| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | A Sequel of Decay | Tristania | 6:33 |
| 2 | Monolith of Doubt- recording engineer, engineer and producer:
- Stephen van Haestregt
- additional producer and additional mixer:
- Oscar Holleman
- executive producer:
- Hans van Vuuren
- acoustic guitar and drums (drum set):
- André Borgman
- additional keyboard, additional piano and keyboard [Keyboards]:
- Cees Kieboom
- bass guitar:
- Luuk van Gerven
- cello [Violoncello]:
- Carla Schrijner
- electric guitar:
- Sander Gommans and Mark Jansen
- guest double bass:
- Roxane Steffen
- guest viola:
- Janine Baller
- guest violin:
- Noëmi Bodden and Ebred Reijnen
- synthesizer [Synth]:
- Lando van Gils
- other vocals [Grunts]:
- Sander Gommans
- other vocals [Screams]:
- Mark Jansen
- soprano vocals:
- Floor Jansen
- contains samples by:
- Symphony of Voices (choir vocals)
- guest performer:
- Ebred Strings
- additional strings arranger:
- After Forever, Sören Leupold and Georg Schneider
- strings arranger:
- After Forever
- arranger:
- After Forever
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- NEMS Enterprises (in 2002)
- recorded at and mixed at:
- RS 29 in Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- produced at:
- RS 29 in Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- recording of:
- Monolith of Doubt
- lyricist:
- Floor Jansen
- composer:
- After Forever, Sander Gommans, Floor Jansen and Mark Jansen
| After Forever | 3:32 |
| 3 | Chapter IV | Estatic Fear | 10:31 |
| 4 | Jane Doe | Within Temptation | 4:30 |
| 5 | Dark Angel's Ascension | Avrigus | 4:31 |
| 6 | Facade of Reality- engineer:
- Sascha Paeth and Olaf Reitmeier
- executive producer:
- Hans van Vuuren
- producer and mixer:
- Sascha Paeth
- bass guitar:
- Yves Huts
- drums (drum set):
- Jeroen Simons
- guest cello:
- Jörn Kellermann and Cordula Rhode
- guest double bass:
- Andre Neygenfind
- guest viola:
- David Schlage and Marie-Theres Stumpf
- guest violin:
- Thomas Glöckner, Andreas Pfaff and Tobias Rempe
- guitar:
- Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter
- piano and synthesizer:
- Coen Janssen
- additional vocals:
- Mark Jansen
- guest choir vocals:
- Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Annie Goeble, Previn Moore, Cinzia Rizzo and Amanda Somerville
- lead vocals [mezzo-soprano]:
- Simone Simons
- vocals arranger:
- Coen Janssen
- orchestrator:
- Robert Hunecke‐Rizzo, Mark Jansen and Coen Janssen
- recorded at:
- Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, Germany (from 2002-12 until 2003-03)
- part of:
- The Embrace That Smothers (number: 5)
- recording of:
- Façade of Reality (The Embrace That Smothers, Part V)
- lyricist:
- Mark Jansen
- composer:
- Mark Jansen, Simone Simons and Ad Sluijter
| Epica | 8:12 |
| 7 | Memorial Embers | Châlice | 9:10 |
| 8 | When a Dead Man Walks | Lacuna Coil | 5:54 |
| 9 | Heart Unyeilding | Silentium | 3:48 |
| 10 | Lithium and a Lover | Sirenia | 6:35 |
| 11 | Virago | Theatre of Tragedy | 5:20 |
| 12 | Enclosed | Penumbra | 5:23 |
