Consign to Oblivion

Consign to Oblivion
Studio album by Epica
Released 21 April 2005
Recorded April-November 2004
Studio Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Genre Symphonic metal
Length 52:35
Label Transmission
Producer Sascha Paeth, Olaf Reitmeier
Epica chronology
The Phantom Agony
(2003)
Consign to Oblivion
(2005)
The Score – An Epic Journey
(2005)
Singles from Consign to Oblivion
  1. "Solitary Ground"
    Released: 25 April 2005
  2. "Quietus (Silent Reverie)"
    Released: 28 December 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Lords of Metal[2]
Blabbermouth.net[3]

Consign to Oblivion is the second studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, and was released in 2005. The song "Trois Vierges" features a guest appearance by then Kamelot vocalist Roy Khan. The album's lyrics are inspired by the Maya civilization. The CD was released with copy control on it. This CD started a new collection of songs, called "A New Age Dawns". This saga is continued on the album Design Your Universe.

Stylistically, the album is more focused towards orchestration than other Epica releases and features heavy use of a chorus. Additionally, Mark Jansen's death growls appear less frequently, occurring on only three songs, "Force of the Shore", "Mother of Light" and "Consign to Oblivion". But a bonus track, the Death cover "Crystal Mountain" includes grunts, and a grunt version of "Quietus" was released on the "Quietus (Silent Reverie)" single, making it five songs with grunts. A single with an acoustic version of the song "Solitary Ground" was extracted from the album The Score – An Epic Journey, released the same year.

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Hunab K'u (A New Age Dawns, Prologue)"  Mark JansenYves Huts 1:44
2. "Dance of Fate"  Simone SimonsJansen, Huts, Coen Janssen, S. Simons 5:13
3. "The Last Crusade (A New Age Dawns, Part I)"  JansenJansen, Huts, Ad Sluijter 4:21
4. "Solitary Ground"  S. SimonsJanssen, Jansen, Sluijter, S. Simons 4:22
5. "Blank Infinity"  S. SimonsJansen, Janssen, S. Simons 4:00
6. "Force of the Shore"  S. SimonsJansen, Janssen, Sluijter, Huts 4:01
7. "Quietus"  S. SimonsJansen, Huts, Janssen, Sluijter, S. Simons, Jeroen Simons 3:45
8. "Mother of Light (A New Age Dawns, Part II)"  JansenJansen, Sluijter 5:55
9. "Trois Vierges" (featuring Roy Khan)S. SimonsJansen, Janssen, S. Simons 4:40
10. "Another Me "In Lack'ech""  JansenJansen 4:39
11. "Consign to Oblivion (A New Age Dawns, Part III)"  JansenJansen, Sluijter 9:45
Total length:
52:35

Personnel

[4]

Band members

Additional musicians

Epica Orchestra
Epica Choir

Production

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Epica Consign to Oblivion review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. Smit, Bas (2005). "Epica - Consign To Oblivion". Lords of Metal.nl. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. Bergman, Keith (11 December 2005). "Epica Consign To Oblivion". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  4. Consign to Oblivion (CD sleeve). Epica. The Netherlands: Transmission Records. 2005.
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