After Forever (album) explained

After Forever
Type:	studio
Artist:	After Forever
Cover:	NB_1811.jpg
Border:	yes
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
Prev Title:	Mea Culpa
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Eccentric
Next Year:	2019

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.^[1]

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

Bonus DVD (US limited edition)

1. "Discord" (music video)
2. "Equally Destructive" (music video)
3. "Energize Me" (music video)
4. 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	6
	Ultratop Belgian Charts (Wallonia)^[2]	72
	Ultratop Belgian Charts (Flanders)^[3]	89
	German Albums Chart^[4]	98
	French Albums Chart^[5]	105

Notes and References

1. Web site: After Forever - After Forever (album). 2011-08-05 . GfK Dutch Charts . . Dutch.
2. Web site: After Forever – After Forever . 2013-06-21 . . Media Control Charts. French.
3. Web site: After Forever – After Forever . 2013-06-21 . . Media Control Charts. Dutch.
4. Web site: Album – After Forever, After Forever. 2013-06-21 . Charts.de . . German.
5. Web site: After Forever – After Forever (album) . 2013-06-21 . Lescharts.com . . French.