17 December 1999 – 26 February 2000 (1999-12-17 – 2000-02-26)
Studio
Excess, Rotterdam, Netherlands
RS29, Waalwijk, Netherlands
Genre
Symphonic metal
gothic metal
Length
54:05
Label
Transmission
Producer
Hans Pieters
Dennis Leidelmeijer
After Forever chronology
Wings of Illusion (1999)
Prison of Desire (2000)
Decipher (2001)
Singles from Prison of Desire
"Follow in the Cry" / "Silence from Afar" Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[1]
Chronicles of Chaos
[2]
Prison of Desire is the debut album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It was released on 21 April 2000 by Transmission Records. The album contains the first four installments (three parts and a prologue) of The Embrace That Smothers, a collection of songs by Mark Jansen which deals with the influence and distortion of religion in human society. This theme was carried over to 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 reissued in June 2008 by the re-financed Transmission Records, as a two-disc set containing previously unreleased studio sessions, instrumental/a cappella tracks, and a handful of demo recordings.[3] Guitarist Sander Gommans has urged fans not to buy this re-release through the band's official forum.[4]
In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 6th best symphonic metal album of all time.[5]
^Rivadavia, Eduardo. "After Forever Prison of Desire review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
^Flaaten, Chris (12 August 2000). "After Forever - Prison of Desire". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^"After Forever - Prison of Desire". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
^"Official Forum". After Forever. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^Davies, Hywel; Dome, Malcolm; Goodman, Eleanor; Chantler, Chris; Gordon, Connie; Grady, Spencer; Rees, Adam; Selzer, Jonathan (17 November 2021). "The 25 best symphonic metal albums". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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Forever) in 1997. Three years later the band released its first album, PrisonofDesire. She co-wrote the band's words and music with Mark Jansen (no relation)...
Me", released on the album PrisonofDesire, performing the song live with the band at selected concerts. She was part of a duet with Marko Hietala on...
and was one of the main songwriters for the band's first two albums, PrisonofDesire and Decipher. During his time with After Forever, the band's music...
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