Released October 17, 2003 Length 26:39 Artist After Forever Label Transmission Records | Recorded April-June 2003 Producer Hans Pieters Release date 17 October 2003 | |
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Exordium(2003) Invisible Circles(2004) |
Exordium is a 2003 EP album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. Another version of this album was released in 2004, with a bonus DVD entitled Insights. "The Evil That Men Do" is a cover of the Iron Maiden song, while "One Day I'll Fly Away" is a metal version of a ballad originally sung by Randy Crawford. This is the first recording of the band with new guitarist Bas Maas, who replaced Mark Jansen. Exordium is the first After Forever album to enter the Dutch Top 100 chart, where it remained for two weeks, peaking at #56.
Contents
After forever line of thoughts
Track listing
- "Line of Thoughts" (instrumental) (Sander Gommans) – 2:15
- "Beneath" (André Borgman, Gommans, Floor Jansen, Bas Maas, Luuk van Gerven, Land van Gils) – 4:54
- "My Choice" (Borgman, Gommans, Jansen, Maas, van Gerven, van Gils) – 4:54
- "Glorifying Means" (Borgman, Gommans, Jansen, Maas, van Gerven, van Gils) – 5:01
- "The Evil That Men Do" (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) – 4:52 (Iron Maiden cover)
- "One Day I'll Fly Away" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 4:43 (Randy Crawford cover)
Exordium [Bonus DVD]
- My Choice (Multimedia Track)
- Making Of (My Choice) (Multimedia Track)
- Studio Recordings (Multimedia Track)
- Slide Show (Multimedia Track)
- Artwork (Multimedia Track)
Songs
1Line of Thoughts2:15
2Beneath4:54
3My Choice4:55
References
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