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The Solace System is the first EP by the 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.[2]

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The Solace System

EP by

Epica

Released

September 1, 2017

Recorded

2016

Studio

Sandlane Recording Facilities, Rijen, Netherlands

Genre

Symphonic metal

Length

29:57

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Joost van den Broek
Epica

Epica chronology

The Holographic Principle
(2016)

The Solace System
(2017)

Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs
(2017)

Singles from The Solace System

"The Solace System"
Released: 23 June 2017[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Solace System"	Simone Simons	Isaac Delahaye & Epica	4:39
2.	"Fight Your Demons"	Mark Jansen	Ariën van Weesenbeek & Epica	4:30
3.	"Architect of Light"	Simone Simons	Ariën van Weesenbeek & Epica	5:21
4.	"Wheel of Destiny"	Mark Jansen	Isaac Delahaye & Epica	5:52
5.	"Immortal Melancholy"	Simone Simons	Mark Jansen, Joost van den Broek & Epica	3:09
6.	"Decoded Poetry"	Simone Simons	Isaac Delahaye, Joost van den Broek & Epica	6:26
Total length:				29:57

Personnel

Credits for The Solace System adapted from liner notes.[3]

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 – 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)	Peak position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[4]	37
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	60

References

"EPICA Drops Animated New Song "The Solace System", New EP This September". Metal Injection. June 25, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
"Epica To Release 'The Solace System' EP In September". Blabbermouth. June 23, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
(2017). "The Solace System liner notes". In The Solace System [CD booklet]. Nuclear Blast.
"Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2017. 37. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Nightwish – The Solace System" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 14, 2021.

v t e Epica
Mark Jansen Coen Janssen Simone Simons Ariën van Weesenbeek Isaac Delahaye Rob van der Loo Yves Huts Ad Sluijter Helena Michaelsen Jeroen Simons
Studio albums	The Phantom Agony Consign to Oblivion The Divine Conspiracy Design Your Universe Requiem for the Indifferent The Quantum Enigma The Holographic Principle Omega
EPs	The Solace System Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs
Live albums	The Classical Conspiracy Retrospect
Compilations	The Road to Paradiso
Soundtracks	The Score – An Epic Journey
Related articles	Discography After Forever God Dethroned Kamelot MaYaN Imperia

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