This is one of my absolute favourites from the new album, but saying that the whole album is incredible. Epica have been a favourite of mine for such a long, long time and they're such a badass band. Nightwish and Epica are joint first for my favourite band, I just can't choose between them and no one can make me. 😂😂

I like how this entire album is getting better after each listen, especially songs like "Freedom - The Wolves within", "Kingdom of Heaven: Part III" and the last song "Omega" :) There are so many melodies, riffs and entire sections that got stuck in my head for days :>

This one and the code of life are EXTREMELY nice. Give me goosebumps. This one reminds me Ursula in the little mermaid when sings as Vanessa in the boat. They sound alike 🌊

Off of this album, Code of Life is the standout. There is no video for it yet but you still need to listen to it. And Design Your Universe live from Retrospect is one of the band's best songs/performances ever.

You should listen to their song "Omega" and then the acoustic version called omegacoustic lol.

I just LOVE the anticipation of seeing every single reactor open their eyes wide or smile at the very end with the harsh vocals and opera sparring. Happens every time! ;)

Full OMEGA review ,PLEASEEE !!!! Code of Life is simply one of the BEST Epica songs ever ♥️

On backing vocals we have: - Simone Simons (love that she's listed as a guest musician in her own band) - Linda Janssen (aka Linda van Summeren, has done a lot of backing vocals for Epica) - Marcela Bovio (has also done a lot of backing vocals for Epica, but may be most known as a frequent guest star of Ayreon and some of Arjen's other projects. Currently singing in MaYan with a crowd-funded side project named "Dark horse, White horse" that just has begun shipping their self-titled EP)

Listen to "Omega" song title of the Album. It's a really great song and right after this, listen to "omegacoustic" that is the acoustic version of the "omega" song. Since The Holographic Principle album, they're putting acoustic versions of some songs and that's so fantastic! So amazing!

I liked this video right after you said "owl dare they" ....love the reaction. This whole album deserves a reaction, every song is captivating

I was visiting your channel every day since an official video was released in hope you reacted to it 😂 Can't wait for a premiere! 😻

Maybe just listen to the whole album like you did with Nightwish’s new one. But yeah this song is amazing. 🤟🏻

As a fan of Epica since their first album (literally) I can tell you that their musics definitely worth the hype. And thank you for the reactions, is so enjoyable to sit and watch your videos!

It would be really cool to see you react to the whole Omega album just like with Human. :||: Nature., maybe with the acoustic versions too beacuse they're very different and cool ! But if you don't plan on doing that, another great idea would be to react to the 3 parts of Kingdom Of Heaven because this trilogy is, at least to me, part of their finest work !

Epica is by far one of the best and most consistent bands in the industry, they're just fucking amazing. Really recommend to hear "Design Your Universe" from the Retrospect DVD

Yeah! The orchestra is a real one from Prague (the same that did record Star Wars soundtrack). The album has an orchestral version which is amazing! Those are some of my recommendations from this album: Kingdom of Heaven part. III (very heavy and epic), Code of Life (seems to be most people's favorite, very very good and cinematic), Seal of Solomon (very catchy, mostly sung by the choir). The entire album is amazing definitely deserves to be checked out!

As others have suggested, please do the whole album! I believe they've uploaded it to their KZfaq channel.

In regards to backing vocals, she does do her own but they also like having others do the backing vocals as well (Marcela and Linda in this case) to add a different flavor to the sound. Simone also does a lot of backing vocals for the choirs in Epica.

I hoped you would react to this one soon, can't wait! :D

Brutally Beautiful YES! Epica in a nutshell 🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘

Thank you very mach.I was not a fan of metal music. Several years ago my daughter convinced me to listen to some songs from nightwish, epica, within temptation and you never say no when your child wants to share something with you. Symphonic metal won me over and we went to a live together when epica came to Athens. I will not forget how perfect, dynamic and full of energy their show was. They were generous with their audience. "Desigh your universe " would be a great next song to listen

Yes!

"Its beautiful, its brutally beautiful..." ...Brutiful if you will 😏

This is so good. I've been listening to this album for days. Can't wait to see them perform it live.

I love to see that my passion for music is shared by so many people. Your reactions and technical explanations make me love her even more. thanks Chase❤

Kingdom of heaven part 1, 2 and 3. They are awe some peaces of music and singing.

Great reaction! The entire album is an instant-classic. BTW: if you want to hear and see a different Simone, check out Ayreon’s The Human Equation video (Transitus album)

Whoever discovered the combination of siren and harsh vocals, guitars, drums and orchestra would work well together ......THANK YOU!

Shout out to The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra which provided orchestral parts for this album.

This track is haunting. I love it. Also loving the Spiritbox T-Shirt! Watched their virtual concert - this was so good on it. I really hope I can pay them more money and get a video of that concert I can keep (and play every week for the rest of my life).

your reations are great because when you love it, you are just a fan! I can relate to it...

The audio quality on the vinyl is AMAZING 😎

Epica have been my favourite band for a long time, and I'm so glad to see you're loving them. I'm not one of those commenters who 'demands' for reactors to react to something, but Code of Life from Epica's Omega album is an absolute must!

Loved the excitement in your face at the begining, so genuine! I was mind-blown as well when I heard the album!

Not sure what my favorite part of this was...either “owl no they didn’t” or “flat jellyfish”. 😅 Love it Chase! Thank you for constant entertainment!

Great reaction! Epica is my favorite band and it’s so nice to see someone enjoying them as well. For the next reaction of Epica you should do a Kingdom of Heaven Journey, all 3 parts are amazing and that would be awesome to see, you won’t regret.

Yes yes yes!

Epica doing epic things

Him: Are there acoustic versions? Us: Ohboi!! If only you knew!! :p :p Epica does a REAL work of interpretation for the acoustics. It's not just a version with guitars unplugged. They change the style, make it jazzy, gypsy or even more classical... They practically re-write the song. I would love to see you compare the two versions of a song that you already know to hear you talk about the interpretation. I watched you react to Abyss of Time recently (the acoustic version is Abyss o' time ). Also the acoustic version of Unleashed (that you have reacted to as well ;) ) is simply amazing.

Beautiful reaction Chase! glad you regularly do new video from apica! there are still a few bangers that you haven't done yet and should actually be on your list EPICA Introspect Monopoly On Truth Retrospect 10th Anniversary DVD I KZfaq 1080p start of a show of 3 hours! ( only 1 song ) Epica - Design Your Universe (Retrospect) Greatings from the netherlands

they got omega acoustic and abyss o time both acoustic just warms my heart both have bangers heavy versions outside of the acoustic simone also kills it on rivers such a smooth and emotional ride too

Nice reaction. I'm glad I'm going to see the show to this new album live on September 3rd...even in my home town at Paaspop.

Great reaction chase! Brilliant song. The whole album is amazing. Seal of Solomon is my fave.

Another great reaction! :) For the next Epica song I vote for "Code Of Life", that song gives me some serious chills every time.

Just imagine if someone could gather great artists under a single banner... People like Simone, the Jansen sisters, Hanzi... oh, wait.

Your excitement with Epica is simply contagious! Hope you come back soon, big hugs to you and your family.

You need to check out "Code of Life", it's definitely the highlight of the album!

Fun fact: I came back to watch this after watching a lot of Chase react videos. This time around, I felt like I was primed to listen more actively; boy was I in for a treat -- like a new listening experience. Amazing.

To answer your question about the acoustic versions, there are 3 so far: Abyss O'Time (Abyss of Time), El Código Vital (Code of Life with a Spanish chorus, btw the original song is incredible), and Omegacoustic (Omega, the title track). They're all awesome, funky, kind of make me wanna dance. There's also an a capella version of Rivers. I cannot recommend Code of Life enough: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8h6lJZozJ3Vkps.html And here's the acoustic version, should you wish to compare the two (they are completely different): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rb6kgptjrs_DnGQ.html

'You will lose'....true that!! :-) Fantastic music, from one of the three bands that drew me into the Metal genres....so glad they did!

The entire album is fire. Love, love, love it. After a 5-year gap between studio albums, I was worried if this new one would be worth the wait. It was. It totally was.

"or a flat gellyfish" damn Chase.. I was VERY close to having to wiping my morning coffee off my monitor.. damn you funny guy! ;)

They killed it with this album 🖤 this song entered my top 5 Epica songs with just a few weeks out!!!!!! The acoustic version is from Omega (is an amazing song too)

Ahhhhhhh yeeeaaa.... the new visual intro!!!! I love it!!!

It has been too long since you reacted to Epica. You wouls love, love, love Kingdom of Heaven part 4 Omega Live.

I have never been a lot into Epica. But this album is INSANELY good!! I can't name one song that could not be a single.

Absolutely bang on in your observations. This is definitely one of their best pieces of recent work. But what would you expect from Epica, aside from pure genius? Thanks for breaking it down again for us !! A++ will listen again LOL

This Epica´s album is such a gem - they really outdid themselves with vocal and instrumental arrangements and how everything was put together by Joost. You should also check out the band that Mark founded with a few other people when he found himself stuck while looking for inspiration for another Epica´s album over 10 years ago. It is more of symphonic death metal - the more brutal side of Epica in a way. Start with MaYaN - Saints Don´t Die (official video).

Oh man, I hope you react to the video for the acoustic version of "Abyss Of Time"..you will see just how far they can stretch the "light" side of their music! 😁 I guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised. It is an official video, so you need to see it!

"It's like a flat jellyfish. I'm not helping.". Lmao. Love you brother

Omega... God, this whole album is epic! You should do it track after track. Pure magic.

Escucha "Code of life" y "Seal of Solomon", otras increíbles canciones del nuevo álbum de Epica, son fantásticas, pero todo el álbum es una joya.

The most wonderful band imo and even better LIVE....roll on 2022

This is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite songs.

Very cool Track!. The mood on 1:19 reminds me soooo much of the original horror movie "the fog" from the 80. Back then this piano and synth was so scary for little me. Listen to it now with Epica is just so cool and so...EPICA!💥

👏👏👏

Yes they make acoustic stuff too. Abyss of time has an acoustic version that you might want to check ;-)

They made accoustic versions of "Abyss of Time" and "Omega" so far. Don't know if there are even more.

Acoustic stuff? Symphonic metal? Check out Beyond the Black.

Yay. I thought maybe you had given up on this. Glad to hear your breakdown. Perhaps you can do a comparison of Omega and the acoustic version some day.

I'm still so proud I forced Epica on you Chase ^^. This is my favourite song from Omega for me. The way you react is exactly how I still react after listening so many times. Those verses in the beginning. Absolute perfection.

Found in an article on symbolism from various cultures like Native American mythology... since you asked about the moths :) Moth in dreams: A moth represents change and transformation. Since this insect always seeks light, it also means that you must search for the light which is present within each one of us. If you have seen a moth in your dreams, it may be an indication not to seek materialistic pleasures or pleasures outside of you since all that you seek is already present within.

As many people have already said, a reaction to the whole album would be great, especially "Code of Life". Simone said it was her favorite song to sing and I can see way, she does an extraordinary job.

You should visit the old music video of then, like "The Phanton Agony", "Façade of Reality", "Cry for the Moon", etc

Woow just loved your react ❤️😍 you need to listen to Code of Life, one of the best songs of the album ❤️

New to this flavour of metal. I'm not too fussed about cheesy theatricals...but none of that here. Effing awesome, filmic, classy-diabolical...'brutiful' indeed :-)

Hey chase, a few months ago you said u would revisit periphery, believe me, its gonna be worth it. You will be overwhelmed by the heavyness and beauty in those songs, its amazing

Do believe they going to drop a acoustic version of the whole omega album. Two songs is already out with video. Epica - Abyss o'time and Epica - Omegacustic. Both are great

Wait until he hears the rest of the album

The whole album is awesome, fantasci, outstanding, out of this world! You should do a full album reaction or at the least a review. And yes, including the acoustic songs! And there is not an acoustic version of this one, unfortunately ^^. And one thing that's be super awesome is a reaction of all 3 parts of Kingdom of Heaven (a super long video? Hours long? I mean, each song is +10min, so, if you make ONE video with all 3... yeah xD but that'd be awesome). This song is a stand-out from the album. The more I listen, the more I love it, and it's always in my favourites when listening to the whole album (but, honestly, there are basically 0 songs I don't love, sooooo). Other stand-outs, for me are: Kingdom of Heaven part III (of course, it was expected. The hype was real, the hype was 1000000x deserved, and the more I listen, the more I love it), Code of Life, Synergy and Omega. Abyss of Time is still also one of my favourites from the album, though we've had months to get acquainted with it, hehehe. A last note: I'm SURE you'd love, love, loooove the vlogs they did throughout the process of creating the album. It's on their official channels, all 15 episodes!

This entire album is SO good!!!

You should consider listening to After Forever as well (Floor's first band). Same principle in contrast. Try "Dreamflight" live. You will love it.

Simonegasm? An acoustic version of several songs. Abyss of time acoustic was a real Xmas-treath but will be Nice around the campfire. Latest acoustic release has salsa in it...

Love this song and this album, you should definitely react to all of this album at some point. Another band you might like to react to with lots of 'contrast' is After Forever. Not around anymore but they also have some killer songs

Epica

It was really funny how you reacted when Mark started to scream. Chase Omega is the number one metal album right now, you should react to all the songs. And I agree with the contrasts in Epica is one of their highlights

My fav epica song is sensorium

the hole album is just awesome

Epica has the best videos!

You should do the Epica Sundays haha!! And react to their new record OMEGA, sure you'll like it!!!

LOVE the new(ish?) intro!

YESSS!! MORE EPICA

Epica - Acoustic? - oh Chase and you thought Nightwish was a rabbit hole.

LOL! The way you said "accoustic stuff?!"....you sound like a 3 year old in a lollypop store, I've been laughing out loud for minutes now! Loved your reaction, as always! Never go anywhere!

I will have that damn good day THANKS.

I LIKE BEING SPOILED, MORE EPICA

Code of Life is freaking fantastic

They always have acoustic versions of their songs. Not all but in their albums they use to add bonus cd's with 5 o six songs with their acoustic versions. They also add the versions without the vocal only the instrumental and the choir parts.

Great reaction Chase (sorry for missing the premiere). You've described it perfectly by pointing out the contrast. As far as accoustic versions go... If you want to check it out, I've suggested Omegacoustic (the acoustic version of Omega) on Discord 😉

Brutally beautiful - That sums Epica up perfectly! Your face at 10:25 is my standard Epica face! I loved this song already but this reaction with all of the information makes me appreciate it even more! Would love to hear your thoughts on Code of Life. Or Kingdom of Heaven, but then you’d have to do Kingdom of Heaven Parts 1, 2 and 3. Backing vocals are Marcela Bovio - her backing vocals are very clear on the end of Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 and Omega.