Endtime Signals

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Endtime Signals
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Studio album by
Released16 August 2024
Recorded2023–2024
Studio
  • Rogue Music
  • Fascination Street Studios
  • Nacksving Studios
GenreMelodic death metal
Length50:24
LabelCentury Media
ProducerMartin Brändström
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Moment
(2020)
Endtime Signals
(2024)
Singles from Endtime Signals
  1. "The Last Imagination"
    Released: 8 March 2024[1]
  2. "Unforgivable"
    Released: 2 May 2024[2]
  3. "Not Nothing"
    Released: 21 June 2024[3]

Endtime Signals is the thirteenth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, released on 16 August 2024 by Century Media Records. The album is the band's first to feature bassist Christian Jansson and drummer Joakim Strandberg Nilsson, who replaced longtime members Anders Iwers and Anders Jivarp after the latter two left the band in August 2021.[4][5] The album features two songs co-written by two former band-members, one by the late Fredrik Johansson and the other by Niklas Sundin. The album also marks the band's return to recording as a five-piece after the previous album, Moment, was recorded as a six-piece.

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Mikael Stanne; all music is composed by Johan Reinholdz and Martin Brändström, except where noted.

Standard edition track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Shivers and Voids"Reinholdz3:48
2."Unforgivable"Reinholdz3:44
3."Neuronal Fire" 4:32
4."Not Nothing" 4:53
5."Drowned Out Voices" 3:54
6."One of Us Is Gone" 4:37
7."The Last Imagination" 3:46
8."Enforced Perspective" 3:20
9."Our Disconnect" 5:19
10."Wayward Eyes" 3:29
11."A Bleaker Sun"Reinholdz4:23
12."False Reflection"Niklas Sundin, Brändström, Reinholdz4:42
Deluxe bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Zero Sum"3:47
14."In Failure"4:28

Personnel

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Dark Tranquillity

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  • Mikael Stanne – vocals
  • Johan Reinholdz – guitars
  • Christian Jansson – bass
  • Martin Brändström – electronics
  • Joakim Strandberg Nilsson – drums

Guest musicians

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  • Johannes Bergion – cello (track 6)
  • Sofia Högstadius – violin, viola (track 6)

Additional personnel

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  • Martin Brändström – production
  • Alexander Backlund – recording (drums)
  • Anders Lagerfors – assistant production
  • Jonatan Thomasson – assistant production
  • Johan Martin – assistant mixing
  • Jens Bogren – mixing, mastering
  • Tony Lindgren – mastering (vinyl)
  • Niklas Sundin – artwork, layout
  • Krichan Wihlborg – photography

Charts

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Chart performance for Endtime Signals
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 188
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 122
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[9] 25
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 15
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 105
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 6
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 47
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[14] 48
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 5
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[17] 67
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[18] 8

References

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