Decipher (After Forever album)
Decipher is the second album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, released in 2001. In this album, the band make use of live classical instruments and a complete choir to back up the soprano voice of lead singer Floor Jansen. Thrown in the mix are also a duet of soprano and tenor voices in "Imperfect Tenses" and the recording of the late Israeli PM Yizhak Rabin voice during the Peace treaty signing ceremony on October 26, 1994 on "Forlorn Hope". This is the last After Forever album with guitarist and founder Mark Jansen, who left the band soon after its release.
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Released | December 26, 2001 | |||
Recorded | June–September 2001 | |||
Studio | RS29 Studios, Waalwijk, Netherlands | |||
Genre | Symphonic metal, gothic metal | |||
Length | 54:45 | |||
Label | Transmission | |||
Producer | Stephen van Haestregt and Oscar Holleman | |||
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Singles from Decipher | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Lords of Metal | (96/100)[2] |
Metal Hammer (GER) | |
Metal Storm |
The album has been re-released by Transmission Records in 2003 in a limited edition of 5,000 copies worldwide. The limited edition in digipack had an extended booklet, a sticker with new artwork and two bonus live tracks.[5]
The album was re-released in 2012 as a 2-disc set by the re-financed Transmission Records.
Track listings
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Ex Cathedra" (Overture) | Mark Jansen | Sander Gommans | 2:02 |
2. | "Monolith of Doubt" | Floor Jansen | M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever | 3:31 |
3. | "My Pledge of Allegiance #1" (The Sealed Fate) | M. Jansen | Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever | 6:24 |
4. | "Emphasis" | F. Jansen | Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever | 4:18 |
5. | "Intrinsic" | F. Jansen | M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever | 6:44 |
6. | "Zenith" | F. Jansen | M. Jansen, Gommans, André Borgman, F. Jansen, After Forever | 4:21 |
7. | "Estranged" (A Timeless Spell) | M. Jansen | M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever | 6:54 |
8. | "Imperfect Tenses" | F. Jansen | M. Jansen, F. Jansen | 4:08 |
9. | "My Pledge of Allegiance #2" (The Tempted Fate) | M. Jansen | Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever | 5:05 |
10. | "The Key" | F. Jansen | Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever | 4:47 |
11. | "Forlorn Hope" | M. Jansen | M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever | 6:21 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "My Pledge of Allegiance #1" (Live @ 2 Meter Sessies) | 6:28 |
13. | "Forlorn Hope" (Live @ 2 Meter Sessies) | 6:22 |
Total length: | 67:35 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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12. | "For the Time Being" (Non-album track) | M. Jansen | M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen | 5:04 |
13. | "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Queen cover, non-album track) | Brian May | Brian May | 4:48 |
14. | "Imperfect Tenses" (A-capella version) | 4:10 | ||
15. | "Monolith of Doubt" (Previously unreleased instrumental version) | 3:32 | ||
16. | "Imperfect Tenses" (Orchestral version) | 4:06 | ||
Total length: | 76:25 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Key" | 4:42 |
2. | "Monolith of Doubt" | 3:31 |
3. | "My Pledge of Allegiance #2" | 5:02 |
4. | "Emphasis" | 4:17 |
5. | "Estranged" | 6:53 |
6. | "My Pledge of Allegiance #1" | 6:20 |
7. | "Imperfect Tenses" | 4:05 |
8. | "For the Time Being" | 5:02 |
9. | "Forlorn Hope" | 6:20 |
10. | "Zenith" | 4:18 |
11. | "Intrinsic" | 6:56 |
12. | "Who Wants to Live Forever" (All instruments by A. Lucassen) | 4:48 |
13. | "Monolith of Doubt" (Demo) | 3:43 |
14. | "Emphasis" (Demo) | 4:30 |
15. | "For the Time Being" (Demo) | 5:09 |
Total length: | 75:36 |
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References
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "After Forever Decipher review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- Barten, Michiel. "After Forever - Decipher". Lords of Metal.nl. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- "After Forever - Decipher". Metal Hammer (in German). December 2001. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
- Congrains, Kike (August 23, 2003). "After Forever - Invisible Circles review". Metal Storm (webzine). Retrieved April 11, 2010.
- "After Forever - Decipher". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved April 3, 2010.