Decipher is the second album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, released in 2001. In this album, the band make use of live classical instruments and a complete choir to back up the soprano voice of lead singer Floor Jansen. Thrown in the mix are also a duet of soprano and tenor voices in "Imperfect Tenses" and the recording of the late Israeli PM Yizhak Rabin voice during the Peace treaty signing ceremony on October 26, 1994 on "Forlorn Hope". This is the last After Forever album with guitarist and founder Mark Jansen, who left the band soon after its release.
The album has been re-released by Transmission Records in 2003 in a limited edition of 5,000 copies worldwide. The limited edition in digipack had an extended booklet, a sticker with new artwork and two bonus live tracks.[5]
The album was re-released in 2012 as a 2-disc set by the re-financed Transmission Records.
Track listings
| 1. |
"Ex Cathedra" (Ouverture) |
Mark Jansen |
Sander Gommans |
2:02 |
| 2. |
"Monolith of Doubt" |
Floor Jansen |
M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever |
3:31 |
| 3. |
"My Pledge of Allegiance #1" (The Sealed Fate) |
M. Jansen |
Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever |
6:24 |
| 4. |
"Emphasis" |
F. Jansen |
Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever |
4:18 |
| 5. |
"Intrinsic" |
F. Jansen |
M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever |
6:44 |
| 6. |
"Zenith" |
F. Jansen |
M. Jansen, Gommans, André Borgman, F. Jansen, After Forever |
4:21 |
| 7. |
"Estranged" (A Timeless Spell) |
M. Jansen |
M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever |
6:54 |
| 8. |
"Imperfect Tenses" |
F. Jansen |
M. Jansen, F. Jansen |
4:08 |
| 9. |
"My Pledge of Allegiance #2" (The Tempted Fate) |
M. Jansen |
Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever |
5:05 |
| 10. |
"The Key" |
F. Jansen |
Gommans, M. Jansen, F. Jansen, After Forever |
4:47 |
| 11. |
"Forlorn Hope" |
M. Jansen |
M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen, After Forever |
6:21 |
| 12. |
"My Pledge of Allegiance #1" (Live @ 2 Meter Sessies) |
6:28 |
| 13. |
"Forlorn Hope" (Live @ 2 Meter Sessies) |
6:22 |
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Total length:
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67:35 |
| 12. |
"For the Time Being" (Non-album track) |
M. Jansen |
M. Jansen, Gommans, F. Jansen |
5:04 |
| 13. |
"Who Wants to Live Forever" (Queen cover, non-album track) |
Brian May |
Brian May |
4:48 |
| 14. |
"Imperfect Tenses" (A-capella version) |
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4:10 |
| 15. |
"Monolith of Doubt" (Previously unreleased instrumental version) |
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3:32 |
| 16. |
"Imperfect Tenses" (Orchestral version) |
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4:06 |
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Total length:
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76:25 |
| 1. |
"The Key" |
4:42 |
| 2. |
"Monolith of Doubt" |
3:31 |
| 3. |
"My Pledge of Allegiance #2" |
5:02 |
| 4. |
"Emphasis" |
4:17 |
| 5. |
"Estranged" |
6:53 |
| 6. |
"My Pledge of Allegiance #1" |
6:20 |
| 7. |
"Imperfect Tenses" |
4:05 |
| 8. |
"For the Time Being" |
5:02 |
| 9. |
"Forlorn Hope" |
6:20 |
| 10. |
"Zenith" |
4:18 |
| 11. |
"Intrinsic" |
6:56 |
| 12. |
"Who Wants to Live Forever" (All instruments by A. Lucassen) |
4:48 |
| 13. |
"Monolith of Doubt" (Demo) |
3:43 |
| 14. |
"Emphasis" (Demo) |
4:30 |
| 15. |
"For the Time Being" (Demo) |
5:09 |
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Total length:
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75:36 |
Personnel
- Band members
- Production
- Stephen van Haestregt - producer, engineer
- Oscar Holleman - producer, mixing
- Hans van Vuuren - executive producer, coordination and research
- Peter van 't Riet - mastering
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- Additional musicians
- Cees' Kieboom - piano, keyboards
- Ebred Reijen - solo violin
- Noemi Bodden - violin
- Janine Baller - viola
- Carla Schrijner - violoncello
- Roxanne Steffen - double bass
- Irma Kort - oboe on "Intrinsic" and "My Pledge of Allegiance #1"
- Jack Pisters - sitar on "My Pledge of Allegiance #2"
- Rein Kolpa - tenor vocals on "Imperfect Tenses"
- Hans Cassa - choral bass vocals
- Caspar de Jonge - choral tenor vocals
- Marga Okhuizen - choral alto vocals
- Ellen Bakker - choral soprano vocals
- Damian Wilson - vocals on "Imperfect Tenses" (The Sessions version) and "Who Wants to Live Forever"
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen - guitar and keyboards on "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Disc 1), all instruments on "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Disc 2)
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