▁first ▁time ▁live ▁classical ▁instruments ▁and ▁a ▁live ▁cho ir . ▁The ▁complex ▁arrang ements ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁compos itions ▁pushed ▁After ▁Fore ver ' s ▁music ▁even ▁more ▁towards ▁the ▁sym ph onic ▁metal ▁genre . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Mark ▁J ansen , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁compos ers ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁band , ▁was ▁fired ▁from ▁After ▁Fore ver ▁and ▁subsequently ▁assemble d ▁the ▁band ▁Ep ica , ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁purs ue ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁sym ph onic ▁metal ▁with ▁death ▁metal ▁elements , ▁already ▁present ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁albums ▁by ▁After ▁Fore ver . ▁He ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Bas ▁Ma as , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁road ie ▁for ▁the ▁band ▁for ▁years . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁the ▁new ▁line - up ▁of ▁After ▁Fore ver ▁released ▁the ▁EP ▁and ▁DVD ▁Ex ord ium . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁concept ▁album ▁In visible ▁Cir cles ▁was ▁released . ▁The ▁album , ▁that ▁de als ▁with ▁child hood ▁tra um as ▁and ▁ab use , ▁introduced ▁progress ive ▁metal ▁elements ▁to ▁the ▁music ▁of ▁After ▁Fore ver ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁clean ▁male ▁voice . ▁The ▁album ▁reached ▁No . ▁ 2 4 ▁in ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁musical ▁chart . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁L ando ▁van ▁G ils ▁also ▁left ▁the ▁band ▁and ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Jo ost ▁van ▁den ▁Bro ek , ▁a ▁keyboard ▁player ▁that