Church of Metal

Woke up to rain and thunder this morning and felt like hearing some Dark Tranquillity so I grabbed my Fiction CD and started my day.

Fiction is the eighth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band, Dark Tranquillity. and it was released on April 17, 2007.

Some bands strive for years to find their sound, Dark Tranquillity have that under their grasp and prove it time and time again with each melodic death metal album they release.

Dark Tranquillity – Fiction (2007)

1. Nothing To No One
2. The Lesser Faith
3. Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)
4. Blind At Heart
5. Icipher
6. Inside The Particle Storm
7. Empty Me
8. Misery’s Crown
9. Focus Shift
10. The Mundane And The Magic

Two of the songs “Misery’s Crown” and “The Mundane and the Magic” are the only tracks to have clean vocals, all other songs feature vocalist Mikael Stanne’s great death metal vocals.

“Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music. Since its formation they did not change their original sound and still have kept their music as an original Gothenburg metal scene, however their first album Skydancer leans towards a more death metal sound than melodic death metal.” – from wikipedia

Character is the seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.

Dark Tranquillity Character

Dark Tranquillity – Character

1. The New Build 4:07
2. Through Smudged Lenses 4:13
3. Out Of Nothing 3:54
4. The Endless Feed 4:45
5. Lost To Apathy 4:38
6. Mind Matters 3:31
7. One Thought 4:09
8. Dry Run 4:08
9. Am I 1? 4:31
10. Senses Tied 4:04
11. My Negation 6:31

Dark Tranquillity remains one of the best melodic death metal bands out there! They do not over use synthesizers or symphonic sounds and the vocals are always superb.