We Are the Void

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.

We Are the Void
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	24 February 2010 (2010-02-24)
Recorded	28 August – 14 October 2009[1]
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	47:45
Label	Century Media
Producer	Dark Tranquillity[2]
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Fiction (2007) We Are the Void (2010) Construct (2013)

The band began writing for this album in late 2008 (except for the majority of "Iridium" which was written sometime between 1996 and 1998 but was left out until this album). Stylistically, it is similar to their previous album Fiction; the band used the same Drop B tuning as well as clean melodic vocals that were re-introduced on Fiction.^[3]

The band also began to release songs from this album on their MySpace page^[4] 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	[5]

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."^[6]

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."^[7]

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

• Mikael Stanne – vocals, lyrics
• Martin Henriksson – guitars, sound recording
• Niklas Sundin – guitars, album artwork
• Anders Jivarp – drums
• Martin Brändström – electronics, engineering
• Daniel Antonsson – bass guitar, guitar solo (on "Shadow in Our Blood" (1st part) and "At the Point of Ignition"),^[8] engineering

Guests

• Tue Madsen – mixing (October–November 2009) & mastering (Antfarm Studio in Århus)
• Anders Björler – filmed "Studio Report 2009"
• Hasse Kosonen – engineering
• Daniel Antonsson – engineering
• Stefan Wibbeke – artwork
• Katja Kuhl – band photo