Dead End Kings

Dead End Kings
Studio album by Katatonia
Released	August 27, 2012
Recorded	June 2012
Genre	Progressive metal, progressive rock
Length	48:47
Label	Peaceville
Producer	Jonas Renkse Anders Nyström
Katatonia chronology
Night Is the New Day (2009) Dead End Kings (2012)

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Dead End Kings is Katatonia's ninth full-length album. It was released on August 27, 2012, in Europe and August 28 in the U.S. through Peaceville Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Parting"	Jonas Renkse	4:52
2.	"The One You Are Looking for Is Not Here (With Silje Wergeland)"	Renkse	3:52
3.	"Hypnone"	Renkse	4:07
4.	"The Racing Heart"	Renkse	4:06
5.	"Buildings"	Anders Nyström (music), Renkse (lyrics)	3:28
6.	"Leech"	Renkse	4:23
7.	"Ambitions"	Renkse	5:07
8.	"Undo You"	Nyström	4:56
9.	"Lethean"	Per Eriksson, Renkse (music), Renkse (lyrics)	4:39
10.	"First Prayer"	Nyström, Renkse (music), Renkse (lyrics)	4:28
11.	"Dead Letters"	Nyström (music), Renkse (lyrics)	4:49
Total length:			48:47

Limited Deluxe Book Edition Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Second"		3:34
13.	"The Act of Darkening"	Nyström	5:55
Total length:			57:47

Personnel

• Jonas Renkse – vocals, guitar, keyboards, production, mixing
• Anders Nyström – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, production, mixing
• Daniel Liljekvist – drums
• Per Eriksson – guitar, engineering
• Niklas Sandin – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Silje Wergeland – vocals on "The One You Are Looking for is Not Here"
• Frank Default – keyboards on track 1-11
• JP Asplund - percussion
• David Castillo – production, engineering, mixing