Forging a Future Self explained

Forging a Future Self
Type:	studio
Artist:	After the Burial
Cover:	Forging a Future Self.jpg
Released:	March 1, 2006
Recorded:	Late 2005
Genre:	Progressive metal metalcore
Length:	30:11
Label:	Corrosive Recordings^[1]
Producer:	Justin Lowe
Prev Title:	Demo 2005
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Rareform
Next Year:	2008

Forging a Future Self is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band After the Burial. It was recorded in 2005 and released on March 1, 2006, through Corrosive Recordings.

Background

The songs "Warm Thoughts of Warfare", "Forging a Future Self", "Isolation Theory" and "Fingers Like Daggers" were originally recorded for the band's Demo 2005.^[2]

Forging a Future Self is the only album to feature the band's original vocalist Nick Wellner and drummer Greg Erickson who were replaced by Grant Luoma and Dan Carle respectively when the band was signed to Sumerian Records later in 2007.

"A Steady Decline", "Fingers Like Daggers" and "Redeeming the Wretched" were re-recorded in 2013 for the EP This Life Is All We Have.^[3]

Personnel

After the Burial

• Nick Wellner – lead vocals
• Trent Hafdahl – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Justin Lowe – rhythm guitar, programming, production
• Lerichard "Lee" Foral – bass
• Greg Erickson – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forging a Future Self - After the Burial . AllMusic. December 30, 2013.
2. Web site: Spirit of Metal. After The Burial Demo 2005 (Demo). October 30, 2014.
3. Web site: Apple Inc.. iTunes. iTunes - Music - This Life Is All We Have - Single by After the Burial. November 24, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227142111/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/key-entity-extraction-i-domino/id554690330. December 27, 2014.