Mea Culpa (album)
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Mea Culpa is a 2006 compilation album by Dutch symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

 band After Forever
After Forever
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded.-Biography:...

. Disc one includes songs from Mark Jansen
Mark Jansen
Mark Jansen, , is a heavy metal musician.As guitarist, Jansen founded After Forever with Sander Gommans, and was one of the main songwriters since their debut album Prison of Desire. He left After Forever in 2002, and after his departure the band took a new musical direction...

's time in the band, while disc two is filled with songs from after his departure.

Disc One

  1. "Mea Culpa (A-capella Version)" - 1:50
  2. "Follow in the Cry
    Follow in the Cry
    "Follow in the Cry" is a 2000 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, from their debut album Prison of Desire. At the end of the a cappella version of "Mea Culpa", there is an a cappella version of the intro to their song "Yield to Temptation"....

    " - 4:05
  3. "Yield to Temptation" - 5:53
  4. "Silence from Afar" - 5:54
  5. "Wings of Illusion" - 7:23
  6. "Beyond Me (Gruntless Version)" - 6:12
  7. "Forlorn Hope" - 6:23
  8. "For the Time Being" - 5:06
  9. "Imperfect Tenses" - 4:11
  10. "Monolith of Doubt
    Monolith of Doubt
    Monolith of Doubt is a 2002 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever.-Track listing:#"Monolith of Doubt " - 3:33#"For the Time Being" - 5:06#"Forlorn Hope" - 6:22#"Imperfect Tenses " - 4:06-Personnel:...

     (Single Version)" - 3:33
  11. "Intrinsic" - 6:54
  12. "Emphasis
    Emphasis/Who Wants To Live Forever
    Emphasis/Who Wants to Live Forever is a 2002 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, featuring guest vocals from Damian Wilson of Threshold.-Track listing:#"Emphasis" - 4:18#"Who Wants to Live Forever " - 4:46...

    " - 4:19
  13. "My Pledge of Allegiance #1 - The Sealed Fate" - 6:28
  14. "Who Wants to Live Forever
    Emphasis/Who Wants To Live Forever
    Emphasis/Who Wants to Live Forever is a 2002 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, featuring guest vocals from Damian Wilson of Threshold.-Track listing:#"Emphasis" - 4:18#"Who Wants to Live Forever " - 4:46...

     (Queen
    Queen (band)
    Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

     Cover)" - 4:41

Disc Two

  1. "The Evil That Men Do
    My Choice/The Evil That Men Do
    My Choice/The Evil That Men Do is a 2003 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is taken from their EP Exordium and was the band's first single after the departure of co-founder Mark Jansen.-Track listing:...

     (Iron Maiden
    Iron Maiden
    Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

     Cover) (Single Version)" - 3:20
  2. "Glorifying Means" - 5:02
  3. "My Choice
    My Choice/The Evil That Men Do
    My Choice/The Evil That Men Do is a 2003 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is taken from their EP Exordium and was the band's first single after the departure of co-founder Mark Jansen.-Track listing:...

     (Acoustic Version)" - 4:03
  4. "Beneath" - 4:54
  5. "Digital Deceit
    Digital Deceit
    Digital Deceit is a single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever, released in 2004. It is the only single extracted from their third full-length album Invisible Circles.-Track listing:#"Digital Deceit " - 4:07...

     (Single Version)" - 4:09
  6. "Two Sides
    Two Sides/Boundaries Are Open
    Two Sides/Boundaries Are Open is a 2006 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is taken from the band's compilation album Mea Culpa...

     (Single Version)" - 3:17
  7. "Sins of Idealism (Single Version)" - 4:12
  8. "Eccentric (Orchestral Version)" - 4:36
  9. "Life's Vortex (Single Version)" - 4:37
  10. "Blind Pain (Aggressive Version)" - 4:18
  11. "Being Everyone
    Being Everyone
    Being Everyone is a 2005 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is from their fourth full-length album Remagine.-Track listing:Basic single#"Being Everyone " – 3:10#"Taste the Day" – 2:53Maxi single...

     (Single Version)" - 3:10
  12. "Face Your Demons (Single Version)" - 5:01
  13. "Taste the Day" - 2:56
  14. "Boundaries Are Open
    Two Sides/Boundaries Are Open
    Two Sides/Boundaries Are Open is a 2006 single by Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever. It is taken from the band's compilation album Mea Culpa...

     (Single Version)" - 3:30
  15. "Come" - 5:05
  16. "Attendance (Industrial Remix)" - 3:04
  17. "Live and Learn" - 4:25
  18. "Strong (Piano Version)" - 6:13

Credits

  • Floor Jansen
    Floor Jansen
    Floor Jansen is a Dutch singer, who was the lead singer of the symphonic metal band After Forever which disbanded in 2009, and is the current singer for ReVamp.-After Forever:...

     - Vocals
  • Sander Gommans
    Sander Gommans
    Sander Gommans is a Dutch musician. He founded the symphonic metal band Apocalypse with Mark Jansen in 1995, which later changed its name to After Forever. He played guitar and did the grunting parts in the band...

     - Guitar, grunts
  • Bas Maas - Guitar on Disc Two
  • Luuk van Gerven - Bass guitar
  • Joost van den Broek
    Joost van den Broek
    Joost van den Broek was a keyboardist in the metal band After Forever. On the album After Forever, Joost had the opportunity to collaborate on the composition and production of the album alongside other band members. Van den Broek will appear on the Sinbreed album When Worlds Collide...

     - Keyboards
  • Andre Borgman - Drums
  • Mark Jansen
    Mark Jansen
    Mark Jansen, , is a heavy metal musician.As guitarist, Jansen founded After Forever with Sander Gommans, and was one of the main songwriters since their debut album Prison of Desire. He left After Forever in 2002, and after his departure the band took a new musical direction...

     - Guitar and grunts on Disc One

Guests

  • Sharon den Adel
    Sharon den Adel
    Sharon Janny den Adel is a Dutch singer and composer, best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in the Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation...

     (Within Temptation
    Within Temptation
    Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...

    ) - Vocals on "Beyond Me"
  • Damian Wilson
    Damian Wilson
    Damian Wilson is a singer known in the progressive rock genre. He is lead singer with the band Headspace along with Adam Wakeman and is lead singer for Threshold....

     (Threshold
    Threshold (band)
    Threshold is a progressive metal band, formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s.-History:Threshold began their career in 1988, initially playing covers of metal groups like Ratt and Testament. As they continued playing together, they began to write their own songs, and eventually stopped playing...

    ) - Vocals on "Imperfect Tenses" and "Who Wants To Live Forever"
  • Marco Hietala
    Marco Hietala
    Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a heavy metal vocalist and bassist. Internationally, he is most known as the current bassist, male vocalist and composer, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish...

     (Tarot
    Tarot (band)
    Tarot is a heavy metal band from Finland. They are most famous for the song “Wings of Darkness” from the 1986 album Spell of Iron. While having enjoyed a broad underground popularity in Finland, the band has never been very famous elsewhere until gaining new success in the recent years when their...

    , Nightwish
    Nightwish
    Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...

    ) - Vocals on "Face Your Demons"
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