SIMONE SIMONS (EPICA) Teams With AYREON’s ARJEN LUCASSEN For Debut Solo Album

Simone Simons of Epica fame has teamed up along with her musical accomplice and longtime collaborator Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) for her debut solo file Vermillion. Vermillion will likely be launched on August 23 through Nuclear Blast Information, and you may take a look at the primary single “Aeterna” beneath.

“‘Aeterna’ is the large, epic opener of the album and it comes with this wonderful video too, directed by Patric Ullaeus,” stated Simons and Lucassen in a joint assertion. “It positively sounds the closest to Epica and Ayreon, mixing highly effective Latin lyrics with a contact of an oriental really feel. We’ve tried to strike a stability between the mighty, bombastic sounds and the extra atmospheric elements. Because it’s the primary monitor individuals will hear from this album, it’s tremendous necessary to us and we’re actually excited for individuals to listen to it!

“‘Aeterna’ takes the viewpoint of a star about to go supernova to discover how the whole lot within the universe is interconnected, like a cosmic net produced from stardust. It offers with our deep feelings, consciousness, and different mysteries of life that science nonetheless can’t absolutely clarify. Basically it’s a mirrored image on our place within the huge universe and the connections that bind us collectively, as we’re all, to cite Carl Sagan, ‘fabricated from starstuff.'”

Pre-order Vermillion here.