A Dutch band that blended heavy guitars with soaring vocals in the 2000s.
If you want to hear their sound, start with 'Beneath' or 'Monolith of Doubt'. That's the band in a nutshell.
After Forever helped define the sound of European symphonic metal in the early 2000s. Their debut album 'Prison of Desire' in 2000 introduced that mix of heavy guitars and operatic vocals, and songs like 'Beneath' show exactly what they were doing. They never went mainstream, but their catalog found a real audience among fans who wanted that specific blend.
They formed in the Netherlands in 1995 with Floor Jansen on vocals. After 'Prison of Desire' in 2000, they released albums like 'Decipher' and 'Invisible Circles' through the mid-2000s, with guitarist Mark Jansen leaving in 2002. They kept recording until their self-titled album in 2007.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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