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  Dark Tranquillity MP3 Downloads - Dark Tranquillity Music Downloads - Dark Tranquillity Music Videos - Dark ...
The latest release by Dark Tranquillity, Character builds upon the same format as previous records, but doesn't deliver as much of a punch.
Dark Tranquillity's 6th release showcases some of the band's classic sound as well as the new direction they're heading.
Dark Tranquillity's fourth stuido release, Projector follows suit with previous albums.
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  Dark Tranquillity - Satan Stole My Teddybear
As witnessed on Dark Tranquillity's debut for Finland's tiny but efficient Spinefarm, the songcraft is textured, stately and the performance is propelled by a youthful enthusiasm, since lost as the band have become obvious masters of their craft.
Dark Tranquillity started off as one of the more talented representatives of the famed Göteborg scene, which includes the seminal bands At the Gates, In Flames, and Dissection.
Dark Tranquillity has seemingly abandoned their foray into the clean singing forever and immediately wipe out a wide avenue of possibilities by doing so.
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 Rough Edge: Dark Tranquillity CD Reviews
Dark Tranquillity, along with In Flames, are bringing a whole new meaning to the term nu-metal, using no rap but employing modern sounds mixed in with classic influences and thus creating a whole new sound which others will emulate.
Dark Tranquillity's brand of melodic death metal with gothic influences and some industrial flavors is a fresh approach to this explosive style.
Dark Tranquillity is Mikael Stanne on vocals, Fredrik Johansson and Niklas Sundin on guitars, Martin Henriksson on bass, and Anders Jivarp on drums.
www.roughedge.com /cdreviews/d/darktranquillity.htm   (2201 words)

  
 Century Media   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The demand for DARK TRANQUILLITY was so intense that the group was forced to return to the U.S. in early 2003 with Nile and labelmates Strapping Young Lad for a Guitar World sponsored trek.
DARK TRANQUILLITY was hailed by Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles as "the best Swedish band on the planet," and this 11-track epic is sure to help solidify this esteemed notion.
DARK TRANQUILLITY will be supporting Kreator on a European tour in February and March; prior to that, they'll perform a Metal Hammer -sponsored show in London with labelmates Arch Enemy and The Haunted.
www.centurymedia.com /bands/Current/Dark_Tranquillity.htm   (618 words)

  
 In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Dark Tranquillity, Sentenced Live Review
Dark Tranquillity, also on their first tour of North America, brought the crowd to feverish heights as years of pent up demand to see the band evaporated in the measured precision of the band's singular and lethal style.
Dark Tranquillity plowed through material from their last two releases, but managed to play gems like "Sun Fired Blanks," "Punish My Heaven," and "Zodijackyl Light." The highlight for me was "White Noise/Black Silence" which is as close to perfect a song that I've heard in the last year or so.
Mikael Stanne was surprisingly engaged and upbeat; Stanne was the catalyst of the ever-increasing rapport between the audience and the band.
www.roughedge.com /live/inflames0902.htm   (1001 words)

  
 Dark Tranquillity interview   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dark Tranquillity's fifth album "Haven" denies the band's turn to softer metal dimensions in its previous album "Projector," and returns to harsh vocals and powerful melodic death metal in the best Gothenburg manner.
I have always preferred the subtle elegance of Dark Tranquillity to the directness of their townmates In Flames, but, if prioritizing the enthusiasm, in 2000 I would probably tend to favor The Haunted's second album "The Haunted Made Me Do It" most.
Anyway, Dark Tranquillity's enthusiasm that shined in their second album "The Gallery" is not in "Haven," but "Haven" offers instead maturity, more melody, and smoother edges; and it is damn good at displaying Gothenburg class with heavy songs oriented to a live setting.
www.dvsrecords.com /edgeoftime/interviews/indarktr.shtml   (1789 words)

  
 DARK TRANQUILLITY INTERVIEW
One of the originators of the "Gothenburg Sound" that blends speed, melody and brutality into one is Dark Tranquillity.
Dark Tranquillity has had a rather stable line up over the years.
Dark Tranquillity has clearly seen a less aggressive side of metal with the past two albums.
www.jensmetalpage.com /interviews_darktranqullity.htm   (2155 words)

  
 MetalBite - Heavy Metal Webzine - Tracks
Dark Tranquillity has blazed a path untouched by the melodic death metal movement.
Dark Tranquillity is the best swedish metal band right now and with this release they prove it once again.
As i stated in my review, Dark Tranquillity are NOT the Gothenberg sound, rather they have been pushing it beyond its bounds since the beginning of their career.
www.metalbite.com /tracks.asp?album=3149   (2150 words)

  
 Dark Tranquillity Character review - Laut For Metal magazine
That band is not Dark Tranquillity, but in my honest and humble opinion they are most definitely deserving of a bit more recognition from the masses.
Dark Tranquillity 2005 are not a million miles from the place they were in when they released The Gallery a decade ago.
Then again as far as Dark Tranquillity are concerned, I would find exactly the same dilemma if I were to try doing this with their albums.
www.dark-tranquillity.nl /reviews/character_lautformetal.htm   (816 words)

  
 The Characters of Dark Tranquillity Score With Latest Album"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The greatest of the Gothenburg metal bands, Dark Tranquillity, returns with their latest effort, entitled "Character." The disc finds Dark Tranquillity exploring new ways of mixing both their old and new sounds, while creating a mix of songs that stays in line with the ideals of melodic death metal.
This is a shame because Dark Tranquillity has perfectly adapted both heavier and softer dynamics into their grand-scale take on extreme metal.
Dark Tranquillity will continue to be a band sought only by metal purists and out-of-the-box music listeners.
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 Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity has provided listeners with a lengthy release history over the years.
The recent lyrics are more basic and far less overblown and bombastic, and they circulate around the same themes as any artist concerned with the negative side of things penetrates; despair, desperation, self-loathing, and downright depression.
I'm pretty sure that the next album will be a step away from what we've done in the past, but it's way too early to tell as we haven't began writing any songs yet.
www.mourningtheancient.com /darkt.htm   (916 words)

  
 Dark Tranquillity: Character - PopMatters Music Review
Dark Tranquillity were one of the progenitors of the mid-'90s form of Scandinavian metal known as "The Gothenburg Sound", so-named after the Swedish city in which several bands were based.
Dark Tranquillity know what they do best, and they stick to it.
As it is, the song is a perfect encapsulation of Dark Tranquillity's flawless balance between melody and aggression.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/d/darktranquility-character.shtml   (726 words)

  
 Uraniummusic.com // Album Reviews // Dark Tranquillity "Damage Done" // We are NOT related to FUSE TV   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ever since the release of the experimental "Projector" in '99, Dark Tranquillity have done wonders to distance themselves from the critically acclaimed and yet highly restricting Gothenburg sound.
Dark Tranquillity was the very first Swedish metal band I ever heard, and they have always been among my favorites.
Dark Tranquillity IS one of the best bands out there, anyone who hasn't heard of them should check this ablum out.
www.uraniummusic.com /albums/album.php?id=17   (671 words)

  
 YouTube - Dark tranquillity - Focus shift
Dark Tranquillity are the greatest, founders of melodic death metal since they started the genre thus making them the god and father of the entire Melodic Death Genre
Dark Tranquillity The Wonders At Your Feet Live
Resident Evil 4 (ultimate remix) - Dark Tranquility
www.youtube.com /watch?v=yCeRS3nhSKE   (206 words)

  
 KNAC.COM - Reviews - Dark Tranquillity Live Damage DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: )
That said, performance-wise Dark Tranquillity is spot-on during the “studio” show, deftly blending Niklas Sundin and Marti Henriksson’s intricate guitar work with Anders Jivarp and Michael Nicklasson’s ferocious rhythms and Stanne’s burly growl.
For those unfamiliar with Dark Tranquillity’s history, there’s a 20-plus minute interview with Stanne that — if one can get past the interviewer’s spotty English and some irritatingly jumpy camerawork — is actually quite informative.
Dark Tranquillity is one of the best melodic death metal bands out there.
www.knac.com /article.asp?ArticleID=2758   (663 words)

  
 Dark Tranquillity : Enter Suicidal Angels - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Released in 1996, the Enter Suicidal Angels EP was a taster for Dark Tranquility's subsequent album, The Mind's I, having been recorded during the same Studio Fredman sessions in the summer of 1996, and showcasing that record's first single, "Zodijakyl Light," as its opening track.
Furthermore, it served to introduce Dark Tranquility's increasingly straightforward melodic death metal style -- largely devoid of the archaic complexities of early-'90s Scandinavian death metal, which had bogged down their often flawed previous efforts.
As well as the aforementioned album track, these improvements can be readily observed in both the speed-addled "Razorfever" and the mid-paced "Shadow Façade," but not the anomalous "Archetype," which takes a shocking detour into acid house dance beats mixed with rough samples from earlier Dark Tranquility songs.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,846298,00.html   (247 words)

  
 PunkROCKS.net CD Review - Dark Tranquillity - Character
Dark Tranquillity has always seemed to fall towards the wayside, behind many of the other notable European metal acts that have blown up here.
I always found that to be a bit strange, considering Dark Tranquillity has displayed their talents on both sides of metals spectrum.
The songs on “Character” are sped up a ton, and even a few blast beats are brandished, which I can’t recall hearing on any of their previous albums.
www.punkrocks.net /display_review.php?id=954   (428 words)

  
 DARK TRANQUILLITY | Rockdetector
DARK TRANQUILLITY date back to 1989, but started life under the rather bizarre moniker of SEPTIC BROILER.
In this guise the band, lead vocalist Anders Fridén, the guitar pairing of Niklas Sundin and Mikael Stanne with Martin Henriksson on bass and drummer Anders Jivarp, released a 1990 demo entitled 'Feeble Earth'.
29 September 2005 News from DARK TRANQUILLITY: Between the 28th of November and the 21st of December, we will be spreading the gospel...
www.rockdetector.com /artist,2188.sm?recordingMode=SinglesEPS   (249 words)

  
 Dark Tranquility - Black Metal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Review: Venturing into the dubious realms of emotional rock/metal, Dark Tranquility blend the epic romanticism of an Iron Maiden with the energetic lust for adventure of hard rock and the racing synchronous tremelo speeds of fl metal like Dissection.
Sometimes confusing is this mix of styles which breeds palm-muting strumming riding a stadium rock extravaganza of sentimental riffing in a ballad construction, as if later Sentenced got on stage with Def Leppard and Dismember for a jam.
Where At the Gates worked on single riffs and divisions of those, however, Dark Tranquility work more within the riff salad paradigm, piling fundamentally different entities within the same rhythmic paradigm.
www.anus.com /metal/darktranquility.html   (324 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Dark Tranquillity
To those in the metallic know, Dark Tranquillity craft some of the most provocative and emotional sounds around.
At such a length, the sextet harnesses every swell of sweat and volume with the utmost economy and efficiency -- no filler, no dross, just complete compactness of design; every riff, hook, lead, and sonic accouterment is sharpened to such a point, the body and psyche stand defenseless as the onslaught henceforth ensues.
And though the entrance of new keyboardist Martin Brandström might cause some to worry -- point being that the inclusion of electronics have ruined (i.e., softened) many a great metal band -- his contributions are never overly obtrusive/intrusive and actually are quite integral to each song's construct.
www.ink19.com /issues/october2000/wetInk/musicD/darkTranquillity.html   (465 words)

  
 BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DARK TRANQUILLITY Frontman Is Promising 'Long Set' On Upcoming European Tour
DARK TRANQUILLITY Frontman Is Promising 'Long Set' On Upcoming European Tour - Oct. 6, 2005
Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY are about to embark on a European headlining tour in support of their latest effort, "Character" (released in January 2005).
DARK TRANQUILLITY just returned from a show on Gran Canaria, where they played at Metal Zone festival, and are prearing to play the Motala Motala Metal Festival in their home country on November 19 with labelmates NOCTURNAL RITES and other acts.
www.roadrunnerrecords.com /blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=42592   (459 words)

  
 Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Interview: Dark Tranquillity - Issue 38: June 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dark Tranquillity applies to be one of the icons of the Gothenburg style: death metal too melodic for purists of the early death scene, but loved by new, more moderate masses.
Dark Tranquillity have left their rivalry far behind them and even chose a more approachable course in 1999 by adding a new keyboard player to their constant line up.
For the devoted rear guard, impatiently waiting for their seventh studio album, we have got 'Exposures', filled with rare and previously unreleased tracks (and much more).
www.lordsofmetal.nl /showinterview.php?id=612&lang=en   (1507 words)

  
 THE METAL OBSERVER - Review - DARK TRANQUILLITY - Projector
Already the opener "FreeCard" is a very successful mixture of the "old" DARK TRANQUILLITY and the newer influences, because in addition to the highly Melodic Death Metal you can also find calmer parts with piano and Stannes natural voice.
Firstly there is "Day Of End"; which may be the biggest shock to those who liked the brutal side of DARK TRANQUILLITY, because the beginning of it is nearly pure Gothic in the DEINE LAKAIEN-vein, very dark and atmospheric with deep, clear vocals, before a guitar comes into the play as well.
As said at the beginning, some die-hard-fans may have their problems with the "new and improved" DARK TRANQUILLITY, but they still have taken a big step into the right direction for a copy of themselves would have been most disappointing.
www.metal-observer.com /articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=232   (423 words)

  
 Dark Tranquillity - Fiction Review - sputnikmusic
To accomplish such a sound, Dark Tranquillity taps into the talents of guitarists Niklas Sundin and Martin Henriksson for the dark, relentless riffing which for the most part compliments Martin Brandstrom's spacey, electronic work.
It sounds as though Dark Tranquillity was resting on its laurels, as many a song has similar structure and, well, sound as another.
Perhaps one of the metal's stronger releases this year, Dark Tranquillity's eighth full length album is definitely an interesting album to check out.
www.sputnikmusic.com /review_11776   (1264 words)

  
 CoC : Dark Tranquillity : Interview
But with a discography as brilliant as theirs, after four full-length albums and more than ten years, Dark Tranquillity are still looking to evolve and face new musical challenges, both on their latest album _Projector_ and the forthcoming _Haven_ (to be released in July).
We actually were in negotiations with someone in possession of a high quality Dark Tranquillity live recording from the last tour, but for various reasons an agreement couldn't be reached.
One might still miss some of the "old" Dark Tranquillity, but _Projector_ is indeed a brilliant album.
www.chroniclesofchaos.com /Articles.aspx?id=1-279   (3212 words)

  
 Dark Tranquillity: Projector - Music Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Projector has the most clean vocals of any Dark Tranquillity release.
Not only the difference of vocals have such a contrast but the feel of songs: as many songs have a relaxed feel, such as "ThereIn" (which has some pretty interesting lyrics I must say) and "Auctioned" than songs with a very aggressive, upbeat feel.
There is some superb piano loops especially on "Auctioned" and the opener "FreeCard" for a dark, atmospheric effect.
www.darktales.com /gothic/view_content?obj_id=294&obj_type_id=6   (224 words)

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