Katatonia •
Jonas Renkse – lead vocals, production on Disc 1 & 2,
songwriting on all other tracks other than "Nightmares by the Sea",
drums on
Discouraged Ones, Disc 1 & 2, additional guitar, mixing &
programming on
Viva Emptiness on Disc 1 & 2 •
Anders Nyström –
lead guitar, production Disc 1 & 2, songwriting on
Discouraged Ones & ''Tonight's Decision
, music on Teargas EP
/ Last Deal Gone Down
/ Tonight's Music
& Viva Emptiness
, keyboards on Discouraged Ones
, Tonight's Decision
& Viva Emptiness
, mellotron on Teargas EP
/ Last Deal Gone Down
/ Tonight's Music
backing vocals, mixing & programming on Viva Emptiness'' Disc 1 & 2 • Fred Norrman –
rhythm guitar on Disc 1–3,
bass guitar on ''Tonight's Decision
Disc 1 & 2), music on Teargas EP
/ Last Deal Gone Down
/ Tonight's Music'', "A Premonition" • Mattias Norrman –
bass guitar on
Last Fair Deal Gone Down &
Viva Emptiness Disc 1 & 2, Disc 3 • Daniel Liljekvist –
drums on
Last Fair Deal Gone Down &
Viva Emptiness Disc 1 & 2, Disc 3, backing vocals on track 7, Disc 1
Additional personnel • Micke Oretoft – bass guitar and production on
Discouraged Ones Disc 1 & 2 • David Castillo –
remastering on
Discouraged Ones Disc 1 & 2 • Fred Estby – engineering on
Discouraged Ones Disc 1 & 2 • Tomas Skogsberg – engineering & mixing
Discouraged Ones,
Teargas EP &
Last Fair Deal Gone Down Disc 1 & 2, engineering on ''Tonight's Music'' Disc 1 & 2 •
Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals production on
Discouraged Ones & ''Tonight's Decision'' Disc 1 & 2 •
Dan Swanö – drums on ''Tonight's Decision
Disc 1 & 2 & editing on Viva Emptiness'' Disc 1 & 2 • Joakim Petterson – engineering on ''Tonight's Decision'' Disc 1 & 2 •
Jonas Kjellgren – engineering on ''Tonight's Music'' Disc 1 & 2 • Mia Lorentzon – mastering on ''Tonight's Music'' Disc 1 & 2 • Peter in de Betou – mastering on
Teargas EP,
Viva Emptiness &
Last Fair Deal Gone Down Disc 1 & 2, editing on
Last Fair Deal Gone Down Disc 1 & 2 • Jocke Pettersson – mixing & engineering on
Teargas EP /
Last Fair Deal Gone Down / ''Tonight's Music'' Disc 1 & 2 • Ian Agate – assisting engineering on
Viva Emptiness Disc 1 & 2 •
Jens Bogren – mixing on
Viva Emptiness Disc 1 & 2 • Jeff Buckley – songwriter on "Nightmares by the Sea" ==See also==