EPICA Premiere ‘The Skeleton Key’ Music Video (February 26th, 2021)

EPICA Premiere ‘The Skeleton Key’ Music Video
February 26th, 2021

Dutch symphonic metal band Epica have filmed a music video for the track ‘The Skeleton Key’. Directed by Grupa 13, the clip can be viewed below.

Speaking about the song, vocalist Simone Simons said: “Welcome to the ‘The Skeleton Key’ multi-layered dreamworld. Don’t forget to bring your Skeleton Key to unlock all the secrets within yourself! I hope this song will haunt you until we can see each other again.”

Epica issued eighth full-length studio album Omega on February 26th, 2021 through Nuclear Blast Records.

Guitarist / vocalist Mark Jansen commented: “I am very proud of this album, as I am convinced we have written a very refreshing and well balanced album even after so many years of existence. Our strength is that we have many great songwriters in one band. We have managed to combine each other’s strongest qualities and selected the best songs.

“It was a fruitful period of spending time together to work as one team on those tracks. I think this has made the biggest difference compared to our previous albums. Still using the advantages of comfortably sending files by the internet to each other, but combining that with coming physically together again to work on all the tracks. I think I have listened to Omega about 50 times already and still can’t get enough of it!”

Omega was once again recorded with producer Joost van der Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities in Rijen, Netherlands.

The track listing is as follows:

CD 1 – Omega

01. ‘Alpha – Anteludium’
02. ‘Abyss Of Time – Countdown To Singularity’
03. ‘The Skeleton Key’
04. ‘Seal Of Solomon’
05. ‘Gaia’
06. ‘Code Of Life’
07. ‘Freedom – The Wolves Within’
08. ‘Kingdom Of Heaven, Part 3 – The Antediluvian Universe’
09. ‘Rivers’
10. ‘Synergize – Manic Manifest’
11. ‘Twilight Reverie – The Hypnagogic State’
12. ‘Omega – Sovereign Of The Sun Spheres’

CD 2 – Omegacoustic *

01. ‘Rivers – Acapella’
02. ‘Abyss O’Time’
03. ‘Omegacoustic’
04. ‘El Codigo Vital’

* digipak CD and Earbook edition bonus disc

Epica’s line-up is as follows:

Simone Simons (vocals)
Mark Jansen (vocals and rhythm guitar)
Isaac Delahaye (lead guitar)
Rob van der Loo (bass)
Ariën van Weesenbeek (vocals and drums)
Coen Janssen (keyboards)

Directed by Grupa 13, a music video was filmed for the track ‘Abyss Of Time’, as well as for for an acoustic version of the song. Meanwhile an official animated music video was created for the track ‘Freedom – The Wolves Within’ and a visualizer video issued for ‘Rivers’. In addition, a music video was released for ‘Omegacoustic’; an acoustic version of the title track. All five clips can also be viewed below.

Seventh studio record The Holographic Principle was released in September 2016 via Nuclear Blast.

Promotional photograph by Tim Tronckoe.