Construct (album)
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| Studio album by Dark Tranquillity | ||||
| Released | 27 May 2013 | |||
| Recorded | ? - 27 February 2013 | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 42:21 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Jens Bogren, Dark Tranquillity | |||
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| Sputnikmusic | 3.6/5 |
Construct is the tenth full-length studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. It was released on 27 May 2013 through Century Media Records. A music video for "Uniformity", directed by Patric Ullaeus, was released on 10 May 2013. The album was written during what the band described as their "darkest period" and drew critical praise for its melodrama and darkness. Construct would be the band's last studio album with founding member guitarist Martin Henriksson as he left the band in early 2016 due to loss of passion for playing music.
Prior to recording the music for Construct, bassist Daniel Antonsson departed on amicable terms and guitarist Martin Henriksson (who originally played bass for Dark Tranquillity before switching to guitars beginning with Projector in 1999) filled in for the recording session. Mikael Stanne described Antonsson as "a great guy and an awesome musician" but acknowledged that he was not "on the same page" as the rest of the band due to his desire to be "like a band leader. He wants to be the one in charge, but there’s no way to be in charge in our band [as] we're all democratic and close to each other after playing together for so long". Two songs, "Sorrow's Architect" and "A Memory Construct", were recorded during the making of this album, but were instead released on the "A Memory Construct" limited tour single.
Stanne noted from where both the lyrical themes and the album title originated:
[T]he stuff that angers me the most[, which is] the narrow-mindedness and biased will to not see things as they are...I wish we could be more honest with ourselves and see things more clearly and be more rational...Over the years I've gotten more upset about this and that got me thinking about what motivates and drives us to believe the things we believe. The big theme is the ultimate construct of religion and faith. The title is Construct in a most negative way: this shield or excuse we have to do the things we do.
In another interview, Stanne said "I want people to be sceptical and be able to think for themselves. The herd type of behaviour of many I find quite disturbing...I like people to be pure and unbiased and free any preconceptions when they encounter other people. The utter ignorance and bigotry of some people really gets to me".
Niklas Sundin elaborated that "Our brains have evolved to find patterns and connections where there are none, but – as they say – extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I rarely want to talk about non-musical stuff in interviews, but as a science buff and skeptic I have to take the opportunity to recommend every UFO or conspiracy theorist to read Carl Sagan’s The Demon Haunted World".
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