Singer Simone Simons as a sexy lab assistant who creates her band members as miniatures out of toxic fuming test tubes. Not much humor was to be found in the lead-heavy symphonic metal until now, Epica takes the first steps with the cover of The Alchemy Project. The internationally acclaimed Limburg band is having a 20-year anniversary in 2022 and celebrated it with multiple reissues from their
… early days and great concerts. They end the year with this album, which features collaborations with prominent guests from metal. Colleagues who take the time-tested epic mix of choirs, orchestras, sawing guitars, classic vocals and grunts to even greater heights. But there is also more solid rock than ever and even verging on death metal with, for example, God Dethroned. On the varied and dynamic The Alchemy Project Epica shows they are having a good time with their birthday guests. (MR)more
