Decipher (After Forever album)

Decipher
Studio album by
Released27 December 2001 (2001-12-27)
RecordedJune–September 2001
StudioRS29, Waalwijk, Netherlands
Genre
Length54:35
LabelTransmission
ProducerStephen van Haestregt
After Forever chronology
Prison of Desire
(2000)
Decipher
(2001)
Exordium
(2003)
Singles from Decipher
  1. "Emphasis" / "Who Wants to Live Forever"
    Released: 4 April 2002
  2. "Monolith of Doubt"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Lords of Metal96/100[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)[3]
Metal Storm[4]

Decipher is the second album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, released on 27 December 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's voice during the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty signing ceremony in "Forlorn Hope". This is the last After Forever album with guitarist and founder Mark Jansen, who left the band soon after its release.

In 2003, the album was reissued 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 live bonus tracks.[5] It was again reissued in 2012 by the re-financed Transmission Records, this time as a two-disc set containing previously unreleased studio sessions, single edits and a handful of demo recordings.

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "After Forever Decipher review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ Barten, Michiel. "After Forever - Decipher". Lords of Metal.nl. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ "After Forever - Decipher". Metal Hammer (in German). December 2001. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  4. ^ Congrains, Kike (23 August 2003). "After Forever - Invisible Circles review". Metal Storm (webzine). Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  5. ^ "After Forever - Decipher". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 3 April 2010.