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(click for full-page printable poster)
GENRES
Metal
Rock
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KUFO's Metalopolis Presents
Epica
Threat Signal
Blackguard
Almost Is Nothing
Advance VIP with Meet and Greet available for $35
Monday, February 15, 2010
Hawthorne Theatre 503-233-7100
1507 SE 39th Ave, Portland, OR (MapQuest)
8pm (doors open at 7pm). All Ages.
$15.00 advance tix from TicketsWest.
$17.00 at the door.
ABOUT EPICA -
Ever since EPICA emerged on the scene, the band has been caught in a
whirlwind of studio recordings, interviews, screaming fans, world wide
live performances and the rock 'n roll lifestyle. The loss of both a
record company and a drummer in 2006 seemed to have stopped the band on
their rise to the top. But all is not what it seems. EPICA is back with
a mighty new album called 'The Divine Conspiracy', an exiting new
chapter in the history of the band.
The Dutch female fronted symphonic metal band EPICA was founded in
2002. Mark Jansen had left After Forever to pursue his own dreams and
found that guitar player Ad Sluijter, bass player Yves Huts and
keyboard and piano player Coen Janssen shared his vision. Drummer
Jeroen Simons and singer Simone Simons completed the band. The band
name is derived from an album of Kamelot of whom several band members
are big fans and musically EPICA stands out by not only taking
influences from the world of rock and (symphonic) metal, but also from
film music as composed by the likes of Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer.
Within a few months EPICA had the material to record the stunning debut
album 'The Phantom Agony'. The album was released worldwide in 2003 and
was followed by a lengthy tour. EPICA's efforts were rewarded in 2004
with an Essent Award (an important Dutch award for talented young
bands). While touring continued throughout the year, EPICA recorded and
released their second full length album 'Consign To Oblivion' in 2005.
The album made it to #12 in the Dutch charts and remained in the Top
100 for 7 weeks. This release also features a guest appearance by
Kamelot frontman Roy Khan. With the creative juices flowing, that same
year the album 'The Score: An Epic Journey' also saw the light of day.
The album consists of the music EPICA wrote for the Dutch movie
'Joyride'. This album is marked by the absence of guitars, drums or
even vocals and contains mainly instrumental symphonic songs. After
four years of hard work, the band took the time to reflect on the
impressive career that took the world by storm. So in 2006 the
photo-sound book 'The Road To Paradiso' saw the light of day. It's a
detailed description of the band's history in words and images and
contains lots of pictures taken by the band members, professional
photographers and even hundreds of fans that contributed their best
pictures and words. This book comes together with a unique bonus-cd
that features unreleased songs, live material and demo recordings.
The year that started on a high ended in a low when drummer Jeroen
Simons decided to quit the band. But it's not in the band's nature to
be taken aback. After hundreds of shows in dozens of countries all over
the world (including the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay,
Brazil, most European countries, Israel, Tunisia...) this band had become
a well oiled metal machine that is unstoppable. In 2007 EPICA signed a
new record deal with Nuclear Blast and the year will see the release of
EPICA's third full length album 'The Divine Conspiracy'. "More" is the
best word to define this album. More choirs, guitars, grunts, speed and
songs. 'The Divine Conspiracy' will be more guitar oriented. This time
four guitar tracks were recorded instead of the usual two. Thanks to
the skills of talented God Dethroned drummer Ariën van Weesenbeek EPICA
was able to make faster and more complex songs. As with all of their
releases, the music on this album was brought to a higher level by the
dream team at the Gate Studio: Sascha Paeth, Amanda Somerville and Miro
Rodenberg. This new opus is more than 75 minutes long and is EPICA's
first concept album. It deals with the theory that, as a test, God
created all kinds of different religions and released those upon
humanity to see if they would be able to find the true nature of them.
The question is whether mankind can realize that all religions are
basically the same. But there's more to it. The album also concludes
the 'Embrace That Smothers' concept that could already be found on 'The
Phantom Agony', but started on the After Forever-album 'Prison Of
Desire'. It seems only fitting that the conclusion of the concept
features a guest appearance by After Forever grunter Sander Gommans.
The circle has closed, the journey continues...
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