Epica singer Simone Simons has introduced her debut solo album Vermillion .
The Dutch symphonic metallic vocalist will launch the report by way of Nuclear Blast on August 23.
The paintings is out there under.
Vermillion ’s lead single, Aeterna , is now streaming.
The tune is a collaboration with Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen.
Simons and Lucassen touch upon the brand new monitor: “Aeterna is the large, epic opener of the album and it comes with this superb video too, directed by Patric Ullaeus.
“It positively sounds the closest to Epica and Ayreon, mixing highly effective Latin lyrics with a contact of an oriental really feel. We’ve tried to strike a steadiness between the mighty, bombastic sounds and the extra atmospheric components.
“Because it’s the primary monitor folks will hear from this album, it’s tremendous vital to us and we’re actually excited for folks to listen to it!”
They proceed: “Aeterna takes the standpoint of a star about to go supernova to discover how all the pieces within the universe is interconnected, like a cosmic internet produced from stardust.
“It offers with our deep feelings, consciousness and different mysteries of life that science nonetheless can’t totally clarify. Basically it’s a mirrored image on our place within the huge universe and the connections that bind us collectively, as we’re all, to cite Carl Sagan, ‘made from starstuff’.”
Epica launched their newest full-length album, Omega , in 2021 and the EP The Alchemy Undertaking
In March, Simons instructed Summa Inferno {that a} new Epica album will probably be launched in 2025.
“I like the songs to date that we’ve written,” she mentioned (per Blabbermouth
“There’s extra [songs that have been written] than match on the album. So it’s gonna be cool. And we gained’t tour that a lot this 12 months. So we’re specializing in the Epica album and the Symphonic Synergy reveals [where Epica will play alongside an orchestra], which is plenty of work.”
(Picture credit score: Nuclear Blast)
