Welcome to the heavier side of EPICA. Band founder, guitarist Mark Jansen, is the primary harsh vocalist. The contrasting style of his harsh, and Simone's clean vocals, is sometimes referred to as Beauty and the Beast. No, it's not a camera trick.🤣 . Coen Janssen's keyboard is indeed mobile. Usually either on a track or on wheels, and it spins too. They modified it with wireless , and powered by laptop batteries. Wait until you see his mobile keyboard.😁 Title track to the 2nd album from 2005, it is often used as the show closer, and is still played today. The full title is Consign to Oblivion ( A New Age Dawns Pat III). Mark likes multipart epics. lol. Prologue and 3 parts on this album, part IV -VI on the 4th album. "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3" from Omega Alive virtual show, or "Code of Life" live in Amsterdam 2023 at AFAS live will give you a look at that portable keyboard.

Another great Dutch Symphony rock band. Don't what it is with the Netherlands, but they're the home for these sorts of bands.. love it.. David

haha, you saw how contrasting these guys can be 😁 because it’s not at all like the first song you heard from them 😁 yes, the synthesizer is mobile, it moves around the stage as if on rails. It was a heavy and quite progressive song, quite difficult to first perceive, but you realized that it was absolutely epic. I’ll suggest their song, which is a little “simpler”, with more of Simone’s vocals and a great performance: Epica - code of life (live at the AFAS)