We Are the Void

We Are the Void
Studio album by
Dark Tranquillity
Released 24 February 2010
Recorded 28 August – 14 October 2009
Genre
Length 47:45
Label Century Media
Producer Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Fiction
(2007) 		We Are the Void
(2010) 		Construct
(2013)

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.

The band also began to release songs from this album on their MySpace page 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic

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."

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."

Track listing

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

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

Dark Tranquillity

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