Epica – Aspiral

Milo Lane

You might say you’re not a fan of Epica, and I’ve been guilty of making similar statements over the years. But, as I avoid eggs coming at my face for declaring such a thing publicly, I must accentuate my lack of bias—or expectation—upon hearing its newest release, Aspiral, and… I hope you’ll keep your groceries stored for better use. Having done my homework, I repent—and announce some serious drooling in the following text.

Retro-Review: Epica – Consign to Oblivion

Vicky

We are in April 2005, and After Forever gave birth to a new band about three years prior. They called themselves Sahara Dust, and then they changed their name to Epica. In 2005, the world witnessed the birth of Dark Tranquillity’s Character, HammerFall’s Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken, Kamelot’s The Black Halo, Galneryus’s Advance to the Fall, and Metalium’s Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five, to name a few. In the non-Metal world, astronomers discovered the dwarf planet Eris (one of the largest dwarf planets in our solar system), YouTube was born, and Yahoo! was the most popular website out there… Good times. Well, those good times would come to an end in August, with the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina, but that is a bit irrelevant to the Epica masterpiece I want to review.