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Gothenburg, Sweden (1989 – present)

Dark Tranquillity is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Starting in 1989 named Septic Broiler, they have had a fairly stable line-up from the beginning, unlike many bands in the genre.

In 1993, Anders Fridén, the original lead vocalist, left the band to join In Flames. Mikael Stanne, formerly playing rhythm guitar became the vocalist, with Fredrik Johansson taking over the guitars. Mikael also recorded vocals with In Flames. However, contrary to popular belief, he was never a full member of that band; he was a session vocalist and sang to help out the members of In Flames.

In 1998, before the release of the album Projector, Johannson left the band. Keyboardist Martin Brändström and bassist Michael Nicklasson were added to the line-up, and Martin Henriksson switched to the guitar. This album was nominated for a Swedish Grammy Award. Their next albums were Haven (2000), Damage Done (2002), Character (2005) and Fiction (2007).

In 2008, Michael Nicklasson departed and Daniel Antonsson joined the band as full time bassist.

Dark Tranquillity is known to be a pioneer of the Gothenburg Metal and Melodic Death Metal sounds alongside bands such as At the Gates and In Flames. Anders Jivarp has been the drummer since the band was formed.

Their official website is www.darktranquillity.com


Discography

Demos

* 1989: Enfeebeld Earth (Kassetten-Demo, as “Septic Broiler”)
* 1991: Trail Of Life Decayed (Kassetten-Demo)
* 1993: Tranquillity (Kassetten-Demo)

Albums

* 1993: Skydancer
* 1995: The Gallery
* 1997: The Mind’s I
* 1999: Projector
* 2000: Haven
* 2000: Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night (Wiederveröffentlichung)
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    Pure brilliance!

    12 hours ago

  • Piske81

    I want a dvd with all their videoclips, they're all really good

    yesterday afternoon

  • ob-livio-n

    They made a video for "In My Absence" : http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=77669

    Wednesday evening

  • dermitrind

    If he'd really love the word never he'd make it a song title? Wouldn't he?

    Wednesday morning

  • godlessRatz

    gallery is the best

    Tuesday afternoon

  • within_darkness

    What can I say, the man's got a fine taste ;)

    Sunday evening

  • umosay

    Mikael loves the word 'Never', he does.

    Sunday morning

  • Johncobhc

    Shadow In Our Blood

    Friday evening

  • A-Vij

    It used to be such a nice shoutbox, mostly around discussing the band and its music, or at least metal music. What do we have here now ... Anyway, if someone is interested in graphic design and applied art I encourage you to check out Niclas Sundins sketch books - theyre quite amazing.

    last week

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    umosay +1

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    seems like the admins don't like the "I'm Anders" stuff that much...

    last week

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    What is happening with last.fm?? Everybody got banned... :/

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    LOL. They banned him once again! ahuahauahuahauhauahua

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  • umosay

    Still think his clean vox are criminally underused...

    12 days ago

  • FilthyBorgir

    He's not a troll. He's a trve bro.

    19 days ago

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    ..........

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  • Metal041

    Somebody here has a chicken? I want to drink something.

    22 days ago

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    not giving a shit.

    22 days ago

  • SoulBlade_

    Hey! Guess what! WARCRAFT

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