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40-602: Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg . They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg metal scene , which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - regarded as the Gothenburg fathers in the film entitled Out of Nothing: A DT Documentary released by Century Media , which was filmed in their home town in April 2009. After

80-585: A B-side from Construct , titled "Sorrow's Architect", was released on a limited flexi 7" released with an issue of Decibel . On 14 January 2014, the band announced that the song would be released with another B-side, titled "A Memory Construct", on a limited tour 7" and digitally which also includes the "Sorrow's Architect". The 7" became available on 1 February 2014, and digitally in March 2014. In March 2016, guitarist Martin Henriksson announced his departure from

120-586: A teaser campaign and track list for Construct were revealed. The band also commented on the style of the album, saying, "While still bearing the unmistakable mark of the Dark Tranquillity, the record is probably our most different and diverse offering since 1999's Projector ". To promote the album, the band toured the world with dates in Finland and North America alongside Omnium Gatherum , Europe with Tristania , and Sweden with Darkane . On 10 July 2013,

160-518: A DVD titled Where Death Is Most Alive . On 30 October 2009, at the release party of the DVD, 333 copies were given away for free of the rare live album The Dying Fragments . On 21 December 2009, Dark Tranquillity released the song "Dream Oblivion", and on 14 January 2010, they released the song "At the Point of Ignition", from their ninth album, exclusively on their MySpace page. Their ninth album, titled We Are

200-562: A lot of piano , keyboard, and electronic parts into Dark Tranquillity's sound, so the band also added another member, Martin Brändström, on keyboards. Projector was released in June 1999, and was later nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award . The album saw a major change in songwriting: while retaining growled vocals and their signature death metal sound, the band added pianos, baritone soft vocals, and verse-chorus fashion to their sound, reflecting

240-481: A nearly three-decade long collaboration of four founding members frequent lineup changes between 2016 and 2021 have left only vocalist Mikael Stanne as an original member, together with long-time keyboardist Martin Brändström. Dark Tranquillity was formed in 1989 by current vocalist and then-guitarist Mikael Stanne, and guitarist Niklas Sundin , under the name Septic Broiler . Three additional members, Anders Fridén , Anders Jivarp and Martin Henriksson , later joined

280-499: A new sound, including the death 'n' roll of Entombed 's Wolverine Blues . At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul influenced many American metal bands, especially metalcore bands who used guitar riffs and vocals emulating At the Gates' music. The vocals also were noted by AllMusic for being more decipherable than other death metal vocals, resembling high-pitched shrieks that foreshadowed 2000s American screamo bands. The album brought At

320-464: A progression into the more melodic nuances of death metal that the band would explore on their later studio releases. In August 1993, the band released their debut album Skydancer . Soon after, vocalist Anders Fridén left the band and joined fellow Gothenburg band, In Flames . Guitarist Mikael Stanne then assumed the position of lead vocalist, and Fredrik Johansson was recruited to take over second guitar duties. In 1994, Dark Tranquillity covered

360-465: A recording engineer and producer. On 27 February 2013, the band announced that they completed recording the album. Although Antonsson remained during the recording of "Construct", he did not perform the bass. According to Niklas Sundin 's Twitter , he hasn't been excited for a Dark Tranquillity release since Skydancer , due to the fact that the recording sessions for all their other releases were "way too long" compared to Construct . On 27 March 2013,

400-432: Is more prone to using verse-chorus song structures. Much of the origin and popularity of melodic death metal can be attributed to the bands At the Gates , In Flames , and Dark Tranquillity , whose mid 1990s music releases (namely Slaughter of the Soul , The Jester Race , and The Gallery , respectively) defined the genre and laid the foundation for the Gothenburg metal scene. Writer Gary Sharpe-Young considered

440-422: The 2000s decade. In the mid–late 2000s, melodic metalcore became one of the most popular heavy metal genres, with bands like Killswitch Engage , Unearth , Bullet for My Valentine , All That Remains , Shadows Fall and Atreyu achieving success, headlining major festivals and selling a lot of records. Melodic metalcore combined melodic death metal elements like melodic guitar riffs and screaming with elements of

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480-421: The Gates , Dark Tranquillity , and In Flames ) in the mid-1990s. The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularise the style, soon centering in the " Gothenburg metal " scene. At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul , Dark Tranquillity's The Gallery , and In Flames' The Jester Race , all released in the mid-1990s, were highly influential albums in melodic death metal, with At the Gates and In Flames being

520-523: The Gates , In Flames , Arch Enemy and Soilwork . Live Damage Live Damage is the first live album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity . It contains an approximately 85-minute-long live show recorded in Krzemionki Studio TVP, Kraków , Poland on October 7, 2002. The DVD is from their Damage Done tour. Bonus material on the disc includes bootleg recordings from Essen , Athens and Paris , an interview with

560-669: The Gates underground popularity, including rotation on MTV 's Headbanger's Ball , a nomination at the Swedish Grammys, and American tours with Morbid Angel and Napalm Death . In the late 1990s and early 2000s, melodic death metal quickly expanded with many bands emerging, including Amon Amarth , The Black Dahlia Murder , Arch Enemy , Soilwork , Insomnium , and Children of Bodom . Additionally, other genres would begin using melodic death metal as an influence, including melodic metalcore and melodic black/death. Stewart Mason claims that melodic metalcore has become very popular in

600-471: The Gates worship". In the 2000s, melodic death metal became popular among heavy metal fans. In 2002, In Flames' album Reroute to Remain peaked at number 10 on the Top Heatseekers chart. The album, retaining the band's melodic death metal sound, showed a diverse mix of different musical genres, including occasional electronica and hip hop synthesizers and occasional clean singing. This helped gain

640-530: The Gothenburg scene the commercial salvation of death metal: "Gothenburg became the new Tampa and the genre received a new lease on life." The titular melodic elements can be traced to traditional Scandinavian musical motifs. Another pioneer was the English band Carcass , which performed grindcore on its first two releases but morphed into death metal and an increasingly melodic style on the Necroticism – Descanting

680-889: The Horizon and Through the Eyes of the Dead also were influenced by melodic death metal and achieved popularity. Melodic death metal combines death metal with elements of traditional heavy metal ranging as far as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal , especially melodic or harmonized guitar riffs, with the heavily distorted guitars, fast double-bass drum patterns and occasional blast beats of death metal . The vocal style typically features either high-pitched shrieks screaming (differing from traditional death metal) or low-pitched growling (similar to traditional death metal) and can feature clean sung vocals. Unlike traditional death metal, melodic death metal

720-687: The Insalubrious (1991) and Heartwork (1993). Death 's 1995 album Symbolic is also considered to be influential in the development of the genre. Ceremonial Oath and Eucharist also are early melodic death metal bands; however, they never gained much attention outside of their own scene. In Flames' The Jester Race combined death metal with guitar riffs heavily influenced by bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest . The album's sound heavily contrasted with traditional death metal, and made Swedish death metal more accessible to more people compared to other Swedish death metal albums that pioneered

760-710: The US during spring 2008 with Arch Enemy . On the band's official website they announced that bass guitarist Niklasson left the band in August 2008 for personal reasons with no hard feelings between him and the band. On 19 September 2008, the band found a new bassist in Dimension Zero guitarist Daniel Antonsson , who also was a guitarist for Soilwork . On 25 May 2009, reissues of Projector , Haven , and Damage Done were released. On 14 October 2009, Dark Tranquillity finished work on their ninth studio album. On 26 October 2009, they released

800-480: The United States, using the term "Swedecore" to describe Scandinavian-style metal as played by non- Nordic bands. Many melodic death metal and metalcore bands (especially after melodic metalcore band Killswitch Engage rose in popularity) were heavily influenced by Slaughter of the Soul by At the Gates and had an influence of them in their music. Many heavy metal bands in the mid-2000s, in turn, were labeled "At

840-732: The Void , was released on 1 March 2010 in Europe and 2 March in the US. They were also the opening act for a US winter tour that was headlined by Killswitch Engage and joined by The Devil Wears Prada . Dark Tranquillity headlined a North American tour in May–June 2010 with Threat Signal , Mutiny Within and The Absence . In February 2011, the band performed live at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus in Hyderabad , India . On 27 April 2012, Dark Tranquillity renewed their contract with Century Media . On 18 October 2012,

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880-517: The band a new amount of fans while alienating fans of In Flames' early work. In Flames' next two albums, Soundtrack to Your Escape (2004) and Come Clarity (2006), peaked at numbers 145 and 58 on the Billboard 200 , respectively, with the latter album giving In Flames a Swedish Grammy Award. The Black Dahlia Murder, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, and Amon Amarth also enter the Billboard 200 during

920-484: The band began writing for the album. On 10 January 2013, the band announced the title of their tenth album would be Construct , and it was released in Europe on 27 May 2013 and in North America on 28 May 2013. The album was mixed by Jens Bogren at his Fascination Street studios in Örebro , Sweden . On 18 February 2013, Antonsson amicably left Dark Tranquillity, citing a desire to focus on playing guitar and being

960-490: The band released the song "The Absolute", which was recorded during the Atoma sessions, as a digital single. On 28 January 2018, Dark Tranquillity embarked on a European tour with main support band Equilibrium . On 22 March 2020, Niklas Sundin released a statement on Dark Tranquillity's social media, announcing his departure from the band. A week later, the band announced that the recording of their new album had started, and that

1000-657: The band toured in 2001, the band hired Robin Engström to play live, due to Jivarp's commitments as a new father. Dark Tranquillity released Damage Done in 2002, was a return to a much heavier direction, adding thicker guitar distortion, deep atmospheric keyboards, and abandoning soft vocals altogether. They released the music video for the single "Monochromatic Stains", followed by their release of Live Damage , their first live DVD. In 2004, their compilation album Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial , featuring one disc with rare and unreleased tracks and another with live tracks,

1040-419: The band's goal to strive for different musical expressions. Around the same time, Skydancer and Of Chaos and Eternal Night were reissued together as Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night . A year later saw the release of Haven , which featured prominent electronics in comparison to previous releases. Like its predecessor, Haven was also received in a generally mixed manner by fans and critics alike. As

1080-432: The band, admitting he had "lost the passion for playing music" after playing in the band for 26 years. The band had no hard feelings for him and wished him the best in whatever he decided to pursue. On 22 May 2016, Dark Tranquillity began recording their eleventh full-length album Atoma , but did not officially announce it until 6 July. The album was finally released on 4 November 2016, via Century Media . In March 2017,

1120-541: The band. On 7 March 2024, the band released new song titled "The Last Imagination" and announced their thirteenth album titled Endtime Signals , which was released on 16 August 2024. Current members Live member Former members Former live members Melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath ) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs , often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal ). The genre features

1160-597: The first female guest vocalist since Projector . The album also saw writing style that combined the stylings of Projector and Haven , with the more aggressive traits of Character and Damage Done . At this time, Dark Tranquillity toured with The Haunted , Into Eternity , and Scar Symmetry for the North America Metal for the Masses Tour. They also toured the UK in early 2008 along with Omnium Gatherum . They returned to

1200-428: The genre would incorporate an increased sense of melody and narrative. Melodic metalcore is a fusion genre, incorporating elements of metalcore and melodic death metal, with a heavy emphasis on melodic instrumentation, blast beats , metalcore-stylized breakdowns and clean singing . These bands often take influence from the guitar riffs and writing styles of Swedish melodic death metal bands, especially At

1240-473: The heaviness of death metal but with highly melodic or harmonized guitar riffs and solos, and often features high-pitched shrieked vocals (differing from traditional death metal) alongside the low-pitched growls commonly featured in traditional death metal. Pioneered by the English heavy metal band Carcass with their 1993 album Heartwork , melodic death metal developed further in Sweden (developed by bands like At

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1280-419: The line-up. In 1990, the band recorded a demo entitled Enfeebled Earth , which featured a largely thrash metal -influenced style of death metal , comparable to early Death . After releasing another demo entitled Rehearsal December 1990 , the band changed its name to Dark Tranquillity, and released multiple demos, including Trail of Life Decayed in 1991 and A Moonclad Reflection in 1992, which both showed

1320-685: The original style of metalcore like breakdowns . At the Gates and In Flames were major influences on these bands. Killswitch Engage are often credited as the band that brought melodic metalcore into the mainstream among heavy metal fans. Some deathcore bands during this time, such as Through the Eyes of the Dead and Bring Me the Horizon , combined deathcore with melodic death metal. Many melodic death metal bands began being inspired by black metal and European romanticism . This style has been referred to as blackened melodic death metal , melodic blackened death metal and melodic black-death . However, unlike most other black metal, this take on

1360-536: The release of In Flames' 2002 album Reroute to Remain , which showed a change to a more eclectic sound while retaining the band's melodic death metal sound. Many other melodic death metal bands quickly had chart success. In the mid-2000s, melodic metalcore , a subgenre of metalcore that combines the genre with melodic death metal, achieved popularity with the chart success and sales success of bands like Killswitch Engage , All That Remains , and As I Lay Dying . Deathcore bands during this time period like Bring Me

1400-557: The song "My Friend of Misery" for the Metallica tribute album Metal Militia − A Tribute to Metallica . In 1995, the band released an EP, Of Chaos and Eternal Night , which was later followed by the release of their second studio album, The Gallery . The Gallery has been referred to as a masterpiece from the era. Dark Tranquillity released their second EP, Enter Suicidal Angels , in November 1996. Their third album, The Mind's I ,

1440-415: The two guitarists who had been touring with the band, since 2017, Christopher Amott and Johan Reinholdz were named full-time members of the band. The album, Moment , was released on 20 November 2020. As a preview, they released the singles "Phantom Days", "Identical to None", "The Dark Unbroken" and "Eyes Of The World" on 11 September, 16 October, 30 October and on 20 November 2020, respectively. Moment

1480-488: The two most common influences on North American 2000s heavy metal bands. Many American heavy metal bands emulated At the Gates' sound, resulting in the usage of the phrase "At the Gates worship". In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many melodic death metal bands emerged, including Children of Bodom , Arch Enemy , Amon Amarth , The Black Dahlia Murder , Insomnium , and Soilwork . In the 2000s decade, melodic death metal achieved popularity among heavy metal fans, starting with

1520-658: Was awarded the 2021 Grammi for Hard Rock/Metal Album of the Year . On 13 August 2021, Mikael Stanne announced the departure of original drummer Anders Jivarp and bassist Anders Iwers , leaving him as only founding member of the band. For their upcoming tour bassist Christian Jansson and In Mourning drummer Joakim Strandberg Nilsson were asked to play as session musicians. Both Jansson and Strandberg Nilsson were announced as full-time band members in June 2023. On 25 January 2022, former guitarist Fredrik Johansson died of cancer. On 23 July 2023, Christopher Amott announced his departure from

1560-471: Was released in April 1997, with the band continuing further with the sound conveyed on The Gallery . In January 1999, Fredrik Johansson and the band parted ways, citing a desire to focus on his family and a more stable job. With that position now vacant, bassist Martin Henriksson took over duties as second guitarist, and the band brought in Michael Niklasson on bass. Projector saw the introduction of

1600-469: Was released. Character was the seventh release from Dark Tranquillity, released in 2005, and was held in much critical praise. It featured the fourth music video released by Dark Tranquillity, with the successful single " Lost to Apathy ". After releasing the album, the band played live in Canada for the first time. In 2007, Fiction was released, which in turn, saw a return of Stanne's clean vocals, and

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