Atoma (album)

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.

Atoma
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	4 November 2016^[1]
Recorded	2016
Genre	Melodic death metal gothic metal
Length	49:33
Label	Century Media
Producer	Martin Brändström
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Construct (2013) Atoma (2016) Moment (2020)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Cutting Edge [nl]	^[2]
Exclaim!	5/10^[3]
Gaffa	5/6^[4]
Inferno [fi]	^[5]
laut.de	^[6]
Magazyn Gitarzysta [pl]	9/10^[7]
Metal Hammer Germany	6/7^[8]
Metal Hammer UK	^[9]
Plattentests.de [de]	7/10^[10]
Powermetal.de [de]	9/10^[11]
Rock Hard	7.5/10^[12]
Soundi [fi]	^[13]

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.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Encircled"	Martin Brändström	3:32
2.	"Atoma"	Anders Jivarp	4:19
3.	"Forward Momentum"	Jivarp	3:40
4.	"Neutrality"	Jivarp	4:17
5.	"Force of Hand"	Jivarp Niklas Sundin	4:23
6.	"Faithless by Default"	Brändström Sundin	4:30
7.	"The Pitiless"	Jivarp	4:08
8.	"Our Proof of Life"	Sundin	4:22
9.	"Clearing Skies"	Brändström	3:33
10.	"When the World Screams"	Jivarp	3:57
11.	"Merciless Fate"	Brändström	4:22
12.	"Caves and Embers"	Sundin	4:30
Total length:			49:33

Limited edition bonus CD

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Absolute"	Jivarp	5:15
2.	"Time Out of Place"	Jivarp	3:39
Total length:			8:54

Limited edition bonus CD (Japan)

No.	Title	Music	Length
3.	"Reconstruction Time Again" (instrumental)	Brändström	9:15
Total length:			18:09

Credits

Dark Tranquillity

• Mikael Stanne – lead vocals; lyrics
• Niklas Sundin – lead guitar (1-4, 6-12, & Bonus CD); rhythm guitar, album artwork, page layout
• Anders Iwers – bass guitar
• Martin Brändström – keyboards
• Anders Jivarp – drums

Additional personnel Dirk Behlau – photography

Additional performers Annelie Johansson – backing vocals on "Forward Momentum" Björn Gelotte – lead guitar on "Force of Hand"

Mastering, & Mixing Jens Bogren – mastering David Castillo – mixing, mastering Linus Corneliusson – mixing assistance

Charts

Chart	Peak 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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