AFTER FOREVER — Prison of Desire

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2.99 | 14 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 2000

Tracklist

1. Mea Culpa (The Embrace That Smothers, Prologue) (2:00)
2. Leaden Legacy (The Embrace That Smothers, Part I) (5:07)
3. Semblance of Confusion (4:09)
4. Black Tomb (6:29)
5. Follow in the Cry (The Embrace That Smothers, Part II) (4:06)
6. Silence From Afar (5:52)
7. Inimical Chimera (5:00)
8. Tortuous Threnody (6:13)
9. Yield to Temptation (The Embrace That Smothers, Part III) (5:53)
10. Ephemeral (3:05)
11. Beyond Me (6:11)

Total Time: 54:10

Line-up/Musicians

- Floor Jansen / Vocals
- Mark Jansen / Guitars, Vocals
- Sander Gommans / Guitars, Vocals
- Luuk van Gerven / Bass
- Jack Driessen / Keyboards
- Joep Beckers / Drums

with

- Sharon den Adel / Vocals (#11)
- Yvonne Rooda / Choir (Alto)
- Melissa 't Hart / Choir (Soprano)
- Caspar De Jonge / Choir (Tenor)
- Hans Cassa / Choir (Bass)

About this release

Released by Transmission Records, April 24th, 2000.

Thanks to adg211288, progshine for the updates

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bonnek
After Forever is a typical exponent of the female-fronted gothic metal band. They are not as pompous as Within Temptation or Nightwish and not as commercial as Lacuna Coil. Basically Prison of Desire is a watered down copy-cat of the Gathering's Mandylion style.

Floor Jansen is an excellent vocalist. Her singing voice is reminiscent of Anneke Van Giersbergen but she's equally adept at operatic flourishes. My frustration with this album comes from the fact that this album hints at what they could have accomplished if the band had just collectively sacked themselves and Floor had found some more inspired and talented musicians to strengthen her potential.

Unfortunately that is not the case. Worst of all, they deemed it necessary to destroy most songs with boring instrumental filler and the most uninspired and inexpressive male grunts you can find in the business. They are exactly what I sound like when I'm having a cold and I'm sure you wouldn't want to pay money to hear that.

Don't pick this up unless you're a die-hard fan of this style and have already devoured every album from The Gathering and the good stuff from Therion and Stream Of Passion or the more adventurous style of Madder Mortem.

Members reviews

Vobiscum
I like this album. Simple? More or less. The sound from keyboard sometimes is very loud but it's not a problem. Mark Jansen, Floor Jansen and Sander Gommans with their vocalizations are amazing. At time the called gothic metal was in vogue and because of that band's sound was considered as another, but here it was possible to see the greatness of the band, with songs like "Leaden Legacy - The Embrace That Smothers - Part 1", "Follow In The Cry - The Embrace That Smothers - Part 2" and "Yield to Temptation (The Embrace That Smothers - Part III)". Latin verses beautifully constructed: "Mea Culpa (The Embrace That Smothers - Prologue)" What to say about "Silence From Afar" ? beautiful and sad at the same time. "Inimical Chimera" is strong, heavy and vibrate. Very good riffs improved further in the next album...amazing, as I said before, I like this album. "Ephemeral" is ethereal and short...a poem... "Beyond Me" brings "Sharon Den Adel" (Within Temptation) in a duet with "Floor Jansen". Perfect? Not, but excellent.

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  • stefanbedna
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  • DippoMagoo
  • jsorigar
  • progshine
  • 666sharon666
  • Fantacide
  • adg211288
  • Metallica999
  • Bartje1979
  • nauscicaa
  • cold103

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