Formed: 1989
From:
Gothenburg,
Sweden
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Dark Tranquillity News
Below is our complete Dark Tranquillity news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Dark Tranquility Prepares To Record New Album
Dark Tranquility has issued the following statement about recording a new studio album:
"Time to let you in on the plans for our upcoming ninth (or tenth, depending on how you count) full-length album. The as-yet-untitled beast will be recorded in September and October and released in early 2010 through Century media records.
"We'll keep the recording setup completely in-house this time. Drums will be tracked in Daniel Antonsson's studio, while the remaining instruments will be immortalized in Martin Brändström's newly renovated Rogue music facilities. The mixing duties will once again be handled by Tue Madsen in his Antfarm studio in Denmark.
"As for the music itself, it's a bit too early to delve into details, but the material feels diverse and fresh and covers all the facets of the D.T. sound. Those who are familiar with our songwriting process know that we always keep re-arranging and experimenting with the material until the recording starts, and while we currently have the basic foundations for around 10 songs, many things are still open.
"Some tentative song titles are 'I am the void', 'Zero distance', 'the burden of love alive', 'Archangelsk' and 'Memories in reverse', though these are subject to change as usual."
Just For Fun
Bluegrass Cover of Dark Tranquillity Posted Online
Sweden's Slaughter of the Bluegrass, known for playing unplugged versions of death metal songs, has uploaded a bluegrass cover of Dark Tranquillity's "Punish My Heaven." Check it out at www.sotb.se.
Also available on the web site is a cover of At the Gates' "Blinded by Fear."
Dark Tranquillity to Re-release Older Albums
Swedish melodic death metal masters Dark Tranquillity will re-release their classic albums “Projector,” “Haven” and “Damage Done” in a slipcase packaging with bonus material, as well as the rarities compilation “Yesterworlds,” on May 25, 2009 in Europe via Century Media Records. All releases are available at a fan-friendly price and also feature extensive liner notes as well as new layouts and designs by guitarist Niklas Sundin. As a very exclusive bonus the three album reissues also contain one song each from the band’s upcoming new DVD “Where Death Is Most Alive” due later this year. The band comments as follows:
“We're happy to announce that 'Projector' (1999), 'Haven' (2000) and 'Damage Done' (2002) will be re-issued with additional bonus content. As with the 'Fiction' re-issue of last year, these new editions feature all the material that was recorded during the respective studio sessions, giving the listener the full experience of what was put on tape at the time.
"In addition, we're releasing a limited edition album entitled 'Yesterworlds,' featuring the 'Trail Of Life Decayed' demo (1991) and the 'A Moonclad Reflection' 7" EP (1992).
"The real gem, however, is that the master tape of an old promo recording that was made in March 1994 and only sent out to a handful of tape trading contacts and record labels. This is the first D.T. studio recording with Mikael Stanne on vocals and Fredrik Johansson on guitar, and it features 'Punish My Heaven,' 'The Gallery' and 'Away, Delight, Away.' Also, 'Yesterworlds' features a version of 'Punish My Heaven' taken from the semi-legendary 'W.A.R. Compilation Vol. 1' album, originally released on Wrong Again Records in 1994. This is the first recording we made in Studio Fredman, and the song itself is a bit faster and less controlled than the album version found on 'The Gallery.'"
These new versions feature brand new layouts and extensive liner notes from the band members. Tracklistings are as follows: More...
Dark Tranquility To Re-Issue Old Albums In May
Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquility has issued the following announcement about re-issuing several older albums:
"Re-issues + demo/rarity CD to be released in May. 'Projector,' 'Fiction,' and 'Damage Done' will be re-released at the end of May. In addition, a special CD entitled 'Yesterworlds' will be made available, featuring old demo/7" EP material."
Laethora Completes Recording Second Album
LAETHORA, the Swedish death/grind band featuring DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist Niklas Sundin, has finished recording its second album, "The Light In Which We All Burn." The album will be ready for a late spring/early summer release.
LAETHORA comments , "Some previous statements have included information about Roberto Laghi, whom we've previously worked with, and that he would be doing the mixing of the album. This will not be the case. Due to illness and other unfortunate events delaying the recording process, we made the decision to do the mixing ourselves. Both Roberto and we were a bit sad that we couldn't work together again, but sometimes one cannot foresee life's odd interventions. To say the least, this recording process has been more than strenuous, but as they say; when the going gets tough, the tough get going..." More...
Dragonforce Announces Far East Tour
In other Dragonforce news, the band recently announced a tour of the Far East will take place starting in March 2009. This will be the Grammy-nominated band's second visit to the region, the first being a completely sold out "Inhuman Rampage" tour in 2007.
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Dark Tranquility Issues Year End Message
Swedish melodic death metal act Dark Tranquility has issued the following year-end update:
"2008 was truly one of the most active years in D.T. history, with close to 100 shows being played in most corners of the world. Apart from seeing a lot of familiar faces on the regular US tour and European/Scandinavian headline trips, we also had the pleasure of visiting more remote territory such as Japan, Taiwan, China, Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Argentina. In addition, the first proper headline tours of the UK and Finland were made, which of course were long overdue.
This year will probably be a bit more calm on the live front, as we'll first and foremost focus on the songwriting for the new album, but there are already a couple of shows and festivals confirmed and more are in the pipeline.
As most of you know, we'll release our second DVD later this year, recorded at the Rolling Stone in Milan, Italy. The preview footage we've seen looks absolutely killer, and the material is currently being edited by the good folks of Vasara films in Finland. More info on this will follow in the near future.
Well, thanks for the support and have a prosperous 2009!"
Dark Tranquillity to Announce 2009 Festivals
Dark Tranquillity has announced a few festivals in 2009:
Apr. 25 Karmøygeddon festival - Haugesund, Norway (with Gamma Ray, Behemoth, Primal Fear, Brainstorm and more)
July 17 or 18 Kaltenbach Open Air - Austria (with Amon Amarth, Lord Belial, Absu and Moribund Oblivion)
Here are some upcoming Dark Tranquillity tour dates:
Dec. 12 Green Christmas festival, Estonia
Jan. 23 Salemandra, Barcelona - Spain
Jan. 24 Sala Heineken. Madrid - Spain
Feb. 21 Winterfire festival, Germany
Dark Tranquility Issues Post-Tour Message
Swedish metal act Dark Tranquility has posted the following message online:
"The Scandinavian leg of the tour, under the Close-up Made Us Do It flag is now complete.
"Thanks to ENGEL and DEAD BY APRIL for great company and great shows. Also, huge salutations to our beloved crew for making all of this possible and of course to all you people sometimes traveling very long distances to attend the gigs.
"Photos and video clips will be posted here as soon as time permits."
Dark Tranquility Announces New Bassist
Swedish death metallers Dark Tranquility has posted the following message online:
"We're proud to announce that Dark Tranquillity again is a six-piece (or sixpack if you will). Daniel Antonsson is now officially our new bass player, and we look forward to starting to work on the next album with such a talented musician in the ranks. Other than that, the tour is going great! Expect a full update in the next couple of days."
Dark Tranquility Announces First Show Of 2009
Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have issued the following update:
"The main focus for next year will be the songwriting for the new album, but we can now announce the first show for 2009. On February 21, we'll headline the Winterfire festival in Geissen, Germany."
Poisonblack Posts New Finnish Tour Dates
Poisonblack — the Finnish band featuring former Sentenced frontman Ville Laihiala — has scheduled a number of headlining tour dates in its home country immediately following its European tour with Dark Tranquility and Fear My Thoughts.
"A Dead Heavy Day," the new album from Poisonblack recently entered the Finnish chart at position No. 6. The album was made available as standard CD, LP plus bonus CD as well as limited-edition CD plus bonus DVD containing a "Making Of A Dead Heavy Day," the video for the single "Rush" (taken from the band's 2006 effort "Lust-Stained Despair"), and seven songs filmed at an exclusive semi-acoustic gig at Radio Mega in the band's hometown of Oulu.
Here are the Poisonblack tour dates: More...
Dark Tranquility Searching For New Bassist
Swedish metallers Dark Tranquility has posted the following message online:
"Thanks to everyone that has gotten in touch regarding the vacant bassist position. The interest has been way bigger than what we expected, and we're currently in the process of going through the applications. We'll get back to the most interesting candidates in the near future. Thanks for your patience!
"And of course, people are still welcome to get in touch via dtheadquarters@gmail.com. If you're an experienced bass player with good stage presence and an easy going personality, you might be the one we're looking for."
Century Media Celebrates 20th Anniversary
2008 has become an extremely exciting year in the history of Century Media Records, one of the world's most respected independent homes for heavy music, as the label is celebrating its 20th anniversary!
The company's Anniversary year started off with an extremely successful, first-ever yard sale/party at the Century Media office in Dortmund (Germany) in June, where several hundred guests partied out on exclusive live shows by Angel Dust and Turisas. A video with impressions from the event can be seen at this location. A photo gallery for this event can be viewed here.
To further celebrate this anniversary Century Media Records will release the very special 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes" on September 15th in Europe and on October 14th in North America. The various artists covers-release includes 32 mostly exclusive recordings and will be available in stores for the price of one CD. Sticking to the "keep it in the family" slogan, CM approached their artists about covering songs from other acts within the label's repertoire and the response from the musicians was overwhelming.
Some choices were obvious and homages to the bands that influenced them, others were inspired picks. This combination ended up leading to a heavily entertaining and truly special final result across all sub-genres of heavy music.
Here is the tracklisting: More...
Dark Tranquillity Parts Ways With Bassist
Swedish melodic death metallers, Dark Tranquillity, have issued the following update regarding the departure of bassist Michael Nicklasson:
"D.T. has parted ways with longtime bass player Michael Nicklasson. All booked shows will go on as scheduled with a session bassist. We thank Michael for his time in the band and wish him the best of luck in future endeavours. Here is a statement from him:"
"After almost 10 years and tons of tours and festivals, I chose to leave D.T. for personal reasons. It's been so cool all this time to meet all the people and the tons of fans around the world, and all the friends that I got during this amazing journey - crew, fans and all the people I (we) worked with. I can't name everyone, as the list would take up all the space on the web site, but I'm going to miss all of you that worked and supported us (me) during these years, but this is the right thing to do, I really need a break." More...
Meshuggah's Tel Aviv Appearance Cancelled
Sweden's Meshuggah's upcoming gig at the Anthem Metal Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel has been cancelled. A message on their web site reads:
"We're sorry to inform that the Tel Aviv festival in Israel on the 14th of August has been cancelled due to 'security issues.' We really sorry for those who bought tickets to this festival and to those who was coming to see us perform in Israel for the first time. We were really looking forward to this gig, and hopefully there will be another opportunity in the near future."
Other acts that were scheduled to appear include Dark Tranquillity, The Haunted, Opeth, Satyricon and Nevermore.
Dark Tranquillity Ticket Pre-order Available
Ticket pre-orders for Dark Tranquillity's upcoming Close-Up Made Us Do It Scandinavian tour with Engel and Dead by April this fall are now available. Follow the links to purchase tickets.
Nov. 14 Gothenburg - Brew house
Nov. 15 Skövde - Valhall
Nov. 16 Stockholm - Tyrol
Nov. 18 Östersund - Hårdrocksklubben
Nov. 22 Huskvarna - Folkets park
Nov. 21 Malmö - KB
Laethora Issues Update, Posts Two New Songs
LAETHORA, the Swedish death/grind band featuring members of DARK TRANQUILITY and THE PROVENANCE, has just posted two new tracks on their MySpace page.
The band commented:
"We recently did a pre-production demo of some new songs-- nothing fancy, just the old school way with a bunch of microphones in the rehearsal room. Two of the songs are now uploaded to our MySpace page. The first is called 'Uproar' and has been featured earlier on the site in live format. The second one is brand new and is called 'New day.'
"The songwriting continues, and it will be one hell of an album! That we guarantee!"
Listen to the rough demos of "Uproar" and "New Day," which will appear on the band's forthcoming as yet untitled full-length album here
LAETHORA released their debut album, "March of the Parasite," on THE END RECORDS in February of last year.
Samadhi Posts New Album Artwork Online
Baltimore metallers, Samadhi, have released the artwork for "Incandescence," their new album produced by Peter Wichers and Henry Ranta (ex-members of Soilwork). The artwork was created by the guitarist of Dark Tranquillity and their new myspace layout was designed by Kenleigh Stoecklein (www.myspace.com/dance_ken_dance).
Check out the artwork here.
Dark Tranquillity Joins Sweden's Official Website
Dark Tranquillity has signed on to Sweden’s “Official Gateway” in order to help promote Swedish music on an international scale. Close-up Magazine has chosen “Focus Shift” from the band’s 2007 release “Fiction” to help represent the rock/metal/punk category.
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