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3月25日 Friday 星期五
量子之谜——2016年荷兰女声交响金属强团EPICA中国巡演

EPICA乐队诞生于2002年，由主创兼吉他手Mark Jansen退出AFTER FOREVER乐队后，与键盘手Coen Janssen和女主唱Simone Simons一手打造而成,乐队名取自美国著名交响金属乐队KAMELOT在2003年发行的专辑《Epica》。EPICA乐队将清澈古典的女高音演唱融合在交响、前卫、力量金属等多种风格搭配的音乐当中，再配以男声嘶吼相结合，为表达音乐作品的多重感受和创作目标构建出了绝佳的效果。

EPICA的前两张专辑《The Phantom Agony 》、《Consign To Oblivion》为乐队奠定了坚实的基础，在盛产美声女主唱乐团的荷兰树立起了独特风格。随后签约著名的核爆炸Nuclear Blast公司，在欧陆和北美交响哥特金属领域崭露头角。然而最不同于同乡乐团WITHIN TEMPTATION、AFTER FOREVER和DELAIN等都同样拥有美丽女主唱，EPICA的音乐作品和风格更加大气丰富，无论从早在2005年发行的电影原声专辑《The Score - An Epic Journey》，还是2009年发行的首张现场专辑《The Classical Conspiracy》都体现出了他们对古典音乐和电影配乐的着迷，甚至2013年的《Retrospect》现场专辑动用了多达70种不同类型的管弦乐与多人编制的合唱团跨刀演出，并邀请NIGHTWISH / AFTER FOREVER乐队主唱Floor Jansen担任特别嘉宾 。

伴随着在德国Nuclear Blast公司旗下陆续发行的 《Design Your Universe》、《The Divine Conspiracy》、《Requiem for the Indifferent》等三张专辑，EPICA的风格特点越发的鲜明，力量金属融合史诗旋律和高亢悠扬的女伶美声，探讨人类文明、宗教和自然科学的理论概念，让EPICA在孕育出众多金属女杰的梦幻圣地荷兰及欧陆站稳了脚根，并迅速在北美和亚洲崛起，并于2013年4月首次造访中国大陆。

2014年5月，EPICA第六张全新专辑《The Quantum Enigma》推出，他们继续挑战人们的预期，不断将“交响金属”这一音乐类型的定义向外延伸，又一次对自己的音乐进化做了更多的演变和尝试。更加现代的吉他音色和节奏编排，更加深层次触及自然界的量子物理概念，更加丰富的融入东方元素的音乐风格，无疑使乐队更上一层台阶。2015年的6月，EPICA乐队还发起了自己的金属音乐节——Epic Metal Fest，其阵容包括DRAGONFORCE、ELUVEITIE、FEAR FACTORY、MOONSPELL、DELAIN 以及PERIPHERY等知名乐队。基于乐队逐年在国际舞台的成功，EPICA还同时获得了Buma Rocks音乐论坛颁发的荷兰音乐出口大奖，这也标志这他们的职业生涯达到了新的巅峰。

2016年，EPICA开始在北美和大洋洲继续他们的巡演，3月25日、27日将时隔3年第二次造访中国北京和上海，为歌迷揭开量子之谜的面纱。

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EPICA
The Chinese Enigma Tour

A band that has enjoyed as much worldwide success and acclaim as EPICA should have every right to rest on their laurels and stick to the proverbial "winning formula". And yet, as their fans across the globe are well aware, EPICA has never been a band to play it safe, and they've never made the same album twice. EPICA has earned its reputation as one of the foremost symphonic metal bands by repeatedly shattering expectations and pushing the very limits in the genre. 

This spring, EPICA will proudly unveil the next stage of their ongoing musical evolution: The Quantum Enigma, their sixth full-length studio album. This is EPICA like you've never heard them before: The Quantum Enigma sounds larger than life, expertly mixing devilishly sharp guitars, angelic choruses, evocative synthesizers, mind-boggling drum work, and of course, another soaring vocal performance from Simone Simons. The Quantum Enigma is simultaneously the band's most intense and emotional release to date.

Mark Jansen credits increased collaboration between members of the band -- which also includes lead guitarist Isaac Delahaye, keyboardist Coen Janssen, drummer Ariën yan Weesenbeek, bassist Rob van der Loo, as a key factor in the creation of what is surely EPICA's edgiest, most forward-thinking album yet:
"More than any of our previous albums, The Quantum Enigma is the result of a group effort. Even though the basic components of each song were still written by individual band members, we sat together to start working on the material as a solid team early in the process, playing the songs in a live setting and dive into the microscopic (quantum) world of the little details, comparing dozens of amps, snares, and mics in order to find the sound that would be able to beat all of our previous albums. A time consuming experience, but the only way to reach our ultimate goal: creating the album that could lift EPICA up to the next level."


The band's quest to annihilate artistic stagnation continued with their choice of behind-the-scenes collaborators: after five albums of successfully working with producer Sascha Paeth (who still played an important role during the pre-production sessions), EPICA opted to record The Quantum Enigma with the up-and-coming Joost van den Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities in the Netherlands.
"After many years, there comes a point at which you want to try out some new methods in order to keep yourself fully motivated, and to refresh your music and mind. This was such a turning point for us. It was time to leave our comfort zone in order to explore new horizons. In producer Joost van den Broek, we found the guy who was able to get the best out of us with his patience, guru-like skills and loads of energy."

The Quantum Enigma also marks the first collaboration between EPICA and mixer Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Hatesphere, Amaranthe). 
"Jacob really impressed us by giving the band a massive sound without compromising on all the symphonic and orchestral elements which color our music. Every detail finds its way into a perfectly balanced mix, and makes EPICA sound raw and overwhelming.”

Given the boundary-defying nature of the music on The Quantum Enigma, it's appropriate that the album's lyrics were inspired by the most mind-bending scientific proof in all of quantum physics: one that posits that our physical environment is directly influenced by our consciousness. We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.
Ultimately, everything in the universe is energy and energy is influenced by the mind. Therefore the mind creates and controls reality. 
These heady themes reflect in the lyrics of both Mark Jansen and Simone Simons, the latter of whom calls The Quantum Enigma “an exploration of the subconscious mind”.

Those lyrical concepts, combined with the undeniable power of the music, ensure that The Quantum Enigma is not just an album -- it's an experience. The Quantum Enigma will be released on the 2nd of May 2014 in Europe and on the 13th of May in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. 

EPICA plans to support its release with plenty of touring, once again bringing their grandiose, unforgettable live show to fans across the globe.

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