Epica will release their new EP The Alchemy Project on November 11. The EP features a ton of guests and two songs featuring the entirety of Fleshgod Apocalypse of Shining (the saxophone one from Norway). You can check out the Epica-meets-Shining single "The Final Lullabye" above alongside a music video directed by Jens De Vos.
"I've been a big fan of Shining since the first time I heard them," said Epica bassist Rob Van Der Loo. "Our intention with 'The Final Lullaby' was to make a mash-up between Epica and Shining so we thought it would be a good idea if I would come up with some riffs that would be typical Shining and they would do the complete opposite."
- "The Great Tribulation" (feat. Fleshgod Apocalypse)
- "Wake The World" (feat. Phil Lanzon of Uriah Heep & Tommy Karevik of Kamelot)
- "The Final Lullaby" (feat. Shining)
- "Sirens – Of Blood And Water" (feat. Charlotte Wessels & Myrkur)
- "Death Is Not The End" (feat. Frank Schiphorst of Mayan & Björn Strid of Soilwork)
- "Human Devastation" (feat. Henri Sattler of God Dethroned & Sven de Caluwé of Aborted)
- "The Miner" (feat. Asim Searah of Damnation Plan, Niilo Sevänen of Insomnium, and Roel Van Helden of Powerwolf)
The Alchemy Project is available for pre-order here. You can also catch Epica on the road with Sabaton at one of the dates below.
9/17 – Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
9/19 – Revolution Concert House, Boise,
9/21 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
9/23 – Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
9/24 – Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
9/25 – Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, NV
9/27 – The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
9/28 – Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
9/30 – South Side Ballroom, Dallas, TX
10/01 – Bayou Music Center, Houston, TX
10/03 – Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
10/04 – Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
10/06 – The Fillmore Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD
10/08 – The Andrew J Brady Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
10/10 – The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
10/11 – GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Grand Rapids, MI
10/13 – The Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN
10/15 – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
10/17 – Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
10/18 – The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA
10/21 – MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston, MA
10/22 – Place Bell, Montreal, QC
10/23 – Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
