Epica discography

The discography of Epica, a Dutch symphonic metal band, consists of nine studio albums, two track commentary albums, five live albums, six extended plays, one soundtrack, forty-four singles and one other release.

Epica discography
Epíca performing live at Rockharz Open Air, 2019
Studio albums	9
EPs	6
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	4
Singles	44
Video albums	4
Music videos	59
Track commentary	2

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales
		NLD [1]	AUT [2]	BEL [3]	FIN [4]	FRA [5]	GER [6]	JPN [7]	SWI [8]	UK [9]	US [10]
The Phantom Agony	Released: 5 June 2003 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	8	—	114	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Consign to Oblivion	Released: 21 April 2005 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	12	—	52	—	116	—	—	—	—	—
The Divine Conspiracy	Released: 7 September 2007 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	9	—	40	—	35	41	148	29	—	—
Design Your Universe	Released: 16 October 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	8	70	40	—	31	37	228	27	—	—	US: 2,100+[11]
Requiem for the Indifferent	Released: 9 March 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	12	33	27	37	35	26	172	14	112	105	US: 4,800+[11]
The Quantum Enigma	Released: 2 May 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	4	30	33	26	38	11	68	17	53	110	US: 3,700+[11]
The Holographic Principle	Released: 30 September 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	4	21	12	26	26	9	105	8	46	139
Omega	Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download	7	15	6	18	49	4	113	5	73	—
Aspiral	Released: 11 April 2025 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	2	8	5	23 [12]	—	5	—	7	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Track commentary albums

Title	Album details
The Quantum Enigma (Track Commentary)	Released: 2 May 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download
The Holographic Principle (Track Commentary)	Released: 19 March 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Sales
		NLD [1]	FRA [5]	GER [6]	SWI [8]
We Will Take You with Us	Released: September 2004 Label: Transmission Formats: CD, DVD	62	—	—	—
The Classical Conspiracy	Released: 8 May 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD	23	43	87	81	US: 700+[13]
Retrospect	Released: 8 November 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	7	167	46	—	US: 890+[14]
Omega Alive	Released: 2 December 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, DVD, Blu-ray	56	—	26	41
Live at Paradiso	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2×CD+DVD, 3×LP	77	—	—	—
Live at the Symphonic Synergy	Released: 11 April 2025 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Collector's box set, 5-disc Earbook, 2-disc digipak	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Soundtracks

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NLD [1]	FRA [5]
The Score – An Epic Journey	Released: 8 September 2005 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	54	191

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NLD [1]
The Road to Paradiso	Released: 8 May 2006 Label: Transmission Formats: CD	46
The Singles Collection	Released: 14 May 2010 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: Digital download	—
Best Of	Released: 14 October 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download	—
We Still Take You With Us - The Early Years (box set)	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, Blu-ray, DVD, 11xLP box	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Video albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		SWI [15]
We Will Take You with Us	Released: September 2004 Label: Transmission Records Formats: DVD	—
Retrospect	Released: 8 November 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD+CD, Blu-ray+CD	9
Omega Alive	Released: 2 December 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD, Blu-ray	—
Live at Paradiso	Released: 2 September 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2×CD+DVD	—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

EPs

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		NLD [1]	AUT [2]	BEL [3]	GER [6]	JPN [7]	SWI [8]
The Solace System	Released: 1 September 2017[16] Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	60	—	—
Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs	Released: 20 December 2017 (Japan) 20 July 2018 (world) Label: Chaos Reigns / Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, digital download	—	53	—	48	82	15
The Acoustic Universe	Released: 4 October 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Quantum Enigma B-Sides	Released: 11 September 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
Omegacoustic	Released: 25 February 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Alchemy Project	Released: 11 November 2022[17] Label: Atomic Fire Formats: CD, LP, digital download	40	60	194	39	—	35
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live EPs

Title	Details
Live at the AFAS Live	Released: 6 March 2023 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: digital download

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		NLD [18]
"The Phantom Agony"	2003	—	The Phantom Agony
"Feint"	2004	—
"Cry for the Moon"		—
"Solitary Ground"	2005	46	Consign to Oblivion
"Quietus (Silent Reverie)"		68
"Never Enough"	2007	—	The Divine Conspiracy
"Chasing the Dragon"	2008	—
"Unleashed"	2009	—	Design Your Universe
"Martyr of the Free Word / From the Heaven of My Heart"		—
"This is the Time"	2010	—	Non-album single
"Storm the Sorrow"	2012	—	Requiem for the Indifferent
"Forevermore"		—	Non-album single
"Happiness"		—	Acoustic Dance Sessions
"Unleashed"	2013	—	Retrospect
"The Essence of Silence"	2014	—	The Quantum Enigma
"Unchain Utopia"		—
"Live at the AB"	2015	—	Non-album single
"Universal Death Squad"	2016	—	The Holographic Principle
"Edge of the Blade"		—
"Fight Your Demons"		—	The Solace System
"The Solace System"	2017	—
"Crimson Bow and Arrow"	2018	—	Epica Vs Attack on Titan Songs
"If Inside These Walls Was a House"		—
"Beyond the Matrix - The Battle"		—	Non-album single
"Kingdom of Heaven"	2019	—	Design Your Universe (Gold Edition)
"Abyss of Time"	2020	—	Omega
"Freedom – The Wolves Within"		—
"Rivers"	2021	—
"The Skeleton Key"		—
"Unchain Utopia - Omega Alive"		—	Omega Alive
"The Skeleton Key - Omega Alive"		—
"Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe - Omega Alive"		—
"Sensorium" (Live at Paradiso)	2022	—	Live at Paradiso
"The Last Crusade" (Live at Paradiso)		—
"Run for a Fall" (Acoustic)		—	We Still Take You with Us
"The Final Lullaby"		—	The Alchemy Project
"The Great Tribulation"		—
"Rivers" (Live at the AFAS Live)	2023	—	Live at the AFAS Live
"Unleashed" (Live at the AFAS Live)		—
"Consign to Oblivion" (Live at the AFAS Live)		—
"Beyond the Matrix" (Live at the AFAS Live)		—
"Arcana"	2024	—	Aspiral
"Cross the Divide"	2025	—
"T.I.M.E."		—
"Fight to Survive - The Overview Effect"		—
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Other releases

Title	Album details
Jägermeister Memory Stick	Released: October 10, 2009 Label: Independent Format: USB flash drive

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album
2003	"The Phantom Agony"	Frank Herrebout	The Phantom Agony
2004	"Feint"
2005	"Solitary Ground"	—	Consign to Oblivion
	"Quietus"	Mirko Cocco
2007	"Never Enough"[19]	Ivan Colic	The Divine Conspiracy
2009	"Unleashed"[20]	Tim Bown	Design Your Universe
2010	"This is the Time"	—	—
2012	"Storm the Sorrow"	Remko Tielemans	Requiem for the Indifferent
	"Forevermore" (Ruurd Woltring feat. Epica)[21]	Niks te gek! (Dutch 'NTR' TV show)	—
2014	"Victims of Contingency"[22]	Remko Tielemans	The Quantum Enigma
2015	"The Obsessive Devotion (LIVE in Russia)"[23]	Tele-Club Video Production	The Divine Conspiracy
	"The Essence of Silence (LIVE in Brussels)"[24]	Jens De Vos	The Quantum Enigma
	"Unchain Utopia (LIVE in Brussels)"[25]
2016	"Universal Death Squad"[26]		The Holographic Principle
	"Edge of the Blade"[27]
	"Beyond the Matrix"[28]
2017	"The Solace System"[29]	Davide Cilloni	The Solace System
	"Immortal Melancholy"
2018	"Decoded Poetry"
	"Universal Love Squad"	Jens De Vos	The Holographic Principle
2019	"Martyr of the Free Word - Acoustic Version"	—	Design Your Universe - Gold Edition
2020	"Abyss of Time – Countdown to Singularity"	Grupa 13	Omega
	"Freedom – The Wolves Within"	Bram Knol
	"Abyss o' Time"	Jens De Vos	Omegacoustic
2021	"Rivers"	—	Omega
	"Omegacoustic"	Jens De Vos	Omegacoustic
	"The Skeleton Key"	Grupa 13	Omega
	"Unchain Utopia - Omega Alive"	Jens De Vos	Omega Alive
	"The Skeleton Key - Omega Alive"
	"Kingdom of Heaven Part 3 - The Antediluvian Universe - Omega Alive"
	"Victims of Contingency - Omega Alive"
2022	"Beyond the Matrix - Live at the Zenith"		The Holographic Principle
	"Sensorium - Live at Paradiso"		Live at Paradiso
	"The Last Crusade - Live at Paradiso"
	"Blank Infinity - Live at Paradiso"
	"Sirens – Of Blood And Water"	Patric Ullaeus	The Alchemy Project
	"The Final Lullaby"	Jens De Vos
2023	"Rivers - Live in Chile"		Omega
	"Rivers - Live at the AFAS Live (feat. Apocalyptica)"		Live at the AFAS Live
	"Unleashed - Live at the AFAS Live"
	"Consign to Oblivion - Live at the AFAS Live"
	"Beyond the Matrix - Live at the AFAS Live"
	"Code of Life - Live at the AFAS Live"
2024	"The Ghost in Me (Danse Macabre)"	Martijn Bastiaans, Maurice Tromp	—
	"The Ghost in Me (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos	Aspiral1
	"Arcana"	Remko Tielemans
	"Arcana (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos
	"Arcana (Lyric Video)"	Dave Letelier
2025	"Cross the Divide"	Remko Tielemans
	"Cross the Divide (Lyric Video)	Dave Letelier
	"Sirens - Of Blood And Water (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos
	"T.I.M.E."	Dave Letelier
	"T.I.M.E. (Lyric Video)"
	"T.I.M.E. (feat. Hellscore Choir)"	Noa Gruman
	"Aspiral (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos
	"Fight to Survive - The Overview Effect"	Remko Tielemans
	"Crimson Bow & Arrow (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos
	"Darkness Dies in Light - A New Age Dawns Part VII (Lyric Video)"	Dave Letelier
	"Tides of Time (Live at The Symphonic Synergy)"	Jens De Vos

1.^ The Live at The Symphonic Synergy recordings are only available on the digipak, earbook and boxset versions of the album

Guest appearances

• "Happiness" (Alexis Jordan cover - released on October 9, 2012 on the album Acoustic Dance Sessions by various artists)
• "Sacred & Wild" (Powerwolf cover - originally from the album Preachers of the Night (July 19, 2013), released on July 20, 2018 on the "Communio Lupatum" of Powerwolf's album The Sacrament of Sin)