Damage Done
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| Studio album by Dark Tranquillity | ||||
| Released | 22 July 2002 (see release history) |
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| Recorded | February–March 2002 at Studio Fredman | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal, Progressive metal | |||
| Length | 51:23 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Dark Tranquillity, Fredrik Nordström | |||
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LP edition cover
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos |  [2] |
| Sputnikmusic | [3] |
Damage Done[4] is the sixth full-length studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. Here, the band returns to a more classic style while holding the new changes made in their albums Haven and Projector, especially in the keyboards, but this is the first record since "Projector" that does not feature clean vocals. Martin Henriksson started doing some "lead guitar riffs" on the record, so the band showed influences from The Gallery in the duality of lead guitars. Mikael Stanne said that the lyrics on this album are about the frailty of life.
A video was recorded for the song "Monochromatic Stains". It was done in a monochromatic format and bears visual and thematic resemblance to the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The video was made by Achilleas Gatsopoulos. The Agonist recorded a cover version of the song, released as a track on Century Media: Covering 20 Years of Extremes.
The song "Cathode Ray Sunshine" is featured in the video game's soundtrack, Brütal Legend.
Several versions of the album feature a bonus track entitled "I, Deception" as well as the "Monochromatic Stains" video clip but it is known that the limited edition digipak contains them.The Japanese version of the album features the bonus track, "The Poison Well". The vinyl release includes "I, Deception" and also has different cover art. The 2009 reissue includes bonus tracks and digitally remastered audio.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Mikael Stanne.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Final Resistance" | Henriksson | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Hours Passed in Exile" | Henriksson, Jivarp, Nicklasson, Brändström | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Monochromatic Stains" | Jivarp, Brändström | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Single Part of Two" | Jivarp, Henriksson | 3:51 |
| 5. | "The Treason Wall" | Jivarp, Henriksson, Sundin | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Format C: For Cortex" | Jivarp, Henriksson, Sundin | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Damage Done" | Henriksson, Jivarp | 3:27 |
| 8. | "Cathode Ray Sunshine" | Brändström, Jivarp, Henriksson | 4:14 |
| 9. | "The Enemy" | Henriksson, Nicklasson, Jivarp | 3:56 |
| 10. | "White Noise / Black Silence" | Henriksson, Jivarp | 4:09 |
| 11. | "Ex Nihilo" (Instrumental) | Sundin, Nicklasson, Henriksson | 4:33 |
| Japanese Bonus Track | |||
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| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 12. | "The Poison Well" | Henriksson/Jivarp/Sundin | 4:07 |
| Limited Edition Digipak & First Edition Jewel Case | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 12. | "Monochromatic Stains (Music video)" | 3:42 |
| 2009 Reissue | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 12. | ""I, Deception"" | 3:55 |
| 13. | "Static" | 4:40 |
| 14. | "The Poison Well" | 4:08 |
| 15. | "The Treason Wall [live/previously unreleased]" | 3:30 |
| Bonus track on vinyl LP and Limited Edition Digipak & First Edition Jewel Case | |||
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| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Final Resistance" | Henriksson | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Hours Passed in Exile" | Henriksson, Jivarp, Nicklasson, Brändström | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Monochromatic Stains" | Jivarp, Brändström | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Single Part of Two" | Jivarp, Henriksson | 3:51 |
| 5. | "The Treason Wall" | Jivarp, Henriksson, Sundin | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Format C: For Cortex" | Jivarp, Henriksson, Sundin | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Damage Done" | Henriksson, Jivarp | 3:27 |
| 8. | "Cathode Ray Sunshine" | Brändström, Jivarp, Henriksson | 4:14 |
| 9. | "The Enemy" | Henriksson, Nicklasson, Jivarp | 3:56 |
| 10. | "I, Deception" | Henriksson, Nicklasson, Jivarp, Sundin, Brändström | 3:54 |
| 11. | "White Noise / Black Silence" | Henriksson, Jivarp | 4:09 |
| 12. | "Ex Nihilo" (Instrumental) | Sundin, Nicklasson, Henriksson | 4:33 |
Release history
| Date | Note |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2002 | |
| 25 May 2009 | Reissue |
Credits
- Dark Tranquillity
- Mikael Stanne - Vocals
- Niklas Sundin - Guitar, Art direction and design
- Martin Henriksson - Guitar
- Michael Nicklasson - Bass guitar
- Anders Jivarp - Drum kit
- Martin Brändström - Keyboards and electronics
- Guests
- Fredrik Nordström - Audio engineering
- Patrik J. Sten - Audio engineering
- Göran Finnberg - Audio mastering (at The Mastering Room)
- Achilleas Gatsopoulos - Video for "Monochromatic Stains".
- Cabin Fever Media - Co-Art direction and design
References
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- ↑ Sputnikmusic review
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