Requiem for the Indifferent

by Epica

Requiem for the Indifferent cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 March 2012
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 1:21:11
  • Community rating: 2.75/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The fifth studio album by the Dutch symphonic metal giants pushes their grandiose sound into distinctly heavier, more progressive territories. The compositions emphasize complex, staccato guitar riffing and aggressive death metal growls, intricately balanced against massive choral arrangements and Simone Simons' soaring operatic vocals. Thematically driven by global socio-political anxieties and ecological disaster, it remains one of the most structurally dense records in their catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: political, progressive, orchestral, melodic, choral

Tracklist

  1. Karma (1:32)
  2. Monopoly on Truth (7:11)
  3. Storm the Sorrow (5:12)
  4. Delirium (6:07)
  5. Internal Warfare (5:12)
  6. Requiem for the Indifferent (8:34)
  7. Anima (1:24)
  8. Guilty Demeanor (3:22)
  9. Deep Water Horizon (6:32)
  10. Stay the Course (4:25)
  11. Deter the Tyrant (6:37)
  12. Avalanche (6:52)
  13. Serenade of Self-Destruction (9:52)
  14. Nostalgia (Bonus Track) (3:25)
  15. Twin Flames (Soundtrack Version) [Bonus Track] (4:46)

Credits

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