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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. The album reached No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.[4]

After Forever

Studio album by

After Forever

Released

20 April 2007

Recorded

September–November 2006

Studio

Rooftop, Holten, Netherlands
Eternia, Reuver, Netherlands
E-Sound, Weesp, Netherlands
JB, Enschede, Netherlands
Barrandov, Prague, Czech Republic
Smecky, Prague

Genre

Symphonic metal
progressive metal

Length

57:58

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Gordon Groothedde

After Forever chronology

Mea Culpa
(2006)

After Forever
(2007)

Eccentric
(2019)

After Forever studio albums chronology

Remagine
(2005)

After Forever
(2007)

Singles from After Forever

"Energize Me"
Released: 23 March 2007
"Equally Destructive"
Released: 21 September 2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Metal Forces	8/10[2]
Metal Storm	[3]

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.

*After Forever* track listing
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Discord"		4:37
2.	"Evoke"		4:24
3.	"Transitory"		3:29
4.	"Energize Me"	Gommans Van den Broek Gordon Groothedde After Forever	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"	Gommans Van den Broek Groothedde After Forever	3:57
10.	"Who I Am"		4:36
11.	"Dreamflight"		11:10
12.	"Empty Memories"		4:56
Total length:			57:58

Limited edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Lonely"	3:24
Total length:		61:22

Japanese bonus tracks
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

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2007	Dutch Albums Chart[4]	6
	Ultratop Belgian Charts (Wallonia)[5]	72
	Ultratop Belgian Charts (Flanders)[6]	89
	German Albums Chart[7]	98
	French Albums Chart[8]	105

References

Rivadavia, Eduardo. "After Forever After Forever review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
Fisher, Mark. "Album / EP Reviews: After Forever - After Forever". Metal Forces. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
"After Forever - After Forever review". Metal Storm. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
"After Forever - After Forever (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
"After Forever – After Forever". Ultratop (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
"After Forever – After Forever". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
"Album – After Forever, After Forever". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.^{[dead link]}
"After Forever – After Forever (album)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

v t e After Forever
Floor Jansen Sander Gommans Bas Maas Luuk van Gerven André Borgman Joost van den Broek Mark Jansen Joep Beckers Jack Driessen Lando van Gils
Studio albums	Prison of Desire Decipher Invisible Circles Remagine After Forever
EPs	Exordium

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- [en] After Forever (album)

[es] After Forever (álbum)

After Forever es el quinto y último álbum de estudio de la banda de metal sinfónico, After Forever y el primero bajo el sello de la discográfica Nuclear Blast. En este álbum, la banda varía su estilo hacia algo más cinematográfico, agresivo y dramático. Su primer sencillo fue "Energize Me", junto con el un segundo sencillo titulado "Equally Destructive", el cual se lanzó con un DVD limitado de la canción.

[ru] After Forever (альбом)

After Forever — пятый и последний студийный альбом нидерландской симфоник-метал-группы After Forever, издан в 2007 году. Единственный студийный альбом группы, вышедший на лейбле Nuclear Blast, до этого коллектив сотрудничал с Transmission. Бонус-трек «Lonely» появился только на диджипаке. Альбом поднялся до 6 позиции в нидерландском чарте[2].

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