''Character'' is the seventh studio album by Swedish

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...

band

Dark Tranquillity Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Swedish death metal, Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded a ...

. The album was first released on 24 January 2005 through

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a German heavy metal record label with offices in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by R ...

. The corresponding single, "Lost to Apathy", was previously featured on the '' Lost to Apathy'' EP, their first EP released in nearly ten years. The album title appears in the song "Am I 1?". This album is heavier than the band's previous album, with more aggressive and faster songs. Like the band's previous album, there are no clean vocals. The

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editions of the album include the video clip for the single "Lost to Apathy". A music video was also made for "The New Build". The album was also released as an LP with different cover art.

Track listing

Japanese version

The Japanese version of the album contains two bonus tracks previously released on the '' Lost to Apathy'' EP:

Digipak edition

There is a second CD included with the digipak. It includes the following tracks: * Track 1 is the music video version of the song. Tracks 2–5 were recorded live at th
Busan Rock Festival
in 2004 in Korea.

Credits

Musicians *

Mikael Stanne Bengt Mikael Stanne (born 20 May 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as the vocalist, primary lyricist and a former guitarist for the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. Since the departure of original drummer Anders Jivarp in 2021, ...

− vocals *

Niklas Sundin Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as a founding member and former lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity from 1989–2020. In 2019, he founded his own band called Mitochondrial Sun, w ...

− guitar * Martin Henriksson − guitar * Michael Nicklasson − bass * Martin Brändström − electronics * Anders Jivarp − drums Album production * Drums recorded at Studio Fredman * Guitars, Bass, Vocals recorded at The Room * Electronics recorded at Rogue Music * Mixed by

Fredrik Nordström Björn Tom Fredrik Nordström (born 5 January 1967) is a Swedish record producer and musician, and the guitarist of the heavy metal band Dream Evil. He is one of the leading melodic death metal and power metal producers in Sweden and has worke ...

Studio Fredman Studio Fredman is a well-known recording studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, owned and operated by producer Fredrik Nordström. It is popular among Swedish metal bands, with artists such as At the Gates, Deathstars, Nightrage, Norwegian band Dimmu ...

* Mastered by Peter In de Betou at Tailor Maid * Produced by Dark Tranquillity Other credits * Album artwork and design by

Cabin Fever Media Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as a founding member and former lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity from 1989–2020. In 2019, he founded his own band called Mitochondrial Sun, w ...

* Live photos appearing on album artwork by Diana van Tankeren * Music videos for "Lost to Apathy and "The New Build" directed by Roger Johansson and Alex Hansson for Bobby Works AB * Music videos for "Lost to Apathy and "The New Build" produced by Roger Johansson * Lyrics written by Mikael Stanne

Charts

References

External links

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