After Forever (album)
2007 studio album by After Forever
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After Forever is the fifth and final studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in the United States on 28 September 2007 under Nuclear Blast Records, their first album with the label. The album reached No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.[5]
Released20 April 2007
RecordedSeptember–November 2006
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| Released | 20 April 2007 | |||
| Recorded | September–November 2006 | |||
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| Length | 57:58 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Gordon Groothedde | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Metal Forces | 8/10[2] |
| Metal Storm | [3] |
| Metal Crypt | [4] |
A 15th anniversary edition, with remastered songs and both previously released bonus tracks "Lonely" and "Sweet Enclosure", was released on 27 May 2022.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Floor Jansen; all music is composed by Sander Gommans, Joost van den Broek and After Forever, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Discord" | 4:37 | |
| 2. | "Evoke" | 4:24 | |
| 3. | "Transitory" | 3:29 | |
| 4. | "Energize Me" |
| 3:10 |
| 5. | "Equally Destructive" | 3:32 | |
| 6. | "Withering Time" | 4:32 | |
| 7. | "De-Energized" | 5:10 | |
| 8. | "Cry with a Smile" | 4:25 | |
| 9. | "Envision" |
| 3:57 |
| 10. | "Who I Am" | 4:36 | |
| 11. | "Dreamflight" | 11:10 | |
| 12. | "Empty Memories" | 4:56 | |
| Total length: | 57:58 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Lonely" | 3:24 |
| Total length: | 61:22 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Lonely" | 3:24 |
| 14. | "Sweet Enclosure" | 5:03 |
| Total length: | 66:25 | |
Bonus DVD (US limited edition)
- "Discord" (music video)
- "Equally Destructive" (music video)
- "Energize Me" (music video)
- Photo Gallery
Personnel
After Forever
- Floor Jansen – vocals, soprano choir vocals
- Sander Gommans – guitars, grunts
- Bas Maas – guitars
- Luuk van Gerven – bass guitar
- Joost van den Broek – keyboards, orchestral and choral arrangements, engineering
- André Borgman – drums
Additional musicians
- Rannveig Sif Sigurdardottir – mezzo-soprano choir vocals
- Amanda Somerville – alto choir vocals
- Previn Moore – tenor and baritone choir vocals
- Jeff Waters – guitar solo on "De-Energized"
- Doro Pesch – vocals on "Who I Am"
- City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra
- Richard Hein – orchestra conductor
Production
- Gordon Groothedde – production, engineering, mixing
- Stephanie Pistel – photography
- Thomas Ewerhard – artwork, layout