Track Listing

1. Enter
2. Come
3. Boundaries Are Open
4. Living Shields
5. Being Everyone
6. Attendance
7. Free Of Doubt
8. Only Everything
9. Strong
10. Face Your Demons
11. No Control
12. Forever

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #333159 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Description
Remagine includes the songs 'Boundaries Are Open', 'Face Your Demons', 'Strong' (Piano Version) and DVD. 2006.

Customer Reviews

This album rocks
I was never really into After Forever. Like The Gathering and a host of other bands, they always played second fiddle in my mind to bands like Nightwish, Within Temptation, and Lacuna Coil. But I'm glad I gave their latest effort a listen. This album totally rocks. The annoying growling is minimal and Floor Jansen's vocals are absolutely beautiful. What sets it apart from the earlier stuff of thiers I've heard is that this album JAMS. That, and their other stuff always seemed incomplete somehow. Like the songs were unfulfilled ideas. No really memorable or catchy melodies. This album is different. It is headbanging AND beautiful. Highly recommended. The only reason I give a 4 instead of 5 is that it doesn't quite rise to the level of the other bands I mentioned. But, it may rise in my estimation over time. I will definitely be listening to it A LOT.

Still standing strong!
Here's AF's 4th full-length album, and I'll have to say it's their most ambitious by far. They've cut back on the operatic passages tremendously for one thing. On top of that, new keyboardist Joost adds in his own style of industrial-sounding synths and beats - WAIT! What?! Don't ask me, but it really doesn't sound all that bad (bar a few intros that sound like recycled 80s synth pop fillers). The guitars also sound a lot crunchier and more intense - making the songs sound grittier and overall more METAL. Gone are any of the gothic metal cliches the band have been plagued with over the years, and good riddance!

As for songs I like from this album? Well, there aren't really any I dislike. However, the ones I favor would have to be "Come" - an energetic headbanger and perfect opener for the album, "Attendance" - a rather short industrial-metal tap-your-foot kind of song, "Only Everything" - a proggy number that builds up as it goes along, "Strong" - a beautiful tearjerker where Floor sings her heart out, "Face Your Demons" - an interesting rock/power metal mix, and "Forever" - a chilling closer that resembles some of AF's earlier work. Also note that an SACD version exists with 3 bonus tracks - but can ONLY be played on an SACD player (which I don't have, so I can't say anything for those).

Stylistically, Remagine doesn't differ too far from 2004's Invisible Circles, so hardcore fans of the first two albums may not catch on to the new AF all too well. The rest of us however are in for a real treat. This is #1 on my album of the year list.

10/10

[PS - As far as the copy limitations go, be warned that this CD may not properly play in all computers. I have yet to try it on mine, but I have placed it in my DVD player (which doubles as a CD/MP3 player), and it wouldn't play at all. I haven't even been able to listen to the SACD tracks yet - I wish they would've just added them on as regular bonus tracks honestly. An annoying detail, and it won't affect my opinion on the wonderful music, but I wish the label wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to enhance this CD, because as far as I can tell, it wasn't worth it.]

Remagine
Pretty good CD. Best one since Mark Jansen left, I'd say. Floor's great, as usual.