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Epica to headline Mood Indigo

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Over the years, Mood Indigo has been known to bring the fans’ favorite bands and this year is going to be no different with the Livewire Nite, the International Music Concert at the main-stage of the festival set to be headlined by Dutch Symphonic metal band, Epica.

Epica Live

Epica Live

The band has its unique style of blending both the vocal styles of Simone Simons (Lead Vocals) and Mark Jansen(Rhythm Guitar, Vocals) respectively. The other four members of the six-piece band, Coen Janssen (Synthesizer, Piano), Ariën van Weesenbeek (Drums, Backing Vocals), Isaac Delahaye(Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals) and Rob van der Loo(Bass) Apart from its own music, the band has also composed background scores for a lot of Hollywood movies the most popular of them being, Pirates of The Caribbean and The Lord of the Rings.


Most of the bands’ famous albums which include Cry for the Moon(2003), Requiem for the Indifferent (2012) and The Quantum Enigma(2014) consist of songs which largely deal with philosophical topics, including science, religion, and world events. The band is also known for the visual and lively nature. To put it in better words , Epica’s performance is an experience.

On being questioned whether being a female artist was a challenge in the international music industry, the lead vocalist of the band, Simone Simons replied, “It used to be tough in the beginning but I don’t think it is any different these days. Once you find a great team of artists to perform with you, the success of your music has nothing to do with your being male or female.”

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