Consign to Oblivion
Consign to Oblivion is the second studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, and was released in 2005. The song "Trois Vierges" features a guest appearance by then Kamelot vocalist Roy Khan. The album's lyrics are inspired by the Maya civilization. The CD was released with copy control on it. This CD started a new collection of songs, called "A New Age Dawns". This saga is continued on the album Design Your Universe.
Stylistically, the album is more focused towards orchestration than other Epica releases and features heavy use of a chorus. Additionally, Mark Jansen's death growls appear less frequently, occurring on only three songs, "Force of the Shore", "Mother of Light" and "Consign to Oblivion". But a bonus track, the Death cover "Crystal Mountain" includes grunts, and a grunt version of "Quietus" was released on the "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" single, making it five songs with grunts. A single with an acoustic version of the song "Solitary Ground" was extracted from the album The Score – An Epic Journey, released the same year.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Hunab K'u (A New Age Dawns, Prologue)" | Mark Jansen | Yves Huts |
1:44 |
| 2. |
"Dance of Fate" | Simone Simons | Jansen, Huts, Coen Janssen, S. Simons |
5:13 |
| 3. |
"The Last Crusade (A New Age Dawns, Part I)" | Jansen | Jansen, Huts, Ad Sluijter |
4:21 |
| 4. |
"Solitary Ground" | S. Simons | Janssen, Jansen, Sluijter, S. Simons |
4:22 |
| 5. |
"Blank Infinity" | S. Simons | Jansen, Janssen, S. Simons |
4:00 |
| 6. |
"Force of the Shore" | S. Simons | Jansen, Janssen, Sluijter, Huts |
4:01 |
| 7. |
"Quietus" | S. Simons | Jansen, Huts, Janssen, Sluijter, S. Simons, Jeroen Simons |
3:45 |
| 8. |
"Mother of Light (A New Age Dawns, Part II)" | Jansen | Jansen, Sluijter |
5:55 |
| 9. |
"Trois Vierges" (featuring Roy Khan) | S. Simons | Jansen, Janssen, S. Simons |
4:40 |
| 10. |
"Another Me "In Lack'ech"" | Jansen | Jansen |
4:39 |
| 11. |
"Consign to Oblivion (A New Age Dawns, Part III)" | Jansen | Jansen, Sluijter |
9:45 |
Total length: |
52:35 |
| 12. |
"Linger" | S. Simons | Huts, Jansen, Janssen, S. Simons |
4:17 |
| 13. |
"Palladium" (instrumental) | | Huts |
2:54 |
| 14. |
"Crystal Mountain" (cover of Death) | Chuck Schuldiner | Schuldiner |
5:03 |
Personnel
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Band members
- Simone Simons - mezzo-soprano
- Mark Jansen - guitars, grunts, screams, orchestral arrangements
- Ad Sluijter - guitars
- Coen Janssen - synths, orchestral and choir arrangements
- Yves Huts - bass guitar, orchestral arrangements
- Jeroen Simons - drums
Additional musicians
- Epica Orchestra
- Benjamin Spillner - violin
- Andreas Pfaff - violin
- Tobias Rempe - violin
- Gregor Dierk - violin
- Swantje Tessman - viola
- Patrick Sepec - viola
- Astrid Müller - viola
- Jörn Kellermann - cello
- Epica Choir
- Melvin Edmonsen - bass
- Previn Moore - tenor
- Andre Matos - tenor
- Annie Goebel - alto
- Amanda Somerville - alto, vocal coach
- Bridget Fogle - soprano
- Linda van Summeren - soprano
Production
- Sascha Paeth - producer, engineer, mixing, acoustic guitars on "Dance of Fate"
- Olaf Reitmeier - producer, engineer
- Miro - orchestral arrangements, engineer
- Philip Colodetti, engineer, mixing
- Hans van Vuuren - executive producer, coordination and research
- Peter van 't Riet - mastering
References
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