Phantom Twin

On March 23rd, 2013, Epica commemorated their tenth anniversary by doing what they do best: putting on a massive, mind-blowing show that their fans will never forget. Taking place at Klokgebouw (Bell Building) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and attended by thousands of fans from more than fifty countries around the world – in addition to yet another couple of thousand people who streamed the show live at home! – that sold-out performance has already become legendary.Retrospect captures this once-in-a-lifetime event, up close and personal, in all of its bombast and glory. Epica have never sounded so deserving of their name.

Brighton, U.K. five-piece ARCHITECTS UK will release its new album, "All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us", on May 27 via Epitaph. Recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden, the CD is the heaviest and darkest work to which frontman Sam Carter, bassist Ali Dean, guitarists Adam Christianson and Tom Searle, and the latter's twin brother drummer, Dan Searle have ever put their name to, both on and below its surface. It is an album that challenges and progresses a genre long thought to have stagnated, and embraces its inspirations at a time when many rock and metal bands seek to hide them in search of mainstream acceptance. It is also born from considered minds filled not by thoughts of being the biggest band in the world, but of making a difference.