I get asked so very often; "What is Epica?" I should answer that with:
"what ISN'T Epica?"
-Epica not Goth or a redressed disguised version of it in any form.
-Epica is not "Euro-Metal". I'm freakin' American. I'm trying to create
something DIFFERENT here.
-Epica is NOT EMO. I hate Emo. What the hell is wrong with people. Now we're watering down goth? When I first heard of Emo, it brought to mind the comedian Emo Phillips. Subsequently I would say to myself:"Dude,
that guys got like frikkin' Downs Syndrome or something. Who wants to be like that??!?!"
-Epica is not sappy emotional music.
-Epica is not Heavy metal or Death Metal or Black Metal. Face it...it's not even Metal.
-Epica is not dance music. You can dance to it, but then again, if you wanted to dance so bad, you'd find a groove to dance to anything.
-Epica is not for the weak of mind. If you are of the weak of mind, perhaps it may help strengthen it.
-Epica is not restrictive.
-Epica is not prejudiced.
-Epica is not judgmental
-Epica is not cliquish or snobbish
-Epica is not discriminatory
-Epica is not watered down anything.
-Epica is not to be confused or associated with anything else that already exists.
This is the first part of how I answer "What is Epica".