''Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial'' is the first

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by Swedish

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band

Dark Tranquillity Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Swedish death metal, Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded a ...

, that was released in 2004. Disc 1 Tracks 1 and 2 were recorded during the '' Damage Done'' sessions in 2002. Track 1 had been unreleased, and track 2 had been only available on the Japanese version of the album. Disc 1 Tracks 3-5 were recorded during the '' Haven'' sessions in 2000. Tracks 3 and 4 had been unreleased, and track 5 had been only available on the Japanese version of the album. Disc 1 Tracks 6 and 7 were recorded during the ''

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'' sessions in 1998. Track 6 had been available on the limited

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edition of the album, and track 7 was on a Limited Edition of this album. Disc 1 Tracks 8 and 9 were taken from the ''A Moonclad Reflection'' EP (1992). Disc 1 Tracks 10-12 were taken from the ''Trail of Life Decayed'' demo (1991). Some early versions of the release for Disc 1, have the tracks 3 & 4 and 6 & 7 flipped or misprinted.

Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2

Credits

;Dark Tranquillity *

Mikael Stanne Bengt Mikael Stanne (born 20 May 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as the vocalist, primary lyricist and a former guitarist for the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. Since the departure of original drummer Anders Jivarp in 2021, ...

- vocals (disc 1, 1–7), (disc 2, 1–18),

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(disc 1, 8–12) * Martin Henriksson - guitar (disc 1, 1–5), (disc 2),

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(disc 1, 6–12) *Michael Nicklasson - bass (disc 1, 1–5), (disc 2) *Martin Brändström - keyboards and electronics (disc 1, 1–5), (disc 2) *

Niklas Sundin Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as a founding member and former lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity from 1989–2020. In 2019, he founded his own band called Mitochondrial Sun, w ...

- guitar *Anders Jivarp -

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* Fredrik Johansson − guitar (disc 1, 5 & 6) *

Anders Fridén Pär Anders Fridén (born 25 March 1973) is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the melodic death metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and side project Passenger. Career Early career Fridén was ...

- vocals (disc 1, 8–12) ;Other personnel *Göran Finnberg - mastering (disc 2) * Cabin Fever Media - art direction and design

References

External links

Album info at official site

Century Media Records

Dark Tranquillity albums 2004 compilation albums Century Media Records compilation albums 2004 live albums Century Media Records live albums Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub