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EPICA: Video Footage Of Canadian Bus Crash Scene Posted Online

February 17, 2010

The sound engineer for Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA has posted more video footage from the band's current North American tour. The latest clip, which can be viewed below, includes footage from the early hours of Friday, February 12, when EPICA's tour bus crashed on Canadian Highway 1 in the Rocky Mountains after a car lost control and went spinning for the bus. The bus driver, Dave Mabry, managed to avoid a head-on collision by running the bus against the rail-guard.

Although the car was totaled and the bus suffered severe damage and some band and crew members got thrown out of their bunks, no one was hurt.

After a few hours' delay and some on-the-spot repairs, the bus was able to continue the journey to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Keyboardist Coen Janssen was forced to sit out EPICA's current North American headlining tour because of "personal reasons." He was replaced by Simone's boyfriend Oliver Palotai (KAMELOT, SONS OF SEASONS, DORO).

EPICA's latest album, "Design Your Universe", landed at position No. 12 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

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