EPICA To Be Joined By Singer AMANDA SOMERVILLE For Romanian, Italian Festival Appearances

July 21, 2008

Vocalist Amanda Somerville will make a special guest appearance with Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA on stage at the Festivalul Peninsula in Tirgu Mures, Romania on July 24 and the Rockin' Fields Festival in Adro, Italy on July 26.

Amanda Somerville is the American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who was recently tapped to replace EPICA vocalist Simone Simons on the band's North American tour with SYMPHONY X due to Simons' ongoing health issues.

A Michigan native, Amanda has resided and worked mainly in Germany and the Netherlands since 1999. She has collaborated with several bands in the metal scene (EDGUY, AFTER FOREVER, EPICA, KAMELOT, etc.) along with producers Sascha Paeth and Miro, and co-wrote the rock opera "Aina". Her own music is of the pop-rock genre and she is currently focusing on her solo career.

In other news, EPICA has announced the main support on the band's upcoming European tour will come from the Finnish female-fronted band AMBERIAN DAWN.

EPICA took part in a special concert dubbed "Classical Conspiracy" on June 14 at the Miskolc International Opera Festival in Hungary. The band performed a 45-minute set of metal adaptations of classical songs and movie soundtracks, accompanied by the orchestra and choir as well as symphonic versions of its own songs (including a few orchestral songs from singles and "The Score", which have never been played live before).

The band celebrated the five-year anniversary of the release of its debut album, "The Phantom Agony", by performing the CD in its entirety on May 16 at Tivoli in Utrecht, The Netherlands. After the regular set, EPICA returned for a four-song encore: "Veniality", "Sancta Terra", "Fools of Damnation" and "Consign to Oblivion".

Fan-filmed video footage of EPICA — featuring Amanda Somerville on lead vocals — performing on April 5, 2008 at the Nokia Theater in New York City can be viewed below (courtesy of "celticyodels").

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