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Report: Blackbriar, Mayan and Epica – Metropool Open Air

Posted on July 9, 2019July 9, 2019by Metal-Exposure

Hertme – 29th of June 2019 Let me share a recipe with you. Take a small town on a beautiful day, a cool open air theater stage and a couple of symphonic metal bands. Toss this all together and what you get is an evening filled with something awesome. According to the internet, Hertme has […]

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Report: Mayan – Leeuwarden

Posted on February 23, 2019February 23, 2019by Metal-Exposure

It must have been quite a change of scenery. One moment you are on a big ship sailing the ocean in the Caribbean, the next you are playing in front of a much smaller crowd in cold Leeuwarden. That doesn’t matter though, because MaYaN made sure that the temperature rose to intense heights. Read full […]

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Report: Epica, MaYan & My Propane

Posted on October 25, 2017by Metal-Exposure

Tonight marked an evening with a first love. No, not a reunion with a handsome, long-haired metal man, but a visit to a show of one of the bands in my ‘metal start-up package’. Stepping into metal, Dutch symphonic metallers Epica have functioned as a guide of sorts. Now – an X amount of years […]

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Report: Epic Metal Fest 2016

Posted on October 21, 2016October 21, 2016by Metal-Exposure

After the overwhelming success of the first edition of Epic Metal Fest in 2015, Dutch symphonic metal band Epica decided to make it into an annual festival. And what better occasion than the release of their latest album, The Holographic Principle, for a party?.. In contrary to last year’s edition, this time Epic Metal Fest […]

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Epica – The Holographic Principle

Posted on September 26, 2016September 26, 2016by Metal-Exposure

Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica are pushing new boundaries with their upcoming studio album The Holographic Principle (THP). While the group has been focusing science as a theme with the most recent records, this new effort takes the six piece beyond that.. Find out why!

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Interview: Epica ventures into different realities

Posted on September 1, 2016February 5, 2017by Metal-Exposure

This month, the new record The Holographic Principle of the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica will hit the stores. During the press day of the band in Amsterdam, we sat down with vocalist and guitarist Mark Jansen and Simone Simons to talk about recording the album, different realities and the band’s journey into science.. Read […]

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  • Festival Reports 2015

Report: Epic Metal Fest 2015

Posted on December 18, 2015by Metal-Exposure

Once in a while, bands stray from their regular path of just making music. We all know the Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica has proved to be able to pull off a big production with their latest dvd release, Retrospect. The same venue, the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, was the stage for their first ever festival: […]

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  • Concerts 2014

Report: Epica and Dragonforce

Posted on December 18, 2014by Metal-Exposure

In support of the band’s latest release, The Quantum Enigma, the Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica has been touring Europe with special guest Dragonforce. The first leg of the tour is finished, but in the new year, the second leg of the tour will start. Epica ends the first leg of the tour in their […]

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Countermove: The Power of Love

Posted on November 26, 2014November 26, 2014by Metal-Exposure

The holiday season: celebrations, family and friends and those same old Christmas tunes on the radio. Mariah Carey, Band Aid, Wham.. need we say more? The Dutch project Countermove offers you an alternative. Many artists of the Dutch metal scene: musicians of Epica, Nightwish/ReVamp, Delain, Within Temptation, Stream of Passion, Xandria, Textures and many more, […]

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Epica: “Not just your girlfriend’s band anymore”

Posted on November 13, 2014by Metal-Exposure

In a week, Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica will start their European tour with special guest Dragonforce and Dagoba. Metal-Exposure interviewed vocalist-guitarist and founder Mark Jansen about Epica’s touring life, the cancellation of the North American tour and the reaction to the band’s latest effort, The Quantum Enigma.. Read all!

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