The time has come to write history once more. Over a decade after EPICA recorded their milestone "Retrospect", and 15 years after "The Classical Conspiracy", EPICA is returning to the stage with a full orchestra and choir once again! Under the title of “The Symphonic Synergy”, the six-piece will play two massive shows alongside an orchestra. One in their home country of the Netherlands and another one in the band’s...

Recorded in early 2023 at the band’s biggest Dutch headline show to date, Live at The AFAS Live captures the electrifying stage energy of symphonic metal titans EPICA with some of their biggest hits. Released today on all digital platforms, this will be the final sign of life, before the band returns to the studio to write their new album. You can watch the live video for ‘Code of Life...

On October 6th, EPICA’s new digital EP Live At The AFAS Live will be finally available, and today the band reveal another uplifting hit with ‘Beyond The Matrix’.

Coen Janssen comments: “This is our ‘ultimate’ live track! We haven’t found an audience yet that didn’t bounce with is during the chorus. Can you imagine how awesome it looked to see the whole AFAS jump simultaneously?! A great view to end...

Right in the middle of their festival season, symphonic metal titans EPICA return with another live single off their upcoming digital EP Live At The AFAS Live. Originally the title track of their second studio album, and one of EPICA's heaviest tracks, 'Consign To Oblivion' has not only become a real classic, but also the ultimate final song of most EPICA shows, always starting with an obligatory wall of death...

Symphonic metal titans EPICA have been announced as direct support for METALLICA at Paris’ Stade de France and Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion during METALLICA’s M72 world tour. Vocalist Simone Simons comments: “We are beyond excited to share the stage with the legendary Metallica that has had a great influence on the whole music scene, including Epica.”

EPICA recently concluded the successful EPIC APOCALYPSE TOUR throughout Europe with several sold-out shows and will...

We can’t wait to hit the road again for the second leg of our European EPIC APOCALYPSE TOUR and to help you practice singing along at the upcoming shows, we have a special surprise waiting for you:

Today, we release the live version of “Rivers” featuring Apocalyptica, which was recorded during Amsterdam’s AFAS Live show in front of more than 5.000 fans.

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This week, symphonic metal titans EPICA will finally kick off the Epic Apocalypse Tour 2023, a European co-headline tour with APOCALYPTICA, that will take them to 21 countries over the course of the next 3 months.

Just in time for the first show in Vilnius (the band’s first ever performance in Lithuania), they have released a new live video for ‘Rivers’, an atmospheric ballad off their latest full-length release Omega....

When revisiting EPICA’s 20 year history, the band’s very first DVD recording “We Will Take You With Us” is a significant milestone, showing the 6 young musicians on Netherland’s renowned TV show ‘Twee Meter Sessies’ in 2004. Long before YouTube emerged, this broadcast presented the symphonic metallers to a wider audience and also included the first officially recorded live versions of their early hits like ‘Cry For The Moon’ or...

Just one day after the release of their anniversary re-issues We Still Take You With Us and Live At Paradiso (for the first time!), symphonic metal titans EPICA will celebrate 20 years of existence live at Tilburg’s 013, the same place where they played their first show (supporting Anathema) back in 2002.

However, since the show has long been sold out and not everyone can join the celebrations on September...

The celebrations for EPICA’s 20th anniversary are in full swing. On September 2nd, the Symphonic metal titans will re-issue their first three albums “The Phantom Agony”, “Consign To Oblivion” and “The Score”, which have become milestones of the genre and rarities within the physical market. Each record will be available in either a CD box, a collector’s LP box or as an earbook and will come with previously unreleased bonus...

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