Epica discography

Epica discography
Epica discography
	Epíca performing live at Rockharz Open Air, 2019
Studio albums	8
EPs	6
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	4
Singles	43
Video albums	4
Music videos	46
Track commentary	2

The discography of Epica, a Dutch symphonic metal band, consists of eight studio albums, two track commentary albums, five live albums, six extended plays, one soundtrack, forty-three singles and one other release.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]	AUT ^[2]	BEL ^[3]	FIN ^[4]	FRA ^[5]	GER ^[6]	JPN ^[7]	SWI ^[8]	UK ^[9]	US ^[10]	Sales
The Phantom Agony	Released: 5 June 2003 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	8	—	114	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Consign to Oblivion	Released: 21 April 2005 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	12	—	52	—	116	—	—	—	—	—
The Divine Conspiracy	Released: 7 September 2007 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	9	—	40	—	35	41	148	29	—	—
Design Your Universe	Released: 16 October 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	8	70	40	—	31	37	228	27	—	—	US: 2,100+^[11]
Requiem for the Indifferent	Released: 9 March 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	12	33	27	37	35	26	172	14	112	105	US: 4,800+^[11]
The Quantum Enigma	Released: 2 May 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	4	30	33	26	38	11	68	17	53	110	US: 3,700+^[11]
The Holographic Principle	Released: 30 September 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	4	21	12	26	26	9	105	8	46	139
Omega	Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download	7	15	6	18	49	4	113	5	73	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Track commentary albums

Title	Album details
The Quantum Enigma (Track Commentary)	Released: 2 May 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download
The Holographic Principle (Track Commentary)	Released: 19 March 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Sales
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]	FRA ^[5]	GER ^[6]	SWI ^[8]	Sales
We Will Take You with Us	Released: September 2004 Label: Transmission Formats: CD, DVD	62	—	—	—
The Classical Conspiracy	Released: 8 May 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD	23	43	87	81	US: 700+^[12]
Retrospect	Released: 8 November 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	7	167	46	—	US: 890+^[13]
Omega Alive	Released: 2 December 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	56	—	26	41
Live at Paradiso	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2×CD+DVD, 3×LP	77	—	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]	FRA ^[5]
The Score – An Epic Journey	Released: 8 September 2005 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	54	191

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]
The Road to Paradiso	Released: 8 May 2006 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	46
The Singles Collection	Released: 14 May 2010 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download	—
Best Of	Released: 14 October 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download	—
We Still Take You With Us - The Early Years (box set)	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, Blu-ray, DVD, 11xLP box	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Video albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	SWI ^[14]
We Will Take You with Us	Released: September 2004 Label: Transmission Records Formats: DVD	—
Retrospect	Released: 8 November 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD+CD, Blu-ray+CD	9
Omega Alive	Released: 2 December 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	—
Live at Paradiso	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2×CD+DVD	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
Title	EP details	NLD ^[1]	AUT ^[2]	BEL ^[3]	GER ^[6]	JPN ^[7]	SWI ^[8]
The Solace System	Released: 1 September 2017^[15] Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	60	—	—
Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs	Released: 20 December 2017 (Japan) 20 July 2018 (world) Label: Chaos Reigns / Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	53	—	48	82	15
The Acoustic Universe	Released: 4 October 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Quantum Enigma B-Sides	Released: 11 September 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
Omegacoustic	Released: 25 February 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Alchemy Project	Released: 11 November 2022^[16] Label: Atomic Fire Formats: CD, LP, digital download	40	60	194	39	—	35
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live EPs

Title	Details
Live at the AFAS Live	Released: 6 March 2023 Label: Atomic Fire Formats: digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	NLD ^[17]	Album
"The Phantom Agony"	2003	—	The Phantom Agony
"Feint"	2004	—
"Cry for the Moon"	2004	—
"Solitary Ground"	2005	46	Consign to Oblivion
"Quietus (Silent Reverie)"	2005	68	Consign to Oblivion
"Never Enough"	2007	—	The Divine Conspiracy
"Chasing the Dragon"	2008	—	The Divine Conspiracy
"Unleashed"	2009	—	Design Your Universe
"Martyr of the Free Word / From the Heaven of My Heart"	2009	—	Design Your Universe
"This is the Time"	2010	—	Non-album single
"Storm the Sorrow"	2012	—	Requiem for the Indifferent
"Forevermore"		—	Non-album single
"Happiness"		—	Acoustic Dance Sessions
"Unleashed"	2013	—	Retrospect
"The Essence of Silence"	2014	—	The Quantum Enigma
"Unchain Utopia"	2014	—	The Quantum Enigma
"Live at the AB"	2015	—	Non-album single
"Universal Death Squad"	2016	—	The Holographic Principle
"Edge of the Blade"		—	The Holographic Principle
"Fight Your Demons"		—	The Solace System
"The Solace System"	2017	—	The Solace System
"Crimson Bow and Arrow"	2018	—	Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs
"If Inside These Walls Was a House"		—	Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs
"Beyond the Matrix - The Battle"		—	Non-album single
"Kingdom of Heaven"	2019	—	Design Your Universe (Gold Edition)
"Abyss of Time"	2020	—	Omega
"Freedom – The Wolves Within"	2020	—
"Rivers"	2021	—
"The Skeleton Key"		—
"Unchain Utopia - Omega Alive"		—	Omega Alive
"The Skeleton Key - Omega Alive"		—
"Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe - Omega Alive"		—
"Sensorium" (Live at Paradiso)	2022	—	Live at Paradiso
"The Last Crusade" (Live at Paradiso)		—	Live at Paradiso
"Run for a Fall" (Acoustic)		—	We Still Take You with Us
"The Final Lullaby"		—	The Alchemy Project
"The Great Tribulation"		—	The Alchemy Project
"Rivers" (Live at the AFAS Live)	2023	—	Live at the AFAS Live
"Unleashed" (Live at the AFAS Live)		—
"Consign to Oblivion" (Live at the AFAS Live)		—
"Beyond the Matrix" (Live at the AFAS Live)		—
"Arcana"	2024	—	TBA
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Other releases

Title	Album details
Jägermeister Memory Stick	Released: October 10, 2009 Label: Independent Format: USB flash drive

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album
2003	"The Phantom Agony"	Frank Herrebout	The Phantom Agony
2004	"Feint"	Frank Herrebout	The Phantom Agony
2005	"Solitary Ground"	—	Consign to Oblivion
2005	"Quietus"	Mirko Cocco	Consign to Oblivion
2007	"Never Enough"^[18]	Ivan Colic	The Divine Conspiracy
2009	"Unleashed"^[19]	Tim Bown	Design Your Universe
2010	"This is the Time"	—	—
2012	"Storm the Sorrow"	Remko Tielemans	Requiem for the Indifferent
2012	"Forevermore" (Ruurd Woltring feat. Epica)^[20]	Niks te gek! (Dutch 'NTR' TV show)	—
2014	"Victims of Contingency"^[21]	Remko Tielemans	The Quantum Enigma
2015	"The Obsessive Devotion (LIVE in Russia)"^[22]	Tele-Club Video Production	The Divine Conspiracy
	"The Essence of Silence (LIVE in Brussels)"^[23]	Jens De Vos	The Quantum Enigma
	"Unchain Utopia (LIVE in Brussels)"^[24]		The Quantum Enigma
2016	"Universal Death Squad"^[25]		The Holographic Principle
	"Edge of the Blade"^[26]
	"Beyond the Matrix"^[27]
2017	"The Solace System"^[28]	Davide Cilloni	The Solace System
2017	"Immortal Melancholy"
2018	"Decoded Poetry"
2018	"Universal Love Squad"	Jens De Vos	The Holographic Principle
2019	"Martyr of the Free Word - Acoustic Version"	—	Design Your Universe - Gold Edition
2020	"Abyss of Time – Countdown to Singularity"	Grupa 13	Omega
	"Freedom – The Wolves Within"	Bram Knol	Omega
	"Abyss o' Time"	Jens De Vos	Omegacoustic
2021	"Rivers"	—	Omega
	"Omegacoustic"	Jens De Vos	Omegacoustic
	"The Skeleton Key"	Grupa 13	Omega
	"Unchain Utopia - Omega Alive"	Jens De Vos	Omega Alive
	"The Skeleton Key - Omega Alive"
	"Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe - Omega Alive"
	"Victims of Contingency - Omega Alive"
2022	"Beyond the Matrix - Live at the Zenith"		The Holographic Principle
	"Sensorium - Live at Paradiso"		Live at Paradiso
	"The Last Crusade - Live at Paradiso"
	"Blank Infinity - Live at Paradiso"
	"Sirens – Of Blood And Water"	Patric Ullaeus	The Alchemy Project
	"The Final Lullaby"	Jens De Vos	The Alchemy Project
2023	"Rivers - Live in Chile		Omega
	"Rivers - Live at the AFAS Live (feat. Apocalyptica)"		Live at the AFAS Live
	"Unleashed - Live at the AFAS Live"
	"Consign to Oblivion - Live at the AFAS Live"
	"Beyond the Matrix - Live at the AFAS Live"
	"Code of Life - Live at the AFAS Live"
2024	"The Ghost in Me (Danse Macabre)"	Martijn Bastiaans, Maurice Tromp	—
	"The Ghost in Me (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos	—
	"Arcana"	Remko Tielemans	TBA

Guest appearances

"Happiness" (Alexis Jordan cover - released on October 9, 2012 on the album Acoustic Dance Sessions by various artists)

"Sacred & Wild" (Powerwolf cover - originally from the album Preachers of the Night (July 19, 2013), released on July 20, 2018 on the "Communio Lupatum" of Powerwolf's album The Sacrament of Sin)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Dutch Album Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Austrian Charts > Epica" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Belgium (Flanders) Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ "Finnish Charts > Epica". finnishcharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "French Charts > Epica" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Discographie von Epica". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "エピカのアルバム売上ランキング" [Epica album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon, Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Swiss Charts > Epica" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ "UK Charts > Epica". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
"CHART: CLUK Update 24.03.2012 (wk11)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ "Epica Billboard Chart History". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "EPICA: 'The Quantum Enigma' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "EPICA: 'The Classical Conspiracy' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ Brown, Matt (11 December 2013). "Metal By Numbers 12/11: The Charts Show a Bit of Common Courtesy". www.metalinsider.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "SCHWEIZER HITPARADE - MUSIK-DVD TOP 10 24.11.2013". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "EPICA to Release 'The Solace System' EP in September". 23 June 2017.
^ "EPICA Announces 'The Alchemy Project'". Blabbermouth.net. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Dutch Singles Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "EPICA: 'Never Enough' Video Available". www.blabbermouth.net. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "EPICA: 'Unleashed' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Ruurd Woltring feat. EPICA - 'Forevermore'". www.youtube.com.
^ "EPICA: 'Victims Of Contingency' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ "Epica - The Obsessive Devotion (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ "Epica – The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Epica – Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "EPICA – Universal Death Squad'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ "EPICA - EDGE OF THE BLADE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ Nuclear Blast Records (11 January 2017), EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (OFFICIAL VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017
^ Nuclear Blast Records (23 June 2017), EPICA - The Solace System (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017

External links

Epica discography at Discogs
Epica discography on iTunes

[nldalb-1] "Dutch Album Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[aut-2] "Austrian Charts > Epica" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[belfla-3] "Belgium (Flanders) Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[fin-4] "Finnish Charts > Epica". finnishcharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

[fra-5] "French Charts > Epica" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[geralb-6] "Discographie von Epica". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[jpori-7] "エピカのアルバム売上ランキング" [Epica album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon, Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[swi-8] "Swiss Charts > Epica" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[uk-9] "UK Charts > Epica". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
"CHART: CLUK Update 24.03.2012 (wk11)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[us-10] "Epica Billboard Chart History". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[ussales-11] "EPICA: 'The Quantum Enigma' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[12] "EPICA: 'The Classical Conspiracy' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[13] Brown, Matt (11 December 2013). "Metal By Numbers 12/11: The Charts Show a Bit of Common Courtesy". www.metalinsider.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[14] "SCHWEIZER HITPARADE - MUSIK-DVD TOP 10 24.11.2013". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[15] "EPICA to Release 'The Solace System' EP in September". 23 June 2017.

[16] "EPICA Announces 'The Alchemy Project'". Blabbermouth.net. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[nldsingle-17] "Dutch Singles Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[18] "EPICA: 'Never Enough' Video Available". www.blabbermouth.net. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[19] "EPICA: 'Unleashed' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[20] "Ruurd Woltring feat. EPICA - 'Forevermore'". www.youtube.com.

[21] "EPICA: 'Victims Of Contingency' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[22] "Epica - The Obsessive Devotion (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[23] "Epica – The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[24] "Epica – Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[25] "EPICA – Universal Death Squad'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[26] "EPICA - EDGE OF THE BLADE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[27] Nuclear Blast Records (11 January 2017), EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (OFFICIAL VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017

[28] Nuclear Blast Records (23 June 2017), EPICA - The Solace System (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017

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v t e Epica
Mark Jansen Coen Janssen Simone Simons Ariën van Weesenbeek Isaac Delahaye Rob van der Loo Yves Huts Ad Sluijter Helena Iren Michaelsen Jeroen Simons
Studio albums	The Phantom Agony Consign to Oblivion The Divine Conspiracy Design Your Universe Requiem for the Indifferent The Quantum Enigma The Holographic Principle Omega
EPs	The Solace System Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs The Alchemy Project
Live albums	The Classical Conspiracy Retrospect
Compilations	The Road to Paradiso
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