Haven (Dark Tranquillity album)

Haven
Haven
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	July 25, 2000
Recorded	March–April 2000 Studio Fredman
Genre	Melodic death metal, gothic metal
Length	43:06
Label	Century Media
Producer	Dark Tranquillity & Fredrik Nordström
Dark Tranquillity chronology

Haven is the fifth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, released on 25 July 2000. This release is the first recorded as a six-piece, the first to feature Mikael Niklasson and Martin Brändström, and the first release with Martin Henriksson on guitar, switching from his previous position on bass.

Style

Haven retains the electronic music elements of past albums, along with appealing song composition and more polished production. Mikael Stanne mostly uses harsh vocals, but his clean vocals that were introduced in the previous album, Projector, were used in "Emptier Still" and bonus track "In Sight", the latter showing more of a cleanly-sung rock style.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mikael Stanne

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Wonders at Your Feet"	Brändström Jivarp Henriksson	3:00
2.	"Not Built to Last"	Jivarp Henriksson Brändström	3:38
3.	"Indifferent Suns"	Nicklasson Henriksson	3:35
4.	"Feast of Burden"	Henriksson Jivarp	3:25
5.	"Haven"	Jivarp Henriksson	3:32
6.	"The Same"	Brändström Jivarp Henriksson	3:10
7.	"Fabric"	Brändström	3:56
8.	"Ego Drama"	Jivarp Henriksson	4:34
9.	"Rundown"	Henriksson Jivarp	3:53
10.	"Emptier Still"	Henriksson	3:39
11.	"At Loss for Words"	Jivarp Henriksson	6:44
Total length:			43:06

Japan Reissue
No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"Cornered"	Henriksson Brändström	3:59

2009 Remastered Reissue
No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"In Sight"	Jivarp Henriksson	4:12
13.	"Misery in Me"	Jivarp Sundin Henriksson	4:39
14.	"Cornered"	Henriksson Brändström	3:59
15.	"The Wonders at Your Feet" (live)	Brändström Jivarp Henriksson	3:45

Videos

"Therein" (first digipak and Japan only)

Reception

Like the previous album, Projector, critical reception was mixed. Guitarist Niklas Sundin has been quite critical of the album, stating that this is his least favourite Dark Tranquillity album, considering it "too safe in places" and stating that the album "could probably benefit from more variation".^[2] Despite the mixed feelings towards Haven, MetalGuru listed it #5 in its "Retro 2000 Top 5 Albums."^[3] AllMusic called it "inspired" and a "career milestone".^[4]