Cool!

Should be good!

If the album is as good as its cover art, it'll be one great experience.

Really looking forward to this.

Can't wait.

I love Volbest

Change title to "Another Epica Album".

Dan this band don't skimp on the consistency with their albums. I think "Requiem for the Indifferent" was sort of a step down from the magnificent "Design your universe", but I have high hopes this will be Epica's best effort yet.

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Album cover is beyond amazing, the title Kingdom of Heaven II sounds promising. They have my attantion.

Should be good, they're a really consistent band.

Honestly find these guys kind of boring.

Oh wait never mind I haven't really listened to these guys I was thinking of the album Epica.

This is good news, their last album was awesome.

Cover art for anyone interested: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/epica-the-quantum-enigma-cover-artwork-unveiled/

Band since the divne conspiracy is avesome and funny, people saying that is generic and boring is so lame. Most of them are just bitter and miserable twats who hate this band just because the hype that has the beauty simone simons among rock circles, also, those naive an foolish lads haven't heard design your universe, serenade of self destruction, resign to surrender, cry for the moon and more. Besides mark and company are very good songwritters

Simone is beautiful but as a person she is not very sociable, she is quite cold and shy.

Not for me. Women must be cute, extoverted; loving and passionate, cold and shy women are not cool for me.

Have been in touch with this band since 2009. They are really good and have some terrific ideas. Love 'em! I long for their new release... Seems promising!

I used to adore this band back in year 8 although they haven't aged well for me (the male vocals are awful), hoping this is good.

The gutural are ok for me, besides mark is a really good songwriter

His vocals were better in After Forever for some odd reason, and Decipher is better than any Epica album and a pretty awesome album in general.

Dude design your universe is one of the best albums ever pal, after forever is legit but I prefer his work with epica, still my 4 fave female fronted metal band are nightwish, therion, theatre of tragedy and the gathering, nothing can beat those 4 groups

Pretty much disagreed with everything in your entire post except for "After Forever is legit" and "The Gathering". Also you're missing Draconian and old Tristania ;)

Draconian is legit but I was talking about the symphonic stuff, maybe I should include the doom stuff. Tristania is good but not at the same league of nightwish, epica, theatre of tragedy, after forever, therion and the gathering

Listen to their album Arcane Rain Fell if you haven't Verm, it's awesome.

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Draconian are really good, their Demo ''The Closed Eyes Of Paradise'' is insane! However, i don't think they fit in a ''symphonic metal'' catalogue, even if they have some symphonic elements here and there...

''Listen to their album Arcane Rain Fell if you haven't Verm, it's awesome.''

Agreed.