Damage Done

Studio album by Dark Tranquillity

Released

22 July 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 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.

This is the first release for the band to chart.

Track listing

All lyrics written by 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.	"White Noise / Black Silence"	Henriksson, Jivarp	4:09
11.	"Ex Nihilo" (instrumental)	Sundin, Nicklasson, Henriksson	4:33

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"The Poison Well"	Henriksson, Jivarp, Sundin	4:07

Vinyl edition
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

Limited edition digipak and first edition jewel case
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
13.	"Monochromatic Stains" (music video)	Jivarp, Brändström	3:42

2009 Reissue
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Final Resistance"	Henriksson	3:02
2.	"Hours Passed in Exile"	Henriksson, Jivarp, Nicklasson, Brändström	4:46
3.	"Monochromatic Stains"	Jivarp, Brändström	3:38
4.	"Single Part of Two"	Jivarp, Henriksson	3:51
5.	"The Treason Wall"	Jivarp, Henriksson	3:31
6.	"Format C: for Cortex"	Jivarp, Henriksson, Sundin	4:30
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	4:31
12.	"I, Deception"	Henriksson, Nicklasson, Jivarp, Sundin, Brändström	3:55
13.	"Static"	Henriksson, Jivarp, Brändström	4:40
14.	"The Poison Well"	Jivarp, Sundin, Brändström	4:07
15.	"The Treason Wall" (live, recorded at Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy, October 31, 2008)	Henriksson, Jivarp, Sundin	3:57

Credits

Personnel

Dark Tranquillity

Mikael Stanne - vocals
Niklas Sundin - guitar
Martin Henriksson - guitar
Martin Brändström - electronics
Michael Nicklasson - bass
Anders Jivarp - drums

Production

Dark Tranquillity – production
Fredrik Nordström - production, engineering
Patrik J. Sten - engineering
Göran Finnberg - audio mastering
Ulf Horbelt – remastering
Achilleas Gatsopoulos - Video for "Monochromatic Stains".
Cabin Fever Media - Co-Art direction and design
Tue Madsen – mixing, mastering ("The Treason Wall" only)

Studios

The Mastering Room – mastering
DMS, Marl, Germany – remastering

Release history

Date	Note
22 July 2002
25 May 2009	Reissue

Charts

Chart	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)^[5]	146
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	83
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	29

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Chronicles of Chaos review
↑ Sputnikmusic review
↑ "Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Dark Tranquillity – Damage Done". Hung Medien.
↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Dark Tranquillity – Damage Done". Hung Medien.

External links

Dark Tranquillity

Mikael Stanne Niklas Sundin Anders Jivarp Martin Brändström Anders Iwers Anders Fridén Fredrik Johansson Michael Nicklasson Daniel Antonsson Martin Henriksson

Studio albums	Skydancer The Gallery The Mind's I Projector Haven Damage Done Character Fiction We Are the Void Construct Atoma

EPs, Splits, Promos, MCDs, Demos and Singles	Enfeebled Earth Rehearsal December 1990 Trail of Life Decayed A Moonclad Reflection Tranquillity Promo '94 Of Chaos and Eternal Night Enter Suicidal Angels The Official Demo Series Vol.1 Lost to Apathy Focus Shift Misery's Crown Zero Distance EP Sorrow's Architect A Memory Construct The Pitiless Atoma Forward Momentum

DVDs, Live and videos	Live Damage Where Death Is Most Alive The Dying Fragments For the Fans

Compilation albums	Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial Manifesto of Dark Tranquillity Yesterworlds

Related articles	Discography

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