Epica - Design Your Universe

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1	Samadhi - Prelude Music By, Lyrics By – Mark Jansen	1:27
2	Resign To Surrender - A New Age Dawns - Part IV Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Jack Driessen, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons	6:19
3	Unleashed Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	5:48
4	Martyr Of The Free Word Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Ariën Van Weesenbeek, Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	5:03
5	Our Destiny Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Ariën Van Weesenbeek, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons , Yves Huts	6:00
Kingdom Of Heaven - A New Age Dawns - Part V Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	(13:35)
6.I	Hold In Derision
6.II	Children Of The Light
6.III	Bardo Thödol
6.IV	Paragons Of Perfection
6.V	The Harsh Return
7	The Price Of Freedom - Interlude Music By – Coen Janssen	1:14
8	Burn To A Cinder Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons	5:41
9	Tides Of Time Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Coen Janssen	5:34
10	Deconstruct Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Mark Jansen , Yves Huts	4:14
11	Semblance Of Liberty Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	5:42
12	White Waters Engineer [Tony's Vocals] – Mat DrikkeLyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons Vocals – Tony Kakko	4:44
13	Design Your Universe - A New Age Dawns - Part VI Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	9:29
14	Nothing's Wrong Lyrics By – Henny Vrienten, Marco RoelofsMusic By – Frank Kleuskens, Fred Houben, Igor Hobus, Marco Roelofs	3:24

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Magnum Music Co., Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nuclear Blast GmbH
• Copyright (c) – Nuclear Blast GmbH
• Licensed From – Marquee Inc.
• Recorded At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Recorded At – The Iceman Studio
• Recorded At – The Huts Studio
• Recorded At – E-Sound Studio
• Recorded At – T-room Studio
• Mixed At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Mixed At – Pathway Studio
• Mastered At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Epica Choir] – Amanda Somerville, Cloudy Yang
• Arranged By [Choir], Conductor [Choir] – Coen Janssen
• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Coen Janssen (tracks: 1 to 9, 11 to 13), Mark Jansen , Miro Rodenberg*, Yves Huts (tracks: 10)
• Backing Vocals – Amanda Somerville, Sascha Paeth
• Bass Guitar – Yves Huts
• Bass Vocals [Epica Choir] – Melvin Edmondsen
• Drums, Vocals [Grunts, Spoken Word] – Ariën van Weesenbeck*
• Edited By – Olaf Reitmeier, Simon Oberender
• Engineer – Amanda Somerville, Olaf Reitmeier, Sascha Paeth, Simon Oberender
• Engineer [Bass Guitar] – Yves Huts
• Engineer [Grand Piano] – Joost van den Broek
• Engineer [Guitars] – Isaac Delahaye
• Lead Guitar – Isaac Delahaye
• Lyrics By [Vocals Lines And Lyrics Co-written By] – Amanda Somerville, Sascha Paeth
• Mastered By – Miro Rodenberg*
• Mixed By – Mark Jansen (tracks: 7), Sascha Paeth
• Other [Vocal Coaching], Edited By [Lyrical Editing] – Amanda Somerville
• Photography By [Band], Art Direction, Design – Stefan Heilemann
• Photography By [Photo "white Waters"] – Simone Simons
• Producer – Epica , Sascha Paeth
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals [Grunts & Screams] – Mark Jansen
• Soprano Vocals [Epica Choir] – Bridget Fogle, Linda Van Summeren
• Synthesizer [Synths], Piano – Coen Janssen
• Tenor Vocals [Epica Choir] – Previn Moore
• Translated By [Latin Translations By] – Gjalt Lucassen, Jaap Toorenaar
• Vocals – Simone Simons

Notes

Recorded at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany between March 2009 and May 2009.
Mixed at The Gate Studio & The Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, June-July 2009.
Mastered at The Gate Studio is Wolfsburg, Germany, July 2009.
Bass guitars recorded at the Huts Studio in Antwerp, Belgium.
Grand Piano recorded at E-Sound Studio's in Weesp, The Netherlands.

Track 14 is a cover version of "Nothing's Wrong" by Heideroosjes.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 719260 056127
• Matrix / Runout: (A13674X012 9101202)
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LR48
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 9W23

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NB 2345-1, 27361 23451	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2345-1, 27361 23451	Germany	2009
NB 4129-1, 27361 41291	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, Cle)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 4129-1, 27361 41291	Germany	2017
NB 2345-0, 27361 23450	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Dig)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2345-0, 27361 23450	Germany	2009
NB 2345-2, 2345-2	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(CD, Album, RP)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2345-2, 2345-2	US	Unknown
HEL 1134	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Hellion Records	HEL 1134	Brazil	Unknown