''Exordium'' is an
EP by
Dutch symphonic metal
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band
After Forever, released on 17 October 2003. 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 band's first recording with 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.
On 11 November 2016, an expanded
remaster
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Mastering
A ...
ed edition of ''Exordium'' containing previously unreleased studio sessions,
single edits and an interview was released to
digital download and
streaming services
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. Physically, this edition was released on 2 December as the last disc on a three-disc
reissue
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Reasons for reissue
New aud ...
of the band's third studio album, ''
Invisible Circles
''Invisible Circles'' is the third studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on 25 March 2004, by the small Dutch label Transmission Records. It is After Forever's first full-length album since the dismissal of gu ...
''.
Track listing
''Insights''
''Insights'' is the name given to the DVD that came with the EP, containing a promotional video for "My Choice", along with a making of and backstage footage of the band in the studio.
Main
# "My Choice" (music video) – 4:13
# Making of "My Choice" – 11:58
# Credits
Special features
# "The Evil That Men Do" (Demo live compilation 2002) – 4:29
# Studio Recordings ''Exordium'' 2003 – 5:54
# Slide Show
# Artwork
# Lyrics
# Liner Notes
Personnel
After Forever
*
Floor Jansen – vocals
*
Sander Gommans – guitars, grunts
* Bas Maas – guitars
* Luuk van Gerven – bass
* Lando van Gils – keyboards
* André Borgman – drums
Production
* Hans Pieters – production, engineering
* Dennis Leidelmeijer – engineering
*
Sascha Paeth – mixing
* Angelique Wassink – camera operator, screenplay
* Arne Pelgrom – camera operator
* Eric Pelgrom – set design
* Mirko Pelgrom – special effects, video editor
* Hans van Vuuren – executive producer
* Peter van 't Riet – mastering
Additional musicians
* Cees' Kieboom – piano, keyboards, strings and choir arrangements
* Ana Tudor – violin
* Jeanneke Biessen – violin
* Yvonne van de Pol – viola
* Sander van Berkel – violoncello
* Frans Grapperhaus – violoncello
* Yvette Boertje – announcer
Choir
* Caspar De Jonge, Ellen Bakker, Hans Cassa, Marga Okhuizen
References
2003 EPs
After Forever albums
Transmission (record label) EPs
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