Consign to Oblivion
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| Studio album by Epica |
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| Released |
April 21, 2005 |
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| Recorded |
Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany, April-November 2004 |
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| Genre |
Symphonic metal |
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| Length |
52:35 |
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| Label |
Transmission |
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| Producer |
Sascha Paeth, Olaf Reitmeier |
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| Epica chronology |
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| Singles from Consign to Oblivion |
- "Solitary Ground"
Released: April 25th, 2005
- "Quietus (Silent Reverie)"
Released: October 28th, 2005
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Consign to Oblivion is the second studio-album by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, and was released in 2005. "Trois Vierges" features a guest appearance by former Kamelot vocalist Roy Khan. The album's lyrics are heavily influenced by Mayan Civilization. The CD was released with copy control on it. This CD started a new "saga", called A New Age Dawns. This saga is continued on the album Design Your Universe.
Stylistically, the album is more focused towards orchestration than other Epica releases and features heavy use of a chorus. Additionally, Mark Jansen's death growls appear less frequently, occurring on only three songs, "Force of the Shore", "Mother of Light" and "Consign to Oblivion". But a bonus track, the Death cover "Crystal Mountain" includes grunts, and a grunt version of "Quietus" was released on the "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" single, making it five songs with grunts.
Track listing
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| 1. |
"Hunab K'u (A New Age Dawns, Prologue)" | Mark Jansen | Yves Huts | |
1:44 |
| 2. |
"Dance of Fate" | Simone Simons | Jansen, Huts, Coen Janssen, S. Simons | |
5:13 |
| 3. |
"The Last Crusade (A New Age Dawns, Part I)" | Jansen | Jansen, Huts, Ad Sluijter | |
4:21 |
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"Solitary Ground" | S. Simons | Janssen, Jansen, Sluijter, S. Simons | The single with an acoustic version of this song was extracted from The Score – An Epic Journey |
4:22 |
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"Blank Infinity" | S. Simons | Jansen, Janssen, S. Simons | |
4:00 |
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"Force of the Shore" | S. Simons | Jansen, Janssen, Sluijter, Huts | |
4:01 |
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"Quietus" | S. Simons | Jansen, Huts, Janssen, Sluijter, S. Simons, Jeroen Simons | The only single |
3:45 |
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"Mother of Light (A New Age Dawns, Part II)" | Jansen | Jansen, Sluijter | |
5:55 |
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"Trois Vierges" | S. Simons | Jansen, Janssen, S. Simons | Featuring Roy Khan |
4:40 |
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"Another Me "In Lack'ech"" | Jansen | Jansen | |
4:39 |
| 11. |
"Consign to Oblivion (A New Age Dawns, Part III)" | Jansen | Jansen, Sluijter | |
9:45 |
Total length: |
52:35 |
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Personnel
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Band members
- Simone Simons - mezzo-soprano
- Mark Jansen - guitars, grunts, screams, orchestral arrangements
- Ad Sluijter - guitars
- Coen Janssen - synths, orchestral and choir arrangements
- Yves Huts - bass guitar, orchestral arrangements
- Jeroen Simons - drums
Additional musicians
- Epica Orchestra
- Benjamin Spillner - violin
- Andreas Pfaff - violin
- Tobias Rempe - violin
- Gregor Dierk - violin
- Swantje Tessman - viola
- Patrick Sepec - viola
- Astrid Müller - viola
- Jörn Kellermann - cello
- Epica Choir
- Melvin Edmonsen - bass
- Previn Moore - tenor
- Andre Matos - tenor
- Annie Goebel - alto
- Amanda Somerville - alto, vocal coach
- Bridget Fogle - soprano
- Linda van Summeren - soprano
Production
- Sascha Paeth - producer, engineer, mixing, acoustic guitars on "Dance of Fate"
- Olaf Reitmeier - producer, engineer
- Miro - orchestral arrangements, engineer
- Philip Colodetti, engineer, mixing
- Hans van Vuuren - executive producer, coordination and research
- Peter van 't Riet - mastering
References
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Epica Consign to Oblivion review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ↑ Smit, Bas (2005). "Epica - Consign To Oblivion". Lords of Metal.nl. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ↑ Bergman, Keith (11 December 2005). "Epica Consign To Oblivion". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ↑ Consign to Oblivion (CD sleeve). Epica. The Netherlands: Transmission Records. 2005.
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