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 28 September 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	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)
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]

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)

1. "Discord" (music video)
2. "Equally Destructive" (music video)
3. "Energize Me" (music 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 5 July 2011.
2. Fisher, Mark. "Album / EP Reviews: After Forever - After Forever". Metal Forces. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
3. "After Forever - After Forever review". Metal Storm. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
4. "After Forever - After Forever (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
5. "After Forever – After Forever". Ultratop (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
6. "After Forever – After Forever". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
7. "Album – After Forever, After Forever". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
8. "After Forever – After Forever (album)". Lescharts.com (in French). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 21 June 2013.