Simone Simons ➢ Aeterna 

Simone Simons - VERMILLION

1 - Aeterna 06:02 2 - In Love We Rust 04:46 3 - Cradle To The Grave (feat. Alyssa White-Gluz) 03:59 4 - Fight or Flight 05:24 5 - Weight of my World 04:21 6 - Vermillion Dreams 04:36 7 - The Core 03:56 8 - Dystopia 04:44 9 - R.E.D. 04:04 10 - Dark Night Of The Soul 04:12

For more than 20 years, ever since she was a teenager, Simone Simons has been spearheading the world of female fronted metal. As a lead singer, icon, and role model for a whole generation of female metalheads, the Epica lead singer remains one of the most prominent key figures in all things metal. After eight albums and countless global tours with her band, Simone Simons finally found the time to release her first solo album “Vermillion”, showcasing her many different influences ranging from prog rock to film scores to metal to electronic elements.

Simone chose not to rush her solo project, opting instead to thoughtfully consider how she wanted to present herself. Enter stage right Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon). Her musical partner and longtime collaborator is no stranger to her soaring operatic voice. And while many would use their solo effort as a radical, even provocative departure from everything they stood for, Simone remains true to her love for epic melodies, huge choruses and monumental, intelligent music.

Release date: August 23, 2024

If you’re really into hardcore music (and adjacent), 121 bands have come together to release a compilation album to benefit Palestinian children (all proceedings will be donated to MECA for Peace). The album was released on bandcamp and is called “A HOMELAND DENIED: A Compilation for Palestinian Liberation” and you can get by clicking the link.

what they are doing in argentina right now is literally an experiment to try and see just how fast and how effectively they can dismantle a country's every single social security, every labor protection, every last market regulation, to install in their place the most brutal and extreme version of neoliberal capitalism possible, while still holding onto a pretense of "democracy". they've spent the last seventy years trying to perfect this formula and i have no doubt that, if it works here, we're gonna spend the next decade seeing the same playbook being used on every country in the global south that has managed to make any kind of progress towards "populism".

EPICA Live at Pol'and'Rock Festival 2023 (Full show)

Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier, FD Wuthering Heights • GPF 2023

"we are the night, we haunt your mind" EPICA ► The Skeleton Key

EPICA - Live at EXIT Festival 2023

Epica has uploaded on their youtube channel their complete performance at EXIT Festival 2023, check it out!

Epica ➤ Code of Life Live At The AFAS Live

EPICA - Live Exit Festival 2023 (full concert) - Serbia

Go watch it! It was amazing!

Epica live at 2023 Graspop

You can re-watch Epica’s amazing performance at the 2023 Graspop Metal Meeting in this link

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.

Epica is announced as a support act for Metallica

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