Dear After Forever fans, 2025 marks a monumental milestone: 25 years since After Forever left a timeless footprint on the world of symphonic metal with their debut album ‘Prison of Desire’. Its 2001 successor, ‘Decipher’, pushed their music even further, fusing progressive elements with a heavier sound that helped shape the symphonic metal of today. These two releases marked the start of a wonderful journey – one that took the band to international stages and into the hearts of fans all over the world.
After five successful albums, the sextet’s journey came to an end in 2009. Despite that, their music has lived on, continuing to inspire the next generations of musicians and fans alike. With a loyal following, still passionate about the band’s musical legacy, the time has come to bring back to life – and to the stage – the music from these two records that started it all.
Even though After Forever is a closed chapter for the group’s original singer, Floor Jansen, members of the original lineup – Mark Jansen, Sander Gommans, Luuk van Gerven and André Borgman – have joined forces with vocalist Angel Wolf-Black (SheWolf), guitarist Bas Maas (After Forever/ Doro), and keyboardist Jeffrey Revet (Stream of Passion) to honour and celebrate the band’s cherished music and its lasting impact, in an unforgettable live experience.
Join us as we revisit old hits, revive the energy, and celebrate the legacy of After Forever!
Feel free to let us know which songs you’d like to hear🤘🔥🤘
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: Scrolling way back to the times before I had this little website of mine, I can happily say that I was turned on to the music of After Forever by associates that were following them in Europe at the time. The material resonated with me and I think that my first official go at the band was with their third album “Invisible Circles”. Back then I was mostly into the Power Metal of the time and of course the time-honored Classic Metal that everyone listens to. Though I’d follow them along as best as possible with the limited means the Internet offered back then, I finally was able to catch them in concert when the mighty Overkill brought them along on one of their US tours. They played the now-shuttered B.B. King Blues Club and it was spectacular. That would be the only time I caught them before they went on hiatus and then individual lives took their own paths. The shameless plug says click HERE to see that long ago concert report but now back to the main event. It’s my hope that somehow, someway they decide to continue on with this at least in a limited fashion. Sure Mark is very busy with Epica who are one of my favorite concert experiences but I think the world needs to listen to this music once again in the live sense. What do you fans of the bands material think about this news? By the way, we snagged this news from their Official Facebook and not from any kind of press release. Chime in down below and we shall see you next time. Stay safe out there.
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