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Isaac Delahaye
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πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ Dad. Husband. Musician. Guitar player in EPICA.

Happy New Year, everyone! 🀘🏻πŸ₯³πŸ€˜πŸ»

May 2026 bring you all the things you need most πŸ€

For anyone who’s looking for sth else than a bloody Christmas song these days πŸ€˜πŸ»πŸ˜‚πŸ€˜πŸ»

Enjoy golden oldie β€œMenace of Vanity”, played with orchestra & choir.

https://youtu.be/ilxLO7RZLkI

I just signed the petition. And so should you.

https://c.org/7BVdRPbDwc

Replying to Avatar LWB

Xmas gift from Epica!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RefS4bVX3iI

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πŸŽπŸŽ…πŸΌπŸŽ„

We just released a brand new track πŸ’₯ and it’s pretty appropriate:

β€œLet’s be the change we wish to see”

β‚Ώ 🀘🏻😎🀘🏻 Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/RefS4bVX3iI

In case you need a fresh shot of energy 🀘🏻πŸ€ͺ🀘🏻

https://youtu.be/Ey28FAzsZ5Q

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Still the most hilarious Epica artwork to date πŸ˜‚ I crack up every time I see it popping up online πŸ˜‚

The photoshoot for this collab EP was done while on tour somewhere in Latin America. We all separately had to wear the white lab costume, do silly poses/faces in front of our content creator in a hotel room, and artist Heilemania pieced everything together afterwards πŸͺ„

It’s been 3 years since the release of β€˜The Alchemy Project’ 🀯

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Stumbled upon his Mailbag Monday a couple of weeks ago, and I’m in awe of his capability to be so damn passionate about connecting dots to get closer to a more truthful worldview in an ocean of noise.

He is genuine, insightful, nuanced, pure, and absolutely hilarious at times. He cares!

Whether you like his products or not, you can’t deny he’s adding massive value to the BTC community, and beyond 🧑

Keep going, Jack! The world is yours.

Last year we released β€˜The Ghost in Me’ in collaboration with Dutch theme park De Efteling, for the opening -on Halloween- of their new Danse Macabre haunted house attraction.

Playing it live with a full orchestra, choir Γ‘nd children’s choir, was absolutely magical ✨

Enjoy, and Happy Halloween & Samhain πŸ§Ÿβ€β™‚οΈ

https://youtu.be/ax_FATpzAB8

In order to blossom in the future, you just got to let the fire burn off some of your dead wood πŸͺ΅πŸ”₯🌱

Replying to Avatar Contra

The Retirement Lie Will Ruin Your Life

Retirement, as we imagine it, is a modern myth. A 30-year vacation sold after World War II to make the grind of work seem worth it. But it carries a hidden poison: the belief that work is something to escape rather than something to be fulfilled by.

We are told to endure our 30s and 40s so we can finally live in our 60s. It is the TGIF mindset stretched across a lifetime. If Friday is salvation, then Monday through Thursday, and by extension our working years, are a form of suffering to be endured. Every project becomes a transaction. Every morning becomes a countdown to freedom.

That vision of life leads nowhere good. When you finally β€œmake it,” what is left? Endless leisure sounds like paradise until you realize it starves the soul. Humans are not built for permanent rest. We are built for creation, cultivation, and meaningful contribution.

Look at those who have changed the world. They did not work to retire; they worked because the work itself mattered. They were driven by curiosity, craft, and impact, not escape. That impulse is not rare genius. It is the human default when purpose and effort align.

The tragedy of retirement culture is not that people stop working. It is that they spend decades believing work is something to run from. They hate their jobs, resent responsibility, and dream of quitting until quitting finally arrives and meaning disappears with it.

The answer is not to grind yourself into the grave. It is to never stop engaging productively with the world. True fulfillment comes when we see work not as punishment but as participation in something greater. Retirement should be a shift in pace, not a surrender of purpose.

Some will push back at this idea. They believe that once they reach the goal, they will be the exception. They think the emptiness will not touch them. But look around. The older generation right now is among the most unhappy groups you will ever meet. Now you know why.

If your life strategy is built around escaping productivity, you have already lost. The goal is not to retire. The goal is to find work worth doing until you can no longer do it.

Stop planning your escape. Start planning your contribution. Life begins the moment you stop running from work and start building something that matters.

Now build.

Amen!

Had some of the best food in a long time these past couple of days in Lima πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ͺ Peru

The Peruvian metal scene is alive and well too! 🀘🏻

#epica #lima #peru #isaacdelahaye #metal