DESCRIPTION:
After Forever (Netherlands)
Dutch metal band that was previously named Apocalypse when they were first formed in 1995. They can be described as a symphonic metal band with influences from classical music, doom metal, gothic metal, power metal and progressive metal. After Forever uses mixed vocal styles, consisting of death grunts (Sander Gommans), soprano vocals (Floor Jansen) and ocassionally clean male vocals (Bas Maas).

The band consists of Floor Jansen (vocals), Sander Gommans (guitar, gutural voices), Bas Maas (guitars), Luuk van Gerven (bass), Joost van den Broek (keyboards) and André Borgman (drums).

In 2002 Mark Jansen quit After Forever and subsequently assembled the band Epica.