| Character | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Dark Tranquillity |
| Cover: | dtalbumcharacter2005.jpg |
| Caption: | Normal CD cover |
| Released: | 24 January 2005 (Europe) |
| Recorded: | February/March 2004 at Studio Fredman, The Room and Rogue Music |
| Genre: | Melodic death metal[1] |
| Length: | 48:35 |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Century Media |
| Producer: | Dark Tranquillity |
| Prev Title: | Lost to Apathy |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | Fiction |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Character is the seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. The album was first released on 24 January 2005 through Century Media Records. The corresponding single, "Lost to Apathy", was previously featured on the Lost to Apathy EP, their first EP released in nearly ten years. The album title appears in the song "Am I 1?".
This album is heavier than the band's previous album, with more aggressive and faster songs. Like the band's previous album, there are no clean vocals.The enhanced CD and digipak editions of the album include the video clip for the single "Lost to Apathy". A music video was also made for "The New Build". The album was also released as an LP with different cover art.
The Japanese version of the album contains two bonus tracks previously released on the Lost to Apathy EP:
There is a second CD included with the digipak. It includes the following tracks:
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