#Beyond Epica

[pier-carlo-universe]

Antartide: Scoperto il Ghiaccio più Antico della Terra, Risalente a 1,2 Milioni di Anni. Un traguardo epocale per la ricerca climatica e la comprensione del nostro pianeta

Un viaggio nel tempo tra i ghiacci dell’Antartide In un traguardo scientifico senza precedenti, un team internazionale di ricercatori ha estratto il ghiaccio più antico mai recuperato, risalente a 1,2 milioni di anni fa, dall'Antartide.

Un viaggio nel tempo tra i ghiacci dell’Antartide In un traguardo scientifico senza precedenti, un team internazionale di ricercatori ha estratto il ghiaccio più antico mai recuperato, risalente a 1,2 milioni di anni fa, dall’Antartide. Il progetto, denominato “Beyond Epica – Oldest Ice”, è coordinato dall’Italia tramite l’Istituto di Scienze Polari del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) e…

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

LADIES IN RED ► 👗 💄 💋 #MetalMonday

[metal-music-quiz]

Related to the quizzes: a big list containing most of my favourite bands:

Kamelot

Delain

Lacuna Coil

Ad Infinitum

Dynazty

Amaranthe

Epica

Ayreon

Nightwish

Avantasia

Seventh Wonder

Visions of Atlantis

Arch Enemy

Fleshgod Apocalypse

Once Human

Annisokay

Eluveitie

The Prize (Magali "Maggy" Luyten's newest hard rock/metal band, DEFINITELY recommend them and anything you can hear her vocals in)

Angra

After Forever

Xandria

Beast in Black

Alestorm

Alter Bridge

Apocalyptica

Illumishade

Other great bands, about which I'm just not that much of a nerd - which means that I'll have to do a bit of extra research before making a quiz:

Blind Guardian

Unleash The Archers

Within Temptation

Beyond The Black

Soilwork

In Flames

Masterplan

Shaman

VUUR

Stream Of Passion

MaYaN

ReVamp

Lord of the Lost

The Gathering

Blackbriar

Edguy

Battle Beast

Powerwolf

Gloryhammer

Sabaton

Probably will remember and add more names. Please don't forget that this is NOT my quiz-making plan for the near future. THIS IS JUST A PREVIEW OF MY MUSIC TASTE!

[black-arcana]

[hauntedwhispers]

I was tagged by ghostreapersoul (thank you!) with the rule: pick a song for each letter of your url.

Here are my choices! (Couldn't resist on doing something more elaborated 🤭)

I tag feelingsofaithless, ispianoblack, if-th3n-else, black-arcana and whoever wants to do it! Have fun!

[disasterwriter]

I don’t know if anyone cares about playlists anymore, but my band and I just put out our “influences” mixes

Here’s mine! so if anyone wants to know who the fuck made me this way, that’s your chance

[allaboutherock2011]

Nine Inch Nails are coming to #GMM25!

The new year brings a new headliner for #GMM25! On Saturday 21 June 2025, legendary American industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails will make their first GMM appearance. Helmed by mastermind Trent Reznor, the band has been pushing the boundaries of rock, electronica and industrial ever since its inception in 1988. With trailblazing albums such as ‘The Downward Spiral’ and ‘With Teeth’ and iconic…

[thekillogiceffect-blog]

EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (Live) REACTION | Metal Head DJ Reacts

Today we check out another one from the band EPICA with their song "Beyond The Matrix" which was  was recorded live at their biggest Dutch headline show to date, the AFAS LIVE in Amsterdam, on January 27th, 2023. Have you heard this song or heard this band before? Let me know what you think. #epica #music #reaction EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (Live At The AFAS Live)   • EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (Live At Th...   EPICA Website: http://www.epica.nl Epica Universe (Fan Club): https://www.epicauniverse.com Merch: https://geni.us/Epicamerch Tour: https://www.epica.nl/tour Instagram: http://instagram.com/epicaofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epica Twitter: https://twitter.com/Epica Subscribe to Epica YouTube: http://bit.ly/subs-epica-yt My Social Media: https://twitter.com/KillogicFilth https://www.facebook.com/thekillogice... https://www.twitch.tv/thekillogiceffect https://www.reddit.com/user/TheKillog... https://www.tumblr.com/thekillogiceff...

[a-sound-relief]

The Holographic Principle - Epica (2016)

I fell a bit behind with Epica's discography: I know them well up to Requiem for the Indifferent, but in the following years I stopped listening to metal for a while and, to be honest, their following album title The Quantum Enigma threw me off a bit as a physicist. In recent years I've resumed metal and even happened to see them live for one of their "Symphonic Synergy" concerts last September, that I loved. I especially started banging to Beyond the Matrix after that and heard wonders about this album, so here it is. The symphonic and choir parts are well balanced with the heaviness across all tracks, and the album feels quite cohesive overall - so much so that I'm not sure which tracks stand out as my favorites at this first listen. I have, however, some highlights to write down: choirs in A Phantasmic Parade, drums in Divide and Conquer, the strong comeback intro of The Cosmic Algorithm after the ballad interlude and the cinematic one in the following Ascension. Finally, what surprised me most are the bonus tracks, that are folky revisitations of some of the main songs - completely unexpected and unrelated to the album, but I do like some good experimentation.

Eidola

Edge of the Blade

A Phantasmic Parade

Universal Death Squad

Divide and Conquer

Beyond the Matrix ❤

Once Upon a Nightmare

The Cosmic Algorithm

Ascension – Dream State Armageddon

Dancing in a Hurricane

Tear Down Your Walls

The Holographic Principle – A Profound Understanding of Reality

[Bonus] Beyond the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[Bonus] Dancing in a Gypsy Camp

[Bonus] Immortal Melancholy - Acoustic Version

[Bonus] The Funky Algorithm

[Bonus] Universal Love Squad

Listen on Spotify

[genxnarumi]

let the tides carry you back to me, the past, the future, through death

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✰ MUSIC: sleep token, bring me the horizon, enhypen, bilmuri, DPR IAN, violent vira, NCT, coldrain, penomeco, jutes, madtown, colde, bullet for my valentine, the communards, I.O.I., pierce the veil, vaundy, H.E.R., the cure, i prevail, golden earring, exo, caligula's horse, ne oblivescaris, f(x), bear mccreary, snsd, samuel seo, while she sleeps, limp bizkit, 9muses, eddie rabbitt, nightwish, loathe, chappell roan, CLC, purity ring, bad omens, IMFACT, frank ocean, ghost, amira elfeky, eivør, chase atlantic, offonoff, amaranthe, linkin park, gugudan, mothica, evanescence, deer death, beyond the black, blackbriar, orgy, one ok rock, epica, aespa, XG, within temptation, enfants...

[ay-miphae]

🎶🤍✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers (positivity is cool)🎶🤍✨

THANK YOU :DD

Blind Guardian - Curse My Name

Ayreon - Message from Beyond

Epica - The Ghost in Me - Danse Macabre

Avantasia - Spectres

Haken - Pareidolia

[metalshockfinland]

EPICA to Support METALLICA on Stadium Shows in May

Symphonic metal titans EPICA have been announce 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…

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

EPICA Plays First Show As Support Act For METALLICA

EPICA played the first show as the support act for METALLICA earlier today (Wednesday, May 17) at Stade De France in Paris, France. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below.

EPICA was added to the METALLICA bill earlier this week as the replacement for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, They will also open for METALLICA on Sunday, May 28 at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany.

When the shows were first announced, EPICA vocalist Simone Simons commented: "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."

On Monday, May 15, METALLICA wrote on social media: "Fresh off their successful Epic Apocalypse tour, @Epica will be stepping in for @FFDP on the #M72 World Tour on Wednesday in Paris and Sunday, May 28, in Hamburg. We're excited that they can join the ride."

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH canceled three of its shows with METALLICA in order to allow singer Ivan Moody to fully recover from his recent hernia surgery.

METALLICA's "M72" world tour is featuring two-night stops in nearly two dozen cities. Presented worldwide by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (in North America only) and promoted by Live Nation, the 46-show trek launched in Amsterdam on April 27 and includes shows all over Europe and North America through 2024. Each "No Repeat Weekend" on "M72" will feature two completely different setlists and support lineups. The "M72" tour will feature a bold new in-the-round stage design that relocates the famed METALLICA Snake Pit to center stage, as well as the "I Disappear" full-tour pass and the debut of discounted tickets for fans under 16 years of age. Other opening acts for the tour include PANTERA, MAMMOTH WVH, ICE NINE KILLS, ARCHITECTS, VOLBEAT, GRETA VAN FLEET and Floor Jansen.

[replicantapologist]

My 6 favourite albums of all time (and of right now)

Thank you very much for the tag, @somebirdortheother!

Oof it's so very difficult to pick only 6 albums, but I'll try...

1 - Opeth - Blackwater Park: it was soooo difficult to pick an Opeth album, so I just went with the one I've been listening to the most recently. BWP has everything I like in music: aggression, drama and vulnerability. And the title track is one of the absolute best songs ever.

2 - Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell: this one is just so... moody and it always makes me feel introspective. I love listening to it on cloudy days (and cloudy days are my favorite). My favorite doom metal album for sure!

3 - Tristania - Beyond the Veil: a classic of the 2000's symphonic/death-doom/gothic metal, and it helped me cement my musical taste, I suppose. It's such an epic journey through the concept and the music. Also, I think this album has the best usage of violin in metal that I've ever listened to. I love every single song in this album, but A Sequel of Decay has a special place in my musical heart.

4 - Lacuna Coil - Black Anima: Veneficium and Layers of Time rule! This is also the album that really got me into LC, which is currently one of my favorite bands.

5 - Epica - The Divine Conspiracy: again, it was very difficult to pick an Epica album, so I went with the one that 1) I've been listening to the most recently; 2) Represents the beginning of the main change in their sound - it's with TDC that their music got a bit more complex, heavier, and when they turned up the contrasting textures up to eleven.

6 - Sepultura - Quadra: A very complete and creative album imo. Not one subpar song, and has a good dose of anger and aggression that is balanced by some moodiness and melancholy at the end.

Tagging: @tremendouskoalachild @heavilycaffeinatedmuffin @gaymothperson @iwonderwh0 and whoever sees this and wants to participate :)

[black-arcana]

[witchcraftandburialdirt]

♡ throws this at full speed

SEND ME ♡ FOR A RANDOM SONG START WITH MY FAVORITE LYRICS! The Phantom Agony - Epica ═══ CANON VERSE ═══

"You are frightened of him, aren't you? Are you afraid that open your heart to him, you'll spill out until there will be nothing left of you? Is that why you have avoided him for so long?"

His words are not harsh as he stalks around the ronin, staring down at him with those horrifically wide eyes, the fire of the campside less a warm invitation and more a damning inferno within the reflection of his iris. Robin always did have that strange way about him, a strangely uneven splice of a man and something otherworldly. Perhaps he was now, simply something that never was supposed to return - a being who knew too much of what lay beyond, one who knew too much of what could be crawling within. Oh yes, he knew the look of guilt and shame, it was like gazing into a mirror of his younger self, like staring into a reflection of him now. It never truly left, did it...?

He brushes his fingers along one of the bushes of his garden that overhung them both, the petals curling outward once more, as though he were the sun itself. The mage turns blindly to peer down into their core, his caress of the plant is gentle, soothing - meant never to harm:

"The future doesn't pass, and the past never overtakes the present...all that remains is an obsolete illustion, that's all time is. A finite resource that flows away like rain on a mountains side. We are afraid of all the things that could not be, so much so you will lose what could be, with him..." he trails off before turning to Yasuo, those eyes ripping through to the ronins very soul, "With yourself." Robin lets the plant slide from his fingers, each bud closing in time as he approached once more, craning his head downward to gaze at Yasuo; what a horrible visage. The sunken in remains of a man, revealing what all humans were worth, framed by the halo of moonlight behind his head,

"I am a silhouette of the person wandering in my dreams, Yasuo, a man lost to fate because of the time I did not utilize, because of what I have lost. Your feelings of shame, of duty, honor, all it means nothing if your life is wasted on them, but your clock is still ticking, you have time left still." Robin slowly lowered himself to sit once more next to the ronin, turning his stare towards the fire, his tone growing quiet, as if he knew too well of what expectations dude to the mind. "Those trivial things drive us away from the essence of life, we meditate too much, so that our instincts fade away. We swallow ideals that crush our innermost desires, that hold you back from speaking to your brother even though your heart cries for it. Ideals that hold you away from your family...and for what?"

The mage sighs as he stares into the sweltering heat, the flames that lick upwards towards the heavens above them, "If your heart and instints are begging you to speak with him, to open yourself and tell him you are sorry and that you love him as much today as you did before....why do you hesitate? What do you have to gain by wasting time in search of absolution when you know it resides in the very person you're avoiding?" He reaches towards the ronin, his fingers curling along the tips of Yasuos - their touch chilled - as he lifts his face towards the man, "I am begging you, my friend, do not take the same path that I did, do not hold yourself back from the ones you love, whatever your reason is it is not worth it."