''An Epic Defiance'' is the debut album by the

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. It was initially issued in October 2002 as a self-financed independent release. In January 2003, the band signed a three-album deal with the French

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label, who released the album worldwide in June 2003 on CD and limited edition LP. The artwork for the album was created by

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Track listing

# "The Dawning (intro)" − 0:40 # "An Epic Defiance" − 3:28 # "The Prophecy Unfolds" − 3:45 # "Sword-Carved Skin" − 5:56 # "Forever Buried Pain" − 3:41 # "Crawling Through Vile" − 3:41 # "The Collision of Despair" − 5:31 # "Deserving Death" − 3:14 # "Voices Beyond Reason" − 4:34 # "Lost Euphoria Part II (

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)" − 2:17 # "The Last of My Commands" − 4:08 # "Starve" − 5:00

Credits

Band members

* Koen Romeijn −

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* Mike Ferguson −

* Thomas Kalksma −

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* Otto Schimmelpenninck −

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Guest appearances

* George Oosthoek − additional speech on track 4 and additional vocals on track 5 * Jorre Jansen − additional vocals on tracks 3 and 11 * Daniel Nak − additional vocals on tracks 6 and 11

Other

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