Damage Done

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 changes made in their albums Haven and Projector, especially in the keyboards, but this is the first record since The Mind's I 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.

Damage Done
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	22 July 2002
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]

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 are written by Mikael Stanne, except Ex Nihilo.

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	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	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	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"	Henriksson Jivarp Sundin	4:07
15.	"The Treason Wall" (live, recorded at Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy, October 31, 2008)	Jivarp Henriksson	3:57

Credits

Dark Tranquillity

• Mikael Stanne - vocals
• Niklas Sundin - lead guitar
• Martin Henriksson - rhythm 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

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

External links

• Damage Done at AllMusic
• Damage Done at Century Media Records
• Damage Done (2009 Reissue) at Century Media Records