The Dark Element (album)

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]

The Dark Element is the debut studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band The Dark Element. It was released on November 10, 2017, through Frontiers Records. ^{[5] [6]}

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

References

1. Srl, Frontiers Music. "Frontiers Music Srl | Record Label". Frontiers Music Srl. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
2. Morris, Catherine (November 6, 2017). "The Dark Element - The Dark Element album review". Louder Sound. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
3. Kessler, Sebastian (November 2017). "The Dark Element - The Dark Element". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-14.
4. West, David (20 December 2017). "The Dark Element - The Dark Element album review". Louder Sound.com. Prog . Retrieved 2018-07-14.
5. "Anette Olzon reveals new band The Dark Element". Prog. 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
6. "The Dark Element's Anette Olzon: Balancing Life & Return to Music". Loudwire . Retrieved 2018-01-29.
7. (2017). "The Dark Element liner notes". In The Dark Element [CD booklet]. Frontiers.
8. "The Dark Element-feat.-Anette-Olzon-&-Jani-Liimatainen: The Dark Element" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
9. "Swisscharts.com – The Dark Element-feat.-Anette-Olzon-&-Jani-Liimatainen – The Dark Element". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
10. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 30, 2017.