Stop comparing Xandria with Nightwish or with Epica. Enjoy the fuckin music and be grateful that there exist good bands that put all efforts to make a good and real Metal-Symphonic. Xandria is a band that always change it's sound and that makes her great lml!!!
Hrodulf i like to compare them, all of those are great bands, in the end i dont care which is better or worse, im grateful for good music to listen to..
It is very complicated not to compare them with Nightwish when they are really VERY similar, simply their style was deformed a lot from Neverworlds End, although apparently in Theater Of Dimensions they do something that should have done before: to find a style more own, something that They abandoned for some time. I really like Salome seventh veil and Kill the sun when they were Xandria for real, but the Neverworlds end and the Sacrificium make me real jewels, this little test of the new album inspires me and tells me that xandria finally looks for a new sound (But ironically) miss the sound influence they had of Nightwish (although many do not like it, it is OBVIOUS the influence of the Finns on the Germans).
The new vocalist is good and versatile but Dianne with Xandria was just magic. I wished she just agreed to temporary vocalist when she was sick and we would still have her in the band.
@Some Kind of Master Now that I think of it, the growls are too deep to be Björn's, but who could it be since there's barely no growls in Xandria's music?
This is heavy? They have much heavier stuff then this this is very underwhelming imo. I was hoping it would be heavy but this isn't really really meh. :s
I wonder what Xandria have you heard, because I´ve heard all their discography and the only song that could be as heavy as this, is Soulcrusher. It is not like this is too heavy, but is definitely heavier than most of what they´ve done.
Agree. I've read the comments here and for Call of Destiny. Seems like a lot of stupid people like to spout off their nonsense. Arcanua's comment, comparing to Epica and other bands, even commenting on their font being the same as Evanescence. Like wtf? This is why metal can't rise again. Because the fans are against each other. I mean if you have any sort of musical ear, you can tell the difference between just about all symphonic metal bands. Especially between Epica and Xandria.
Symphonic metal was started by the TRUTH MOVEMENTof the 1990s and embellished by the REALITY MOVEMENT of circa 2004. EPICA was always ground zero for those themes and have become a very hip and cool band. Xandria is not ignorant of this and they too have begun to migrate in those directions and its partly due to my counseling them too. Good news is IT IS WORKING. This song and video are very similar in style and production to EPICA- Essence of Silence. Being influenced by other bands is not a bad thing. Being similar to other GOOD bands is not a bad thing either. Dianne has certain spectacular qualities that I think they should simply run with and all of us should be happy with that. By the way, I lived in a time before any form of symphonic metal or fem metal. That perspective makes me always TRULLY APPRECIATIVE of all this glorious music and is why my TOTALLY FEM METAL CHANNEL is the single largest fem metal source on earth and contains OVER 300 fem metal bands so far.
Extremely heavy, dark and melancholic. I love the chorus and the direction they are going. Sounds nothing like Epica as those with no idea are commenting. We are we are the rulers of a burning world.. True.
I really liked the song, I've been listening to it the whole day. It has that catchy chorus that you will love form the first listening. This will be surely on the setlist for their next tour and everybody will sing along with it. I like how the choir has a more important roll in the song and sounds stronger than ever. The growls were a pleasant surprise and Dianne's voice is beautiful as always, definitely a great collaboration. I like this xandria and I can't wait to listen to the whole album. Great job guys! Greetings from Colombia! Hope to see you back soon!
First: comparing Xandria to Nightwish and Epica sounds goood to me. These two bands are the greatest in the symphonic metal thing and that means Xandria is just building their path to ascension. One day they'll be right where Epica is now and I can't wait to see it. Second: I need this album right now.
To those who complained about this songs obviously havent heard the amazing snippets from Xandria. As what I think is the continuation from Sacrificium in terms of style. xD.
"To those who complained about this songs obviously havent heard the amazing snippets" - I could not find those "snippets" and direct link is not provided. But despite it and based on only song if even other songs are also uptempo POP this album is great because Marco allowed Dianne to use clean voice. Now we can see true Dianne but not restricted down to angelic voice as here mentioned belcanto.
Alex Aga There are four snippets released. One of it is featured shortly at the end of this song and it is called "Where The Heart Is Home" and "When The Walls Came Down" shares similar style from Sacrificium (classical style singing) and there is a track called Ceili (Epic-folk metal ish), Song of Sorrow and Woe (sounds a bit like Little Red Relish but with heavier parts). You can search for Xandria in their instagram page. Its there. And I dont have problems with rock voice or classical singing. I think this is just like THP's "Edge of the Blade" the weaker songs in the album but I still find it good. While We are Murderers sounds really heavy and less symphonic and straight forward I like it so much although I think this might be the weaker track of the album.
People who are dumb founded by her vocal work in this song obviously have not heard her vocal work with her other band Ex Libris. I think it's great that they're exploring new sounds. The reason they resemble Epica is because the genre sounds like that.
Can we at least agree that it might be a *bit* early to draw conclusions about the whole album based on one full song and four samples? Dianne stated something about there being more variety on this album...we will see. And yes, Dianne did list Simone as one of her favorite singers, so you guys might be on the right track in regarding to 'sounding more like Epica'.
Why comparing, guys come on enough with that, there is no point.The song is fine, it's not a masterpiece but i hope the rest of the album will be.Let's enjoy...
No se centren en si repiten la letra demaciadas veces o si es parecida a tal banda, el mensaje es muy profundo y hay que tratar de reflexionar. En lo personal me encantó. ¡El final es brutal!
why all this hating on this song? it's simply amazing! the rest of the album sounds pretty "Xandriatic" so leave them alone and let them experiment something different from their usual style! this song has so much energy and I love how Dianne (used to) sings with a normal voice instead of the usual operatic one!
Love this number. It brings me back to the old days of bands like Paradise Lost and The (old) Gathering. Where the lead singer grunching and a female voice as background. The thru roots where symphonic rock comes from. Songs like As I Die - Paradise Lost & King For A Day - The Gathering.
It's AMAZING!!! This is the real world and we are murderers. This is a great song. Sound's like XANDRIA. No Epica, no Diabulus in Musica, etc. It' s XANDRIA!!!
Love this track! One of my favs from the album. Why can't people just love it and stop comparing it to something else? Jesus, people are stupid. Especially in the metal community tearing down each other.
Reading the lyrics and watching the video, I think this is the other side of Nighwish's "Greatest Show on Earth", where they sing "we were here". And Xandria sings: "We are all murderers". This is kind of depressing, because I know they are right.
No es Epica en lo más mínimo, ni tampoco Nightwish. Simplemente excelente, me encanta la reinvención de Xandria, sorprender ha sido su meta desde sus dos discos anteriores y lo han logrado...
Hey, those who compare Xandria with Epica and also believes that Epica sounds better... I recommend to you to hear Dianne with Xandria and Simone Simmons with Epica live first, then compare them to notice who truly sings and try to sound equally (even better) to the studio album. I give you a hint... It's not Simone.
Geweldig nummer, maar wat een vreselijke beelden. Helaas heel erg waar, maar wel dingen waar we (ik) graag de ogen voor sluiten. Je wordt zo wel weer even bij de les gehaald.
This is sounds like not symphonic metal, but the horror metal. I've never heard before something like this in my life. This were something new and that was be cool)))))
xandria a déjà présenté son nouvelle album à la presse musicale spécialisée. Les commentaires sont élogieux et brillantissimes, on parle déjà d'un album de légende ! vivement sa sortie fin janvier.
I'm am so happyli surprised this is not really how i know Xandria but the Combi with Björn Strid was an Epic Idea and the small style change, Excellent
Xandria has already presented his new album to the musical press. the reviews are excellents and outstanding. they speak of a Legendary album ! I am realy looking forwad for this album at the end of january.
I do not agree : "the only reason why they're sounding like Epica is because of" uptempo. After Xandria1 (with Lisa) Marco drives Xandria2 to uptempo. Now very uptempo like Epica (as constantly mentioned here) or like kinda Slayer with female voice. I would be preferred moving to slow doom side. But eventually Marco cancelled his requirement for total usage of belcanto. Dianne as real super singer can use and clean voice. Clean voice always has more possibilities for expression. Belcanto can be used as elements for decoration. Growling is normally, Lisa had also used growl. But also only as elements. In all, based on only this song Xandria2 has become simple POP.
Alex Aga Actually I don't think that Xandria should be called as Pop, is kinda disrespectful for those who are struggling to keep moving on symphonic/progressive metal road... I wasn't talking about similarity between Epica and Xandria, but there a lot of comments regarding this point, so I decided to make a pretty clear comment which it's remarkably reasonable, and it's all about the choir :) it's almost the same as the sound of Epica's one.
About the Epica comparisons: Dianne sounds nothing like Simone here, especially in the pre chorus verses. In fact, I think her vocals could be a lot better there. The choir and male vocals sound reminiscent of Epica; Bjorn kind of does sound like Mark here. But I still think Epica are waayyy heavier AND more symphonic than these guys. They sound good, but Epica is on a different level altogether. It's a good effort, it's just that Epica have a very unique and layered sound only a few bands can resemble let alone replicate/match or supercede. ps: this is my personal opinion. Don't sweat over it if yours differs.
I completely agree. The intro chorus seemed very reminiscent of Epica, although the later drum solo already drifts away from Epica style since Epica does not use drum heavyness to heavy up the song. Ofcourse the vocal capabilities between Epica singer and Xandria singer is very visible since first part. and Bjorn did indeed sound suprisingly similar to Mark ^^. Also the main part of song was lacking the technical difficulty in it. (Although The Holographic Principle of Epica had it lacking in some songs as well)
"Ofcourse the vocal capabilities between Epica singer and Xandria singer is very visible" I absolutely agree with you because Simone is only very good singer but Dianne is real super singer. The vocal level of Dianne is the same as Elina from Leaves Eyes and Emmanuelle from Sirenia. But Emmanuelle is more experienced. Their level is clearly real super singer. Based on this song seen that Marco cancelled his requirement for total usage of belcanto what here is called as "angelic voice". That "angelic voice" is only part of possibilities of Dianne. Clean voice has always more possibilities for expression. Earlier true vocal level of Dianne was not seen in Xandria because of that restriction from Marco. Dianne is much better than her fans think. She is simply underrated. She is real super singer but Simone is level lower. But sadly that based on this song Marco drives Xandria to POP style like as here mentioned Epica. Possibilities of Dianne allow Xandria to be soft doom gothic as and was in Lisa times. But now this is simply POP.
+rmcoooo TQE was heavied up pretty much due solely to drums - the drums were very prominent in the mix. +Alex Aga I think Xandria's last EP (Fire and Ashes, i think is what it's called) did a really great job showcasing how versatile Dianne's voice is.
EPICAN, Absolutely agree with you. It is only my opinion. I am not musician I understand in music at least no more than you. IMHO Simone now is worse than was. Because female voice has mutation in around 25 years age. It must be taken in account. Her voice became higher than was. But she or/and band ignore it. Of course all it is only my IMHO.
now this is what i call change, i would not expect this at all! Lets wait for the whole thing, this sounds even more promissing than the last album. Finaly they kept theirs vocalist for little bit longer..
alright people! this is Xandria!! bands DO change sounds to entertain their fans... and make it so their fans don't get bored! sure bands draw influence from other bands! doesn't mean they're trying to be that other band! no matter how similar they may sound to them at times... if you do not like a certain song or album that's fine... but don't not like it simply because it sounds like another band... I mean if it sounds good to you... who cares what else it sounds like... and btw AWESOME SONG! AWESOME ALBUM! AWESOME BAND!
Have you ever listened to death metal? Because at least the opening riff sounds more like Vader rather than Epica, I don't really see the similarity with Epica here
people say they copy epica, which is great lol. I mean people didn't enjoy the singles for the holographic principle as much, but the album kicked ass. same thing for xandria I hope
For those wondering why this may sound a lil more like epica is probably cause the guy who directed this album worked on some of epica's more recent albums too if im not mistaken (from what ive seen in the facebook vids it looks like him)
Stop comparing Xandria with Nightwish or with Epica. Enjoy the fuckin music and be grateful that there exist good bands that put all efforts to make a good and real Metal-Symphonic.
Xandria is a band that always change it's sound and that makes her great lml!!!
Finally someone with common sense. Thumbs up for you.
Hrodulf i like to compare them, all of those are great bands, in the end i dont care which is better or worse, im grateful for good music to listen to..
I'm so very proud of it! Since "Sacrificium", Xandria showed us all your talent!!
It is very complicated not to compare them with Nightwish when they are really VERY similar, simply their style was deformed a lot from Neverworlds End, although apparently in Theater Of Dimensions they do something that should have done before: to find a style more own, something that They abandoned for some time.
I really like Salome seventh veil and Kill the sun when they were Xandria for real, but the Neverworlds end and the Sacrificium make me real jewels, this little test of the new album inspires me and tells me that xandria finally looks for a new sound (But ironically) miss the sound influence they had of Nightwish (although many do not
like it, it is OBVIOUS the influence of the Finns on the Germans).
that makes her great??? Are you use her for Xandria?
This is crazily refreshing for symphonic metal. Its so aggressive I like it. Xandria is rising!
... and then they kicked another vocalist. Shame.
Xandria has been around since 2004
Wow... Such a great message in those lyrics... Great song.
The new vocalist is good and versatile but Dianne with Xandria was just magic. I wished she just agreed to temporary vocalist when she was sick and we would still have her in the band.
This is The Simphonic metal that we love to hear! love it
"ft. Björn Strid of Soilwork" the best decision any band can make
@Some Kind of Master He did growl and stuff but I agree he'd deserve a clean part as well.
@Some Kind of Master Now that I think of it, the growls are too deep to be Björn's, but who could it be since there's barely no growls in Xandria's music?
This is heavy, Xandria's really changed their game. Look forward to hearing the rest of this record
It is just because feat soilwork, not smth else
This is heavy? They have much heavier stuff then this this is very underwhelming imo. I was hoping it would be heavy but this isn't really really meh. :s
I wonder what Xandria have you heard, because I´ve heard all their discography and the only song that could be as heavy as this, is Soulcrusher. It is not like this is too heavy, but is definitely heavier than most of what they´ve done.
Agree. I've read the comments here and for Call of Destiny. Seems like a lot of stupid people like to spout off their nonsense. Arcanua's comment, comparing to Epica and other bands, even commenting on their font being the same as Evanescence. Like wtf? This is why metal can't rise again. Because the fans are against each other. I mean if you have any sort of musical ear, you can tell the difference between just about all symphonic metal bands. Especially between Epica and Xandria.
Symphonic metal was started by the TRUTH MOVEMENTof the 1990s and embellished by the REALITY MOVEMENT of circa 2004. EPICA was always ground zero for those themes and have become a very hip and cool band.
Xandria is not ignorant of this and they too have begun to migrate in those directions and its partly due to my counseling them too. Good news is IT IS WORKING.
This song and video are very similar in style and production to EPICA- Essence of Silence. Being influenced by other bands is not a bad thing. Being similar to other GOOD bands is not a bad thing either. Dianne has certain spectacular qualities that I think they should simply run with and all of us should be happy with that.
By the way, I lived in a time before any form of symphonic metal or fem metal. That perspective makes me always TRULLY APPRECIATIVE of all this glorious music and is why my TOTALLY FEM METAL CHANNEL is the single largest fem metal source on earth and contains OVER 300 fem metal bands so far.
Extremely heavy, dark and melancholic. I love the chorus and the direction they are going. Sounds nothing like Epica as those with no idea are commenting. We are we are the rulers of a burning world.. True.
DevourSlumber I do not care what you think. Go away :)
People, please stop comparing bands. That's why we have DIFFERENT bands. Each one has something special. God... Leave your ignorance.
Headbanging while listening to the song is simply inevitable...
Hearing death metal vibe on this piece! 🖤
I really liked the song, I've been listening to it the whole day. It has that catchy chorus that you will love form the first listening. This will be surely on the setlist for their next tour and everybody will sing along with it. I like how the choir has a more important roll in the song and sounds stronger than ever. The growls were a pleasant surprise and Dianne's voice is beautiful as always, definitely a great collaboration. I like this xandria and I can't wait to listen to the whole album. Great job guys! Greetings from Colombia! Hope to see you back soon!
ah i miss this song, always listened when going to the gym
Xandria fantastic band with amazing vocals and fantastic lyrics that s one of my favourite band 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
First: comparing Xandria to Nightwish and Epica sounds goood to me. These two bands are the greatest in the symphonic metal thing and that means Xandria is just building their path to ascension. One day they'll be right where Epica is now and I can't wait to see it.
Second: I need this album right now.
I missed so much this phase of the band :(
Excelente grupo o melhor metal sinfônico🖤🖤🎶🎶♥️♥️🇧🇷
Man! This is real heavy song!!! Xandria ft. Soilwork! The unbelieveble power!!!
Amazing, amazing... looking forward for the new album.
Now that's something different! Hardly recognized Bjorn, though :D
Diana's range is incredible. I dont enjoy this song as much as Sacrificium's efforts but it is still solid and showing range from the band.
To those who complained about this songs obviously havent heard the amazing snippets from Xandria. As what I think is the continuation from Sacrificium in terms of style. xD.
I know to each their own but this song is great! people complain too much!
"To those who complained about this songs obviously havent heard the amazing snippets" - I could not find those "snippets" and direct link is not provided. But despite it and based on only song if even other songs are also uptempo POP this album is great because Marco allowed Dianne to use clean voice. Now we can see true Dianne but not restricted down to angelic voice as here mentioned belcanto.
Alex Aga There are four snippets released. One of it is featured shortly at the end of this song and it is called "Where The Heart Is Home" and "When The Walls Came Down" shares similar style from Sacrificium (classical style singing) and there is a track called Ceili (Epic-folk metal ish), Song of Sorrow and Woe (sounds a bit like Little Red Relish but with heavier parts). You can search for Xandria in their instagram page. Its there. And I dont have problems with rock voice or classical singing. I think this is just like THP's "Edge of the Blade" the weaker songs in the album but I still find it good. While We are Murderers sounds really heavy and less symphonic and straight forward I like it so much although I think this might be the weaker track of the album.
People who are dumb founded by her vocal work in this song obviously have not heard her vocal work with her other band Ex Libris. I think it's great that they're exploring new sounds. The reason they resemble Epica is because the genre sounds like that.
Wow!!! Xandria !! Lets see this album!!!Awesome first shot!
Can we at least agree that it might be a *bit* early to draw conclusions about the whole album based on one full song and four samples? Dianne stated something about there being more variety on this album...we will see. And yes, Dianne did list Simone as one of her favorite singers, so you guys might be on the right track in regarding to 'sounding more like Epica'.
Why comparing, guys come on enough with that, there is no point.The song is fine, it's not a masterpiece but i hope the rest of the album will be.Let's enjoy...
No se centren en si repiten la letra demaciadas veces o si es parecida a tal banda, el mensaje es muy profundo y hay que tratar de reflexionar. En lo personal me encantó. ¡El final es brutal!
The lyrics are just great!!
why all this hating on this song? it's simply amazing! the rest of the album sounds pretty "Xandriatic" so leave them alone and let them experiment something different from their usual style! this song has so much energy and I love how Dianne (used to) sings with a normal voice instead of the usual operatic one!
Xandria, WITH BJORN?!?!!? Why hasn't this happened earlier!?!?
Well, after listening he was barely in this track... :/
really let down too. It's not really his style of vocals either.
It's a shame honestly, was excited about this collaboration.
actually is a good convination
really disappointed here, if it hadn't said on the title I wouldn't have been able to tell it's even him
I like this...dying too hear more
for 2 weeks i've been trying to grow this song into me... i love xandria , but i CANNOT force myself to like this SONG!!!! I'm sorry , I tried!!!!!
Love this number. It brings me back to the old days of bands like Paradise Lost and The (old) Gathering. Where the lead singer grunching and a female voice as background. The thru roots where symphonic rock comes from. Songs like As I Die - Paradise Lost & King For A Day - The Gathering.
It's AMAZING!!! This is the real world and we are murderers. This is a great song. Sound's like XANDRIA. No Epica, no Diabulus in Musica, etc. It' s XANDRIA!!!
Love this track! One of my favs from the album. Why can't people just love it and stop comparing it to something else? Jesus, people are stupid. Especially in the metal community tearing down each other.
i like It. this álbum Will great . the same with diabulus un música lml
Reading the lyrics and watching the video, I think this is the other side of Nighwish's "Greatest Show on Earth", where they sing "we were here". And Xandria sings: "We are all murderers". This is kind of depressing, because I know they are right.
INCREDIBLE!!!! Absolutely spot on message, too! Fantastic work!!!
Xandria and Bjorn Strid. What a powerful song!!! Theater of Dimensions is a great one!!!🤘🤘🤘
Love the new album. Congrats!
No es Epica en lo más mínimo, ni tampoco Nightwish. Simplemente excelente, me encanta la reinvención de Xandria, sorprender ha sido su meta desde sus dos discos anteriores y lo han logrado...
Hey, those who compare Xandria with Epica and also believes that Epica sounds better... I recommend to you to hear Dianne with Xandria and Simone Simmons with Epica live first, then compare them to notice who truly sings and try to sound equally (even better) to the studio album. I give you a hint... It's not Simone.
I love Epica but I agree with you
one of my new favorite bands!!!!!
Well it's not fully Xandria. But I still like it. Hope that the other songs will be more Xandriatic
Geweldig nummer, maar wat een vreselijke beelden. Helaas heel erg waar, maar wel dingen waar we (ik) graag de ogen voor sluiten. Je wordt zo wel weer even bij de les gehaald.
2020 by like. :
Yessss
This is sounds like not symphonic metal, but the horror metal. I've never heard before something like this in my life. This were something new and that was be cool)))))
Hello check out Epica has that "darker" sound you may like.
Woh that´s really great!!! I never stopped before to listen to this band! Heavy and intense!
best song i heard in a long time really like the new sound lads
I LOVE when a song is based on the world which we live. :)
Too epica like. I'm digging it.
MrDR7no yeah you're right. It sounds a bit like epica. but this is more harmonic than epica.
I am usually not into symphonic metal, but that's some good shit right there. Doesn't go too over the top corny and keeps it proper heavy, I like it.
XANDRIA como sempre surpreendendo seus fãs
I want more of this.
xandria a déjà présenté son nouvelle album à la presse musicale spécialisée. Les commentaires sont élogieux et brillantissimes, on parle déjà d'un album de légende ! vivement sa sortie fin janvier.
I agree .... time to change our thinking and acting !
Xandria is so powerfull, she is so on fire!!!!!!
beautiful song I got addicted to it right away
I'm am so happyli surprised this is not really how i know Xandria but the Combi with
Björn Strid was an Epic Idea and the small style change, Excellent
Xandria has already presented his new album to the musical press. the reviews are excellents and outstanding. they speak of a Legendary album ! I am realy looking forwad for this album at the end of january.
It's so fuckin' amazing!!! The upcoming album comes to stay on the body and soul!!!!
I wan't expecting anything like this.Like it!
Wow, what an amazing song!
I am not really into Xandria but I must say this song is incredible. I will listen this band more often.
the only reason why they're sounding like Epica is because of the choir
Their new producer is the same as from epica xD
I do not agree :
"the only reason why they're sounding like Epica is because of" uptempo.
After Xandria1 (with Lisa) Marco drives Xandria2 to uptempo. Now very uptempo like Epica (as constantly mentioned here) or like kinda Slayer with female voice. I would be preferred moving to slow doom side.
But eventually Marco cancelled his requirement for total usage of belcanto. Dianne as real super singer can use and clean voice. Clean voice always has more possibilities for expression. Belcanto can be used as elements for decoration. Growling is normally, Lisa had also used growl. But also only as elements.
In all, based on only this song Xandria2 has become simple POP.
Alex Aga Actually I don't think that Xandria should be called as Pop, is kinda disrespectful for those who are struggling to keep moving on symphonic/progressive metal road... I wasn't talking about similarity between Epica and Xandria, but there a lot of comments regarding this point, so I decided to make a pretty clear comment which it's remarkably reasonable, and it's all about the choir :) it's almost the same as the sound of Epica's one.
It's probably also the general theme of the song. Social commentary is at least half of Epica's songs.
Not only the choir, but even her singing!
muy buena canción!! aunque mi favorito sigue siendo neverworl's end!! xandria forever!!!!
X2, esta canción es lo máximo.
Realmente, muito surpreendente, muito bom, excelente!
About the Epica comparisons:
Dianne sounds nothing like Simone here, especially in the pre chorus verses. In fact, I think her vocals could be a lot better there. The choir and male vocals sound reminiscent of Epica; Bjorn kind of does sound like Mark here. But I still think Epica are waayyy heavier AND more symphonic than these guys. They sound good, but Epica is on a different level altogether. It's a good effort, it's just that Epica have a very unique and layered sound only a few bands can resemble let alone replicate/match or supercede.
ps: this is my personal opinion. Don't sweat over it if yours differs.
I completely agree. The intro chorus seemed very reminiscent of Epica, although the later drum solo already drifts away from Epica style since Epica does not use drum heavyness to heavy up the song. Ofcourse the vocal capabilities between Epica singer and Xandria singer is very visible since first part. and Bjorn did indeed sound suprisingly similar to Mark ^^. Also the main part of song was lacking the technical difficulty in it. (Although The Holographic Principle of Epica had it lacking in some songs as well)
"Ofcourse the vocal capabilities between Epica singer and Xandria singer is very visible" I absolutely agree with you because Simone is only very good singer but Dianne is real super singer. The vocal level of Dianne is the same as Elina from Leaves Eyes and Emmanuelle from Sirenia. But Emmanuelle is more experienced. Their level is clearly real super singer.
Based on this song seen that Marco cancelled his requirement for total usage of belcanto what here is called as "angelic voice". That "angelic voice" is only part of possibilities of Dianne. Clean voice has always more possibilities for expression. Earlier true vocal level of Dianne was not seen in Xandria because of that restriction from Marco. Dianne is much better than her fans think. She is simply underrated. She is real super singer but Simone is level lower.
But sadly that based on this song Marco drives Xandria to POP style like as here mentioned Epica. Possibilities of Dianne allow Xandria to be soft doom gothic as and was in Lisa times. But now this is simply POP.
+rmcoooo
TQE was heavied up pretty much due solely to drums - the drums were very prominent in the mix.
+Alex Aga
I think Xandria's last EP (Fire and Ashes, i think is what it's called) did a really great job showcasing how versatile Dianne's voice is.
EPICAN, Absolutely agree with you. It is only my opinion. I am not musician I understand in music at least no more than you. IMHO Simone now is worse than was. Because female voice has mutation in around 25 years age. It must be taken in account. Her voice became higher than was. But she or/and band ignore it. Of course all it is only my IMHO.
Nocturnal Flare That's dianne singing? There's no way, she sounds awful here.
fucking awesome!!! I can't wait for the album
now I'm feeling an Epica vibe of this single
No❤️
De l'excellent rock metal symphonique !
now this is what i call change, i would not expect this at all! Lets wait for the whole thing, this sounds even more promissing than the last album. Finaly they kept theirs vocalist for little bit longer..
Keeping vocalist for more than one album is plus.
Allowing usage clean voice is plus.
And that is all, all other is simply uptempo POP.
i am going to listen SACRIFICIUM and forget this happened !!!!!
eu tô empolgadão com esse álbum alguém mais?
eu tambem cara mas espero que a musica que vire video seja Where The Heart Is Home.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the rest of my party starts killing the greeter of this new town. Me in charge music: seems about right
Esta canción me dejó con más ganas de escuchar el nuevo álbum!!. :D
alright people! this is Xandria!! bands DO change sounds to entertain their fans... and make it so their fans don't get bored! sure bands draw influence from other bands! doesn't mean they're trying to be that other band! no matter how similar they may sound to them at times... if you do not like a certain song or album that's fine... but don't not like it simply because it sounds like another band... I mean if it sounds good to you... who cares what else it sounds like... and btw AWESOME SONG! AWESOME ALBUM! AWESOME BAND!
Dianne is AMAZING
Mds 😍 esse album esta espetacular, isso é metal sinfonico
Joli chanson, Merci Xandria
I have always liked songs like this. Always makes me cry :'')
I think it's a good song, but I think it's directly inspired by Epica style, every instrument and the singers sounds like Epica's latest works
Think the same bro :)
Have you ever listened to death metal?
Because at least the opening riff sounds more like Vader rather than Epica, I don't really see the similarity with Epica here
that one riff(0:46) is so wild that i was almost waiting blastbeat 😁
is Amazing!!!
Xandria the best
people say they copy epica, which is great lol. I mean people didn't enjoy the singles for the holographic principle as much, but the album kicked ass. same thing for xandria I hope
love xandria 😍
great video, heavy. Another great CD.
For those wondering why this may sound a lil more like epica is probably cause the guy who directed this album worked on some of epica's more recent albums too if im not mistaken (from what ive seen in the facebook vids it looks like him)
Excelente video y canción
Xandria are life!!!!!
I am simple minded.
I Saw "Bjorn Speed Strid"
I instantly teleported here.
4:59 Shouldn't it be "lead" instead of "led" ?
I dont think this sounds like Epica at all. IMO this sounds like a straightforward metal.
@Zestful Zeitgeist maybe he never listened to Epica? This song is like an Epica worship
Don't know why, but this song is so damn good!
Amazing song
Super.
Such strong lyrics!
its such a shame this band didn't prosper