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Epica
Design Your Universe
Album DE 2009 on Nuclear Blast label
Rock (Symphonic Rock)
Recorded at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany between March 2009 and May 2009. Mixed at The Gate Studio & The Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, June-July 2009. Mastered at The Gate Studio is Wolfsburg, Germany, July 2009. Guitars recorded at The Iceman Studio in Ieper, Belgium. Bass guitars recorded at the Huts Studio in Antwerp, Belgium. Grand Piano recorded at E-Sound Studio's in Weesp, The Netherlands. Tony's Vocals recorded at T-room Studio in Kemi, Finland. Sample of "Praising Chakrasamvara" in "Kingdom of Heaven" taken from Tibetan Chants for World Peace by the Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir. Produced by Mickey Hart. Used courtesy of White Swan Records. The first catalog# (NB 2345-2) appears on the back cover. The second catalog# (27361 23452) appears on the spines. ℗+© 2009 Manufactured and distributed by Nuclear Blast GmbH
Musicians
 | Epica , album by |
 | Amanda Somerville voc, bvoc, *1979 US alto vocals, epica choir, backing vocals, engineer, lyrics by, vocals lines and lyrics co-written by, edited by, lyrical editing, other, vocal coaching |
 | Cloudy Yang bvoc, DE alto vocals, epica choir |
 | Coen Janssen p, *1981 NL conductor, choir, arranged by, choir, arranged by, orchestral arrangements, piano, synthesizer, synths, music by |
 | Mark Jansen voc, g, *1978 NL arranged by, orchestral arrangements, mixed by, rhythm guitar, vocals, grunts & screams, music by, lyrics by |
 | Miro syn, p, DE arranged by, orchestral arrangements, mastered by |
 | Yves Huts eb, b, *1979 BE arranged by, orchestral arrangements, bass guitar, engineer, bass guitar, music by |
 | Sascha Paeth g, b, key, *1970 DE backing vocals, engineer, lyrics by, vocals lines and lyrics co-written by, mixed by, producer |
 | Melvin Edmondsen voc, b, bass vocals, epica choir |
 | Ariën Van Weesenbeek dr, voc, DE drums, vocals, grunts, spoken word, music by |
 | Joost van den Broek key, p, *1982 NL engineer, grand piano |
 | Isaac Delahaye acg, *1982 BE engineer, guitars, lead guitar, music by |
 | Stefan Heilemann , *1974 DE art direction, design, photography by, band |
 | Simone Simons voc, *1985 NL photography by, photo "white waters", vocals, music by, lyrics by |
 | Bridget Fogle voc, DE soprano vocals, epica choir |
 | Linda Van Summeren soprano vocals, epica choir |
 | Previn Moore voc, DE tenor vocals, epica choir |
| Gjalt Lucassen translated by, latin translations by |
| Jaap Toorenaar translated by, latin translations by |
 | Mat Drikke , engineer, tony's vocals |
 | Tony Kakko voc, key, *1975 FI vocals |
Producers
| Olaf Reitmeier edited by, engineer |
| Simon Oberender edited by, engineer |
| Epica producer |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Samadhi - Prelude | Epica | Mark Jansen | 1:27 |
| 2 | | Resign To Surrender - A New Age Dawns - Part IV | Epica | Mark Jansen | 6:19 |
| 3 | | Unleashed | Epica | Simone Simons | 5:48 |
| 4 | | Martyr Of The Free Word | Epica | Mark Jansen | 5:03 |
| 5 | | Our Destiny | Epica | Simone Simons | 6:00 |
| 6 | | Kingdom Of Heaven - A New Age Dawns - Part V | Epica | Mark Jansen | 13:35 |
| 7 | | Hold In Derision | Epica | ||
| 8 | | Children Of The Light | Epica | ||
| 9 | | Bardo Thödol | Epica | ||
| 10 | | Paragons Of Perfection | Epica | ||
| 11 | | The Harsh Return | Epica | ||
| 12 | | The Price Of Freedom - Interlude | Epica | 1:14 | |
| 13 | | Burn To A Cinder | Epica | Simone Simons | 5:41 |
| 14 | | Tides Of Time | Epica | Simone Simons | 5:34 |
| 15 | | Deconstruct | Epica | Simone Simons | 4:14 |
| 16 | | Semblance Of Liberty | Epica | Mark Jansen | 5:42 |
| 17 | | White Waters | Epica | Simone Simons | 4:44 |
| 18 | | Design Your Universe - A New Age Dawns - Part VI | Epica | Mark Jansen | 9:29 |
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