EPICA - Design Your Universe (CD)

EPICA and their majestic mix of Classical music, Gothic and Heavy Metal could be the soundtrack of a fantasy epos as well, Mystical synthie parts mix up with orchestral bombastic choirs and a classical set up at its best, Over the top you find the ravishing beauty and vocalist Simone Simons with her operatic and dynamic voice, which enchants everybody and everything. 'Design Your Universe' is the fifth album of the sextet, a record that bursts up boundaries and makes your breath slow down, EPICA never sounded that intensive and unique, so versatile and hymnic, Songwriter Mark Jansen has exceeded himself and presents the most mature, heaviest and best album to date.