We Are the Void
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| Released | 24 February 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 28 August – 14 October 2009[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 47:45 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Dark Tranquillity[2] | |||
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We Are the Void is the ninth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. It is their first and only album with bassist Daniel Antonsson, who joined in 2008 and left in 2013.
The band began writing for this album in late 2008 (except for the majority of "Iridium" which was written sometime between 1996 and 1998 but was left out until this album). Stylistically, it is similar to their previous album Fiction; the band used the same Drop B tuning as well as clean melodic vocals that were re-introduced on Fiction.[3]
The band also began to release songs from this album on their MySpace page[4] starting with "Dream Oblivion" on 21 December 2009, "At the Point of Ignition" on 14 January 2010 and finally the entire album was available for free streaming on 19 February 2010.
Music videos were released for "Shadow in Our Blood" on 10 February 2010 and "In My Absence" on 22 February 2012.
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
Kyle Ward of Sputnikmusic, described the album:
"If you take Fiction, cut out the awesome guitar riffs, increase the keyboard presence tenfold, and then make it more depressed-sounding, you will have exactly what We Are The Void delivers."[6]
Metal Underground said that the album is "Excellent melodic death metal, but it feels like Dark Tranquillity has released the same album three times in a row now."[7]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Mikael Stanne, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shadow in Our Blood" | Sundin | 3:46 | |
| 2. | "Dream Oblivion" |
| 3:50 | |
| 3. | "The Fatalist" |
| 4:33 | |
| 4. | "In My Absence" |
| 4:47 | |
| 5. | "The Grandest Accusation" |
| 4:55 | |
| 6. | "At the Point of Ignition" |
| 3:53 | |
| 7. | "Her Silent Language" |
| 3:33 | |
| 8. | "Arkhangelsk" |
| Sundin | 3:56 |
| 9. | "I Am the Void" |
| 3:59 | |
| 10. | "Surface the Infinite" |
| 3:50 | |
| 11. | "Iridium" |
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| 6:43 |
| Total length: | 47:45 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Star of Nothingness" | Instrumental | Sundin | 2:12 |
| 13. | "To Where Fires Cannot Feed" | Stanne | Sundin | 3:52 |
| Total length: | 47:45 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Star of Nothingness" | Instrumental | Sundin | 2:12 |
| 13. | "Out of Gravity" | Stanne |
| 4:40 |
| Total length: | 54:32 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "The Bow and the Arrow" | Stanne |
| 3:55 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Zero Distance" | Stanne |
| 4:02 |
| 13. | "Out of Gravity" | Stanne |
| 4:40 |
| 14. | "Star of Nothingness" | Instrumental | Sundin | 2:12 |
| 15. | "To Where Fires Cannot Feed" | Stanne | Sundin | 3:52 |
| 16. | "The Bow and the Arrow" | Stanne |
| 3:55 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shadow in Our Blood" (Videoclip) | |
| 2. | "Dream Oblivion" (Live at With Full Force, 2010) | |
| 3. | "The Fatalist" (Live in London, 2010) | |
| 4. | "The Grandest Accusation" (Videoclip) | |
| 5. | "Iridium" (Live at Summer Breeze Open Air, 2010) | |
| 6. | "Iridium" (Videoclip) | |
| 7. | "Zero Distance" (Videoclip) |
Inside The Void DVD
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Studio Report 2009 – The Making of the Void" | 38:27 |
| 2. | "Making Of Shadow in Our Blood Video" | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Where Death Is Most Alive DVD Trailer" | 2:18 |
| 4. | "ThereIn (Live in Milan)" | 6:31 |
| 5. | "Final Resistance (Live in Milan)" | 4:00 |
Personnel
[edit]Dark Tranquillity
[edit]- Mikael Stanne – vocals, lyrics
- Martin Henriksson – rhythm guitar, sound recording
- Niklas Sundin – lead guitar, album artwork
- Anders Jivarp – drums
- Martin Brändström – keyboards, engineering
- Daniel Antonsson – bass guitar, lead guitar solo (on "Shadow in Our Blood" (1st part) and "At the Point of Ignition"),[8] engineering
Guests
[edit]- Tue Madsen – mixing (October–November 2009) & mastering (Antfarm Studio in Århus)
- Anders Björler – filmed "Studio Report 2009"
- Hasse Kosonen – engineering
- Daniel Antonsson – engineering
- Stefan Wibbeke – artwork
- Katja Kuhl – band photo
References
[edit]- ^ "DARK TRANQUILLITY: 'We Are The Void' Fifth Studio Webisode Available". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET – DARK TRANQUILLITY Interviewed By France's LOUD TV (Video)". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ "DARK TRANQUILLITY – The Making Of "We Are the Void" (Part 1)". YouTube. 30 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Dark Tranquillity on MySpace Music". Dark Tranquillity. 19 February 2010.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Dark Tranquillity – We Are the Void (Album review 5) | Sputnikmusic".
- ^ "Dark Tranquillity – 'We Are the Void' CD Review".
- ^ "The official DARK TRANQUILLITY homepage". Darktranquillity.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
