Omega
by Epica
- Type: Album
- Released: 26 February 2021
- Label: Nuclear Blast
- Country: Netherlands
- Length: 1:10:42
- Community rating: 3.18/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Concluding their 'Metaphysical' trilogy, the Dutch sextet delivers an overwhelmingly grandiose synthesis of death metal ferocity and sweeping cinematic orchestration. 'Omega' incorporates massive live choirs, complex progressive metal song structures, and global, folk-inspired acoustic instrumentation. The album serves as an uplifting, conceptually dense pinnacle for the veteran symphonic metal band.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, melodic, complex, conceptual
Tracklist
- Alpha - Anteludium - (1:38)
- Abyss of Time - Countdown to Singularity - (5:20)
- The Skeleton Key (5:06)
- Seal of Solomon (5:28)
- Gaia (4:46)
- Code of Life (5:58)
- Freedom - The Wolves Within - (5:37)
- Kingdom of Heaven Prt. 3 - The Antediluvian Universe - (13:24)
- Rivers (4:48)
- Synergize - Manic Manifest - (6:56)
- Twilight Reverie - The Hypnagogic State - (4:29)
- Omega - Sovereign of the Sun Spheres - (7:06)
Credits
- Linda Janssen - backing vocals
- Marcela Bovio - backing vocals
- Simone Simons - backing vocals, lyrics by
- Joost Van Den Broeck - congas
- Sandip Banerjee - instruments [ethnic instruments], sitar, santoor, sarod, bansuri, didgeridoo, tabla, pakhavaj, mridangam, ghatam, thavil, kanjira, daf, gong [gang]
- Paul Babikian - vocals [spoken word]
- Vicky Psarakis - vocals [spoken word]
- Jeroen Goossens - woodwind [additional woodwinds], flute, bass flute, piccolo flute, clarinet, ney, bansuri, low whistle, tin whistle