At the beginning of May 2014 the band released their sixth album, The Quantum Enigma, which was a huge international success, debuting on No. 110 on US Billboard 200 and peaking at No. 4 in Epica's homeland Netherlands. [15] [16] [17] In June 2015 Epica was awarded the Music Export Awards, which is given to the Dutch act with the most international success in the past year. [18] Their seventh album, The Holographic Principle, was released in September 2016 to continued international success, equalling the peak chart position set by its predecessor in the Netherlands. [19] The band released their eighth album, Omega, in February 2021.

The music of Epica is "epic, grand and majestic" and some of them is "more subdued and introspective." [96] The band is also known to have progressive tendencies. [104] A gothic atmosphere and sentimentality is also present in their music. [90] [96] Epica performs a blend of symphonic metal, [3] [4] [5] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] gothic metal, [93] [95] [96] [97] progressive metal, [3] [4] [5] [88] [98] death metal [3] [5] [91] [94] and, more rarely, thrash metal, [5] [93] power metal [89] [93] and folk metal. [92] The band stated that, "Where Retrospect reflected on the first decade of our career, we'd like to think The Quantum Enigma marks the beginning of a new era, where Epica sounds heavy, modern and without compromises! More than ever, the creation of this album was a group effort and we are extremely proud of the results! Every detail finds its way into a perfectly balanced mix, and makes Epica sound raw and overwhelming." [15] Epica – The Essence Of Silence (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)' ". youtube.com (EPICA channel) . Retrieved 2015-08-20.Epica To Release 'The Holographic Principle' Album In October". Blabbermouth.net. 31 May 2016 . Retrieved 2 June 2016. EPICA Releases Music Video For New Single 'Freedom - The Wolves Within' ". Blabbermouth. 27 November 2020 . Retrieved 27 November 2020.

Choir, Bass Vocals [Basses] – Angus van Grevenbroek, Jan Douwes, Jan Hoffmann (4), Martijn De Graaf Bierbrauwer Presented as an EP, but several minutes longer than "Reign In Blood", "The Alchemy Project" is too substantial to be a throwaway stopgap. It also boasts a dazzling array of star guests, ranging from the expected ( Charlotte Wessels) to the pleasantly surprising ( ABORTED's Sven de Caluwe). These collaborations play out across seven new songs, each audibly tailored to the talent of those involved. Having reached the end of an extravagant trilogy of albums with 2021's "Omega", EPICA clearly have a few possible future routes to pursue, and most of them unexpectedly crushing. The Miner [Featuring Asim Searah ( DAMNATION PLAN), Niilo Sevänen ( INSOMNIUM), Roel Van Helden ( POWERWOLF)] EPICA's Story To Be Told In 'The Essence Of Epica' Official Book". Blabbermouth. 3 July 2018 . Retrieved 8 July 2020.Epica could record an album of Karol G covers and no one would bat an eye. So the fact that the band is collaborating with musicians from Shining, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Soilwork, Aborted, Insomnium, Uriah Heep, Seventh Wonder, Myrkur, Powerwolf, and God Dethroned should surprise no one. That it makes it sound so effortlessly Epica-like, though — well, that’s something different.

EPICA To Release 'Omega' Album In February". Blabbermouth.net. 9 October 2020 . Retrieved 9 October 2020. a b c d e Bowar, Chad. " The Divine Conspiracy Review". About.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007 . Retrieved 3 June 2020. a b c "Epica The Divine Conspiracy Review and Interview at Musical Discoveries". Musicaldiscoveries.com . Retrieved 14 January 2023.a b "Austrian Charts > Epica" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2011-12-22 . Retrieved 2012-03-21. Their former guitarist Ad Sluijter having described the band as "a bridge between power metal and gothic metal." [99] Vocalist Simone Simons has expressed a preference for the group to be described as symphonic metal [100] though the founder of the group Mark Jansen notes that they do not mind being called gothic metal. [101] Mark Jansen having described the band also as "symphonic death metal" and a bridge between death metal and symphonic metal. [102] [103] Epica - The Obsessive Devotion (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)' ". youtube.com (EPICA channel) . Retrieved 2015-08-05.