''The Dark Element'' is the debut studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band of the same name. It was released on November 10, 2017, through

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Track listing

Personnel

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Frontiers. The Dark Element *

Anette Olzon Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish class ...

– lead and backing vocals *

Jani Liimatainen Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born 9 September 1980) is a Finnish guitarist. He came to prominence as the guitarist for the power metal band Sonata Arctica between 1996 and 2007, and has since played in and founded bands such as Cain's Offer ...

– guitars, keyboards, programming, backing vocals * Jonas Kuhlberg – bass * Jani "Hurtsi" Hurula – drums Additional musicians * Jarkko Lahti – piano on tracks 5 and 10 *

Niilo Sevänen Insomnium is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Joensuu in 1997. The sound and lyrical themes of their music portray darkness, sorrow, loss, pain, and nature. Their music includes elements of progressive metal, black metal, folk metal, ...

– growls on track 6 * Anssi Stenberg – backing vocals * Petri Aho – backing vocals Production * Nicke Olsson – engineering (vocals) * Jonas Kuhlberg – engineering (bass) * Ahti Kortelainen – engineering (drums) * Sami Koivisto – engineering (piano) * Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering * Serafino Perugino – executive producer * Giulio Cataldo – layout

Chart positions

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dark Element, The 2017 debut albums Frontiers Records albums King Records (Japan) albums Symphonic metal albums by Finnish artists