After Forever - "Decipher" (full album)

Band: After Forever
Album: "Decipher"
Type: Full length
Release date: May 27th, 2001
Label: Transmission Records

Track listing:
01. Ex Cathedra - Ouverture 02:02
02. Monolith of Doubt 03:32
03. My Pledge of Allegiance #1 - The Sealed Fate 06:24
04. Emphasis 04:20
05. Intrinsic 06:44
06. Zenith 04:21
07. Estranged (A Timeless Spell) 06:56
08. Imperfect Tenses 04:07
09. My Pledge of Allegiance #2 - The Tempted Fate 05:07
10. The Key 04:48
11. Forlorn Hope 06:20

Produced, recorded & engineered from June to August 2001.
Additional production & mix at Studio RS29 from August to September 2001.
Additional keyboard & piano recorded at Cees Kieboom's Digital Residence.
Mastered at Sound Factory.

Decipher has been rereleased by Transmission Records in 2003 in a limited edition of 5,000 copies worldwide. The limited edition is a digipack with an extended booklet with new artwork, a sticker with the new artwork and two bonus tracks:

12. My Pledge Of Allegiance #1 (Live) (6:28)
13. Forlorn Hope (Live) (6:22)
(bonus tracks are from After Forever's "2 meter sessions" recorded July 10, 2002)

Repressed in 2011 in 2CD edition with bonus tracks and unreleased demos.

Band members:
Floor Jansen - Vocals (soprano)
Mark Jansen - Guitars, Vocals (screams)
Sander Gommans - Guitars, Vocals (grunts)
Luuk van Gerven - Bass
Lando van Gils - Keyboards
Andre Borgman - Drums, Guitars (acoustic)

Guest/Session:
Irma Kort - Oboe on "Intrinsic" and "My Pledge of Allegiance #1"
Jack Pisters - Sitar on "My Pledge of Allegiance #1 & #2"
Rein Kolpa - Vocals (tenor) on "Imperfect Tenses"
Hans Cassa - Choirs (bass)
Caspar De Jonge - Choirs (tenor)
Marga Okhuizen - Choirs (alto)
Ellen Bakker - Choirs (soprano) on "Ex Cathedra", "Estranged" and "Forlorn Hope"
Cees Kieboom - Keyboards, Piano (additional)
Roxane Steffen - Double Bass
Carla Schrijner - Cello
Janine Baller - Viola
Ebred Reijnen - Violin
Noemi Bodden - Violin

Miscellaneous staff:
Søren Leupold - String Arrangements (additional)
Georg Schneider - String Arrangements (additional)
Stefan Schipper - Photography
Peter Van't Riet - Mastering
Oscar Holleman - Producer (additional), Mixing
Stephen van Haestregt - Producer, Recording, Engineering
Hans van Vuuren - Executive Producer
Carsten Drescher - Layout, Design