Epica Archives - Metal-Exposure

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CD review 2022

Epica – The Alchemy Project

Michael Brookhuis November 15, 2022

In the Netherlands we like to mix things that otherwise would not have been thought of. This gave birth to great things like stroopwafels and the combination of gummy candy and licorice. After releasing...

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Concerts 2022 Live

Report: Epica 20th anniversary show – Tilburg

Michael Brookhuis September 11, 2022

Once in a while you come across an opportunity you just cannot miss. On Saturday, 3rd of September, Epica played a very special show in the 013 in Tilburg, to celebrate their 20th anniversary!...

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CD review 2021

Editors pick 2021: Didrik

Metal-Exposure December 20, 2021

Remember when we thought 2020 was a bad year? How silly of us. This year we found out half of our neighbours are idiots, we again remained mostly showless (I managed to catch four...

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Concerts 2019

Report: Blackbriar, Mayan and Epica – Metropool Open Air

Metal-Exposure July 9, 2019

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....

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Concerts 2019 News

Report: Mayan – Leeuwarden

Metal-Exposure February 23, 2019

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...

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Concerts 2017

Report: Epica, MaYan & My Propane

Metal-Exposure October 25, 2017

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’....

Festival Reports 2016 -1 Minute

Report: Epic Metal Fest 2016

Metal-Exposure October 21, 2016 0 Comment

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...

CD review 2016 -0 Minutes

Epica – The Holographic Principle

Metal-Exposure September 26, 2016 0 Comment

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...

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Interviews

Interview: Epica ventures into different realities

Metal-Exposure September 1, 2016 0 Comment

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...

Festival Reports 2015 -0 Minutes

Report: Epic Metal Fest 2015

Metal-Exposure December 18, 2015 0 Comment

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...