''Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy'' is the second studio album by Swedish
progressive metal
Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with t ...
band
Evergrey. It was released on 17 May 1999 through Gothenburg Noiseworks/Hall of Sermon. It was re-issued and re-released in 2004 via
Inside Out Music
Inside Out Music is a German progressive rock record label originally based in Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, and dedicated to the publication of progressive rock, progressive metal and related styles. In 2009, it formed a partnership with Cen ...
, and in 2017 via
AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, Redlight King, and Annihilator.
In 2005, Can ...
. Recording sessions took place at Los Angered Recordings in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
from February to April 1999. Production was handled by
Andy LaRocque and Evergrey themselves. It is the last album to feature original bassist Daniel Nojd and guitarist Dan Bronell.
Track listing
Personnel
;
Evergrey
*
Tom S. Englund – vocals, guitars, lyrics, keyboards arrangement, producer
*Daniel Nojd – backing vocals, bass, lyrics
(tracks: 4–6), keyboards arrangement, producer
*Dan Bronell – guitars, lyrics
(tracks: 4–6), keyboards arrangement, producer
*Patrick Carlsson – drums, lyrics
(tracks: 4–6), keyboards arrangement, producer
;Additional credits
*Carina Kjellberg – female vocals,
choir
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arrangement
*The Mercury Choir – choir
*Erik Ask –
harp
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*Stuart Wyatt – six-string
violin
The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...
*Zachary Stephens –
keyboards
*
Anders Allhage – mixing, engineering, producer
*Kristian "Rizza" Isaksson – additional technician
*
Kristian Wåhlin
Kristian Wåhlin (born 4 December 1971) is a Swedish musician, singer, graphic designer and album cover artist for many bands in the extreme metal scene worldwide. He is often credited under his pseudonym Necrolord.
Biography
Wåhlin's interes ...
– cover
*Samuel Durling – cover
*Kenneth Johansson – photography
References
External links
*
1999 albums
Evergrey albums
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