Epica discography

Epica discography
Epíca performing live at Rockharz Open Air, 2019
Studio albums8
EPs6
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums5
Compilation albums4
Singles43
Video albums4
Music videos46
Track commentary2

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

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
NLD
[1] 		AUT
[2] 		BEL
[3] 		FIN
[4] 		FRA
[5] 		GER
[6] 		JPN
[7] 		SWI
[8] 		UK
[9] 		US
[10]
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 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 — —
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
The Quantum Enigma
  • Released: 2 May 2014
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 4 30 33 26 38 11 68 17 53 110
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 —
"—" 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
NLD
[1] 		FRA
[5] 		GER
[6] 		SWI
[8]
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
Retrospect
  • Released: 8 November 2013
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray
 7 167 46 —
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 — — —
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Soundtracks

Title Album details Peak chart positions
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
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
SWI
[14]
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
NLD
[1] 		AUT
[2] 		BEL
[3] 		GER
[6] 		JPN
[7] 		SWI
[8]
The Solace System
  • Released: 1 September 2017[15]
  • 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[16]
  • 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: Atomic Fire
  • Formats: digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NLD
[17]
"The Phantom Agony" 2003 — The Phantom Agony
"Feint" 2004 —
"Cry for the Moon" —
"Solitary Ground" 2005 46 Consign to Oblivion
"Quietus (Silent Reverie)" 68
"Never Enough" 2007 — The Divine Conspiracy
"Chasing the Dragon" 2008 —
"Unleashed" 2009 — Design Your Universe
"Martyr of the Free Word / From the Heaven of My Heart" —
"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" —
"Live at the AB" 2015 — Non-album single
"Universal Death Squad" 2016 — The Holographic Principle
"Edge of the Blade" —
"Fight Your Demons" — The Solace System
"The Solace System" 2017 —
"Crimson Bow and Arrow" 2018 — Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs
"If Inside These Walls Was a House" —
"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" —
"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) —
"Run for a Fall" (Acoustic) — We Still Take You with Us
"The Final Lullaby" — The Alchemy Project
"The Great Tribulation" —
"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 — TBA
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Other releases

Title Album details
Jägermeister Memory Stick

Music videos

Year Title Directed Album
2003 "The Phantom Agony" Frank Herrebout The Phantom Agony
2004 "Feint"
2005 "Solitary Ground" — Consign to Oblivion
"Quietus" Mirko Cocco
2007 "Never Enough"[18] Ivan Colic The Divine Conspiracy
2009 "Unleashed"[19] Tim Bown Design Your Universe
2010 "This is the Time" — —
2012 "Storm the Sorrow" Remko Tielemans Requiem for the Indifferent
"Forevermore" (Ruurd Woltring feat. Epica)[20] Niks te gek!

(Dutch 'NTR' TV show)

—
2014 "Victims of Contingency"[21] Remko Tielemans The Quantum Enigma
2015 "The Obsessive Devotion (LIVE in Russia)"[22] Tele-Club Video Production The Divine Conspiracy
"The Essence of Silence (LIVE in Brussels)"[23] Jens De Vos The Quantum Enigma
"Unchain Utopia (LIVE in Brussels)"[24]
2016 "Universal Death Squad"[25] The Holographic Principle
"Edge of the Blade"[26]
"Beyond the Matrix"[27]
2017 "The Solace System"[28] Davide Cilloni The Solace System
"Immortal Melancholy"
2018 "Decoded Poetry"
"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
"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
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 TBA
"The Ghost in Me (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)" Jens De Vos —
"Arcana" Remko Tielemans TBA

Guest appearances

  • "Happiness" (Alexis Jordan cover - released on October 9, 2012 on the album Acoustic Dance Sessions by various artists)

References

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  23. ^ "Epica – The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  24. ^ "Epica – Unchain Utopia (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)'". youtube.com (EPICA channel). Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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