After Forever (album)

After Forever is the eponymous fifth and final studio 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 No. 6 on the Dutch album charts.[4]

After Forever
Studio album by After Forever
Released	April 23, 2007 (Europe) September 28, 2007 (US)
Recorded	September–November 2006
Studio	Rooftop Studios, Holten and Studio Eternia, Reuver, Netherlands Barrandov Studio and Smecky Recording, Prague, Czech Republic
Genre	Symphonic metal, progressive metal
Length	57:58
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Gordon Groothedde
After Forever chronology
Mea Culpa (2006) After Forever (2007)
Singles from After Forever
"Energize Me" Released: March 23, 2007 "Equally Destructive" Released: September 21, 2007

Professional ratings

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

Track listing

All music by Sander Gommans, Joost van den Broek and After Forever, except "Energize Me" and "Envision" by Gommans, van den Broek, Gordon Groothedde and After Forever. All lyrics by Floor Jansen

1. "Discord" – 4:36
2. "Evoke" – 4:23
3. "Transitory" – 3:28
4. "Energize Me" – 3:09
5. "Equally Destructive" – 3:31
6. "Withering Time" – 4:31
7. "De-Energized" – 5:09
8. "Cry with a Smile" – 4:25
9. "Envision" – 3:56
10. "Who I Am" – 4:35
11. "Dreamflight" – 11:08
12. "Empty Memories" – 4:55

Bonus tracks

13. "Lonely" – 3:24
14. "Sweet Enclosure" – 5:03

DVD

A bonus DVD was bundled together for the North American release featuring the following:

1. "Discord" Video
2. "Equally Destructive" Video
3. "Energize Me" Video
4. Photo Gallery

Personnel

Band members

• Floor Jansen – vocals, soprano in the choir
• Sander Gommans – guitars, grunts
• Bas Maas – guitars
• Luuk van Gerven – bass guitar
• Joost van den Broek – keyboards, orchestral and choral arrangements, engineer
• André Borgman – drums

Additional musicians

• Rannveig Sif Sigurdardottir – mezzo-soprano in the choir
• Amanda Somerville – alto in the choir
• Previn Moore – tenor and bariton in the choir
• Jeff Waters – guitar solo on "De-Energized"
• Doro Pesch – vocals on "Who I Am"
• City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra conducted by Richard Hein

Production

• Gordon Groothedde – producer, engineer, mixing

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

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "After Forever After Forever review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
2. Fisher, Mark. "Album / EP Reviews: After Forever - After Forever". Metal Forces. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
3. "After Forever - After Forever review". Metal Storm. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
4. "After Forever - After Forever (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
5. "After Forever – After Forever". Ultratop (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
6. "After Forever – After Forever". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
7. "Album – After Forever, After Forever". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
8. "After Forever – After Forever (album)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-21.