The Black Sessions

Track listing

Disc one - CD

Disc two - CD

Disc three - DVD

Personnel

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"