Recreation Day is the fourth album by Swedish

Sweden

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 progressive

Progressive metal

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/power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 band Evergrey

Evergrey

Evergrey is a progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was founded in 1995 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998. Their most recent album Glorious Collision was released in 2011.-Lyrical themes:...

. The lyrics deal mainly with personal reformation.

A music video

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 was produced for "Blinded," which saw substantial airplay on Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball

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in late 2003

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

. It would soon be followed by the power ballad "I'm Sorry."

Track listing

1. "The Great Deceiver" – 4:18
2. "End of Your Days" – 4:38
3. "As I Lie Here Bleeding" – 3:51
4. "Recreation Day" – 5:21
5. "Visions" – 6:01
6. "I'm Sorry" (Dilba
   Dilba
   Dilbahar Demirbag known as Dilba is a Swedish pop singer of Kurdish origin.-Early life:Dilba was born in Turkey to a Kurdish family. She immigrated to Sweden when she was only four years old, where she grew up in Karlstad and Uppsala...
   
    cover) – 3:18
7. "Blinded" – 4:34
8. "Fragments" – 5:37
9. "Madness Caught Another Victim" – 2:59
10. "Your Darkest Hour" – 6:14
11. "Unforgivable" – 4:28

Limited Edition Bonus Track:
"Trilogy of the Damned" – 9:00
This track is a medley of As Light is Our Darkness (from The Dark Discovery

The Dark Discovery

The Dark Discovery is the debut album by Swedish progressive metal band Evergrey.-Track listing:#"Blackened Dawn" – 3:52#"December 26th" – 5:05#"Dark Discovery" – 3:35#"As Light Is Our Darkness" – 2:00#"Beyond Salvation" – 4:03#"Closed Eyes" – 6:39...

), Words Mean Nothing (from Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy

Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy

Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy is the second album by the progressive power metal band Evergrey.-Track listing:#"Solitude Within" - 5:32#"Nosferatu" - 5:39#"The Shocking Truth" - 4:34#"A Scattered Me" - 4:16#"She Speaks to the Dead" - 4:57...

) and The Shocking Truth (also from Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy

Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy

Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy is the second album by the progressive power metal band Evergrey.-Track listing:#"Solitude Within" - 5:32#"Nosferatu" - 5:39#"The Shocking Truth" - 4:34#"A Scattered Me" - 4:16#"She Speaks to the Dead" - 4:57...

), performed with vocals backed by electric piano.

Performers

• Tom S. Englund
  Tom S. Englund
  Tom S. Englund from Sweden currently plays guitar and sings lead vocals for the band Evergrey. He is married to Carina Englund, who does backing vocals in most of their albums.-Discography with Evergrey:* The Dark Discovery...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
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• Henrik Danhage
  Henrik Danhage
  Gösta Henrik Danhage from Sweden played guitar for the progressive power metal band Evergrey from 2001 until May 2010 when he along with Jonas Ekdahl and Jari Kainulainen left the band by mutual decision -Discography with Evergrey:...
  
   - guitar
• Michael Håkansson - bass
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• Patrick Carlsson - drums
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  , percussion
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• Rikard Zander - keyboard
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• Carina Kjellberg - All female vocals
• Mercury Choir (Courtesy of the Swedish Catholic Church) - choir