''After Forever'' is the fifth and final

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by Dutch

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band

After Forever 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 growls. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded. Singer Floor Jan ...

. It was released in the United States on 28 September 2007 under

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, their first album with the label. The album reached No. 6 on the Dutch album charts. A 15th anniversary edition, with

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ed songs and both previously released bonus tracks "Lonely" and "Sweet Enclosure", was released on 27 May 2022.

Track listing

Bonus DVD (US limited edition)

# "Discord" (music video) # "Equally Destructive" (music video) # "Energize Me" (music video) # Photo Gallery

Personnel

After Forever *

Floor Jansen Floor Jansen (; born 21 February 1981) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is the third and current lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Jansen first became known as the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band After Forever f ...

– vocals, soprano choir vocals *

Sander Gommans Sander Gommans (born 15 August 1978) is a Dutch musician and songwriter. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and performed the vocal grunting ...

– 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 Amanda Somerville (born March 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach who resides in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is known primarily for her work with many European symphonic metal bands. Biography Personal life Somerville was ...

– 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

References

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