"And Joost (van den Broek), our producer, he's also very good at getting everything out of me. And the songs themselves, they just ask for a lot of variation in the vocal style. And I do opera, rock, pop, and in the ballads you hear the really soft voice. "I think it needs to be all in balance," she said.Īnd, yeah, I can belt out some high notes as well." Even though "The Holographic Principle" is one of Epica's most ambitious offerings to date, the album doesn't sacrifice any of its instant appeal, something which Simone says was intentional. "We are, in heart, a metal band going in the symphonic direction. The orchestration, the choir is a little bit like the seventh and eighth bandmember of Epica, and that's something we'll always keep in there. And the choir parts are often very catchy, the choruses are very catchy. But on this record, besides having catchy melodies, we also wanted to have really groovy vocal lines. And that's something that we worked on as well we changed up some things to make it less predictable." One of the aspects of Epica's sound which has been enhanced on "The Holographic Principle" is the growling vocal style of Epica guitarist and main songwriter Mark Jansen. "Well, it's Mark and it's actually our drummer as well," Simone said.
"Mark is the main grunter, and our drummer, Ariën (van Weesenbeek), has a really nice, thick sound. So I don't know if he sang all the grunt parts as well, if he doubled them with Mark, but them together makes a totally new grunt sound, and I like it. Mark can do also really low grunts, he can do screams, and Ariën really has that deep sound to it." Simone also praised the contributions of Isaac Delahaye, who came into the band in 2009. "The guitars are definitely more brutal," she said. "Also in the mix, the melodies, the grooves, and I think that ever since Isaac joined the band, not only as a songwriter but also the guitars have been lifted to a different level, and have become more interesting to listen to, I find myself. So I'm a big fan of his guitar work and also his songwriting." īefore album's release, Epica release a three part in-studio documentary about their journey with the album recording. The videos were uploaded to Epica's YouTube channel and revealed on their website on 18 July 2016, 25 July 2016 and 24 August 2016 respectively. Mark Jansen commented on the concept of the album: "'The Holographic Principle' deals with the near future wherein virtual reality has taken off and allows people to create their own virtual worlds which can't be distinguished from 'reality as we know it.' This raises the question whether our current reality is a kind of virtual reality in itself, a hologram. Sixth studio record The Quantum Enigma was released in May 2014.This implies the existence of a higher reality which we currently do not have access to. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the songs ‘Universal Death Squad’ and ‘Ascension – Dream State Armageddon’. Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Edge Of The Blade’, ‘Beyond The Matrix’ and an acoustic version of ‘Universal Death Squad’, while a live performance video was released for the track ‘Dancing In A Hurricane’ the latter was filmed by Panda Productions during the band’s show at Le Zénith in Paris, France on February 4th, 2017. ‘The Holographic Principle – A Profound Understanding Of Reality’ Mixing duties fell to Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark.Ĭover artwork was created by Stefan Heilemann.ġ2. The Holographic Principle was recorded with producer Joost van der Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities in Rijen, Netherlands between December 2015 and May 2016.
Fasten your seat belts and get ready for a ride as nothing appears to be what it seems in our holographic universe.” The lyrics challenge you to think out of the box, to reconsider everything you thought to know for sure and to be open-minded towards recent revolutions in science. This implies the existence of a higher reality which we currently do not have access to. This raises the question whether our current reality is a kind of virtual reality on itself, a hologram. The band commented: “ The Holographic Principle deals with the near future wherein virtual reality has taken off and allows people to create their own virtual worlds which can’t be distinguished from ‘reality as we know it”. Dutch symphonic metal group Epica issued seventh full-length studio album The Holographic Principle on September 30th, 2016 through Nuclear Blast Records.
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