You’ve been the Chronics Rabbit Hole and Epicans. Chronicans, we are super excited because we are here today with brand new Epica. I can’t wait because we have their official music video that came out 2 days ago as the time that we’re sitting here in these chairs. And the song that we are going to be listening to, as you know, because you’re already here, is Fight to Survive. And we can’t wait to check this out because we are still waiting for a spiral to come in the mail. We know it has been shipped. I’m sure there’s many of you waiting, but Apiral is out now. This is our first time checking out Fight to Survive, though. We wanted to do it with you. And I think this is the music video that Simone was talking about. Yes, I think this is the one she was filming right before she came to talk to us. And I can’t wait to see it. Ambition’s about to come. Let’s check it out. epicans. Our channel got deleted, but we got it back. And because of all you, we kept fighting to survive and we made it. So, thank you so much for all your love and support. And we’re so excited that Epica has their ninth studio album out now. We’re very excited to be a part of the journey in real time with them now, too, cuz they really are a special band. And I can’t wait to check out a song that’s over six minutes long. So, I bet it’s going to be a banger. You ready? Oh, this is going to be epic. Ah, you made Oliver cry. I did. That was so bad. The baby’s crying. Here we go. I don’t know if you can hear the baby. Here we go. Oh. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Indeed. She looks like an AI robot. Take off in 2. Oh, sick. Oh, man. Where are they going? Multiple cabins. Oo, futuristic dystopian world, right? So cool. [Music] Back to that same outlook there. We will have to look beyond all fears. I don’t understand why I can see it all. and navigate through outer space. I hope we survive the fall. We all need to pieces. Oh, they got her hearts on our side. Are we unified? [Music] Wow, this is [Music] ambitious to unify. Our spirit is alive. We will [Music] find they’re trying to harness her power. We must navigate through this complexity while we search for our stability. I’m sorry. We had to say something about this. Like it’s actually I’m getting lost by how good this music video really is. And it’s a very catchy, groovy tone as well. And it’s it’s actually standing out from all the songs that we’ve heard so far in my opinion. And it’s such a cool little intro where she’s like that robotic AI that’s kind of talking and then now is trying to be harnessed. So there’s so much things that you could try to like think about what they’re trying to bring out too cuz we know this isn’t a concept album but all the songs really complement each other. So there is that thread you can see through all their music videos. Especially her when she’s in her red dress, she has the red makeup divide. Cross the divide look. So like you can see that um that thread being woven in between. I’m really loving the um the Star Treky almost um Star Wars, Star Trek um Alien versus Predator, all the different like science fiction science fiction things that are coming together in this. It’s um it’s great. Very well done. I’m loving movie lovers, aren’t they? Very very much movie lovers. I have to say I’m loving the mask that she’s wearing cuz it looks like one of those LED light masks that women use for rejuvenating their skin, but they’ve like put paint on it. So that might be actually what they did. Actually be what they did. So I thought that was really cool and really like the DIY in me was very happy about that. But watch it just be like some really expensive prop. But like that’s what it reminds me of. This is so good. It needs a behind the scenes. It does need a behind the scenes. I’d love to see a behind the scenes and a bloopers of making this. You got that right. I’m loving this. Let’s keep it going. So cool. [Music] She’s been sold. What’s that? She’s being sold. I think she’s got sold, right? [Music] I understand that I can see it all. I love that outfit here. Amazing outfit. Right. [Music] Nice. This is incredible. [Music] We are unified. and purifies the unify. Our spirit is alive. We are just [Music] This song and album so hopeful. It is. [Music] We are. Let’s go, Mark. [Music] He wants out of the matrix. He sure does. Oh, the black tar. [Music] I got [Music] this. Wow. Let’s go. [Music] In every moment we will [Music] find in every heartbeat. Oh, this is such a good song. On this journey, our integrity is our great strength. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yes. Yes. [Music] Oh, that was the six [Music] song. Our spirit is alive. We are They’re going through the portals on the side. [Music] We are one another. [Applause] [Music] There we are. [Music] Oh my god. Yes. I’m so happy they did that at the end because that’s what I think was thinking was happening. The tie in there, the time matrix, like a butterfly effect, right? Explain that. Time paradox. Sorry. So, like if you’re a Doctor Who fan, you fan or a sci-fi fan, you know about time paradoxes and like, right, all those different things. So, like the time paradox in this one is that the Kevin were created of the band members essentially. They had to get the Simona and turn her into an AI to create the Kevin. Okay. But the Kevin are the ones who had to find her to bring her back to be able to make the Kevin. So the Kevin made themselves through a time paradox. Wow. Good. That’s at least what I got from this. No, that’s incredible. And I think you’re pretty accur accurate there. And I don’t even think it matters if you are or not because that part of that interpretation is the fun part. The music itself was honestly the show here. even though it was visually stunning. That might be the best music video I’ve ever seen from EPA. We just did um the Divine Conspiracy and we checked out the Never Enough music video, which was great. It was from mid 2000s, but what a what a difference 20 years makes from their from their music videos and just them as a band. There’s still that that epica that is there since the beginning, but they’re they’re on such a different form of evolution. And right as this song was going, I’m like, man, if they just put a solo on this, very on the top, and you were probably thinking the same and everyone is like, we need a solo. We need something to like to really come back to to be excited about. And metal lovers need guitar solos a lot of the times and we need to have these epic moments. And like I’m not afraid to say that because I know a lot of people were yearning for a song like this. I bet that everyone was very happy with Fight to Survive because Oh man, I can’t wait to listen to this song again. This Yeah, this song and this album. We can’t wait. We’re probably going to wait till we get it and then most likely we should do a full album reaction just from start to finish. We’ve already done a lot of the songs, but it doesn’t matter from start to finish. This is going to be one of the best albums from them in my opinion. Absolutely. Absolutely. This album is already so like jam-packed with amazing songs. Like we’ve heard a spiral, we’ve heard Fight to Survive. What was the other one we heard from the song? Cross the Divide. Cross the Divide. And every single one of them is something that the fans, the Epicans have been looking to get from Epica for a really long time. And then also with what Simone was saying and um even Isaac was saying about how this song is really breaking down your ego and like being able to like see the bigger picture of things essentially. And then we really get to see that um string through every single song um with this amazing like bombastic creation that they’ve made. Like even this one I’m I’m getting tom time paradox vibes. Whereas the other one we’re like okay this is so so cool but like what where is this going? And now we have this big like almost Star Trek level epic. Yeah. From this it’s incredible. like they are really hating. They talked themselves again. They topped Exactly. They topped themselves again and we didn’t think they could top themselves. I know when I saw um like if you look at Omega and you look at um Retrospect and you look at um the Symphonic Synergy, all these amazing concerts that they’ve had these amazing albums and different things that they put through it. They’ve always been so top tier that it’s like, how can they top this or do it any better? And they’ve done it again. They they sure have. and Isaac got to shine the way that we’re very happy as guitar and Isaac lovers. And I can’t wait to come back to this one, like we said. So hopefully it comes in the mail real soon. We’ll definitely show you the the opening to let you know what we got for our merch because it’s just gorgeous. We love all the merch that they always do, too. And we want to know all of your thoughts and opinions in the comments below about what you thought about Fight to Survive. And if you enjoyed this reaction with us, please hit the like button so we know we got friends like you. And if you’re somehow not uh Chronicin yet, all you got to do is hit the subscribe button. Neans. Okay, we are now exiting the rabbit hole, folks. Thank you so much everyone for being here with us. This was such an exciting journey through Fight to Survive. I can’t wait for our album to come in the in the mail and I can’t wait to eventually be able to come and do the full album reaction with all of you so that then I can listen to this album on constant repeat in the car afterwards. So, thank you so much for everyone for being here. Peace and love, Chronicans. God bless y’all. Take care and bye for now. And most likely it’s going to come on our wedding. Yeah, most likely. You’re right. It would be great. That’d be great. Friday wedding present. The wedding. Stay tuned for some pictures, y’all. Stay tuned for pictures and reals and videos and anything else we can post online from the wedding. Love y’all.
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