The Divine Conspiracy

The Divine Conspiracy
Studio album by
Epica
Released22 August 2007
RecordedNovember 2006 – February 2007
StudioGate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
GenreSymphonic metal
Length75:36
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerSascha Paeth & Epica
Epica chronology
The Road to Paradiso
(2006) 		The Divine Conspiracy
(2007) 		The Classical Conspiracy
(2009)
Singles from The Divine Conspiracy
  1. "Never Enough"
    Released: 10 August 2007
  2. "Chasing the Dragon"
    Released: 27 June 2008
Professional ratings
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AllMusic[1]
About.com[2]

The Divine Conspiracy is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica as well as their first concept album. It was released through Nuclear Blast in Japan on 22 August 2007, in the US on 28 August, in Europe on 7 September, and in the UK on 10 September. The concept that guides the songs is that God created many different religions for humanity to figure out and overcome them so as to discover that, in nature and essence, they were all in fact the same one (hence the name, "The Divine Conspiracy").[3] Aside from the concept of such a conspiracy, The Divine Conspiracy finalizes The Embrace That Smothers, which began in After Forever's Prison of Desire (Prologue and parts I-III) and continued in Epica's The Phantom Agony (parts IV-VI). In short, The Embrace That Smothers is a collection of 10 songs (Prologue and parts I-IX), which talks about the dangers of organized religion.

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Epica The Divine Conspiracy review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  2. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Epica - The Divine Conspiracy". About.com. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. ^ Hall, Jim (17 February 2008). "Epica - The Divine Conspiracy". Musical Discoveries.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015.