Epica To Invade the US

Dutch metallers Epica are set to invade the US on their first tour alongside friends Kamelot this fall. Kicking off September 16 at the sold-out ProgPower Festival in Atlanta, where the band will perform alongside US labelmate Jorn (the events headliner), the sextet will make stops in New York, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and others before completing dates in Los Angeles on November 11.

Already immensely successful overseas (recently selling out the famed Paradiso Club as well highly acclaimed shows in London), Epica hits the US with an already sizeable stateside fanbase. The dutch sextet featuring former After Forever guitarist/founder Mark Jansen and classically trained mezzo-soprano beauty Simone Simons command the stage and your attention with their multi-layered symphonic/power/gothic compositions.

To celebrate the band's stateside debut, Candlelight Records will release a deluxe edition of the band's latest album, Consign to Oblivion. Recorded in early 2005 and featuring guest contribution from Kamelot vocalist Roy Khan, the album will hit stores nationwide September 19. Track listing includes:
Hunab K'u, Dance of Fate, The Last Crusade, Solitary Ground, Blank Infinity, Force of the Shore, Quietus, Mother of Light, Trois Vierges, Another Me In Lack'ech, Consign to Oblivion plus a special dvd.

Epica US tour information available now at www.candlelightrecordsusa.com