May 2 2014
HARD ROCK INTERVIEWS 2014 - EPICA VOCALIST - SIMONE SIMONS
EPICA SIMONE SIMONS We catch up with Epica's Simone Simons to talk about the new album 'The Quantum Enigma' which just could be the Dutch Symphonic Metal masters best yet... MAY 2014 |
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Mark: Hi, Simone thanks for talking to The Rockpit. First of all, congratulations on the new album! “The Quantum Enigma”, sounds absolutely massive, it must be a pretty exciting time for you at the moment?
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Mark: Getting on to the new album, it seems to have an emotional intensity, and sound that we’ve not quite heard before from Epica. I know you are a band that constantly try and push themselves, to strive for something new, and that you changed producers this year, do you think that had a fundamental effect on the sound of the record?
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Mark: It certainly makes things interesting, and is an album that gets you thinking. It’s hard to know where to start talking about the songs on there, because the quality is so high. We’ve already heard the singles, “The Essence of Silence” and “Unchain Utopia”, they have been out for a while, are you happy with the response to those, before the album comes out? There’s been some great feedback from fans that I have been reading.
Simone: Yeah, even the guys that are real metal heads, that don’t like ballads, say “that really got to me”, so that’s really cool!
Mark: It’s interesting too that this record is a lot more collaborative than in the past, do you think that helped shape some of the songs. There was talk of the songs being worked up in the studio, before they were fully formed; do you think that’s made a big difference because it really sounds like this album is a huge step forward?
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Mark: The album is going down well here, just reading through some of the message boards from people who have listened to it, before the release, they are saying its Epica’s best album yet! Is this a feeling the band shares, that this is the biggest album to date?
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Mark: I think you definitely did. I just have a question about the artwork. Epica has had some wonderful artwork on their albums; does the band actively choose that?
Simone: Thank you, we are really looking forward to coming back to Aussie land!! We love you guys! Goodbye, have a nice day.
Simone spoke to Mark Diggins April 2014 |
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