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
Simone Simons comments: “Finally we can show you the video for our newest single "Abyss of Time"! We flew all the way to Poland to work with Grupa 13 for the first time. Shooting videos is one of my favorite parts of creating the visual side to our music. The costumes were insanely beautiful. It was so much fun and I hope that you like the video”.
The band also kick off the pre-order for “Omega”, that will be available in the following formats:
• CD Jewelcase
• 2CD Digibook
• Earbook (48p Earbook incl. Bonus acoustic CD, orchestral CD & instrumental CD - limited to 3500)
• Vinyl-Box (incl. Earbook, PIC 2LP & hanger with Ankh symbol - limited to 1500)
• 2LP (various colors)
Pre-order “Omega”, in the format of your choice, here. Pre-save the album here.
Tracklist:
01 Alpha - Anteludium
02 Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity
03 The Skeleton Key
04 Seal of Solomon
05 Gaia
06 Code of Life
07 Freedom - The Wolves Within
08 Kingdom of Heaven, Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe
09 Rivers
10 Synergize - Manic Manifest
11 Twilight Reverie - The Hypnagogic State
12 Omega - Sovereign of the Sun Spheres
About the new album, Mark Jansen comments: “I am very proud of this album, as I am convinced we have written a very refreshing and well balanced album even after so many years of existence. Our strength is that we have many great songwriters in one band. We have managed to combine each other's strongest qualities and selected the best songs. It was a fruitful period of spending time together to work as one team on those tracks. I think this has made the biggest difference compared to our previous albums. Still using the advantages of comfortably sending files by the internet to each other but combining that with coming physically together again to work on all the tracks. I think I have listened to "Omega" about 50 times already and still can't get enough of it!”.
European Tour Dates 2021:
01.03.21 | DE-Berlin | Columbiahalle
02.03.21 | DE-Leipzig | Haus Auensee
03.03.21 | DE-Hanover | Capitol
05.03.21 | CH-Zurich | Komplex
06.03.21 | DE-Munich | Tonhalle
07.03.21 | IT-Milan | Fabrique
08.03.21 | CH-Lausanne | Metropole
10.03.21 | HU-Budapest | Barba Negra
11.03.21 | AT-Vienna | Gasometer
12.03.21 | CZ-Brno | Hala Vodova
13.03.21 | PL-Warsaw | Progesja
14.03.21 | PL-Gdanzk | B90
17.03.21 | DE-Hamburg | Docks
18.03.21 | DK-Copenhagen | Amager Bio
20.03.21 | SE-Stockholm | Berns
21.03.21 | NO-Oslo | Sentrum Scene
01.04.21 | FI-Helsinki | Ice Hall
07.04.21 | PT-Lisbon | Coliseum
08.04.21 | ES-Madrid | La riviera
09.04.21 | ES-Murcia | Gamma
11.04.21 | ES-Barcelona | Razzmatazz 1
12.04.21 | FR-Toulouse | Le Bikini
13.04.21 | FR-Paris | Zenith
14.04.21 | BE-Brussel | AB
16.04.21 | UK-Nottingham | Rock City
17.04.21 | UK-Glasgow | 02 Academy
18.04.21 | UK-Bristol | o2 Academy
20.04.21 | DE-Cologne | Carlswerk Victoria
21.04.21 | DE-Ludwigsburg | MHP Arena
22.04.21 | DE-Wiesbaden | Schlachthof
24.04.21 | LU-Luxemburg | Den Atelier
25.04.21 | NL-Amsterdam | AFAS
27.04.21 | UK-London | Roundhouse
28.04.21 | UK-Manchester | Academy
Tickets for all shows are on sale here.
Latin American Shows 2020:
16.12.2021 CL Santiago - Teatro Caupolican
18.12.2021 EC Quito, - El Teleferico
19.12.2021 PE Lima - Centro de Convenciones Barranco
Line-up:
Simone Simons - Vocals
Isaac Delahaye - Guitars
Mark Jansen - Guitars, grunts, screams
Coen Janssen - Synths, piano
Ariën van Weesenbeek - Drums
Rob van der Loo - Bass
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/epica
www.facebook.com/Apocalyptica
“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
Simone Simons comments: “Finally we can show you the video for our newest single "Abyss of Time"! We flew all the way to Poland to work with Grupa 13 for the first time. Shooting videos is one of my favorite parts of creating the visual side to our music. The costumes were insanely beautiful. It was so much fun and I hope that you like the video”.
The band also kick off the pre-order for “Omega”, that will be available in the following formats:
• CD Jewelcase
• 2CD Digibook
• Earbook (48p Earbook incl. Bonus acoustic CD, orchestral CD & instrumental CD - limited to 3500)
• Vinyl-Box (incl. Earbook, PIC 2LP & hanger with Ankh symbol - limited to 1500)
• 2LP (various colors)
Pre-order “Omega”, in the format of your choice, here. Pre-save the album here.
Tracklist:
01 Alpha - Anteludium
02 Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity
03 The Skeleton Key
04 Seal of Solomon
05 Gaia
06 Code of Life
07 Freedom - The Wolves Within
08 Kingdom of Heaven, Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe
09 Rivers
10 Synergize - Manic Manifest
11 Twilight Reverie - The Hypnagogic State
12 Omega - Sovereign of the Sun Spheres
About the new album, Mark Jansen comments: “I am very proud of this album, as I am convinced we have written a very refreshing and well balanced album even after so many years of existence. Our strength is that we have many great songwriters in one band. We have managed to combine each other's strongest qualities and selected the best songs. It was a fruitful period of spending time together to work as one team on those tracks. I think this has made the biggest difference compared to our previous albums. Still using the advantages of comfortably sending files by the internet to each other but combining that with coming physically together again to work on all the tracks. I think I have listened to "Omega" about 50 times already and still can't get enough of it!”.
European Tour Dates 2021:
01.03.21 | DE-Berlin | Columbiahalle
02.03.21 | DE-Leipzig | Haus Auensee
03.03.21 | DE-Hanover | Capitol
05.03.21 | CH-Zurich | Komplex
06.03.21 | DE-Munich | Tonhalle
07.03.21 | IT-Milan | Fabrique
08.03.21 | CH-Lausanne | Metropole
10.03.21 | HU-Budapest | Barba Negra
11.03.21 | AT-Vienna | Gasometer
12.03.21 | CZ-Brno | Hala Vodova
13.03.21 | PL-Warsaw | Progesja
14.03.21 | PL-Gdanzk | B90
17.03.21 | DE-Hamburg | Docks
18.03.21 | DK-Copenhagen | Amager Bio
20.03.21 | SE-Stockholm | Berns
21.03.21 | NO-Oslo | Sentrum Scene
01.04.21 | FI-Helsinki | Ice Hall
07.04.21 | PT-Lisbon | Coliseum
08.04.21 | ES-Madrid | La riviera
09.04.21 | ES-Murcia | Gamma
11.04.21 | ES-Barcelona | Razzmatazz 1
12.04.21 | FR-Toulouse | Le Bikini
13.04.21 | FR-Paris | Zenith
14.04.21 | BE-Brussel | AB
16.04.21 | UK-Nottingham | Rock City
17.04.21 | UK-Glasgow | 02 Academy
18.04.21 | UK-Bristol | o2 Academy
20.04.21 | DE-Cologne | Carlswerk Victoria
21.04.21 | DE-Ludwigsburg | MHP Arena
22.04.21 | DE-Wiesbaden | Schlachthof
24.04.21 | LU-Luxemburg | Den Atelier
25.04.21 | NL-Amsterdam | AFAS
27.04.21 | UK-London | Roundhouse
28.04.21 | UK-Manchester | Academy
Tickets for all shows are on sale here.
Latin American Shows 2020:
16.12.2021 CL Santiago - Teatro Caupolican
18.12.2021 EC Quito, - El Teleferico
19.12.2021 PE Lima - Centro de Convenciones Barranco
Line-up:
Simone Simons - Vocals
Isaac Delahaye - Guitars
Mark Jansen - Guitars, grunts, screams
Coen Janssen - Synths, piano
Ariën van Weesenbeek - Drums
Rob van der Loo - Bass
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/epica
www.facebook.com/Apocalyptica