īeing asked about her beauty as one of the factors that attracts attention to Epica, Simone said: "First of all the most important is the sound of the band, because beauty will fade one day, and I hope my voice won't. In March, Epica toured with Amanda Somerville, replacing Simons for their USA tour until May 11, 2008, when Simone performed again at their show in Bibelot, Dordrecht. In February, her condition improved, but she had not completely recovered. This forced Epica to cancel many of their shows. In January 2008, it was announced on Epica's website that Simone was suffering from MRSA. The music of Epica is aggressive, bombastic and excessive with some songs being “epic, grand and majestic” and others “more subdued and introspective.” The band is also known to have progressive tendencies while a gothic atmosphere and sentimentality is also present in their music. Another component of Epica’s style is power metal their former guitarist Ad Sluijter having described the band as “a bridge between power metal and gothic metal.” Vocalist Simone Simons has expressed a preference for the group to be described as symphonic metal though the founder of the group Mark Jansen notes that they do not mind being called gothic metal. As a result, they were signed to Transmission Records.Įpica performs a blend of progressive metal, gothic metal and symphonic metal. Still under the name Sahara Dust, they produced a two-song demo entitled Cry for the Moon in 2002. Epica then assembled a choir (made up of two men and four women) and a string orchestra (three violins, two violas, two cellos and an upright bass) to play along with them.
The name was later changed to Epica, inspired by Kamelot’s eponymous album. The band's line-up was completed by guitarist Ad Sluijter, drummer Jeroen Simons, bassist Yves Huts, and keyboard player Coen Janssen. Simone Simons in 2012 during a concert in South America. File:Simone Simons em um concerto em América do Sul.jpg In late 2002, the band courted Helena Michaelsen (from Trail of Tears) as its frontwoman, but shortly after she was replaced by the then unknown Simone Simons, who was Jansen’s girlfriend at the time. He then began looking for musicians who would work towards a more classical/symphonic type of music project this was initially named “Sahara Dust”. In early 2002, Mark Jansen left After Forever over creative differences. Simons sang in a choir for a few months, and later joined Epica. At one point she was invited to join in a rehearsal for a black metal band she joined it, although was a little afraid to sing. At the age of 14, she had one year of pop singing lessons, and at age 15, she switched to classical singing after listening to Nightwish's Oceanborn, which remains her favourite Nightwish album. Simone started playing flute for 2 years after joining music school at the age of 12.
Born on January 17, 1985, Simone's interest in music manifested itself at a very early age.
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