The Dark Element (album) explained

The Dark Element
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Dark Element
Cover:	The Dark Element Album Cover.jpg
Studio:	Alyson Avenue Studios, Sweden (Anette's vocals) YBC (bass) Tico Tico Studio (drums) Biotech Audio Solutions, Finland (piano)
Genre:	Heavy metal, symphonic metal
Label:	Frontiers King (Japan only)
Producer:	Jani Liimatainen,^[1] Serafino Perugino
Next Title:	Songs the Night Sings
Next Year:	2019

The Dark Element is the debut studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band of the same name. It was released on November 10, 2017, through Frontiers Records.^{[2] [3]}

Personnel

Credits for The Dark Element adapted from liner notes.^[4]

The Dark Element

• Anette Olzon – lead and backing vocals
• Jani Liimatainen – guitars, keyboards, programming, backing vocals
• Jonas Kuhlberg – bass
• Jani "Hurtsi" Hurula – drums

Additional musicians

• Jarkko Lahti – piano on tracks 5 and 10
• Niilo Sevänen – growls on track 6
• Anssi Stenberg – backing vocals
• Petri Aho – backing vocals

Production

• Nicke Olsson – engineering (vocals)
• Jonas Kuhlberg – engineering (bass)
• Ahti Kortelainen – engineering (drums)
• Sami Koivisto – engineering (piano)
• Jacob Hansen – mixing, mastering
• Serafino Perugino – executive producer
• Giulio Cataldo – layout

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frontiers Music Srl Record Label. Srl. Frontiers Music. Frontiers Music Srl. en. 2018-01-29.
2. News: Anette Olzon reveals new band The Dark Element. 2017-08-30. Prog. 2018-01-29.
3. The Dark Element's Anette Olzon: Balancing Life & Return to Music. Loudwire. 2018-01-29.
4. (2017). "The Dark Element liner notes". In The Dark Element [CD booklet]. Frontiers.