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1	Samadhi - Prelude Music By, Lyrics By – Mark Jansen	1:27
2	Resign To Surrender - A New Age Dawns - Part IV Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Jack Driessen, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons	6:19
3	Unleashed Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	5:48
4	Martyr Of The Free Word Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Ariën Van Weesenbeek, Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	5:03
5	Our Destiny Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Ariën Van Weesenbeek, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons , Yves Huts	6:00
Kingdom Of Heaven - A New Age Dawns - Part V Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	(13:35)
6.I	Hold In Derision
6.II	Children Of The Light
6.III	Bardo Thödol
6.IV	Paragons Of Perfection
6.V	The Harsh Return
7	The Price Of Freedom - Interlude Music By – Coen Janssen	1:14
8	Burn To A Cinder Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons	5:41
9	Tides Of Time Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Coen Janssen	5:34
10	Deconstruct Lyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Mark Jansen , Yves Huts	4:14
11	Semblance Of Liberty Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	5:42
12	White Waters Engineer [Tony's Vocals] – Mat DrikkeLyrics By – Simone Simons Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen , Simone Simons Vocals – Tony Kakko	4:44
13	Design Your Universe - A New Age Dawns - Part VI Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Coen Janssen, Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	9:29
Bonus Track
14	Incentive Lyrics By – Mark Jansen Music By – Isaac Delahaye, Mark Jansen	4:15

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Nuclear Blast
• Recorded At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Recorded At – The Huts Studio
• Recorded At – E-Sound Studio
• Recorded At – T-room Studio
• Mixed At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Mixed At – Pathway Studio
• Mastered At – Gate Studio, Wolfsburg
• Licensed To – Scarecrow Records

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Epica Choir] – Amanda Somerville, Cloudy Yang
• Arranged By [Choir], Conductor [Choir] – Coen Janssen
• Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – Coen Janssen (tracks: 1 to 9, 11 to 13), Mark Jansen , Miro Rodenberg*, Yves Huts (tracks: 10)
• Backing Vocals – Amanda Somerville, Sascha Paeth
• Bass Guitar – Yves Huts
• Bass Vocals [Epica Choir] – Melvin Edmondsen
• Drums, Vocals [Grunts, Spoken Word] – Ariën van Weesenbeck*
• Edited By – Olaf Reitmeier, Simon Oberender
• Engineer – Amanda Somerville, Olaf Reitmeier, Sascha Paeth, Simon Oberender
• Engineer [Bass Guitar] – Yves Huts
• Engineer [Grand Piano] – Joost van den Broek
• Engineer [Guitars] – Isaac Delahaye
• Lead Guitar – Isaac Delahaye
• Lyrics By [Vocals Lines And Lyrics Co-written By] – Amanda Somerville, Sascha Paeth
• Mastered By – Miro Rodenberg*
• Mixed By – Mark Jansen (tracks: 7), Sascha Paeth
• Other [Vocal Coaching], Edited By [Lyrical Editing] – Amanda Somerville
• Photography By [Band], Art Direction, Design – Stefan Heilemann
• Photography By [Photo "white Waters"] – Simone Simons
• Producer – Epica , Sascha Paeth
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals [Grunts & Screams] – Mark Jansen
• Soprano Vocals [Epica Choir] – Bridget Fogle, Linda Van Summeren
• Synthesizer [Synths], Piano – Coen Janssen
• Tenor Vocals [Epica Choir] – Previn Moore
• Translated By [Latin Translations By] – Gjalt Lucassen, Jaap Toorenaar
• Vocals – Simone Simons

Notes

Recorded at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany between March 2009 and May 2009.
Mixed at The Gate Studio & The Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, June-July 2009.
Mastered at The Gate Studio is Wolfsburg, Germany, July 2009.
Bass guitars recorded at the Huts Studio in Antwerp, Belgium.
Grand Piano recorded at E-Sound Studio's in Weesp, The Netherlands.
Tony's Vocals recorded at T-room Studio in Kemi, Finland.
Sample of "Praising Chakrasamvara" in "Kingdom of Heaven" taken from Tibetan Chants for World Peace by the Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir. Produced by Mickey Hart. Used courtesy of White Swan Records.

Jewel Case Edition

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 27361 23450 8

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NB 2345-1, 27361 23451	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2345-1, 27361 23451	Germany	2009
NB 2345-2, 2345-2	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(CD, Album, RP)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 2345-2, 2345-2	US	Unknown
MICP-10867	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(CD, Album)	Avalon	MICP-10867	Japan	2009
ICARUS 577	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(CD, Album)	Icarus Music	ICARUS 577	Argentina	2009
NB 2345-2	Epica	Design Your Universe ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Nuclear Blast, Platinum	NB 2345-2	Thailand	2009