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Exordium
After Forever Exordium.jpg
EP by After Forever
Released17 October 2003 (2003-10-17)
RecordedApril–June 2003
Studio
  • Excess, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Arts Music Recording, Rhoon, Netherlands
GenreSymphonic metal
Length26:33
LabelTransmission
Producer
  • Hans Pieters
  • After Forever
After Forever chronology
Decipher
(2001)		Exordium
(2003)		Invisible Circles
(2004)
Singles from Exordium
  1. "My Choice" / "The Evil That Men Do"
    Released: 2 December 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]

Exordium is an EP by Dutch symphonic metal 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.[2] 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.[3]

On 11 November 2016, an expanded remastered edition of Exordium containing previously unreleased studio sessions, single edits and an interview was released to digital download and streaming services. Physically, this edition was released on 2 December as the last disc on a three-disc reissue of the band's third studio album, Invisible Circles.

Track listing[edit]

Exordium track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Line of Thoughts" (instrumental) Sander Gommans2:15
2."Beneath"Floor Jansen
  • Gommans
  • Lando van Gils
  • Jansen
  • Luuk van Gerven
  • André Borgman
  • Bas Maas
4:52
3."My Choice"Jansen
  • Gommans
  • Van Gils
  • Jansen
  • Van Gerven
  • Borgman
  • Maas
4:53
4."Glorifying Means"Jansen
  • Gommans
  • Van Gils
  • Jansen
  • Van Gerven
  • Borgman
  • Maas
5:00
5."The Evil That Men Do" (Iron Maiden cover)
  • Dickinson
  • Harris
  • Smith
4:50
6."One Day I'll Fly Away" (Randy Crawford cover)
  • Sample
  • Jennings
4:43
Total length:26:33
2016 reissue bonus tracks (The Album – The Sessions)
No.TitleLength
7."My Choice" (single version)4:00
8."The Evil That Men Do" (single version)3:18
9."My Choice" (acoustic version)4:00
10."Line of Thoughts" (session version)2:18
11."Beneath" (session version)4:53
12."My Choice" (session version)4:52
13."Glorifying Means" (session version)5:00
14."The Evil That Men Do" (session version)4:50
15."One Day I'll Fly Away" (session version)4:44
Total length:64:26
2016 reissue digital bonus track
No.TitleLength
16."Interview with Sander Gommans and Floor Jansen"16:44
Total length:81:10

Insights[edit]

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[edit]

  1. "My Choice" (music video) – 4:13
  2. Making of "My Choice" – 11:58
  3. Credits

Special features[edit]

  1. "The Evil That Men Do" (Demo live compilation 2002) – 4:29
  2. Studio Recordings Exordium 2003 – 5:54
  3. Slide Show
  4. Artwork
  5. Lyrics
  6. Liner Notes

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "After Forever Exordium review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exordium". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 April 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ^ "AFTER FOREVER - EXORDIUM (ALBUM)". Gfk Dutch Charts. Retrieved 18 April 2010. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)


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