The Dark Element (album)

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 Frontiers Records.^[5][6]

The Dark Element
Studio album by the Dark Element
Released	November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
Studio	Alyson Avenue Studios, Sweden (Anette's vocals) YBC (bass) Tico Tico Studio (drums) Biotech Audio Solutions, Finland (piano)
Genre	Heavy metal, symphonic metal
Length	51:51
Label	Frontiers King (Japan only)
Producer	Jani Liimatainen,[1] Serafino Perugino
The Dark Element chronology
The Dark Element (2017) Songs the Night Sings (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Hammer (UK)	[2]
Metal Hammer (GER)	[3]
Prog	(favourable)[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jani Liimatainen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Dark Element"	4:26
2.	"My Sweet Mystery"	4:59
3.	"Last Good Day"	4:13
4.	"Here's to You"	4:15
5.	"Someone You Used to Know"	4:24
6.	"Dead to Me"	5:28
7.	"Halo"	4:25
8.	"I Cannot Raise the Dead"	4:25
9.	"The Ghost and the Reaper"	5:21
10.	"Heaven of Your Heart"	4:46
11.	"Only One Who Knows Me"	5:09
Total length:		51:51

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Dead to Me" (Almost Acoustic Version)	5:07
Total length:		56:58

Personnel

Credits for The Dark Element adapted from liner notes.^[7]

The Dark Element

• Anette Olzon – lead and backing vocals
• Jani Liimatainen – guitars, keyboards, programming, backing vocals
• Jonas Kuhlberg – bass
• Jani "Hurtsi" Hurula – drums

Additional musicians

• Jarkko Lahti – piano on tracks 5 and 10
• Niilo Sevänen – 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

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8]	43
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	94
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[10]	14