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1	Indigo - Prologue Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Coen Janssen, Mark Jansen	2:05
I.
2	The Obsessive Devotion Lyrics By – Ad Sluijter, Mark Jansen Music By – Mark Jansen Voice [Spoken Words] – Amanda Somerville	7:13
3	Menace Of Vanity Music By, Lyrics By – Mark Jansen	4:13
4	Chasing The Dragon Acoustic Guitar – Olaf ReitmeierLyrics By – Mark Jansen , Simone Simons Music By – Ad Sluijter, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons , Yves Huts	7:40
5	Never Enough Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Epica , Mark Jansen , Miro Rodenberg*, Yves HutsLyrics By – Ad Sluijter, Simone Simons Music By – Yves Huts	4:47
II.
6	La'petach Chatat Rovetz - The Last Embrace Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Epica , Mark Jansen , Miro Rodenberg*, Yves HutsMusic By – Mark Jansen , Yves Huts	1:46
7	Death Of A Dream - The Embrace That Smothers ~ Part VII Lyrics By – Ad Sluijter, Simone Simons Music By – Ad Sluijter, Mark Jansen , Yves HutsVocals [Grunts] – Sander Gommans	6:03
8	Living A Lie - The Embrace That Smothers ~ Part VIII Lyrics By – Mark Jansen , Simone Simons Music By – Ad Sluijter, Mark Jansen , Yves HutsVoice [Priest] – Gjalt Lucassen	4:57
9	Fools Of Damnation - The Embrace That Smothers ~ Part IX Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Ad Sluijter, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons Voice [Spoken Words] – Jeff Wade	8:41
III.
10	Beyond Belief Baritone Vocals [Additional Bariton, Choir] – Coen Janssen, Olaf ReitmeierLyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Ad Sluijter, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons	5:25
11	Safeguard To Paradise Engineer [Grand Piano] – Hanz MartensLyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Coen Janssen, Mark Jansen , Yves Huts	3:45
12	Sancta Terra Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Ad Sluijter, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons	4:58
13	The Divine Conspiracy Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Epica , Mark Jansen , Markus Schmidt Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Ad Sluijter, Coen Janssen, Mark Jansen	13:57

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Recorded At – The Huts Studio
• Recorded At – Smash Recordings, Liessel
• Mixed At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Mixed At – Pathway Studio
• Mastered At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Mastered At – Pathway Studio
• Pressed By – Technicolor – 7202421

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Epica Choir] – Amanda Somerville, Cinzia Rizzo
• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Epica , Mark Jansen , Miro Rodenberg*
• Art Direction, Design – Mattias Norén
• Bass Guitar – Yves Huts
• Bass Vocals [Epica Choir] – Melvin Edmondsen
• Drums [Guest] – Ariën Van Weesenbeck*
• Edited By – Ad Sluijter, Olaf Reitmeier, Simon Oberender
• Engineer – Ad Sluijter, Amanda Somerville, Olaf Reitmeier, Sascha Paeth, Simon Oberender
• Engineer [Bass Guitars] – Yves Huts
• Lead Guitar – Ad Sluijter
• Lyrics By [Vocals Lines And Lyrics Co-Written & Co-Arranged By], Backing Vocals – Amanda Somerville, Sascha Paeth
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Simone Simons
• Mixed By, Mastered By – Sascha Paeth
• Other [Vocal Coaching And Lyrical Editing] – Amanda Somerville
• Photography By [Band] – Rudy De Doncker
• Photography By [Cover] – Andrea Beckers
• Producer – Epica , Sascha Paeth
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals [Grunts] – Mark Jansen
• Soprano Vocals [Epica Choir] – Bridget Fogle, Linda Van Summeren
• Synthesizer [Synths], Piano, Arranged By [Choir Arrangements] – Coen Janssen
• Tenor Vocals [Epica Choir] – Previn Moore
• Translated By [Latin Parts Worked Out By] – Gjalt Lucassen, Jaap Toorenaar

Notes

Recorded at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany between November 2006 and February 2007.
Mixed & mastered at The Gate Studio & The Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, May 2007.
Bass guitar recorded at the Huts Studio in Antwerp, Belgium.
Grand Piano on "Safeguard to Paradise" recorded at Smash Recordings in Liessel, The Netherlands.

The first catalog# (NB 1956-0) appears on the back cover. The second catalog# (27361 19560) appears on the spines.

The disc has been used for this edition and the standard jewelcase edition.

℗+© 2007 • Manufactured In Germany

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 27361 19560 1
• Other (CD cat. number): NB 1956-2
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 7202421 NB 1656 Technicolor
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI LQ57
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 7202421 NB 1956 Technicolor
• Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LQ57
• Label Code: LC 07027
• Rights Society: GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NB 1956-1, 27361 19561	Epica	The Divine Conspiracy ‎(2xLP, Album, Num, Pic)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 1956-1, 27361 19561	Germany	2007
NB 4128-1, 27361 41281	Epica	The Divine Conspiracy ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE, Gre)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 4128-1, 27361 41281	Germany	2017
SDP-0037	Epica	The Divine Conspiracy ‎(CD, Album)	Seoul Records	SDP-0037	South Korea	2007
OTR-061-2	Epica	The Divine Conspiracy ‎(CD, Album + CD, Enh + Dig)	Over The Rainbow Records	OTR-061-2	Mexico	2007
NB 1956-2, 1956-2	Epica	The Divine Conspiracy ‎(CD, Album)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 1956-2, 1956-2	US	2007