Decipher (After Forever album)
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.
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| Released | 27 December 2001 | |||
| Recorded | June–September 2001 | |||
| Studio | RS29, Waalwijk, Netherlands | |||
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| Length | 54:35 | |||
| Label | Transmission | |||
| Producer | Stephen van Haestregt | |||
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| AllMusic | |
| Lords of Metal | 96/100 |
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| Metal Storm | |
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. 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.