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[[File:Epica.jpg|frame|Just keeps getting more Epic-a.]]
 
'''Epica''' is a Dutch band that straddles several genres depending on which particular song they are playing at any given moment, from [[Symphonic Metal]] to [[Power Metal]], from [[Gothic Metal]] to [[Progressive Metal]] and even stepping into the territory of [[Death Metal]] from time to time. They began playing as Epica in 2003, before that they were known as ''Sahara Dust'' before gaining the talents of Simone in 2003 and changing their name to Epica and are still going strong with a tour currently touring following the release of their new album, "Requiem For The Indifferent".
 
Similar bands include: [[Nightwish]] and [[Within Temptation]].
 
=== Discography: ===
* 2003 ''The Phantom Agony''
** 2004 ''We Will Take You With Us'' (DVD)
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* 2012 ''Requiem for the Indifferent''
 
=== Currant and past band members ===
'''Current Line-up''':
* Vocals: Simone Simons - a woman with the voice of a goddess
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=== Epica and their music contain the following tropes: ===
* [[Aesop]]: Most of their songs have some sort of greater message or story or moral, sometimes [[Anvilicious]], sometimes sneaked in..
* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: They took their name from a [[Kamelot]] album.
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* [[Heavy Mithril]]: A fair amount of their songs fall into this category with the combination of social commentary. Their earlier videos for "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UOJ5U0jY9k&feature=related The Phantom Agony]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha1hWAcnMdQ Feint]" oozes the stuff as well.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Kamelot|Roy Khan]] on "Trois Verges" (from ''Consign to Oblivion'') and [[Sonata Arctica|Tony Kakko]] on "White Waters" (from ''Design Your Universe'').
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: "Semblance of Liberty"
* [[Idiosyncratic Album Theming]] - See [[Epic Rocking]] above
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Simone's surname is pronounced in a similar manner to her first name: "See-mons"