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Epica to release new studio album “Omega” on February 26th 2021

Today, Dutch Symphonic Metal Giants Epica proudly announce the release of their new album “Omega”, out on February 26th, 2021, via Nuclear Blast.

“Omega” is the bands first studio album in five years. Epica have also released the first single from the album, titled “Abyss of Time”, with an amazing accompanying video that was made in collaboration with Grupa 13.

Watch the video for “Abyss of Time” below. Get the single digitally here

Epica enter studio to record their new album

Dutch symphonic metal giant Epica recently have entered Sandlane Recording Facilities to record their new album and follow-up to the successful “The Holographic Principle”. The band will be recording again together with producer Joost van den Broek (Powerwolf, Ayreon).
 
In the studio, the band is joined by Panda Productions, who will record behind the scene footage of this recording process. The band just launched their first studio vlog on the band’s YouTube channel - check it out below.
 

Epica and Apocalyptica announce Fall & Winter 2020 European co-headlining Tour

This fall Dutch Symphonic titans Epica and Finnish Cello masters Apocalyptica will join forces for the “Epic Apocalypse Tour”.

The tour comes in support of Epica’s upcoming album, which will be released later this year. Support on all dates will be provided by Helsinki prog metallers Wheel.
 

Apocalyptica

Hi Eicca. How did you come up with the name Apocalyptica initially?
 
E: Well, when we started out, we didn’t think we’ll last long, we thought we’d do a couple of gigs, maybe sell a thousand albums and quietly go away, so we didn’t really have a name. It was the record label guy that suggested it, after we said, we wanted something like Metallica – ICA… that sounded like big and bold. Apocalypse seemed like a good idea.
 
 

Liturgy and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix to release two new albums in 2020

2020 will see the release of two separate full-lengths from New York’s Liturgy and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix - one being a new Liturgy studio album titled “HAQQ”, featuring the previously released monumental single “God of Love”, which Tiny Mix Tapes praised, stating: “Between its rhapsodic strings, cascading harp, and thunderous wall of drums, this new track sees the band finding yet another new paradigm in their legacy of avant-garde metal,” while Brooklyn Vegan noted: “it’s an eight-minute track that works an orche

Uriel to release new studio album “Multiverse” on October 25th 2019

Canadian-based melodic death metal act Uriel are glad to announce that they have signed a deal with WormHoleDeath for the release of their album “Multiverse”, that will be out on October 25th, 2019, via Wormholedeath / Goodfellas.

Check out the lyric video for the first single “Insight” below.

Tracklist:
01. Long Way Home
02. Multiverse
03. Mysterious Dancer
04. A Thousand Burdens
05. Follow You
06. Blood Forest