Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers Epica will perform their entire new album, "Design Your Universe", on November 6 at the first of two shows at Йlysйe Montmartre in Paris, France. The band will also play all of the new CD at the sold-out record-release party on October 10 at Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland. The first 200 fans who make it through the door at Paradiso will receive a USB stick containing many exclusive, rare and previously unreleased Epica tracks.
A three-minute audio sample of the new
Epica track "
Martyr Of The Free Word" can be streamed using the audio player below. The song comes off "
Design Your Universe", which is due in Europe on October 16. The follow-up to 2007's "
The Divine Conspiracy" was recorded at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany with producer
Sascha Paeth.
"Design Your Universe" track listing:
01. Samadhi (prelude)
02. Resign to Surrender (A New Age Dawns - Part IV)
03. Unleashed
04. Martyr of the Free Word
05. Our Destiny
06. Kingdom of Heaven (A New Age Dawns - Part V)
07. The Price of Freedom (interlude)
08. Burn to a Cinder
09. Tides of Time
10. Deconstruct
11. Semblance of Liberty
12. White Waters
13. Design Your Universe (A New Age Dawns - Part VI)
The "Unleashed" video can be viewed here. The clip was shot over an 18-hour period at a location near Berlin, Germany.
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