Epica, Sonic Syndicate Concert to Air in August

Epica and Sonic Syndicate's June 21, 2007 performances at the Underground in Cologne, Germany were filmed and will be broadcast on August 6 via the German TV channel WDR. The "Rockpalast Bootleg" show will air between 0:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m.

An audio sample of a brand new Epica track, entitled "Menace of Vanity", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new album, "The Divine Conspiracy", due out this fall. The tracklist is as follows:

1. Indigo ~ prologue
2. The Obsessive Devotion
3. Menace of Vanity
4. Chasing the Dragon
5. Never Enough
6. La'petach Chatat Rovetz ~ the Final Embrace
7. Death of a Dream ~ the Embrace that Smothers part VII
8. Living a Lie ~ the Embrace that Smothers part VIII
9. Fools of Damnation ~ the Embrace that Smothers part IX
10. Beyond Belief
11. Safeguard to Paradise
12. Sancta Terra
13. The Divine Conspiracy

Sonic Syndicate entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 64 with its second release, "Only Inhuman" — an impressive feat considering the Swedish group has never performed in the country before. The album also landed at No. 22 on the Swedish chart.