2000 studio album by After Forever
Prison of Desire Released 21 April 2000 (2000-04-21 ) Recorded 17 December 1999 – 26 February 2000 (1999-12-17 – 2000-02-26 ) Studio
Genre
Length 54 :05 Label Transmission Producer
Hans Pieters
Dennis Leidelmeijer
Wings of Illusion Prison of Desire Decipher
"Follow in the Cry" / "Silence from Afar"
Prison of Desire Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever . It was released on 21 April 2000 by Transmission Records. The album contains the first four installments (three parts and a prologue) of The Embrace That Smothers , a collection of songs by Mark Jansen which deals with the influence and distortion of religion in human society. This theme was carried over to the Epica albums The Phantom Agony The Divine Conspiracy
The final track, "Beyond Me", features a guest appearance of Sharon den Adel , lead singer in Within Temptation .
The album was reissued in June 2008 by the re-financed Transmission Records, as a two-disc set containing previously unreleased studio sessions, instrumental/a cappella tracks, and a handful of demo recordings .[3] Sander Gommans has urged fans not to buy this re-release through the band's official forum.[4]
Track listing [ ]
All music is composed by Mark Jansen , Sander Gommans and Floor Jansen , except "Mea Culpa" by M. Jansen.
1. "Mea Culpa (The Embrace That Smothers - Prologue)" M. Jansen 2:00 2. "Leaden Legacy (The Embrace That Smothers - Part I)" M. Jansen 5:07 3. "Semblance of Confusion" F. Jansen 4:09 4. "Black Tomb" F. Jansen 6:29 5. "Follow in the Cry (The Embrace That Smothers - Part II)" M. Jansen 4:06 6. "Silence from Afar" M. Jansen 5:52 7. "Inimical Chimera" F. Jansen 5:00 8. "Tortuous Threnody" F. Jansen 6:13 9. "Yield to Temptation (The Embrace That Smothers - Part III)" M. Jansen 5:53 10. "Ephemeral" M. Jansen 3:05 11. "Beyond Me" 6:11 Total length: 54:05
12. "Wings of Illusion" F. Jansen 7:21 Total length: 61:26
12. "Leaden Legacy" (instrumental version) 5:10 Total length: 59:15
12. "Silence from Afar" (radio edit) 4:38 Total length: 58:43
12. "Wings of Illusion" 7:21 13. "Silence from Afar" (demo) 5:59 14. "Wings of Illusion" (demo) 7:28 Total length: 74:48
12. "Wings of Illusion" 7:22 13. "Mea Culpa" (instrumental version) 2:01 14. "Mea Culpa" (a cappella version) 1:50 15. "Semblance of Confusion" (instrumental version) 4:07 16. "Follow in the Cry" (instrumental version) 4:05 17. "Follow in the Cry" (a cappella version) 1:20 Total length: 74:55
1. "Silence from Afar" (demo version) 5:55 2. "Wings of Illusion" (demo version) 7:21 3. "Follow in the Cry" (session version) 4:04 4. "Yield to Temptation" (session version) 5:51 5. "Semblance of Confusion" (session version) 4:06 6. "Beyond Me" (session version) 6:13 7. "Black Tomb" (session version) 6:29 8. "Tortuous Threnody" (session version) 6:10 9. "Ephemeral" (session version) 3:03 10. "Inimical Chimera" (session version) 4:58 11. "Silence from Afar" (session version) 5:50 12. "Mea Culpa" (session version) 2:01 13. "Leaden Legacy" (session version) 5:04 14. "Wings of Illusion" (session version) 7:21 Total length: 74:26
1. "False" M. Jansen 2. "Ermine" F. Jansen 3. "Awaken in Delirium" M. Jansen 4. "Broken Skull" F. Jansen 5. "Immortality" M. Jansen 6. "Prison of Desire" M. Jansen 7. "Apocalypse" M. Jansen 8. "Legends of the Black Lake" M. Jansen 9. "Intermediate Station Earth" M. Jansen 10. "The Abdication" M. Jansen
Personnel [ ] After Forever
Additional musician
Choir
Hans Cassa, Caspar de Jonge, Yvonne Rooda and Melissa 't Hart Production
Hans Pieters – engineering
Dennis Leidelmeijer – engineering
Oscar Holleman – choir producer, engineering, mixing
Hans van Vuuren – executive producer, coordination and research
Peter van 't Riet – mastering References [ ]
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