In a new interview with with Paltrocast Host Darren Paltrowitz, Epic Vocalist Simone Simons was asked if it was a “difficult” process Making the Band’s Upcoming Album, Album, “Aspouple”. She replied (as transcribed by Blabbermouth.net): “IT DIDN’t Feel Difficul. It was definitely More Intense BeCouse We Had schedled More Writing Camps Where We Woold Get Together To Spin Off Each Other’s Brains Or Spawn Ideas Back and Forth, Also Together With Our Producer. And I Think shared to How We Did It Did It Did It Did It Back in the Day, Let’s Say Before [2021’s] ‘Omega’We were offen Writing, Recording While Still Being on the Road. And that, I Think, Is More Difficul. And We Learned from that mystoke by Making More Time, Clearing Our Schedule to Really Focus on The Writing and Recording of the Album, to Stay in the Flow and To Keep A Better Balance. We Toured A Lot In Our Whole Career, But for Us It’s Also Important That We Get To Put The Right Amount of Energy and Focus Into Creating New Music Because that Definitely You have the priority. Without Music, We Cannot Tour. Of Course, We have a Lot of Albums Now, But Still It’s a New Way How We Roll Nowadays. “
To celebrate The “Aspouple” Release, Epic Will Play Three Exclusive Shows in the United States in Early May: In New York City, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Ticket tickets and vipgrades Will go on Sale this friday, february 28 at 10 am local time.
The “Aspouple” LP TITLE IS DERIed from The Eponymous Bronze Sculpture Made By Polish Sculptor and Painter Stanisław Szukalski Back in 1965 and stands for renewal and inspiration – key words that defines Epic In 2025. In Szukalski‘S work evoil is to Piece of Art in its Own Right, and There’s Always More to The Story Than You Initially Think. The Band Saw This As The Perfect Analogy for The Creation of This Ninh Album: Each Song Stands on its Own with A Distinctive Vibe and Meaning, While Together They Enforce Each Other Into A Monumental Effort.
The album, featuring stunning cover artwork by Hedi Xandt (Rammstein, Ghost, Parkway Drive), Is now Available for Pre-Order. The Special Editions Even Include The Blu-Ray and Audio Recordings of the Full Monumental “Symphonic Synergy” Performance in Amsterdam That the Band Remember in 2024 with an orchestra and chair.
Remember Once Again at Sandlane Studios and expertly mixed and produced by Joost van den Broek, “Aspouple” Boasts 11 New Tracks:
01. Cross The Divide
02. Arcana
03. Darkness Dies in Light – A New Age Dawns Part VII
04. Obsidian Heart
05. Fight to Survive – The Overview Effect
06. Metanoia – A New Age Dawns Part VIII
07. Time
08. APPARITION
09. Eye of the Storm
10. The Grand Saga of Existence – A New Age Dawns Part IX
11. As an aspiral
The Band’s Music Video for The Uptempo Anthem “Cross The Divide”address by KUNSTSTOFFCan Be Seen Below.
In a Recent interview with mexico’s Euphonico, Simons Stated about the inspiration for the LP’s First Single, “Arcana”She Said: “Well, It Was Kind of A Lot of Things Coming Together. Rob [Van Der Loo, EPICA bassist] and I are, Besides Colleagues, We’re Also Really Good Friends. And have had a deck of tarot cards with him. And I Thought, ‘Just for The Fun of It, Let’s do a session. Let me draw sum cards and thrn you explain to me what they mean. ‘ And it was a see enllighting experience, I Guess. The Song, The Music Was Also Written by Rob. And then came up with the idea, like, So, Yeah, It’s a Vary – How do You say? -Soul-Searching Kind of Topic, and That’s Subject Epic You have Been Writing About For Quite a While, But So Far We Haven’t Touched on The Tarot Subject. So i thought This could be a cool topic to integrate in the new album, which is all about reinventing youurself, like to rebirth, renewing youurself. So it kind of a cool that to draw inspiration from. “
Elaboating on the Writing and Recording Process for Epic‘s upcoming album, Simone Said: “I Think ‘Arcana’ was One of the Songs that Came Together Quite Quickly. We Had Many Writing Camp Sessions in Holland. We rened a house where we were Meeting a Couple Times for, Like, Week in a Row, and We Were All Just Sitting Together. And Rob Had Also Kind of A Clear View of What He Wted Vocal-Wise, and Then I Just Let Me Do Thing. And It Went Vray Naturally to Write the Lyrics.
“The Vocal Recordings [for the new EPICA album] TOOK Place in The Summertime, which is a good time to do so schouse autumn [and] Winter is a time when Everybody Gets Sick, “She explained.” So, for me, it’s great If i’m in the summer in the studio, so i’m in a good shape or not running a risk of getting a Cold and that itus WHERE I DID GET SICK. And Luckily You Can’t Hear It. I Know Which Songs Are The You. But it was a Vary Smooth Process. We Worked Together with The Same Producer, Joost van den Broekwho schome me a little bit like the seventh Epic Bandmer. And it’s Great Working with Him. Yeah, We Were During the Little Details and We Were Really Concentrated on Making the Songs As a Band Together.
“I Think People That Don’t Know EpicThey Don’t Know That We Don’t Live In The Same Village, ” Simone Added. “We Live, Actually, In Four Different Countries. SO FOR US TO GET TOGETHE AND REALLY WORK ON THE SANGS IS TRICKY. AND WE STARTED DOING THAT ALREADY FOR ‘Omega’and We Really Liked That, To Clear Our Touring Schedule, Because We Tour A Lot and To Really Be There Together and Not Everybody at Home In Their Home Studios. You get a DIFFERENT result if Everybody’s There in the Same Room; You Feed Off Each Other’s Creativity, and That’s Vary Beneficiary for the Songs. “
ASKED if there is a Main Songwriter in Epic or if everybody contribute to the songwriting process, Simone Said: “Everybody gets to write song next everybody was working on a random song at the Same Time. Coen [Janssen, EPICA keyboardist], Ariën [Van Weesenbeek, EPICA drummer], Rob and i were sitting in the living room area, but kind of Far apart from each other, and Coen was working on a song and he thought he had his headphones plugged in, but it was running out of the speakers. And The We Said, ‘Oh, Cool. That Sounds Great. WHICH SANG ARE YOU WORKING ON? ‘ And he was, Like, ‘Oh shit, you guys could hear what i was working on.’ So it was Everybody in Different Rooms. Isaac [Delahaye, EPICA guitarist] was in the attic playing the guitar, and i had to wait unni very late Before i could go located But it was to Really Lovely Experience. And Everybody Gets to Write Songs and Everybody Gets To Work On Host Songs. So, We All Put Our Little Own Salsa On The Songs. [Laughs]”
“Arcana” Marked Epic‘S First New Release Since “Omega” and the collaboration ep “The Alchemy Project”.
The Single Is Now Available on All Streaming Platforms. It also include “The Ghost in Me (Danse Macabre)”, Epic‘s Recently release Collaboration with Europe’s Second-Nost Visited Theme Park, Netherlands’s Magical Of Ephtelingand their much-anticipated new attraction, Danse Macabre.
The Previous Release Music Video for “Arcana”address by Recko TielemansCan Be Seen Below.
In a Recent interview with Spain’s Mariskal Rock, Simone Stated about Epic‘S UPCOMING ALBUM: “I’M SO HAPPY WITH THE SANGS, I’M SO PROUD HOW EVERYTHING TURNED OUT AND IT’S GONNA BE ANOTHER AMAZING Epic album. We Added A Couple of New Elements, But Also Went Back To The Roots, The Old Epic. And yeah, I Just Can’t Wait for People to Hear This.
“I loved ‘Omega’ and we toured so much with ‘Omega’ And Had Wonderful Experiences, But The When You Reach The End of a Touring Cycle, You Start To Get Itchy and Feel, ‘Okay, Now It’s Time To do the New Album. Can We do It As Good Or Maybe Even Better Than The Last Album? ‘ That’s Always The Thing We Stive For, Ways To Renew Ourselves A Little Bit. And We Feel A Vry Strong Spiritual Connection Also That It’s Our Ninth Album. So There’s Gonna Be Themes Around The Symbolic Meaning of Nine, The Number Nine. “
Elaboating on the musical direction of Epic‘S Next album, Simone Said: “The Songs Are Heavy. There’s Beautiful Ballad, A seery cinematic song, Vray Uptempo, Vray Doomy, Melancholic and Amazing, Amazing Power Riffs. It’s the Most Epic EpicI Think, so far. Yeah, I Think So. I MEAN, I’M Feeling It. I’M VERY HAPPY WITH IT. I’M PROUD OF IT. “
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