Retrospect (Epica album)

Retrospect
Live album by Epica
Released November 8, 2013
Recorded March 23, 2013 at the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven, Netherlands
Genre Symphonic metal
Classical music
Length approx. 175 min
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Epica
Epica chronology

Requiem for the Indifferent
(2012)		 Retrospect
(2013)		 The Quantum Enigma
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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About.com [1]
Lords Of Metal [2]

Retrospect is the third live album released by the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica in celebration of their tenth anniversary. The recorded live show took part in Eindhoven, Netherlands on March 23, 2013 at the Klokgebouw and was sold out.[3] Because of the great demand by international fans, Epica announced a live stream, called the Retrostream, on March 4, 2013.[4] Epica performed on stage with the same orchestra that accompanied Epica in the recording of the live album The Classical Conspiracy: the 70-piece Extended Hungarian Remenyi Ede Chamber Orchestra and the Choir of Miskolc National Theatre. The expanded ensemble mostly played Epica songs, including a whole new song called Retrospect, especially written for this live show with the same name. Like on The Classical Conspiracy, Epica played some classical music, excerpts from operas and movie soundtracks, however not as many as on the aforementioned show. The album was released on CD, DVD and Blu-ray on November 8, 2013 through Nuclear Blast Records.[5] Before the release of the show on Blu-ray and DVD, the show premiered at two movie theaters: the Mathäser Multiplex Kino in Munich, Germany and the Service Bioscoop Zien in Eindhoven, Netherlands.,[6] although there it was also showed in a Mexican cinema (the Cineteca Nacional.

Track listing

CD 1
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Introspect"    4:20
2. "Monopoly on Truth"  Isaac Delahaye/Mark Jansen/Simone Simons 7:09
3. "Sensorium"  Mark Jansen/Ad Sluijter/Coen Janssen/Simone Simons 6:04
4. "Unleashed" (Orchestral Intro from "This Is the Time" Single)Simone Simons/Coen Janssen/Mark Jansen/Isaac Delahaye 6:24
5. "Martyr of the Free Word"  Ariën van Weesenbeek/Coen Janssen/Mark Jansen/Isaac Delahaye 6:25
6. "Chasing the Dragon"  Ad Sluijter/Yves Huts/Mark Jansen/Simone Simons 8:09
7. "Presto" (from "The Four Seasons")Antonio Vivaldi 3:08
8. "Never Enough"  Ad Sluijter/Simone Simons/Yves Huts 5:47
9. "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" (from "Stabat Mater")Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 4:08
10. "Twin Flames" (Live Premiere)Mark Jansen 5:03
CD 2
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Serenade of Self-Destruction"  Mark Jansen/Isaac Delahaye/Coen Janssen/Simone Simons 10:10
2. "Orchestral Medley" (Feint/Fools of Damnation/Mother of Light/Kingdom of Heaven/Run for a Fall/Deep Water Horizon)Ad Sluijter/Coen Janssen/Mark Jansen/Simone Simons/Isaac Delahaye 7:53
3. "The Divine Conspiracy" (Anniversary Edition)Ad Sluijter/Coen Janssen/Mark Jansen 7:38
4. "Delirium"  Coen Janssen/Isaac Delahaye/Simone Simons 6:11
5. "Blank Infinity"  Mark Jansen/Coen Janssen/Simone Simons 5:04
6. "The Obsessive Devotion"  Ad Sluijter/Mark Jansen 7:57
7. "Retrospect" (Unreleased Song, Live Premiere)  4:28
8. "Battle of the Heroes & Imperial March" (from "Star Wars Episode III" and "Star Wars Episode V")John Williams 6:26
9. "Quietus" (Silent Reverie)Mark Jansen/Yves Huts/Coen Janssen/Ad Sluijter/Simone Simons/Jeroen Simons 3:59
10. "The Phantom Agony"  Ad Sluijter/Mark Jansen/Yves Huts 9:22
CD 3
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Cry for the Moon" (Extended Drum Outro)Mark Jansen/Ad Sluijter/Simone Simons 12:23
2. "Sancta Terra"  Mark Jansen/Ad Sluijter/Simone Simons 5:50
3. "Design Your Universe"  Mark Jansen/Isaac Delahaye/Coen Janssen 11:10
4. "Storm the Sorrow"  Coen Janssen/Simone Simons 5:43
5. "Consign to Oblivion"  Mark Jansen/Ad Sluijter 9:44
6. "Outrospect"    3:57

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Special guests

References

  1. ↑ Bowar, Chad. "Epica - Retrospect DVD/CD Review". About.com. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  2. ↑ Buitenhuis, Melanie. "Epica - Retrospect". Lords Of Metal. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  3. ↑ "RETROSPECT SOLD OUT!". Epica.nl. Epica. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  4. ↑ "RETROSTREAM ANNOUNCED". Epica.nl. Epica. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  5. ↑ "PRE-ORDER EPICA'S RETROSPECT". Epica.nl. Epica. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  6. ↑ "EPICA’S RETROSPECT – MOVIE THEATER PREMIERES ANNOUNCED.". Epica.nl. Epica. 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2014-05-18.