''The Solace System'' is the first EP by
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symphonic metal
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band
Epica
Epica or EPICA may refer to:
* Epica (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band
* ''Epica'' (Kamelot album), 2003
* ''Epica'' (Audiomachine album), 2012
* The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA)
* The Epica Awards (International Adver ...
. It features tracks originally supposed to be featured on the band's seventh album ''
The Holographic Principle'', released the previous year.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits for ''The Solace System'' adapted from liner notes.
[(2017). "''The Solace System'' liner notes". In ''The Solace System'' ]D booklet
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History
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Epica
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Simone Simons
Simone Johanna Maria Simons (born 17 January 1985) is a Dutch singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, which she joined at the age of seventeen, releasing nine studio albums and touring the world ...
– lead vocals, backing vocals
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Mark Jansen
Markus Hubertus Johannes Jansen (born 15 December 1978) is a Dutch guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. A prominent figure in the symphonic metal subgenre, he is known for his work with the bands After Forever (1995–2002), Epica (2002–pr ...
– rhythm guitar, growled vocals
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Isaac Delahaye
Isaac Delahaye (born 9 January 1982) is a Belgian guitarist and composer, best known as the lead guitarist of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica since 2009. Prior to that he was lead guitarist in the Dutch death metal band God Dethroned. Dela ...
– lead guitar, mandolin, balalaika, bouzouki, ukulele, orchestral toms, djembé, congas, bar chimes, tambourine, triangle
*Coen Janssen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells, orchestral toms, gran casa, djembé, congas, finger cymbals, tambourine, additional samples and effects
*Rob van der Loo – bass
*Ariën van Weesenbeek – drums, additional grunts, orchestral snare drum, orchestral toms, timbales, congas, bongos (solo), cymbal a deux
Additional personnel
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Marcela Bovio
Marcela Alejandra Bovio García (born October 17, 1979) is a Mexican singer and violinist who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic metal bands Stream of Passion and MaYaN.
In 1995, she joined Hydra, a Mexican metal band, singing and ...
– backing vocals
*Linda Janssen-van Summeren – backing vocals
Choir – Kamerkoor PA'dam
*Maria van Nieukerken – choir director
*Martha Bosch, Ruth Becker, Silvia da Silva Martinho, Annemieke Klinkenberg-Nuijten, Alfrun Schmid, Dagmara Siuty, Guido Groenland, Joost van Velzen, Koert Braches, Matthijs Frankema, René Veen, Previn Moore, Annette Stallinga, Annette Vermeulen, Cécile Roovers, Natascha Morsink, Allard Veldman, Andreas Goetze, Angus van Grevenbroek, Jan Douwes
Production
*Joost van den Broek – recording, mixing, mastering, orchestral arrangements, samples
*Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering
*Stefan Heilemann – artwork
*Jos Driessen – engineering, editing
*Gjalt Lucassen – Latin translation
*Jaap Toorenaar – Latin translation
*Ben Mathot – scoring
*Robin Assen – scoring
Epica Orchestra
*Sabine Poiesz – violin
*Ian de Jong – violin
*Ben Mathot – violin
*Floortje Beljon – violin
*Loes Dooren – violin
*Marieke de Bruijn – violin
*Vera van der Bie – violin
*Frank Goossens – viola
*Mark Mulder – viola
*Geneviève Verhage – celli
*Eilidh Martin – celli
*René van Munster – celli
*Henk Veldt – French horn
*Alex Thyssen – French horn
*Paul Langerman – trombone
*Lennart de Winter – trombone
*Marnix Coster – trumpet
*Jurgen van Nijnatten – trumpet
*Thijs Dapper – oboe
Additional orchestra
*Jeroen Goossens – flutes, bassoon
*Igor Hobus – congas, djembe, goblet drum, gong, cymbal, tambourine
*Jack Pisters – sitar
*Maarten de Peijper – snare drum
Charts
References
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2017 EPs
Epica (band) albums
Symphonic metal EPs
Nuclear Blast EPs