But, for me, my vocals, I take about 10 days to record 18 songs. We continued that with The Holographic Principle.Īnd when you were recording, how long do you each have to record your parts? The vocals, for example. We really enjoyed that, and we liked that writing process. And with the last album that you put out, you rehearsed the songs before recording them, to make sure that they would work in a live show. Which, in the end, might take over humanity, so you’re kind of biting yourself in the ass. Which is a little bit …the idea behind the lyrics of “ Universal Death Squad,” because we are the ones that are creating all technology. Well, the logo is coming from the song, “ Universal Death Squad.” It stems from the Ouroboros, you know, the snake biting its own tail. Did this have anything to do with one of the songs on the album? I can see it being kind of a new, cool Epica tattoo, and on merchandise. I also noticed that there’s a new logo with snakes. That’s something we also wanted to really include into the artwork, but also in my wardrobe. Isaac is very good at that, to kind of, send Heilemann into the right direction.Īnd the color scheme, of course, when you talk about holograms you know that you have a really great color spectrum to choose from. We push him in the right direction, and we also … Mark, Isaac, Coen, and I, have been sitting together making a mood board, and finding inspiration online. We always tell him, in a nutshell, what the album is about and the songs as well. Yeah, he’s also a long term friend of mine. Did you work with Stefan Heilemann, this time around? I kind of am more the philosopher when it comes to this subject. But, Mark is the one to ask all the deeper questions. Well, I know that Mark is the one that is more into quantum physics, and he’s watching documentaries from Leonard Susskind. Yeah, the movies, The Matrix and Inception are my 2 main movies, where I draw inspiration from, and that totally fit into this theme.īesides Inception and The Matrix, which documentaries or books did you draw inspiration from? You might start to realize that this also a simulation or a different reality, or hologram. If you then switch to modern technology, the virtual reality glasses, where we almost cannot see difference in between the digital simulated reality, and the Reality in which we are living in now. And the idea that we are living in a hologram is something that scientists and physicists are actually researching. Quantum physics mixed with modern technology. Well, it’s a little bit … you know, scientific. In order to really have the best, most organic sound that we could possibly take.Īnd the concept of this album deals with the future where virtual reality has allowed people to create their own worlds? Can you elaborate? And we recorded with a big variety of live instruments, as well. And we had also the same guy mix the album, Jacob Hansen. We worked together with the same producer. And the recording process took place at the same studios we did The Quantum Enigma. All of the 5 guys have been writing songs for this. 6 are still waiting to be released, at a later time. We have 27 songs, all lined up, we, we picked 18 of those that we actually recorded. We worked really hard on the writing and the recording process to come up with the best quality. Can you tell me a little bit more about it? You’ve got a new album coming out at the end of September, The Holographic Principle. Antihero Magazine’s Anya Svirskaya spoke with Epica frontwoman Simone Simons about the group’s seventh studio album, The Holographic Principle, and much more!
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