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EPICA: 'Design Your Universe' First-Week Sales Revealed - Nov. 11, 2009

"Design Your Universe", the new album from Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA, sold 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 12 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

"Design Your Universe" was released in Europe on October 16 . The follow-up to 2007's "The Divine Conspiracy" was recorded at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany with producer Sascha Paeth.

"Design Your Universe" track listing:

01. Samadhi (prelude)
02. Resign to Surrender (A New Age Dawns - Part IV)
03. Unleashed
04. Martyr of the Free Word
05. Our Destiny
06. Kingdom of Heaven (A New Age Dawns - Part V)
07. The Price of Freedom (interlude)
08. Burn to a Cinder
09. Tides of Time
10. Deconstruct
11. Semblance of Liberty
12. White Waters
13. Design Your Universe (A New Age Dawns - Part VI)

EPICA will return to North America for a headlining tour in the beginning of 2010, with THREAT SIGNAL and BLACKGUARD as support. EPICA will offer fans a special VIP ticket which will grant them access to the venue an hour before door times, a pre-show meet-and-greet with EPICA and a event poster customized for the city of the show. Fans are urged to purchase these VIP tickets as only 50 are being allotted for each show.

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	COMMENT \| posted by : Dario Sycco 11/11/2009 2:53:38 PM

	Design Your Universe is a good album, with nicely varied and complex arrangements and while they continue to write great songs, man, that album is waaaaaay too long. I loose interest after about half an hour with almost an hour to go. "Resign to Surrender" is a true epic(a) track.

	COMMENT \| Looking forward to this tour . . . posted by : hammer34 11/11/2009 3:15:19 PM

	I really like the new album. Has all the elements you expect from Epica, buts strikes me as having a more straight up metal vibe than their previous albums. Definitely a crunchier and more prominent guitar sound this time out. Usually, except for the signature tracks or "singles", their CDs take a while to sink in for me. This one I really liked on the 1st listen. And, nice to hear Tony Kakko from Sonata on "White Waters."

	COMMENT \| Great Epica recording posted by : Abydos 11/11/2009 10:24:50 PM

	Yes, I find this to be another great Epica album. Just what you would expect. Perhaps heavier (Mark's vocals are all over this thing) with more guitar, but it's Epica at it's finest. Kudos to the choir in this thing. It's their best with Epica yet!

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