This Darkened Heart is the second studio album by the metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 band All That Remains

All That Remains (band)

All That Remains is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, which formed in 1998. They have released five studio albums, a live CD/DVD, and have sold nearly 800,000 records...

, released on March 23, 2004. It includes the singles "This Darkened Heart", "Tattered on My Sleeve" and "The Deepest Gray", all three of which had music videos created for them.

Background

Unlike their first album Behind Silence and Solitude

Behind Silence and Solitude

The album differs from future releases, as it is void of any clean vocals and contains more prominent elements of melodic death metal, including harmonized/dual guitar riffs and melody progression...

, this album uses clean vocals and more metalcore

Metalcore

Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...

 influences. Production, mixing and engineering were by the Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer...

 guitarist, Adam Dutkiewicz

Adam Dutkiewicz

Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz is an American musician, recording engineer and music producer, best known as a guitarist and backup vocalist from Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage.-Biography:...

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Track listing

Personnel

All That Remains

• Philip Labonte
  Philip Labonte
  Philip Steven Labonte is an American musician from Massachusetts, best known as the lead singer of the American metalcore band All That Remains and formerly of Shadows Fall.-History:...
  
   – vocals
• Mike Martin – guitar
  Guitar
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• Oli Herbert – electric and acoustic guitars
• Matt Deis
  Matt Deis
  Matthew Christopher "Matt" Deis is an American musician and songwriter. Originally from Peterborough, New Hampshire, he is best known as the former bassist of CKY with whom he performed with between 2005 and 2010, and metalcore band All That Remains, with whom he performed between 2003 and...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Michael Bartlett – drums

Production

• Adam Dutkiewicz
  Adam Dutkiewicz
  Adam Jonathan Dutkiewicz is an American musician, recording engineer and music producer, best known as a guitarist and backup vocalist from Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage.-Biography:...