The Phantom Agony

~ Release by Epica (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Chapter 1

2▼CD: Chapter 2
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Adyta (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Adyta (The Neverending Embrace) lyricist: Simone Simons composer: Mark Jansen		1:30
2	Sensorium (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Sensorium lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter		4:55
3	Cry for the Moon (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Cry for the Moon (The Embrace That Smothers, Part IV) lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Mark Jansen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter		6:42
4	Feint (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Feint lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter		4:21
5	Illusive Consensus (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Illusive Consensus lyricist: Simone Simons composer: Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter		5:04
6	Basic Instinct engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Basic Instinct composer: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist)		4:09
7	Run for a Fall (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Run for a Fall lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter		6:28
8	The Phantom Agony (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: The Phantom Agony lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist), Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter		9:02
9	Veniality (orchestral version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Veniality lyricist: Simone Simons composer: Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter		4:37
10	Feint (piano version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Feint lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter	3	4:55
11	Cry for the Moon (single version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Cry for the Moon (The Embrace That Smothers, Part IV) lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Mark Jansen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter	3.5	3:31
12	Run for a Fall (single version) engineer: Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier executive producer: Hans van Vuuren producer and mixer: Sascha Paeth bass guitar: Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist) drums (drum set): Jeroen Simons guest cello: Jörn Kellermann (cellist) and Cordula Rhode (cellist) guest double bass: Andre Neygenfind guest viola: David Schlage (viola player) and Marie-Theres Stumpf (viola player) guest violin: Thomas Glöckner (violin player), Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe guitar: Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter piano and synthesizer: Coen Janssen additional vocals: Mark Jansen guest choir vocals: Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble (soprano choir singer), Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]: Simone Simons vocals arranger: Coen Janssen orchestrator: Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen recorded at: Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03) recording of: Run for a Fall lyricist: Mark Jansen composer: Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter	3	4:29

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/5269938 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Cry for the Moon Feint Run for a Fall (acoustic) The Phantom Agony (single)
included in:	We Still Take You With Us – The Early Years

supporting tours:	The Phantom Agony Tour

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/85719 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Epica/The-phantom-agony [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/epica/the-phantom-agony/ [info] https://www.metalmusicarchives.com/album/epica/the-phantom-agony [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/86994/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=15972 [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/The_Phantom_Agony/58 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000335387 [info]
Wikidata:	Q836995 [info]

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Barcode:: 7898563320832
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 2:04:50

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Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Hellion Records
HEL1083AB

Release events

Brazil
2014

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