Damage Done

Damage Done
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	July 22, 2002 (see release history)
Recorded	February–March 2002 at Studio Fredman
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	51:23
Language	English
Label	Century Media
Producer	Dark Tranquillity, Fredrik Nordström
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Haven (2000) Damage Done (2002) Live Damage (2003)
LP Cover
LP edition cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
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 have a Cover version of the song, released on the Century Media: Covering 20 Years of Extremes.

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 by Mikael Stanne

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" (Bonus track on vinyl LP and Limited Edition Digipak & First Edition Jewel Case)	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

Japanese Bonus Track

12. "The Poison Well" − 4:07

Limited Edition Digipak & First Edition Jewel Case

12. "Monochromatic Stains" (Videoclip)

2009 Reissue

12. "I, Deception" - 3:55
13. "Static" - 4:40
14. "The Poison Well" - 4:08
15. "The Treason Wall" [live/previously unreleased] - 3:30

Release history

Date	Note
July 22, 2002
May 25, 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

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Chronicles of Chaos review
3. ^ Sputnikmusic review
4. ^ http://metal-archives.com/release.php?id=1264

External links

• Damage Done at the official site
• www.centurymedia.com