After Forever - Prison of Desire
(Japan Collectors Edition) (2007)


Prison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released in 2000 in Europe. The album contains the first four installments of "The Embrace That Smothers" collection of songs by Mark Jansen. This collection of songs deals with the influence and distortion of religion in human society, a theme which continues in the Epica albums The Phantom Agony and The Divine Conspiracy. The final track, "Beyond Me", features a guest appearance of Sharon den Adel, lead singer in Within Temptation. The album was re-released in June 2008 as a 2-disc set by the re-financed Transmission Records. Sander Gommans has urged fans not to buy this re-release through the band's official forum.

Country: Netherlands
Genre: Sympho Gothic Metal
Quality: APE (image+.cue+covers)

Tracklist:

01. Mea Culpa (The Embrace That Smothers - Prologue) [02:00]
02. Leaden Legacy (The Embrace That Smothers - Part I) [05:07]
03. Semblance of Confusion [04:09]
04. Black Tomb [06:29]
05. Follow in the Cry (The Embrace That Smothers - Part II) [04:06]
06. Silence from Afar [05:52]
07. Inimical Chimera [05:00]
08. Tortuous Threnody [06:13]
09. Yield to Temptation (The Embrace That Smothers - Part III) [05:53]
10. Ephemeral [03:05]
11. Beyond Me [06:16]
12. Wings of Illusion [07:23]
13. Silence From Afar (Demo) [05:59]
14. Wings Of Illusion (Demo) [07:28]

Line-up:

Floor Jansen - Vocals
Mark Jansen - Guitar
Sander Gommans - Guitar
Luuk van Gerven - Bass
Jack Driessen - Keyboards
Joep Beckers - Drums

Guest appearrances: Sharon den Adel - Soprano on 'Beyond Me'

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