Exordium is an EP by Dutchsymphonic metal band After Forever, released on 17 October 2003. 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 band's first recording with 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]
On 11 November 2016, an expanded remastered edition of Exordium containing previously unreleased studio sessions, single edits and an interview was released to digital download and streaming services. Physically, this edition was released on 2 December as the last disc on a three-disc reissue of the band's third studio album, Invisible Circles.
2016 reissue bonus tracks (The Album – The Sessions)
No.
Title
Length
7.
"My Choice" (single version)
4:00
8.
"The Evil That Men Do" (single version)
3:18
9.
"My Choice" (acoustic version)
4:00
10.
"Line of Thoughts" (session version)
2:18
11.
"Beneath" (session version)
4:53
12.
"My Choice" (session version)
4:52
13.
"Glorifying Means" (session version)
5:00
14.
"The Evil That Men Do" (session version)
4:50
15.
"One Day I'll Fly Away" (session version)
4:44
Total length:
64:26
2016 reissue digital bonus track
No.
Title
Length
16.
"Interview with Sander Gommans and Floor Jansen"
16:44
Total length:
81:10
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.
Main
"My Choice" (music video) – 4:13
Making of "My Choice" – 11:58
Credits
Special features
"The Evil That Men Do" (Demo live compilation 2002) – 4:29
