The Solace System is the first EP by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. It features tracks originally supposed to be featured on the band's seventh album The Holographic Principle, released the previous year.
Track listing
Personnel Credits for The Solace System adapted from liner notes.(2017). "The Solace System liner notes". In The Solace System [CD booklet]. Nuclear Blast.
Epica Simone Simons – lead vocals, backing vocals Mark Jansen – rhythm guitar, growled vocals Isaac Delahaye – lead guitar, mandolin, balalaika, bouzouki, ukulele, orchestral toms, djembé, congas, bar chimes, tambourine, triangle Coen Janssen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells, orchestral toms, gran casa, djembé, congas, finger cymbals, tambourine, additional samples and effects Rob van der Loo – bass Ariën van Weesenbeek – drums, additional grunts, orchestral snare drum, orchestral toms, timbales, congas, bongos (solo), cymbal a deux
Additional personnel Marcela Bovio – backing vocals Linda Janssen-van Summeren – backing vocals
Choir – Kamerkoor PA'dam Maria van Nieukerken – choir director Martha Bosch, Ruth Becker, Silvia da Silva Martinho, Annemieke Klinkenberg-Nuijten, Alfrun Schmid, Dagmara Siuty, Guido Groenland, Joost van Velzen, Koert Braches, Matthijs Frankema, René Veen, Previn Moore, Annette Stallinga, Annette Vermeulen, Cécile Roovers, Natascha Morsink, Allard Veldman, Andreas Goetze, Angus van Grevenbroek, Jan Douwes
Production Joost van den Broek – recording, mixing, mastering, orchestral arrangements, samples Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering Stefan Heilemann – artwork Jos Driessen – engineering, editing Gjalt Lucassen – Latin translation Jaap Toorenaar – Latin translation Ben Mathot – scoring Robin Assen – scoring
Epica Orchestra
Sabine Poiesz – violin Ian de Jong – violin Ben Mathot – violin Floortje Beljon – violin Loes Dooren – violin Marieke de Bruijn – violin Vera van der Bie – violin Frank Goossens – viola Mark Mulder – viola Geneviève Verhage – celli Eilidh Martin – celli René van Munster – celli Henk Veldt – French horn Alex Thyssen – French horn Paul Langerman – trombone Lennart de Winter – trombone Marnix Coster – trumpet Jurgen van Nijnatten – trumpet Thijs Dapper – oboe
Additional orchestra Jeroen Goossens – flutes, bassoon Igor Hobus – congas, djembe, goblet drum, gong, cymbal, tambourine Jack Pisters – sitar Maarten de Peijper – snare drum
Charts Chart (2017) Peakposition
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