After Forever "Mea Culpa (2 CD Digipak, Mexico, Raw Metal Records, R-0418-1)"

Mea Culpa es un álbum recopilatorio de la banda neerlandesa de Metal sinfónico, After Forever. El disco uno incluye canciones de la etapa de Mark Jansen con la banda, mientras que el segundo incluye canciones posteriores a su partida.

Disco uno

1. «Mea Culpa» (A-capella Version) - 1:50
2. «Follow in the Cry» - 4:05
3. «Yield to Temptation» - 5:53
4. «Silence from Afar» - 5:54
5. «Wings of Illusion» - 7:23
6. «Beyond Me» (Gruntless Version) - 6:12
7. «Forlorn Hope» - 6:23
8. «For the Time Being» - 5:06
9. «Imperfect Tenses» - 4:11
10. «Monolith of Doubt» (versión sencillo) - 3:33
11. «Intrinsic» - 6:54
12. «Emphasis» - 4:19
13. «My Pledge of Allegiance» #1 - The Sealed Fate - 6:28
14. «Who Wants to Live Forever» (Cover de Queen) - 4:41

Disco dos

1. «My Choice/The Evil That Men Do|The Evil That Men Do» (Cover de Iron Maiden) (versión sencillo) - 3:20
2. «Glorifying Means» - 5:02
3. «My Choice/The Evil That Men Do|My Choice» (Acoustic Version) - 4:03
4. «Beneath» - 4:54
5. «Digital Deceit» (versión sencillo) - 4:09
6. «Two Sides/Boundaries Are Open|Two Sides» (versión sencillo) - 3:17
7. «Sins of Idealism» (versión sencillo) - 4:12
8. «Eccentric» (Versión orquestal) - 4:36
9. «Life's Vortex» (versión sencillo) - 4:37
10. «Blind Pain» (Aggressive Version) - 4:18
11. «Being Everyone» (versión sencillo) - 3:10
12. «Face Your Demons» (Versión sencillo) - 5:01
13. «Taste the Day» - 2:56
14. «Two Sides/Boundaries Are Open|Boundaries Are Open» (versión sencillo) - 3:30
15. «Come» - 5:05
16. «Attendance» (Industrial Remix) - 3:04
17. «Live and Learn» - 4:25
18. «Strong» (Piano Versión) - 6:13

CD 1 contains the material recorded when Mark Jansen was in the band.

CD 2 contains the songs recorded after his departure from the band.

on CD 1, in the song "Beyond Me (with Sharon den Adel)" all the grunts and screams have been suppressed. The only voice in the track is that of Sharon's.

The track 'Mea Culpa' doesn't have the 'secret part' (a capella version of the intro of the song 'Yield to Temptation') on this version, unlike the version on the 'Follow in the Cry' single.

The song 'Come' is also slightly different from the normal version. The compilation version starts proper, while the album version (on 'Remagine') starts with the last note of the previous track.

The song 'Intrinsic' doesn't fade intro 'Zenith' on this compilation, like it did on Decipher. 'Intrinsic' now has a faded ending and 'Zenith' isn't even on the compilation.

Chapter I

Track 1-1 taken from the CDM Follow In The Cry / Silence From Afar

Track 1-2 taken from the album Prison Of Desire

Track 1-3 taken from the album Prison Of Desire

Track 1-4 taken from the album Prison Of Desire

Track 1-5 non-album track, taken from CDM Follow In The Cry / Silence From Afar

Track 1-6 taken from the album Prison Of Desire

Track 1-7 taken from the album Decipher

Track 1-8 non-album track, taken from the CDM Monolith Of Doubt

Track 1-9 taken from CDM Emphasis / Who Wants To Live Forever

Track 1-10 single version, without Grunts, taken from the CDM Monolith Of Doubt

Track 1-11 taken from the album Decipher

Track 1-12 taken from the album Decipher

Track 1-13 taken from the album Decipher

Track 1-14 non-album track, Queen cover, taken from CDM Emphasis / Who Wants To Live Forever

Chapter II

Track 2-1 taken from the CDM My Choice / The Evil That Men Do

Track 2-2 taken from the album Exordium

Track 2-3 taken from the CDM My Choice / The Evil That Men Do

Track 2-4 taken from the album Exordium

Track 2-5 taken from the CDM Digital Deceit

Track 2-6 taken from the CDM Two Sides / Boundaries Are Open

Track 2-7 taken from the CDM Digital Deceit

Track 2-8 taken from the CDM Digital Deceit

Track 2-9 previously unreleased single version

Track 2-10 taken from the CDM Digital Deceit

Track 2-11 taken from the CDS Being Everyone & CDM Being Everyone

Track 2-12 taken from the CDM Being Everyone

Track 2-13 non-album track, taken from the CDS Being Everyone

Track 2-14 taken from the CDM Two Sides / Boundaries Are Open

Track 2-15 taken from the album Remagine

Track 2-16 previously unreleased Industrial Remix

Track 2-17 non-album track, taken from the CDM Being Everyone

Track 2-18 taken from the SACD Remagine

These recordings have been re-mastered in the 24-bit domain from the original masters at FineTune, Soest, The Netherlands, using the Sonic Solutions System.

Recording information:

Excess Studio, Rotterdam, The Netherlands:

Chapter I: Tracks 1-1 to 1-6 produced, recorded & engineered by Hans Pieters & Dennis Leideimeijer, December 1999 & January 2000. / Chapter II: Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 produced by Hans Pieters & After Forever. Tracks 2-1 to 2-4 recorded & engineered by Hans Pieters & Dennis Leideimeijer, April & May 2003. Tracks 2-5 to 2-10 instruments recorded & engineered by Hans Pieters & Dennis Leideimeijer, July & August 2003. Tracks 2-11 to 2-17 instruments recorded & engineered by Hans Pieters & Joost van den Broek, March-April 2005.

RS29, Waalwijk, The Netherlands:

Chapter I: Tracks 1-1 to 1-6 choir produced & engineered by Oscar Holleman, February 2000. Mixed by Oscar Holleman, February & March 2000. Tracks 1-7 to 1-14 produced & engineered by Stephen van Haestregt, June to August 2001. Mixed by Oscar Holleman, August to September 2001.

Uncle C. Residence, Rotterdam, The Netherlands:

Chapter I: Tracks 1-7 to 1-13, August 2001. / Chapter II: Tracks 2-1 to 2-4, May 2003. Tracks 2-5 to 2-10 keys & piano recorded & engineered by Cees Kieboom, August 2003.

Electric Castle Studio, Rijsbergen, The Netherlands:

Chapter I: Track 1-14 guitar & keys recorded & engineered by Arjen Lucassen, July to August 2001.

Arts Music Recording, Rhoon, The Netherlands:

Chapter II: Tracks 2-1 to 2-4, June 2003. Tracks 2-5 to 2-10 orchestra recorded by Peter Arts, October 2003.

Home Studios, Enschede, The Netherlands:

Chapter II: Tracks 2-11 to 2-17, synths produced & engineered by Joost van den Broek, February 2005.

Eternia Studio, Reuver, The Netherlands:

Chapter II: Tracks 2-11 to 2-17, grunts Sander Gommans recorded & engineered by Joost van den Broek, April 2005.

Münd Art Studio, Münster, Germany:

Chapter II: Tracks 2-11 & 2-12, piano produced, recorded & engineered by Andreas Grotenhoff & Alfred Mienstedt, March 2005.

Pathway Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany:

Chapter II: Tracks 2-1 to 2-4 lyrical editor Amanda Somerville. Mixed by Sascha Paeth, July 2003. Tracks 2-5 to 2-10 mixed by Sascha Paeth, Noever & December 2003.

Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany:

Chapter II: Tracks 2-5 to 2-10 vocal coach & lyrical editor Amanda Somerville. Vocals produced by Sascha Paeth & Miro, recorded by & engineered by by Miro, August 2003. Tracks 2-11 to 2-17 vocal coach & lyrical editor Amanda Somerville. Vocals produced by Sascha Paeth, Philip Colodetti & Amanda Somerville, recorded & engineered by Sascha Paeth & Philip Colodetti. Orchestra recorded & engineered by Miro & Olaf Reitmeier. Choir recorded & engineered by Philip Colodetti. Mixed by Sascha Paeth & Philip Colodetti, April 2005.

After Forever "After Forever (Enhanced CD, Russia, Irond Records, IROND CD 07-1279)"

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.

A 15th anniversary edition, with remastered songs and both previously released bonus tracks "Lonely" and "Sweet Enclosure", was released on 27 May 2022.

Tracklist:

1. Discord 04:36  
2. Evoke 04:24  
3. Transitory 03:28   
4. Energize Me 03:10
5. Equally Destructive 03:31
6. Withering Time 04:31   
7. De-Energized 05:09
8. Cry with a Smile 04:25  
9. Envision 03:55   
10. Who I Am 04:36
11. Dreamflight 11:08  
12. Empty Memories 04:55
13. Lonely 03:24  

Time:   01:01:12

Irond Ltd. under the license from Nuclear Blast.

CD contains After Forever media player.

Recording information:

Recorded and engineered at Rooftop Studios, Holten & Studio Eternia, Reuver, Netherlands. Mixed at GG Studio Zutphen.

Piano recorded at E-Sound Weesp.

Keyboards recorded at JB Studio Enschede.

Orchestra recorded at Barrandov Studio - Smecky Recording Studio Prague.

Gordon Groothedde – production, engineering, mixing

Stephanie Pistel – photography

Thomas Ewerhard – artwork, layout

After Forever "Remagine (Special Edition, O-Card, Holland, Transmission Records, TMSP-055)"

Remagine is the fourth studio album released by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on 8 September 2005 by Transmission Records and followed the 2004 concept album Invisible Circles. It was the band's first album with keyboardist Joost van den Broek, and their last released under Transmission Records.

Initially, the album was made available in three versions: a regular one, an SACD with three bonus songs in 5.1 surround sound and a special edition with a DVD containing a making-of documentary and a photo gallery. On 24 November 2015, Transmission Records reissued the album as a two-disc set containing the SACD bonus tracks, rare single edits, remixes and previously unreleased studio sessions. Although this edition included liner notes by former guitarist Sander Gommans, former lead singer Floor Jansen took to Instagram to denounce the label, claiming that she had never been made aware of the re-release.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Floor Jansen, except where noted; all music is composed by After Forever, except where noted

1. "Enter" Sander Gommans/Joost van den Broek  1:06
2. "Come" 5:02
3. "Boundaries Are Open"   Jansen/Bas Maas    3:44
4. "Living Shields" 4:11
5. "Being Everyone" 3:37
6. "Attendance" 3:27
7. "Free of Doubt" 4:40
8. "Only Everything" 6:33
9. "Strong" Gommans/Van den Broek/Jansen   3:38
10. "Face Your Demons" 4:57
11. "No Control" 3:17
12. "Forever"  Jansen/Maas     5:10

Total length: 49:22

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. Remagine Documentary 49:11  

Total time:  49:11

The DVD features the "Remagine Documentary" (Making Of).

DVD tracklisting:

1. Madness in the Studio - 7:36

2. Recording the Piano - 1:11

3. Recording the Guitar - 4:45

4. More Madness - 4:13

5. Over and Over Again - 3:54

6. Rock and Roll Problems - 3:58

7. Recording the Choir Part 1 - 3:38

8. Recording the Choir Part 2 - 11:59

9. Recording Some Strings - 3:04

10. Floor Sings Her Lungs Out - 3:36

11. Slideshow - 1:13

Official music video:

- Being Everyone

Recording information:

Recorded at Excess Studio, Rotterdam; Eternia Studio, Reuver; Home Studios, Enschede; Gate Studio, Wolfsburg; from December 2004 to April 2005.

Hans Pieters – engineering, production

Andreas Grotenhoff, Alfred Meinstedt – engineering, production (piano)

Sascha Paeth, Philip Colodetti – vocal production, engineering, mixing

Miro, Olaf Reitmeier – engineering (orchestra)

Peter van 't Riet – mastering