Produced by Joost van den Broek and Epica.
Instruments recorded at Sandlane Recording Facilities, Rijen, Netherlands, January-May 2020.
Engineedred and edited by Joost van den Broek and Jos Driessen.
Simone Simons's vocals recoded by Jens Kothe at Bader Studios, Weil der Stadt, Germany.
Mark Jansen's vocals recorded at Casterly Rock Studio, Serradifalco, Italy.
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra recorded by Jan Holzner at Smecky Music Studios, Prague, Czech Republic.
Children's choir recorded at Sint Antonius Kerk, Overlangel, Netherlands.
Indian ethnic instruments recorded at Sandip Banerjee's Studio, Kolkata, India.
Zaher Zorgati's vocals recorded by Kevin Codfert at Kevin Codfert's Studio, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France.
Paul Babikian's narration recorded PaulyB Studios, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Vicky Psarakis's narration recorded by Christian Donaldson at The Grid, Montreal, Canada.
Mixed by Joost van den Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities, May-June 2020.
Mastered by Darius van Helfteren at Amsterdam Mastering, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2020.
Song credits:
1, 2, 4, 7, 11 music by Mark Jansen / Epica, lyrics by Jansen,
3, 9 music by Rob van der Loo / Epica, lyrics by Simone Simons,
5 music by Ariën van Weesenbeek / Epica, lyrics by Simons,
6 music by Coen Janssen / Epica, lyrics by Simons,
8 music by Isaac Delahaye / Jansen / Epica, lyrics by Jansen,
10 music by Delahaye / Epica, lyrics by Simons,
11 music by Delahaye / Epica, lyrics by Jansen.
Arrangements by Epica and Joost van den Broek.
Vocal lines written by Joost van den Broek, Sascha Paeth and Jeromé Bailly (1, 2 & 11).
Orchestral arrangements written by Joost van den Broek, Coen Janssen and Epica.
Orchestral scoring by Ben Mathot.
Choir arrangements by Coen Janssen and Epica.
Choir scoring by Coen Janssen.
Art direction and design by Stefan Heilemann (Heilemania).
Styling by Emir Medic.
Band photography by Stefan Heilemann, Tim Tronckoe, Ferdinando Scavone and Ettore Maria Garozzo.
Line-up (left to right):
Rob van der Loo - bass
Isaac Delahaye - rhythm, lead & acoustic guitars
Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums, additional grunts
Simone Simons - vocals, backing vocals
Coen Janssen - keyboards, grand piano
Mark Jansen - vocals, rhythm guitar
Additional musicians:
Zaher Zorgati - Arabic vocals
Marcela Bovio - backing vocals
Linda Janssen - backing vocals
Paul Babikian - narration
Vicky Psarakis - narration
Kamerkoor Pa'Dam - choir
Zangschool BrabantTalent - children's choir
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - orchestra
