Epica discography
| Epica discography | |
|---|---|
 Epíca performing live at Rockharz Open Air, 2019 | |
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Singles | 43 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Track commentary | 2 |
The discography of Epica, a Dutch symphonic metal band, consists of eight studio albums, two track commentary albums, five live albums, six extended plays, one soundtrack, forty-three singles and one other release.
Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [1] |
AUT [2] |
BEL [3] |
FIN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
JPN [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] |
US [10] | |||||
| The Phantom Agony |
|
8 | — | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Consign to Oblivion |
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12 | — | 52 | — | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Divine Conspiracy |
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9 | — | 40 | — | 35 | 41 | 148 | 29 | — | — | |||
| Design Your Universe |
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8 | 70 | 40 | — | 31 | 37 | 228 | 27 | — | — |
| ||
| Requiem for the Indifferent |
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12 | 33 | 27 | 37 | 35 | 26 | 172 | 14 | 112 | 105 |
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| The Quantum Enigma |
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4 | 30 | 33 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 68 | 17 | 53 | 110 |
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| The Holographic Principle |
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4 | 21 | 12 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 105 | 8 | 46 | 139 | |||
| Omega |
|
7 | 15 | 6 | 18 [12] |
49 | 4 | 113 | 5 | 73 | — | |||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Track commentary albums[edit]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Quantum Enigma (Track Commentary) |
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| The Holographic Principle (Track Commentary) |
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EPs[edit]
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [1] |
AUT [2] |
BEL [3] |
GER [6] |
JPN [7] |
SWI [8] | ||
| The Solace System |
|
— | — | — | 60 | — | — |
| Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs |
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— | 53 | — | 48 | 82 | 15 |
| The Acoustic Universe |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Quantum Enigma B-Sides |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Omegacoustic |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Alchemy Project |
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40 | 60 | 194 | 39 | — | 35 |
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | |||||||
Live albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [1] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
SWI [8] | |||||||||||
| We Will Take You With Us |
|
62 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| The Classical Conspiracy |
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23 | 43 | 87 | 81 |
| ||||||||
| Retrospect |
|
7 | 167 | 46 | — |
| ||||||||
| Omega Alive |
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56 | — | 26 | 41 | |||||||||
| Live at Paradiso |
|
77 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Soundtracks[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [1] |
FRA [5] | ||
| The Score – An Epic Journey |
|
54 | 191 |
Live EPs[edit]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Live at the AFAS Live |
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Compilation albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [1] | ||||||||||||||
| The Road to Paradiso |
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46 | ||||||||||||
| The Singles Collection |
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— | ||||||||||||
Best Of ( )
|
|
— | ||||||||||||
| We Still Take You With Us - The Early Years (Box Set) |
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— | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLD [17] | ||||||||||||||
| "The Phantom Agony" | 2003 | — | The Phantom Agony | |||||||||||
| "Feint" | 2004 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Cry for the Moon" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Solitary Ground" | 2005 | 46 | Consign to Oblivion | |||||||||||
| "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" | 68 | |||||||||||||
| "Never Enough" | 2007 | — | The Divine Conspiracy | |||||||||||
| "Chasing the Dragon" | 2008 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Unleashed" | 2009 | — | Design Your Universe | |||||||||||
| "Martyr of the Free Word / From the Heaven of My Heart" | — | |||||||||||||
| "This is the Time" | 2010 | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||
| "Storm the Sorrow" | 2012 | — | Requiem for the Indifferent | |||||||||||
| "Forevermore" (Ruurd Woltring feat. Epica) | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| "Happiness" | — | Acoustic Dance Sessions | ||||||||||||
| "Unleashed - taken from Retrospect" | 2013 | — | Retrospect | |||||||||||
| "The Essence of Silence" | 2014 | — | The Quantum Enigma | |||||||||||
| "Unchain Utopia" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Live at the AB" | 2015 | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||
| "Universal Death Squad" | 2016 | — | The Holographic Principle | |||||||||||
| "Edge of the Blade" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Fight Your Demons" | — | The Solace System | ||||||||||||
| "The Solace System" | 2017 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Crimson Bow and Arrow" | 2018 | — | Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs | |||||||||||
| "If Inside These Walls Was a House" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Beyond the Matrix - The Battle" | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| "Kingdom of Heaven" | 2019 | — | Design Your Universe (Gold Edition) | |||||||||||
| "Abyss of Time" | 2020 | — | Omega | |||||||||||
| "Freedom – The Wolves Within" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Abyss 'O Time" | — | Omegacoustic | ||||||||||||
| "Rivers" | 2021 | — | Omega | |||||||||||
| "Omegacoustic" | — | Omegacoustic | ||||||||||||
| "The Skeleton Key" | — | Omega | ||||||||||||
| "Unchain Utopia - Omega Alive" | — | Omega Alive | ||||||||||||
| "The Skeleton Key - Omega Alive" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe - Omega Alive | — | |||||||||||||
| "Sensorium (Live at Paradiso) | 2022 | — | Live at Paradiso | |||||||||||
| "The Last Crusade (Live at Paradiso) | — | |||||||||||||
| "Run for a Fall (Acoustic) | — | We Still Take You with Us | ||||||||||||
| "The Final Lullaby (feat. Shining)" | — | The Alchemy Project | ||||||||||||
| "The Great Tribulation (feat. Fleshgod Apocalypse)" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Rivers (feat. Apocalyptica) [Live at the AFAS Live]" | 2023 | — | Live at the AFAS Live | |||||||||||
| "Unleashed (Live at the AFAS Live" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Consign to Oblivion (Live at the AFAS Live) | — | |||||||||||||
| "Beyond the Matrix (Live at the AFAS Live) | — | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Video albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWI [18] | ||||||||||||||
| We Will Take You With Us |
|
— | ||||||||||||
| Retrospect |
|
9 | ||||||||||||
| Omega Alive |
|
— | ||||||||||||
| Live at Paradiso |
|
— | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | ||||||||||||||
Other releases[edit]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Jägermeister Memory Stick |
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Music videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Directed | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "The Phantom Agony" | Frank Herrebout | The Phantom Agony |
| 2004 | "Feint" | ||
| 2005 | "Solitary Ground" | — | Consign to Oblivion |
| "Quietus" | Mirko Cocco | ||
| 2007 | "Never Enough"[19] | Ivan Colic | The Divine Conspiracy |
| 2009 | "Unleashed"[20] | Tim Bown | Design Your Universe |
| 2010 | "This is the Time" | — | — |
| 2012 | "Storm the Sorrow" | Remko Tielemans | Requiem for the Indifferent |
| "Forevermore" (Ruurd Woltring feat. Epica)[21] | Niks te gek!
(Dutch 'NTR' TV show) |
— | |
| 2014 | "Victims of Contingency"[22] | Remko Tielemans | The Quantum Enigma |
| 2015 | "The Obsessive Devotion (LIVE in Russia)"[23] | Tele-Club Video Production | The Divine Conspiracy |
| "The Essence of Silence (LIVE in Brussels)"[24] | Jens De Vos | The Quantum Enigma | |
| "Unchain Utopia (LIVE in Brussels)"[25] | |||
| 2016 | "Universal Death Squad"[26] | Jens De Vos | The Holographic Principle |
| 2016 | "Edge of the Blade"[27] | ||
| 2016 | "Beyond the Matrix"[28] | ||
| 2017 | "The Solace System"[29] | Davide Cilloni | The Solace System |
| "Immortal Melancholy" | Davide Cilloni | ||
| 2018 | "Decoded Poetry" | Davide Cilloni | |
| "Universal Love Squad" | Jens De Vos | The Holographic Principle | |
| 2020 | "Abyss of Time – Countdown to Singularity" | Grupa 13 | Omega |
| "Freedom – The Wolves Within" | Bram Knol | ||
| "Abyss o' Time" | — | ||
| 2021 | "Omegacoustic" | ||
| "The Skeleton Key" | |||
| 2022 | "Sirens – Of Blood And Water" | Patric Ullaeus | The Alchemy Project |
Guest appearances[edit]
- "Happiness" (Alexis Jordan cover - released on October 9, 2012 on the album Acoustic Dance Sessions by various artists)
- "Sacred & Wild" (Powerwolf cover - originally from the album Preachers of the Night (July 19, 2013), released on July 20, 2018 on the "Communio Lupatum" of Powerwolf's album The Sacrament of Sin)
References[edit]
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- ^ "UK Charts > Epica". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
"CHART: CLUK Update 24.03.2012 (wk11)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2012-03-21. - ^ "Epica Billboard Chart History". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
- ^ a b c "EPICA: 'The Quantum Enigma' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Albumit 9/2021". Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "EPICA to Release 'The Solace System' EP in September". 23 June 2017.
- ^ "EPICA Announces 'The Alchemy Project'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "EPICA: 'The Classical Conspiracy' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ Brown, Matt (11 December 2013). "Metal By Numbers 12/11: The Charts Show a Bit of Common Courtesy". www.metalinsider.net. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Dutch Singles Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ "SCHWEIZER HITPARADE - MUSIK-DVD TOP 10 24.11.2013". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ "EPICA: 'Never Enough' Video Available". www.blabbermouth.net. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ "EPICA: 'Unleashed' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Ruurd Woltring feat. EPICA - 'Forevermore'". www.youtube.com.
- ^ "EPICA: 'Victims Of Contingency' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ^ "Epica - The Obsessive Devotion (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ "Epica – The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 2015-08-20.
- ^ "Epica – Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ^ "EPICA – Universal Death Squad'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "EPICA - EDGE OF THE BLADE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 2017-07-21.
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