Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005) MCH PS3 ISO + Hi-Res FLAC
Epica - Consign To Oblivion (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 63:20 minutes | Scans included | 4,14 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Scans included | 817 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Bonus Tracks Version
Consign to Oblivion is the second studio-album by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica. Stylistically, the album is more focused towards orchestration than other Epica releases and features heavy use of a chorus. The album's lyrics are heavily influenced by Mayan Civilization.
For all its ambitious plotting, baroque soundscapes, and unquestionable technical merits, Epica's first album was distinctly lacking in the most crucial of categories: songwriting. In fact, it pretty much proved the point that musical education doesn't necessarily guarantee musical inspiration, ultimately achieving surprisingly little purchase in one's memory banks for an album so rife with Strum und Drang. In retrospect, it may also have been somewhat rushed in its construction, what with guitarist and creative leader Mark Jansen possibly being a little too anxious to prove his own mettle after quitting After Forever – the band founded with his sister Floor, and who in fact helped pioneer the symphonic/progressive/power metal style still on dominant display here. Longer preparation has certainly had a positive effect on the sophomore effort, but, if anything, Epica remain more committed to that original vision than the increasingly modern-sounding (though no less progressive) After Forever, insisting on employing human choirs and orchestras throughout Consign to Oblivion, and rarely letting mezzo-soprano Simone Simons stray from an operatically correct delivery. Jansen's death growls have also taken a noticeable back seat this time around, but that's not to say that typical offerings such as "Dance of Fate," "Blank Infinity," and "Force of the Shore" fail to provide plenty of heavy staccato guitar riffing and hyperactive double kick drums. Single candidate "Solitary Ground," on the other hand, finds an adequate middle ground between rocker and ballad; "Quietus" pretty much waltzes away from start to finish; and the symphonic overkill is finally toned down for the surprisingly pop-campy, harpsichord-led ballad "Trois Vierges" (big-time Nightwish influence), on which Simons is joined by Kamelot vocalist Roy Kahn. And don't forget the four different movements of a fatalistic suite subtitled "A New Age Dawns" (partly sung in Latin, and decrying man's folly with nature – you know the drill), which are strewn about the album in somewhat arbitrary fashion, and may only confuse things further. Nevertheless, Consign to Oblivion's overall presentation is as immaculate as its predecessor's, and definitely an improvement from a compositional perspective, promising better things to come in Epica's future.
Tracklist:
01. Hunab Ku (A New Age Dawns, Prologue)
02. Dance of Fate
03. The Last Crusade (A New Age Dawns, Part 1)
04. Solitary Ground
05. Blank Infinity
06. Force of the Shore
07. Quietus
08. Mother of Light (A New Age Dawns, Part 2)
09. Trois Vierges
10. Another Me "In Lack Ech"
11. Consign to Oblivion (A New Age Dawns, Part 3)
12. Palladium [Bonus Track]
13. Solitary Ground (Soundtrack Version) [Bonus Track]
14. Quietus (Grunt Version) [Bonus Track]
Personnel
Simone Simons - mezzo-soprano
Mark Jansen - guitars, grunts, screams, orchestral arrangements
Ad Sluijter - guitars
Coen Janssen - synths, orchestral and choir arrangements
Yves Huts - bass guitar, orchestral arrangements
Jeroen Simons - drums
Roy Khan - vocals on "Trois Vierges"
foobar2000 1.5.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Ambra / Honour & Glory
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -6.35 dB -23.48 dB 1:20 01-From Dawn
DR13 -5.67 dB -20.82 dB 2:52 02-Spirit Of Silence
DR11 -5.47 dB -21.56 dB 7:12 03-Signs Of Love
DR12 -5.42 dB -20.38 dB 5:19 04-Walking In The Air
DR11 -5.75 dB -20.56 dB 4:21 05-Dark Ages
DR10 -6.23 dB -22.06 dB 2:09 06-Into The Deep
DR10 -5.93 dB -19.28 dB 2:33 07-Interlude
DR11 -5.85 dB -21.12 dB 6:17 08-Paradise Lost
DR7 -6.84 dB -21.16 dB 0:54 09-Metamorphosis Part I
DR11 -3.86 dB -21.04 dB 6:36 10-Inner World
DR12 -8.42 dB -27.71 dB 1:13 11-Metamorphosis Part II
DR12 -5.94 dB -19.31 dB 4:21 12-Honour & Glory
DR11 -4.96 dB -21.96 dB 6:15 13-The Eye Of The Storm
DR10 -6.12 dB -21.60 dB 3:34 14-To Dusk
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Ambra / Honour & Glory
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -6.62 dB -22.79 dB 1:20 01-From Dawn
DR12 -5.65 dB -20.47 dB 2:52 02-Spirit Of Silence
DR11 -6.15 dB -21.43 dB 7:12 03-Signs Of Love
DR12 -6.44 dB -20.55 dB 5:19 04-Walking In The Air
DR11 -6.42 dB -20.63 dB 4:21 05-Dark Ages
DR10 -7.22 dB -22.97 dB 2:09 06-Into The Deep
DR9 -5.79 dB -19.09 dB 2:33 07-Interlude
DR12 -6.46 dB -21.22 dB 6:17 08-Paradise Lost
DR8 -7.66 dB -20.98 dB 0:54 09-Metamorphosis Part I
DR12 -5.87 dB -20.96 dB 6:36 10-Inner World
DR12 -12.83 dB -28.33 dB 1:13 11-Metamorphosis Part II
DR10 -6.57 dB -19.04 dB 4:21 12-Honour & Glory
DR11 -6.07 dB -22.18 dB 6:15 13-The Eye Of The Storm
DR10 -6.54 dB -21.05 dB 3:34 14-To Dusk
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Ambra / Honour & Glory
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -6.35 dB -23.48 dB 1:20 01-From Dawn
DR13 -5.67 dB -20.82 dB 2:52 02-Spirit Of Silence
DR11 -5.47 dB -21.56 dB 7:12 03-Signs Of Love
DR12 -5.42 dB -20.38 dB 5:19 04-Walking In The Air
DR11 -5.75 dB -20.56 dB 4:21 05-Dark Ages
DR10 -6.23 dB -22.06 dB 2:09 06-Into The Deep
DR10 -5.93 dB -19.28 dB 2:33 07-Interlude
DR11 -5.85 dB -21.12 dB 6:17 08-Paradise Lost
DR7 -6.84 dB -21.16 dB 0:54 09-Metamorphosis Part I
DR11 -3.86 dB -21.04 dB 6:36 10-Inner World
DR12 -8.42 dB -27.71 dB 1:13 11-Metamorphosis Part II
DR12 -5.94 dB -19.31 dB 4:21 12-Honour & Glory
DR11 -4.96 dB -21.96 dB 6:15 13-The Eye Of The Storm
DR10 -6.12 dB -21.60 dB 3:34 14-To Dusk
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Ambra / Honour & Glory
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -6.62 dB -22.79 dB 1:20 01-From Dawn
DR12 -5.65 dB -20.47 dB 2:52 02-Spirit Of Silence
DR11 -6.15 dB -21.43 dB 7:12 03-Signs Of Love
DR12 -6.44 dB -20.55 dB 5:19 04-Walking In The Air
DR11 -6.42 dB -20.63 dB 4:21 05-Dark Ages
DR10 -7.22 dB -22.97 dB 2:09 06-Into The Deep
DR9 -5.79 dB -19.09 dB 2:33 07-Interlude
DR12 -6.46 dB -21.22 dB 6:17 08-Paradise Lost
DR8 -7.66 dB -20.98 dB 0:54 09-Metamorphosis Part I
DR12 -5.87 dB -20.96 dB 6:36 10-Inner World
DR12 -12.83 dB -28.33 dB 1:13 11-Metamorphosis Part II
DR10 -6.57 dB -19.04 dB 4:21 12-Honour & Glory
DR11 -6.07 dB -22.18 dB 6:15 13-The Eye Of The Storm
DR10 -6.54 dB -21.05 dB 3:34 14-To Dusk
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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