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Design Your Universe (2009-Present)


Epica performing at Norway Rock Festival in 2010
On March 4, 2009, Epica announced their return to the studio where they would begin the recording process for a new album. In April 2009, it was revealed that the new album's title would be "Design Your Universe". It continued the A New Age Dawns saga which started on Consign to Oblivion. The album was released on October 16, 2009. To promote this release, they performed in Amsterdam at Paradiso on October 10, 2009.[9] This is the first Epica album to feature Isaac Delahaye.[10] The record also contains a guest appearance from Sonata Arctica vocalist Tony Kakko on the song "White Waters".[11] The album debuted in #8 in the Dutch charts.[12] On December 31, 2009, it was announced through their website that a new single will be released. The song is called "This Is the Time" and all profit will go to World Wide Fund for Nature.
In September 2010, Simone once again contributed vocals to an album of Kamelot, this time on the tracks "House on a Hill", "Poetry For The Poisoned, Pt. II: So Long" and "Poetry For The Poisoned, Pt. III: All Is Over" on the album Poetry for the Poisoned.