Epica discography

Epica discography
Epica discography
	Epíca performing live at Rockharz Open Air, 2019
Studio albums	9
EPs	6
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	4
Singles	44
Video albums	4
Music videos	61
Track commentary	2

The discography of Epica, a Dutch symphonic metal band, consists of nine studio albums, two track commentary albums, five live albums, six extended plays, one soundtrack, forty-four singles and one other release.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]	AUT ^[2]	BEL ^[3]	FIN ^[4]	FRA ^[5]	GER ^[6]	JPN ^[7]	SWI ^[8]	UK ^[9]	US ^[10]	Sales
The Phantom Agony	Released: 5 June 2003 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	8	—	114	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Consign to Oblivion	Released: 21 April 2005 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	12	—	52	—	116	—	—	—	—	—
The Divine Conspiracy	Released: 7 September 2007 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	9	—	40	—	35	41	148	29	—	—
Design Your Universe	Released: 16 October 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	8	70	40	—	31	37	228	27	—	—	US: 2,100+^[11]
Requiem for the Indifferent	Released: 9 March 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	12	33	27	37	35	26	172	14	112	105	US: 4,800+^[11]
The Quantum Enigma	Released: 2 May 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	4	30	33	26	38	11	68	17	53	110	US: 3,700+^[11]
The Holographic Principle	Released: 30 September 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	4	21	12	26	26	9	105	8	46	139
Omega	Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download	7	15	6	18	49	4	113	5	73	—
Aspiral	Released: 11 April 2025 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	2	8	5	23 ^[12]	—	5	—	7	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Track commentary albums

Title	Album details
The Quantum Enigma (Track Commentary)	Released: 2 May 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download
The Holographic Principle (Track Commentary)	Released: 19 March 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Sales
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]	FRA ^[5]	GER ^[6]	SWI ^[8]	Sales
We Will Take You with Us	Released: September 2004 Label: Transmission Formats: CD, DVD	62	—	—	—
The Classical Conspiracy	Released: 8 May 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD	23	43	87	81	US: 700+^[13]
Retrospect	Released: 8 November 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	7	167	46	—	US: 890+^[14]
Omega Alive	Released: 2 December 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	56	—	26	41
Live at Paradiso	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2×CD+DVD, 3×LP	77	—	—	—
Live at the Symphonic Synergy	Released: 11 April 2025 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Collector's box set, 5-disc Earbook, 2-disc digipak	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]	FRA ^[5]
The Score – An Epic Journey	Released: 8 September 2005 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	54	191

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	NLD ^[1]
The Road to Paradiso	Released: 8 May 2006 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	46
The Singles Collection	Released: 14 May 2010 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download	—
Best Of	Released: 14 October 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download	—
We Still Take You With Us - The Early Years (box set)	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, Blu-ray, DVD, 11xLP box	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Video albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	SWI ^[15]
We Will Take You with Us	Released: September 2004 Label: Transmission Records Formats: DVD	—
Retrospect	Released: 8 November 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD+CD, Blu-ray+CD	9
Omega Alive	Released: 2 December 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	—
Live at Paradiso	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2×CD+DVD	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
Title	EP details	NLD ^[1]	AUT ^[2]	BEL ^[3]	GER ^[6]	JPN ^[7]	SWI ^[8]
The Solace System	Released: 1 September 2017^[16] Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	60	—	—
Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs	Released: 20 December 2017 (Japan) 20 July 2018 (world) Label: Chaos Reigns / Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	53	—	48	82	15
The Acoustic Universe	Released: 4 October 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Quantum Enigma B-Sides	Released: 11 September 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
Omegacoustic	Released: 25 February 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Alchemy Project	Released: 11 November 2022^[17] Label: Atomic Fire Formats: CD, LP, digital download	40	60	194	39	—	35
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live EPs

Title	Details
Live at the AFAS Live	Released: 6 March 2023 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	NLD ^[18]	Album
"The Phantom Agony"	2003	—	The Phantom Agony
"Feint"	2004	—
"Cry for the Moon"	2004	—
"Solitary Ground"	2005	46	Consign to Oblivion
"Quietus (Silent Reverie)"	2005	68	Consign to Oblivion
"Never Enough"	2007	—	The Divine Conspiracy
"Chasing the Dragon"	2008	—	The Divine Conspiracy
"Unleashed"	2009	—	Design Your Universe
"Martyr of the Free Word / From the Heaven of My Heart"	2009	—	Design Your Universe
"This is the Time"	2010	—	Non-album single
"Storm the Sorrow"	2012	—	Requiem for the Indifferent
"Forevermore"		—	Non-album single
"Happiness"		—	Acoustic Dance Sessions
"Unleashed"	2013	—	Retrospect
"The Essence of Silence"	2014	—	The Quantum Enigma
"Unchain Utopia"	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"		—	The Holographic Principle
"Fight Your Demons"		—	The Solace System
"The Solace System"	2017	—	The Solace System
"Crimson Bow and Arrow"	2018	—	Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs
"If Inside These Walls Was a House"		—	Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs
"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"	2020	—
"Rivers"	2021	—
"The Skeleton Key"		—
"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)		—	Live at Paradiso
"Run for a Fall" (Acoustic)		—	We Still Take You with Us
"The Final Lullaby"		—	The Alchemy Project
"The Great Tribulation"		—	The Alchemy Project
"Rivers" (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)		—
"Arcana"	2024	—	Aspiral
"Cross the Divide"	2025	—
"T.I.M.E."		—
"Fight to Survive - The Overview Effect"		—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Other releases

Title	Album details
Jägermeister Memory Stick	Released: October 10, 2009 Label: Independent Format: USB flash drive

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album
2003	"The Phantom Agony"	Frank Herrebout	The Phantom Agony
2004	"Feint"	Frank Herrebout	The Phantom Agony
2005	"Solitary Ground"	—	Consign to Oblivion
2005	"Quietus"	Mirko Cocco	Consign to Oblivion
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
2012	"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]		The Quantum Enigma
2016	"Universal Death Squad"^[26]		The Holographic Principle
	"Edge of the Blade"^[27]
	"Beyond the Matrix"^[28]
2017	"The Solace System"^[29]	Davide Cilloni	The Solace System
2017	"Immortal Melancholy"
2018	"Decoded Poetry"
2018	"Universal Love Squad"	Jens De Vos	The Holographic Principle
2019	"Martyr of the Free Word - Acoustic Version"	—	Design Your Universe - Gold Edition
2020	"Abyss of Time – Countdown to Singularity"	Grupa 13	Omega
	"Freedom – The Wolves Within"	Bram Knol	Omega
	"Abyss o' Time"	Jens De Vos	Omegacoustic
2021	"Rivers"	—	Omega
	"Omegacoustic"	Jens De Vos	Omegacoustic
	"The Skeleton Key"	Grupa 13	Omega
	"Unchain Utopia - Omega Alive"	Jens De Vos	Omega Alive
	"The Skeleton Key - Omega Alive"
	"Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe - Omega Alive"
	"Victims of Contingency - Omega Alive"
2022	"Beyond the Matrix - Live at the Zenith"		The Holographic Principle
	"Sensorium - Live at Paradiso"		Live at Paradiso
	"The Last Crusade - Live at Paradiso"
	"Blank Infinity - Live at Paradiso"
	"Sirens – Of Blood And Water"	Patric Ullaeus	The Alchemy Project
	"The Final Lullaby"	Jens De Vos	The Alchemy Project
2023	"Rivers - Live in Chile"		Omega
	"Rivers - Live at the AFAS Live (feat. Apocalyptica)"		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"
	"Code of Life - Live at the AFAS Live"
2024	"The Ghost in Me (Danse Macabre)"	Martijn Bastiaans, Maurice Tromp	—
	"The Ghost in Me (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos	—
	"Arcana"	Remko Tielemans	Aspiral
	"Arcana (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos	—
2025	"Cross the Divide"	Remko Tielemans	Aspiral
	"Sirens - Of Blood And Water (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos	—
	"T.I.M.E."	Dave Letelier	Aspiral
	"Aspiral (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos	—
	"Fight to Survive - The Overview Effect"	Remko Tielemans	Aspiral
	"Crimson Bow & Arrow (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos	—
	"Tides of Time (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos
	"Beyond the Matrix (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos

Guest appearances

"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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Dutch Album Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Austrian Charts > Epica" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Belgium (Flanders) Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
^ "Finnish Charts > Epica". finnishcharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "French Charts > Epica" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Discographie von Epica". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "エピカのアルバム売上ランキング" [Epica album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon, Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Swiss Charts > Epica" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ "UK Charts > Epica". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
"CHART: CLUK Update 24.03.2012 (wk11)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ "Epica Billboard Chart History". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "EPICA: 'The Quantum Enigma' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Albumit 16/2025". Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
^ "EPICA: 'The Classical Conspiracy' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ Brown, Matt (11 December 2013). "Metal By Numbers 12/11: The Charts Show a Bit of Common Courtesy". www.metalinsider.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "SCHWEIZER HITPARADE - MUSIK-DVD TOP 10 24.11.2013". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "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.
^ "Dutch Singles Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "EPICA: 'Never Enough' Video Available". www.blabbermouth.net. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "EPICA: 'Unleashed' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "Ruurd Woltring feat. EPICA - 'Forevermore'". www.youtube.com.
^ "EPICA: 'Victims Of Contingency' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ "Epica - The Obsessive Devotion (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 5 August 2015.
^ "Epica – The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^ "Epica – Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "EPICA – Universal Death Squad'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ "EPICA - EDGE OF THE BLADE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^ Nuclear Blast Records (11 January 2017), EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (OFFICIAL VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017
^ Nuclear Blast Records (23 June 2017), EPICA - The Solace System (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017

External links

Epica discography at Discogs
Epica discography on iTunes

[nldalb-1] "Dutch Album Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

[aut-2] "Austrian Charts > Epica" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

[belfla-3] "Belgium (Flanders) Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

[fin-4] "Finnish Charts > Epica". finnishcharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2011.

[fra-5] "French Charts > Epica" (in French). lescharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[geralb-6] "Discographie von Epica". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

[jpori-7] "エピカのアルバム売上ランキング" [Epica album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon, Inc. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[swi-8] "Swiss Charts > Epica" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[uk-9] "UK Charts > Epica". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
"CHART: CLUK Update 24.03.2012 (wk11)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[us-10] "Epica Billboard Chart History". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

[ussales-11] "EPICA: 'The Quantum Enigma' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[12] "Albumit 16/2025". Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[13] "EPICA: 'The Classical Conspiracy' First-Week Sales Revealed". www.blabbermouth.net. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[14] Brown, Matt (11 December 2013). "Metal By Numbers 12/11: The Charts Show a Bit of Common Courtesy". www.metalinsider.net. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[15] "SCHWEIZER HITPARADE - MUSIK-DVD TOP 10 24.11.2013". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[16] "EPICA to Release 'The Solace System' EP in September". 23 June 2017.

[17] "EPICA Announces 'The Alchemy Project'". Blabbermouth.net. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[nldsingle-18] "Dutch Singles Charts > Epica" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[19] "EPICA: 'Never Enough' Video Available". www.blabbermouth.net. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[20] "EPICA: 'Unleashed' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[21] "Ruurd Woltring feat. EPICA - 'Forevermore'". www.youtube.com.

[22] "EPICA: 'Victims Of Contingency' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

[23] "Epica - The Obsessive Devotion (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 5 August 2015.

[24] "Epica – The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 20 August 2015.

[25] "Epica – Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[26] "EPICA – Universal Death Squad'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[27] "EPICA - EDGE OF THE BLADE (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[28] Nuclear Blast Records (11 January 2017), EPICA - Beyond The Matrix (OFFICIAL VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017

[29] Nuclear Blast Records (23 June 2017), EPICA - The Solace System (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO), retrieved 24 August 2017

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