I'm surprised yet. Has Epica not even brought out a SACD? Well, I did not hear because the SACD is rather overpriced, but this album nevertheless would be the fact that whoever brings out a SACD can at least assume that you're not mixing your his albums such amateurish.
This album falls in any case, unfortunately, totally over-compressed from which I find very unpleasant to hear. It's just frustrating to hear something.