AFTER FOREVER CONFIRMED FOR PROGPOWER USA VIII FESTIVAL

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal outfit AFTER FOREVER has been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The final festival billing is as follows (in alphabetical order):

AFTER FOREVER
COMMUNIC
FIREWIND
PAGAN'S MIND
PRIMAL FEAR
RAINTIME
REDEMPTION
SONATA ARCTICA
THRESHOLD
VIRGIN STEELE

Advance gold badges are sold out and only 900 tickets will be made available to the public.

As previously reported, Germany's progressive metal icons VANDEN PLAS and Sweden's FREAK KITCHEN have been confirmed to co-headline the ProgPower USA VIII Showcase on Thursday, October 4, 2007.

Ticket information for both the main festival and the Showcase will be released via the festival web site (www.progpowerusa.com).

AFTER FOREVER's new, self-titled album is scheduled for release on March 23 via Nuclear Blast Records. According to an article on the Dutch web site Metalfan.nl, the song 'Discord' will feature the Prague Symphonic Orchestra, while vocalist Doro Pesch can be heard dueting with AFTER FOREVER frontwoman Floor Jansen in the track 'Who I Am'. ANNIHILATOR guitarist Jeff Waters reportedly makes an appearance on a track with a working title of 'De-Energized'. Other songs set to appear on the CD include 'Evoke', 'Transitory', 'Equally Destructive', 'Withering Time', 'Cry With A Smile', 'Envision', 'Who I Am' and 'Empty Memories'.

AFTER FOREVER's last album was 'Remagine', which came out in 2005. The follow-up to 2004's 'Invisible Circles' was recorded at Excess studio in Rotterdam, Holland and was mixed by Sascha Paeth and Philip Colodetti at the Gate studio in Wolfsburg, Germany.

AFTER FOREVER's former record label, Transmission Records, recently issued a two-disc compilation album containing the best songs from the band's first ten years of existence, plus previously unreleased material, non-album tracks, alternate takes, rarities and previously unreleased remixed versions. The set, which includes collaborations with such guest musicians as Sharon den Adel (WITHIN TEMPTATION), Arjen Lucassen and Damian Wilson (AYREON) and Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH), entered the Dutch national album chart at position No. 69 upon its release in June.