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Album: The Divine Conspiracy

Old Rating: 5/5

Verdict: At this point in time Epica is my favourite symphonic metal band. With Within Temptation going increasingly more alternative and poppy and Nightwish seemingly content to waste all their potential with Floor Jansen, Epica have become like a breath of fresh air. The Divine Conspiracy was the first album I got from them and while I have been known at times to profess a preference to Design Your Universe or The Holographic Principle I have a feeling that this one will emerge as a firm favourite as I got through the albums of theirs that I own. They are a band that I feel like I should own the whole discography by, though this remains the earliest one I have and maybe that's fine as I do feel this to be the album they really found their sound on and I've never felt like picking up Requiem For The Indifferent as I've never seen any confirmation that new presses of the release were actually fixed after the initial was botched. Maybe one say. I find myself drawn back to this album often, especially the song Chasing the Dragon which is one of my favourite songs of all time. 

New Rating: No Change.