• Description: Short, low-quality sound sample from "Façade of Reality (The Embrace That Smothers, Part V)" by Epica
• Source: The Phantom Agony CD
• Artist: Epica
• Songwriters: Mark Jansen, Simone Simons, Ad Sluijter
• Record Label: Massacre Records
• Format: Ogg Vorbis, quality 0 (64 kbit/s)
• Length: 30 seconds (Less than 10% of original 8:12)

This sound sample has been included in the Gothic metal article. It is believed this constitutes "fair use" under United States copyright Law for the following reasons:

• it illustrates an encyclopedic article on the genre of the recording, of which it is an emblematic example,
• it has a duration of 30 seconds, no more than 10% of the original, and so can not be a substitute thereof,
• its sound quality (bitrate) has been reduced to 64 kbit/s, and can not therefore replace the original,
• it is here in the belief that the copyright holder's rights over the original will not be affected in any way,
• there is no alternative uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample available of comparable import, and
• it is placed in good faith, in the hope that it will amplify and elevate the recording from which it was drawn.