We Are the Void

We Are the Void
We Are the Void
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	24 February 2010
Recorded	28 August – 14 October 2009
Genre	Melodic death metal; gothic metal;
Length	47:45
Label	Century Media
Producer	Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity chronology

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 1996-1998 but was left out until this album). Stylistically, it is similar to their previous album Fiction; the band utilised 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

Professional ratings
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

Original release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Shadow in Our Blood"		Sundin	3:46
2.	"Dream Oblivion"		Antonsson Henriksson	3:50
3.	"The Fatalist"		Henriksson Jivarp	4:33
4.	"In My Absence"		Brändström Henriksson Sundin	4:47
5.	"The Grandest Accusation"		Sundin Henriksson Brändström Jivarp	4:55
6.	"At the Point of Ignition"		Sundin Henriksson	3:53
7.	"Her Silent Language"		Sundin Jivarp Henriksson	3:33
8.	"Arkhangelsk"	Sundin Stanne	Sundin	3:56
9.	"I Am the Void"		Sundin Henriksson Jivarp	3:59
10.	"Surface the Infinite"		Henriksson Jivarp Brändström	3:50
11.	"Iridium"	Sundin Stanne	Sundin Brändström	6:43
Total length:				47:45

Limited edition bonus tracks
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

Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Star of Nothingness"	Instrumental	Sundin	2:12
13.	"Out of Gravity"	Stanne	Henriksson Jivarp Sundin	4:40
Total length:				54:32

iTunes bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"The Bow and the Arrow"	Stanne	Sundin Jivarp Henriksson	3:55

Tour edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Zero Distance"	Stanne	Jivarp Henriksson	4:02
13.	"Out of Gravity"	Stanne	Henriksson Jivarp Sundin	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	Sundin Jivarp Henriksson	3:55

Tour edition DVD
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.

[1] "DARK TRANQUILLITY: 'We Are The Void' Fifth Studio Webisode Available". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

[2] "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DARK TRANQUILLITY Interviewed By France's LOUD TV (Video)". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[3] "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.

[4] "Dark Tranquillity on MySpace Music". Dark Tranquillity. 19 February 2010.

[5] Allmusic review

[6] "Dark Tranquillity - We Are the Void (Album review 5) | Sputnikmusic".

[7] "Dark Tranquillity - 'We Are the Void' CD Review".

[8] "The official DARK TRANQUILLITY homepage". Darktranquillity.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

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