridound Studios, Tampa, FL (06/2004-10/2004); Panser Studio, Oslo, Norway (06/2004-10/2004). Unknown Contributor Role: Herbie Langhans. Additional personnel: Jens Johansson, Shagrath.

Imaginaerum: The Score buy CD music Within Temptation: Sharon den Adel (vocals); Ruud Jolie (acoustic guitar); Robert Westerholt (electric guitar); Martijn Spierenburg (keyboards); Jeroen van Veen (bass guitar); Stephen Van Haestregt (drums). Additional personnel: Keith Caputo (vocals); Siard De Jong (fiddle); Jonas Pap (cello); Tom Salisbury (piano); Richard Hein, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Imaginaerum: The Score songs 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. Remove these contrasts and the fireworks they ignite, and largely uniform offerings like the ballads "Safeguard to Paradise" and "Chasing the Dragon" (overlong, featuring a brief black metal freak-out, and not about a great big lizard, believe it or not) simply leave one wanting more. Similarly, Epica still struggle to compete with hit-penning machines like Nightwish or Within Temptation when it comes to commercial singles with overpowering hooks (see the merely serviceable "Never Enough"). And just when you think Epica had escaped the shadow of the band that spawned them, After Forever, along comes the ambitious but uneven four-song suite titled "The Embrace That Smothers," which, actually originated in Jansen's former group (even though its first five installments appeared on Epica's debut). All that being said, give Epica credit for staying the course (winding as it may be) long enough to deliver the crowning achievement of their career thus far in The Divine Conspiracy's colossal, multi-faceted, 14-minute title track, which closes this LP. Now, if they can only maintain that stellar form for the duration of their next album, things could get really interesting. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia Lyricists: Amanda Somerville; Sascha Paeth. Epica: Linda Van Summeren, Bridget Foggle (soprano); Amanda Sommerville, Cinzia Rizzo (alto); Previn Moore (tenor); Melvin Edmondsen (bass instrument). Personnel: Olaf Reitmeier (vocals, baritone, acoustic guitar); Simone Simons (mezzo soprano); Amanda Somerville (spoken vocals, background vocals); Jeff Wade (spoken vocals); Ad Sluijter (guitar); Yves Huts (bass guitar); Sascha Paeth (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Sascha Paeth. Recording information: Smash Recordings, Liessel, The Netherlands (11/2006-02/2007); The Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany (11/2006-02/2007); The Huts Studio, Antwerp, Belgium (11/2006-02/2007). Editors: Olaf Reitmeier; Ad Sluijter. Photographer: Rudy DeDoncker. Additional personnel: Olaf Reitmeier.

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Imaginaerum: The Score CD music Dutch pomp-metal band Epica, fronted by classically trained mezzo-soprano Simone Simons, released their second album for Nuclear Blast only a year after their label debut, the more unique The Classical Conspiracy. That two-disc live set found them performing a mix of classical works and their own songs with backing by a full orchestra and choir. This album offers more of their bombastic goth metal songs, with Simons' vocals floating atop an ever flowing stream of complicated drumming, epic riffs, and shredtastic solos. The use of orchestral instruments to add John Williams-like climaxes is intermittently successful, but the music is just as frequently stripped down to an unaccompanied piano or to just the rock band, and that works, too. The very occasional interruption of male death growls is less necessary; frankly, the band should just let Simons do her Sarah Brightman-esque thing and keep the riffs cranking behind her. If you like this sort of thing (Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, After Forever, Leaves' Eyes, etc., etc.), or if you're a big Andrew Lloyd Webber fan, this is exactly the sort of thing you'll like. ~ Phil Freeman 2009 release from the Dutch gothic metal band includes 13 tracks Lyricist: Amanda Somerville. Personnel: Linda Van Summeren (soprano); Previn Moore (tenor); Coen Janssen (baritone, bass voice, piano, synthesizer); Simon Oberender, Olaf Reitmeier (baritone, bass voice); Melvin Edmondsen (bass voice); Isaac Delahaye (guitar); Yves Huts (bass guitar); Amanda Somerville (background vocals). Editors: Simon Oberender; Olaf Reitmeier. Photographer: Simone Simons.