EPICA Guitarist MARK JANSEN - "When You Hear The First Album And Compare It To The New One, The Debut Sounds Really Stiff"
June 30, 2007, 17 years ago
BW&BK; recently caught up with EPICA guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen to discuss the band's forthcoming album, The Divine Conspiracy. The following is a brief excerpt for the interview:
"When you hear the first album (The Phantom Agony) and compare it to the new one, the debut sounds really stiff,” says Jansen. “This one is a lot more open because, of course, Simone (Simons/vocals) has the experience now. We also worked out all the vocals for the new album in pre-production, so afterwards she had two months to get comfortable with the new vocals lines, and because she felt more confident about what she was singing…well, you can hear the end result (laughs). That’s the big difference between The Divine Conspiracy and the previous two albums. When were recording the vocals for those albums we changed some things as we went, so Simone was singing some lines for the very first time in the studio.”
Go to this location to check out the rest of the listening session report. Watch for the full story on The Divine Conspiracy in BW&BK; #106
As previously reported, Epica have uploaded an audio sample of their new song 'Menace Of Vanity' on their official MySpage page. Go to this location to check it out.
The Divine Conspiracy is due to be released through Nuclear Blast on September 7th in North America and September 10th in Europe.
