The Divine Conspiracy

by Epica

The Divine Conspiracy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 September 2007
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 1:15:35
  • Community rating: 3/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Olaf Reitmeier, Mark Jansen, Simone Simons, Linda Van Summeren, Previn Moore, Amanda Somerville, Ad Sluijter, Ari毛n Van Weesenbeek, Yves Huts, Melvin Edmondsen, Cinzia Rizzo, Sascha Paeth, Bridget Fogle

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Divine Conspiracy' is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. It is their first full-length concept album, dealing with the premise that God created a multitude of religions as a test to see if humanity could discover their shared underlying truths. The record prominently features soaring orchestration, heavy guitar riffing, and contrasting vocal dynamics between Simone Simons and Mark Jansen.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, antireligious, melodic, conceptual, choral

Tracklist

  1. Indigo (2:05)
  2. The Obsessive Devotion (7:13)
  3. Menace of Vanity (4:13)
  4. Chasing the Dragon (7:40)
  5. Never Enough (4:47)
  6. La Fetach Chatat Rovetz - The Last Embrace (1:46)
  7. Death of a Dream - The Embrace That Smothers, Pt. 7 (6:03)
  8. Living a Lie - The Embrace That Smothers, Pt. 8 (4:56)
  9. Fools of Damnation - The Embrace That Smothers, Pt. 9 (8:42)
  10. Beyond Belief (5:25)
  11. Safeguard to Paradise (3:46)
  12. Sancta Terra (4:57)
  13. The Divine Conspiracy (13:56)

Credits

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