Although the goth metal genre - in which often a classic female voice is combined with a grunt singer - seems somewhat past its peak, Limburg's Epica scored well with the album Design Your Universe (2009). So good that for successor Requiem For The Indifferent it was decided to continue playing in line with this. Epica at its best is a combination of bombastic film music and sawing (death) metal,
… played by band and orchestra. Much attention is paid to the vocals, with the warm soprano of Simone Simons in the lead, followed by classical choirs and the easily understandable grunts of guitarist / singer Mark Jansen. A sound that comes to full bloom again on this fifth album of the group, which offers no innovation but certainly no disappointments. (MR)more
