Exordium (EP)

Exordium is a 2003 EP album by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. 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 first recording of the band with new 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]

Exordium
EP by
After Forever
ReleasedOctober 17, 2003
RecordedApril-June 2003
GenreSymphonic metal
Length26:39
LabelTransmission
ProducerHans Pieters
After Forever chronology
Decipher
(2001)		 Exordium
(2003)		 Invisible Circles
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing
  1. "Line of Thoughts" (instrumental) (Sander Gommans) – 2:15[4]
  2. "Beneath" (André Borgman, Gommans, Floor Jansen, Bas Maas, Luuk van Gerven, Land van Gils) – 4:54
  3. "My Choice" (Borgman, Gommans, Jansen, Maas, van Gerven, van Gils) – 4:54
  4. "Glorifying Means" (Borgman, Gommans, Jansen, Maas, van Gerven, van Gils) – 5:01
  5. "The Evil That Men Do" (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) – 4:52 (Iron Maiden cover)
  6. "One Day I'll Fly Away" (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 4:43 (Randy Crawford cover)

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.

  1. My Choice (Multimedia Track)
  2. Making Of (My Choice) (Multimedia Track)
  3. Studio Recordings (Multimedia Track)
  4. Slide Show (Multimedia Track)
  5. Artwork (Multimedia Track)

Personnel

References
  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "After Forever Exordium review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Exordium". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  3. "AFTER FOREVER - EXORDIUM (ALBUM)". Gfk Dutch Charts. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  4. "After Forever - Exordium". Metal-Archives.com. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
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