After Forever
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After Forever was a Dutch
symphonic metal
band with strong progressive metal
influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano
vocals and death grunts. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded.
, with harsh male vocals. With the joining of vocalist Floor Jansen in 1997, their style and sound shifted towards symphonic metal
, in order to give emphasis to her soprano voice, in contrast with the grunts and screams provided by Gommans and Mark Jansen. Their line-up at this point comprised Floor Jansen, Mark Jansen, Sander Gommans, Luuk van Gerven, Jack Driessen and Joep Beckers.
In 1999 the band began composing their own songs and recorded two demo
s entitled Ephemeral and Wings Of Illusion, which drew the attention of the Dutch Transmission Records label, with whom the band signed a contract.
Their debut album Prison Of Desire
was recorded in 2000, featuring the guest appearance of Sharon Den Adel
of the Dutch band Within Temptation
on the song "Beyond Me". The album obtained very good reviews in Europe. By the end of the year, drummer André Borgman and keyboardist Lando van Gils joined the band, replacing Joep Beckers and Jack Driessen.
During the year 2000, Floor Jansen was invited to guest sing in Ayreon
's Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
album. Ayreon
is the most successful of the many projects by Dutch guitarist Arjen Anthony Lucassen
and this album is only the first of many other collaborations with Floor Jansen.
In 2001, the band released the album Decipher
, that featured for the first time live classical instruments and a live choir. The complex arrangements of the new compositions pushed After Forever's music even more towards the symphonic metal
genre. In 2002 Mark Jansen
, one of the main composers of the band, was fired from After Forever and subsequently assembled the band Epica
, where he continued to pursue the contamination of symphonic metal
with death metal
elements, already present in the first two albums by After Forever. He was replaced by Bas Maas, who had been a roadie for the band for years. In 2003, the new line-up of After Forever released the EP and DVD Exordium
.
In 2004, the concept album Invisible Circles
was released. The album, that deals with childhood traumas and abuse, introduced progressive metal
elements to the music of After Forever and the use of a clean male voice. The album reached 24th place in the Dutch
Top 100 musical chart. In the same year, Lando van Gils also left the band and was replaced by Joost van den Broek
, a keyboard player that Floor Jansen had met during her tour with Star One
.
In early September 2005, the band released their fourth album Remagine
. The album was produced using pre-recorded drum tracks by André Borgman, who had to take a long leave of absence to cure his illness. The songs of the album are simpler and more straightforward than in the previous albums, preserving anyway the usual dual voice dynamic in the sound of the band.
On March 3, 2006, the band left the Transmission Records label, due to the scarce promotion that the label was providing to their albums. Following this departure, Transmission Records released the Mea Culpa
compilation, with plenty of rarities and b-sides. By October of the same year, After Forever had signed to Nuclear Blast Records
.
In the end of 2006 the band recorded their final and only album on the Nuclear Blast label, self titled After Forever
. It features guest appearances from Annihilator
guitarist Jeff Waters
and Doro Pesch
. Videos of the recording sessions were available for download on the band's website. The album was released on April 23, 2007.
In January 2008, After Forever announced on their website that the band would be taking a break of at least a year, mainly to assess the health problems of vocalist and guitarist Sander Gommans, who had been absent during most of the tour supporting the album After Forever
. In an interview with Ragnarök radio, Floor said the band would get together early 2009 to discuss After Forever's future.
On February 5, 2009, After Forever announced that they decided to call it quits. The long break, during 2008 and 2009, had made them realize that they did not feel the passion towards the band any longer.
After the split up of the band, Sander Gommans published in 2009 the album System Overload
with his solo project HDK
and continues working as a high school art teacher. Floor Jansen started a new band called ReVamp and signed in 2010 a contract with Nuclear Blast
for their first eponymous album. Joost van den Broek collaborated with both Gommans and Jansen on their new musical projects, meanwhile producing the Christmas Metal Symphony shows in 2008 and 2009 and Stream of Passion
's second album The Flame Within
. Guitarist Bas Maas joined the live band supporting German hard rock singer Doro Pesch
in 2008.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
band with strong progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
vocals and death grunts. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded.
Biography
After Forever was originally assembled in 1995 under the name Apocalypse, playing death metalDeath metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
, with harsh male vocals. With the joining of vocalist Floor Jansen in 1997, their style and sound shifted towards symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
, in order to give emphasis to her soprano voice, in contrast with the grunts and screams provided by Gommans and Mark Jansen. Their line-up at this point comprised Floor Jansen, Mark Jansen, Sander Gommans, Luuk van Gerven, Jack Driessen and Joep Beckers.
In 1999 the band began composing their own songs and recorded two demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
s entitled Ephemeral and Wings Of Illusion, which drew the attention of the Dutch Transmission Records label, with whom the band signed a contract.
Their debut album Prison Of Desire
Prison of Desire
Prison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen...
was recorded in 2000, featuring the guest appearance of Sharon Den Adel
Sharon den Adel
Sharon Janny den Adel is a Dutch singer and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation...
of the Dutch band Within Temptation
Within Temptation
Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...
on the song "Beyond Me". The album obtained very good reviews in Europe. By the end of the year, drummer André Borgman and keyboardist Lando van Gils joined the band, replacing Joep Beckers and Jack Driessen.
During the year 2000, Floor Jansen was invited to guest sing in Ayreon
Ayreon
Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
's Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer is a progressive rock album released in 2000 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen, and is the fourth album of his Ayreon project....
album. Ayreon
Ayreon
Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
is the most successful of the many projects by Dutch guitarist Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony "Oswold Jr." Lucassen is a progressive metal/rock composer, singer and musician from the Netherlands, best known for his long-running progressive opera project titled Ayreon....
and this album is only the first of many other collaborations with Floor Jansen.
In 2001, the band released the album Decipher
Decipher (album)
Decipher is the second album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, released in 2001. The music of the band reaches its full potential in this album with the use of live classical instruments and a complete choir to back up the soprano voice of lead singer Floor Jansen...
, that featured for the first time live classical instruments and a live choir. The complex arrangements of the new compositions pushed After Forever's music even more towards the symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
genre. In 2002 Mark Jansen
Mark Jansen
Mark Jansen, , is a heavy metal musician.As guitarist, Jansen founded After Forever with Sander Gommans, and was one of the main songwriters since their debut album Prison of Desire. He left After Forever in 2002, and after his departure the band took a new musical direction...
, one of the main composers of the band, was fired from After Forever and subsequently assembled the band Epica
Epica (band)
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen subsequent to his departure from After Forever. They are known for their symphonic sound and the use of female vocals and male growls performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen, respectively. All six members write...
, where he continued to pursue the contamination of symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
with death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
elements, already present in the first two albums by After Forever. He was replaced by Bas Maas, who had been a roadie for the band for years. In 2003, the new line-up of After Forever released the EP and DVD Exordium
Exordium
Exordium may refer to:* Exordium , the introductory section of a discourse in Western classical rhetoric; e.g., the 1st 4 verses of Hebrews in the Bible* Exordium , by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever....
.
In 2004, the concept album Invisible Circles
Invisible Circles
Invisible Circles is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on 25 March 2004, by the small Dutch label Transmission Records...
was released. The album, that deals with childhood traumas and abuse, introduced progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
elements to the music of After Forever and the use of a clean male voice. The album reached 24th place in the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Top 100 musical chart. In the same year, Lando van Gils also left the band and was replaced by Joost van den Broek
Joost van den Broek
Joost van den Broek was a keyboardist in the metal band After Forever. On the album After Forever, Joost had the opportunity to collaborate on the composition and production of the album alongside other band members. Van den Broek will appear on the Sinbreed album When Worlds Collide...
, a keyboard player that Floor Jansen had met during her tour with Star One
Star One
Star One is a Dutch progressive metal supergroup/side-project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame. Unlike Ayreon, the band did not follow one storyline; instead, each song was a different story with a sci-fi concept, most of the tracks based on existing movies and series.-Origins and first...
.
In early September 2005, the band released their fourth album Remagine
Remagine
Remagine is the fourth album released by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on September 8, 2005 by Transmission Records and followed the 2004 concept album Invisible Circles. This album is available in two versions, an SACD with three bonus songs and as a ‘Special Edition’...
. The album was produced using pre-recorded drum tracks by André Borgman, who had to take a long leave of absence to cure his illness. The songs of the album are simpler and more straightforward than in the previous albums, preserving anyway the usual dual voice dynamic in the sound of the band.
On March 3, 2006, the band left the Transmission Records label, due to the scarce promotion that the label was providing to their albums. Following this departure, Transmission Records released the Mea Culpa
Mea Culpa (album)
Mea Culpa is a 2006 compilation album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. Disc one includes songs from Mark Jansen's time in the band, while disc two is filled with songs from after his departure.-Disc One:...
compilation, with plenty of rarities and b-sides. By October of the same year, After Forever had signed to Nuclear Blast Records
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
.
In the end of 2006 the band recorded their final and only album on the Nuclear Blast label, self titled After Forever
After Forever (album)
After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final album by Dutch symphonic metal band, After Forever. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The bonus track "Lonely" appears on the digipack edition. The album reached position No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.-Track listing:All...
. It features guest appearances from Annihilator
Annihilator (band)
Annihilator is a Canadian heavy metal band hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, also from Vancouver, British Columbia between 1987-2002 by founding member, vocalist, guitarist and bassist Jeff Waters. The band has been around since 1984 and is the biggest selling heavy metal artist from Canada in history,...
guitarist Jeff Waters
Jeff Waters
Jeff Waters , is the guitarist and mastermind of the metal band Annihilator. He was born in and resides in Ottawa, Canada. As the main member and songwriter for Annihilator, Jeff is considered among the most influential guitarists in the world and as a top songwriter. He is also a well-known mix...
and Doro Pesch
Doro (musician)
Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
. Videos of the recording sessions were available for download on the band's website. The album was released on April 23, 2007.
In January 2008, After Forever announced on their website that the band would be taking a break of at least a year, mainly to assess the health problems of vocalist and guitarist Sander Gommans, who had been absent during most of the tour supporting the album After Forever
After Forever (album)
After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final album by Dutch symphonic metal band, After Forever. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The bonus track "Lonely" appears on the digipack edition. The album reached position No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.-Track listing:All...
. In an interview with Ragnarök radio, Floor said the band would get together early 2009 to discuss After Forever's future.
On February 5, 2009, After Forever announced that they decided to call it quits. The long break, during 2008 and 2009, had made them realize that they did not feel the passion towards the band any longer.
After the split up of the band, Sander Gommans published in 2009 the album System Overload
System Overload (album)
System Overload is the first album released by Dutch After Forever guitarist Sander Gommans's side project HDK . The music of this album is heavier and more extreme than the usual style of After Forever and Gommans created HDK in order to release the album by himself. The album was released on 23...
with his solo project HDK
HDK (band)
HDK is a musical project of Dutch guitarist Sander Gommans, best known as member, vocalist and one of the main composers of the now dissolved symphonic metal band After Forever.- History :...
and continues working as a high school art teacher. Floor Jansen started a new band called ReVamp and signed in 2010 a contract with Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
for their first eponymous album. Joost van den Broek collaborated with both Gommans and Jansen on their new musical projects, meanwhile producing the Christmas Metal Symphony shows in 2008 and 2009 and Stream of Passion
Stream of Passion
Stream of Passion is a progressive metal band with symphonic metal and gothic metal influences founded by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and Marcela Bovio. Because the musicians in the band lived thousands of miles apart, Lucassen composed the group's debut album, Embrace the Storm, over the Internet...
's second album The Flame Within
The Flame Within
The Flame Within is Stream of Passion's second studio album released on May 27 2009, by Napalm Records. It is the follow-up to their debut album, Embrace the Storm and their first without the original creator Arjen Lucassen.-Track listing:...
. Guitarist Bas Maas joined the live band supporting German hard rock singer Doro Pesch
Doro (musician)
Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
in 2008.
Line-up
Final line-up
- Floor JansenFloor JansenFloor Jansen is a Dutch singer, who was the lead singer of the symphonic metal band After Forever which disbanded in 2009, and is the current singer for ReVamp.-After Forever:...
- Lead vocals (1997–2009) - Sander GommansSander GommansSander Gommans is a Dutch musician. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and did the grunting parts in the band...
- Guitar, grunts (1995–2009) - Bas Maas – Guitar, vocals (2002–2009)
- Luuk van Gerven - Bass guitar(1996–2009)
- André Borgman - Drums, percussion (2000–2009)
- Joost van den BroekJoost van den BroekJoost van den Broek was a keyboardist in the metal band After Forever. On the album After Forever, Joost had the opportunity to collaborate on the composition and production of the album alongside other band members. Van den Broek will appear on the Sinbreed album When Worlds Collide...
- Keyboards (2004–2009)
Previous members
- Mark JansenMark JansenMark Jansen, , is a heavy metal musician.As guitarist, Jansen founded After Forever with Sander Gommans, and was one of the main songwriters since their debut album Prison of Desire. He left After Forever in 2002, and after his departure the band took a new musical direction...
- Guitars, grunts (1995–2002) - Joep Beckers - Drums, percussion (1995–2000)
- Jack Driessen - Keyboards (1995–2000)
- Lando van Gils - Keyboards (2000–2004)
Guests
- Sharon den AdelSharon den AdelSharon Janny den Adel is a Dutch singer and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation...
- Guest vocals on song "Beyond Me" (Prison Of DesirePrison of DesirePrison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen...
) - Melissa 't Hart - Soprano on songs "Mea Culpa", "Leaden Legacy", "Follow In The Cry", "Silence From Afar" and "Yield To Temptation" (Prison Of DesirePrison of DesirePrison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen...
) - Simone SimonsSimone SimonsSimone Johanna Maria Simons is a Dutch coloratura mezzo-soprano singer who is the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Epica.-Biography:...
- Vocals on song "Beyond Me" (Live in HardenbergHardenbergHardenberg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city of Hardenberg has a population of about 17,200. It received city rights in 1362 from Jan van Arkel, Bishop of Utrecht. The famous Pieterpad also passes through Hardenberg.-Cycling:There are...
26 December 2007) - Irene Jansen - Vocals on song "Who I Am" (Live in TilburgTilburgTilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
23 December 2007) - George Oosthoek - Vocals on the 2007 tour, replacing Sander Gommans
- Doro PeschDoro (musician)Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
- Vocals on song "Who I Am" (Release Party @ Tivoli 17. April 2007 TilburgTilburgTilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
) - Mark JansenMark JansenMark Jansen, , is a heavy metal musician.As guitarist, Jansen founded After Forever with Sander Gommans, and was one of the main songwriters since their debut album Prison of Desire. He left After Forever in 2002, and after his departure the band took a new musical direction...
- Guitars and vocals on song "Beyond Me" (Live in HardenbergHardenbergHardenberg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city of Hardenberg has a population of about 17,200. It received city rights in 1362 from Jan van Arkel, Bishop of Utrecht. The famous Pieterpad also passes through Hardenberg.-Cycling:There are...
26 December 2007) - Arjen Anthony LucassenArjen Anthony LucassenArjen Anthony "Oswold Jr." Lucassen is a progressive metal/rock composer, singer and musician from the Netherlands, best known for his long-running progressive opera project titled Ayreon....
- Guitars on song "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Emphasis/Who Wants to Live ForeverEmphasis/Who Wants To Live ForeverEmphasis/Who Wants to Live Forever is a 2002 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, featuring guest vocals from Damian Wilson of Threshold.-Track listing:#"Emphasis" - 4:18#"Who Wants to Live Forever " - 4:46...
) - Jeff WatersJeff WatersJeff Waters , is the guitarist and mastermind of the metal band Annihilator. He was born in and resides in Ottawa, Canada. As the main member and songwriter for Annihilator, Jeff is considered among the most influential guitarists in the world and as a top songwriter. He is also a well-known mix...
- Guitars on song "De-Energized" (After ForeverAfter Forever (album)After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final album by Dutch symphonic metal band, After Forever. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The bonus track "Lonely" appears on the digipack edition. The album reached position No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.-Track listing:All...
) - Rannveig Sif Sigurdardottir - Mezzo-soprano (After ForeverAfter Forever (album)After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final album by Dutch symphonic metal band, After Forever. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The bonus track "Lonely" appears on the digipack edition. The album reached position No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.-Track listing:All...
) - Amanda SomervilleAmanda SomervilleAmanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach.- Personal life :Somerville was born in Flushing, Michigan, and attended Flushing Senior High School and the University of Michigan in Flint, Michigan...
- Alto (RemagineRemagineRemagine is the fourth album released by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on September 8, 2005 by Transmission Records and followed the 2004 concept album Invisible Circles. This album is available in two versions, an SACD with three bonus songs and as a ‘Special Edition’...
, After ForeverAfter Forever (album)After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final album by Dutch symphonic metal band, After Forever. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The bonus track "Lonely" appears on the digipack edition. The album reached position No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.-Track listing:All...
) - Yvonne Rooda - Alto (Prison Of DesirePrison of DesirePrison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen...
) - Previn Moore - Bass (After ForeverAfter Forever (album)After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final album by Dutch symphonic metal band, After Forever. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The bonus track "Lonely" appears on the digipack edition. The album reached position No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.-Track listing:All...
) - Hans Cassa - Bass (Prison Of DesirePrison of DesirePrison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen...
) - Caspar De Jonge - Tenor (Prison Of DesirePrison of DesirePrison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen...
)
Studio albums
- Prison of DesirePrison of DesirePrison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen...
(2000) - DecipherDecipher (album)Decipher is the second album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, released in 2001. The music of the band reaches its full potential in this album with the use of live classical instruments and a complete choir to back up the soprano voice of lead singer Floor Jansen...
(2001) - Invisible CirclesInvisible CirclesInvisible Circles is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on 25 March 2004, by the small Dutch label Transmission Records...
(2004) - RemagineRemagineRemagine is the fourth album released by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on September 8, 2005 by Transmission Records and followed the 2004 concept album Invisible Circles. This album is available in two versions, an SACD with three bonus songs and as a ‘Special Edition’...
(2005) - After ForeverAfter Forever (album)After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final album by Dutch symphonic metal band, After Forever. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The bonus track "Lonely" appears on the digipack edition. The album reached position No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.-Track listing:All...
(2007)
Singles
- "Follow In The CryFollow in the Cry"Follow in the Cry" is a 2000 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, from their debut album Prison of Desire. At the end of the a cappella version of "Mea Culpa", there is an a cappella version of the intro to their song "Yield to Temptation"....
" (2000) - "Emphasis/Who Wants To Live ForeverEmphasis/Who Wants To Live ForeverEmphasis/Who Wants to Live Forever is a 2002 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, featuring guest vocals from Damian Wilson of Threshold.-Track listing:#"Emphasis" - 4:18#"Who Wants to Live Forever " - 4:46...
" (2002) - "Monolith Of DoubtMonolith of DoubtMonolith of Doubt is a 2002 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever.-Track listing:#"Monolith of Doubt " - 3:33#"For the Time Being" - 5:06#"Forlorn Hope" - 6:22#"Imperfect Tenses " - 4:06-Personnel:...
" (2002) - "My Choice/The Evil That Men DoMy Choice/The Evil That Men DoMy Choice/The Evil That Men Do is a 2003 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is taken from their EP Exordium and was the band's first single after the departure of co-founder Mark Jansen.-Track listing:...
" (2003) - "Digital DeceitDigital DeceitDigital Deceit is a single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, released in 2004. It is the only single extracted from their third full-length album Invisible Circles.-Track listing:#"Digital Deceit " - 4:07...
" (2004) - "Being EveryoneBeing EveryoneBeing Everyone is a 2005 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is from their fourth full-length album Remagine.-Track listing:Basic single#"Being Everyone " – 3:10#"Taste the Day" – 2:53Maxi single...
" (2005) - "Two Sides/Boundaries Are OpenTwo Sides/Boundaries Are OpenTwo Sides/Boundaries Are Open is a 2006 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is taken from the band's compilation album Mea Culpa...
" (2006) - "Energize MeEnergize MeEnergize Me is a 2007 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is taken from their self-titled album After Forever, their first release through Nuclear Blast.-Track listing:#"Energize Me " - 2:52...
" (2007) - "Equally DestructiveEqually DestructiveEqually Destructive is a 2007 DVD single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was the second single release from the band's self-titled album and turned out to be their last release.-Personnel:*Floor Jansen - Vocals...
" (2007)
Interviews
- Interview of Floor Jansen (August 2007) - From www.metal-ways.com
- http://www.ragnarokradio.co.uk/2008/12/women-in-metal-part-1-floor-jansen-and-lori-linstruth.htmlRagnarok Radio Interview with Floor JansenFloor JansenFloor Jansen is a Dutch singer, who was the lead singer of the symphonic metal band After Forever which disbanded in 2009, and is the current singer for ReVamp.-After Forever:...
and Lori LinstruthLori LinstruthLori Linstruth is a guitarist. She currently resides in the Netherlands where she lives with Arjen Lucassen.-Warbride:Linstruth first came to prominence in the late eighties when she was featured in Mike Varney's "Spotlight" column in Guitar Player magazine...
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