Rob van der Loo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rob van der Loo

Dutch bassist

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1979

Place of Birth: Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands

Profession: Bassist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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  • Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band, founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever. Formed as a symphonic metal band with gothic tendencies, later Epica have incorporated into their sound strong death metal influences.
  • Starting from the third album, even progressive metal attitudes have become evident.
  • In addition, the band often uses thrash metal and groove metal riffs, black metal passages (mostly in the drum technique), power metal moments and references to Arabic music.
  • Some songs also have electronic shades, djent transitions and folk metal melodies derived from middle eastern, Chinese and Celtic traditions.
  • Epica is also known for the attention to the vocal lines that, in contrast to the heavy context, weave very catchy, easy to hold, sophisticated and emotional melodies.
  • In the band's sound the use of female vocals and male growls, performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen respectively, is fundamental.
  • They primarily write their own lyrics, which often deal with philosophical, psychological, spiritual, moral, scientific, environmental, socio-political, global and topical and personal themes.
  • Epica is also known for their wide use of orchestra and opera choirs. In 2003, Epica's debut album The Phantom Agony was released through Transmission Records.
  • Consign to Oblivion followed in 2005, and debuted at No.
  • 12 in the Dutch charts.
  • They moved labels to Nuclear Blast following Transmission's bankruptcy, and in 2007, released their third studio album The Divine Conspiracy, which charted at No.
  • 9 in the Netherlands.
  • 2009's Design Your Universe was met with yet greater success, debuting at No.
  • 8 in the Dutch Albums Chart, and charting across Europe, also garnering much critical acclaim.
  • Epica's fifth studio album Requiem for the Indifferent was released in 2012.
  • Well received by critics, it achieved international success, entering the US's Billboard 200 at No.
  • 104, and Japan's Oricon Albums Chart at No.
  • 172.At the beginning of May 2014 the band released their sixth album, The Quantum Enigma, which was a huge international success, debuting on No.
  • 110 on US Billboard 200 and peaking at No.
  • 4 in Epica's homeland Netherlands.
  • In June 2015 Epica was awarded the Music Export Awards, which is given to the Dutch act with the most international success in the past year.
  • Their seventh album, The Holographic Principle, was released in September 2016.

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