Atoma (album)

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Atoma
Atoma album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Dark Tranquillity
Released4 November 2016 [1]
Recorded2016
Genre Melodic death metal
Length49:33
Label Century Media
Producer Martin Brändström
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Construct
(2013)		Atoma
(2016)		 Moment
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cutting Edge  [ nl ]Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 5/10 [3]
Gaffa 5/6 [4]
Inferno  [ fi ]Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Magazyn Gitarzysta  [ pl ]9/10 [7]
Metal Hammer Germany 6/7 [8]
Metal Hammer UKStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Plattentests.de  [ de ]7/10 [10]
Powermetal.de  [ de ]9/10 [11]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [12]
Soundi  [ fi ]Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Atoma is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. It was released on 4 November 2016 through Century Media Records. Atoma is the band's first studio album with bassist Anders Iwers, who replaced founding member Martin Henriksson (also the rhythm guitarist), after Henriksson left the band in early 2016 due to loss of passion for playing music. [14] Atoma is the last release to feature founding lead guitarist Niklas Sundin, who would depart from the band in March 2020.

Contents

Two songs, "The Absolute" and "Time Out of Place", were recorded during the making of this album, but were released on a bonus disc in the limited edition. These songs are softer, darker and more brooding with only clean singing, [1] reminiscent of bands such as Katatonia and the later Opeth. Another song, "Reconstruction Time Again", was released as a Japanese edition bonus track. It is a nine-minute electro-industrial medley of the songs "State of Trust", "None Becoming", and "Uniformity" from the Construct album.

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Encircled"Martin Brändström3:32
2."Atoma"Anders Jivarp4:19
3."Forward Momentum"Jivarp3:40
4."Neutrality"Jivarp4:17
5."Force of Hand"
4:23
6."Faithless by Default"
  • Brändström
  • Sundin
4:30
7."The Pitiless"Jivarp4:08
8."Our Proof of Life"Sundin4:22
9."Clearing Skies"Brändström3:33
10."When the World Screams"Jivarp3:57
11."Merciless Fate"Brändström4:22
12."Caves and Embers"Sundin4:30
Total length:49:33
Limited edition bonus CD
No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Absolute"Jivarp5:15
2."Time Out of Place"Jivarp3:39
Total length:8:54
Limited edition bonus CD (Japan)
No.TitleMusicLength
3."Reconstruction Time Again" (instrumental)Brändström9:15
Total length:18:09

Credits

Dark Tranquillity

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 80
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 88
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 108
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 23
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] 47
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] 64
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 36

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