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Dark Tranquility unveil album art and tracklist for upcoming album

One of the guardians of the Gothenburg sound, Dark Tranquillity, released their first album 20 years ago and are still going strong. The fans will be happy to hear that they are ready to release their 10th album. Today the band has revealed the tracklist and cover artwork for the new album that, according to them, perfectly catches the spirit of the new masterpiece. Construct features artwork by the band’s own guitarist Niklas Sundin as usual. Prepare for the new opus by watching the trailer below which contains a snippet of a new track.

In regards to Construct, Dark Tranquillity comments: “The selected few people that so far have been granted the privilege of hearing the full album are uniformingly convinced that Construct is the strongest and most exciting D.T. album in a long time, and who are we to disagree? While still bearing the unmistakable mark of the dark tranquillity, the record is probably our most different and diverse offering since 1999’s Projector. For now, we’re pleased to share the tracklist, trailer and sleeve design with you, but the first musical preview will appear in the near future.”

Construct tracklist:

01. For Broken Words
02. The Science Of Noise
03. Uniformity
04. The Silence In Between
05. Apathetic
06. What Only You Know
07. Endtime Hearts
08. State Of Trust
09. Weight Of The End
10. None Becoming

Insomnium reveal new album title

Finnish melodic death metallers Insomnium have announced that the recording work for their new album is now complete. The CD will be called One For Sorrow and should be released somewhere in October.

One For Sorrow was recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden with sound engineer Daniel Antonsson (also known as the bassist of Swedish legends Dark Tranquillity). The album will be mixed by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studio in Tampere, Finland in the next couple of weeks and should be completed by the end of the month.

Gig Review: Dark Tranquility and the Damage Done at Hyderabad

Swedish melodic death legends Dark Tranquility’s gig was much awaited by many. The gig, held at BITS Pilani in Hyderabad looked to attract a lot of crowd, which it actually did, though most of them comprised of the same college. The gig however was plagued with the usual problems resultant of bad organising, delay in the start, a mediocre stage and lighting, the lighting was an exception for DT of course. And the venue itself was in the middle of a field with the sound echoing off the neighboring buildings. The lighting for the opening bands was quite a disaster, reminding one of a flamboyant wedding reception where the target is to blind the visitors.

Kryptos, the highlight of the opening bands were somewhat of a disappointment. Firstly missing their lead guitarist Rohit, who was replaced by Inner Sanctum’s Rajeev, who did his best to do a good job, but the sound just wasn’t right, the guitar tones not matching. Playing a lot of tracks from Spiral Ascent, they seemed to lack their usual energy and flair. Heck I’ve seen Kryptos at their best, this clearly wasn’t it, despite opening for the legendary DT. But the much awaited headlining band took stage at about ten thirty, and made an impact of epic proportions. Mikael Stanne was greeted by a loud roar as he took the stage. With perfect sound they seemed to unleash all the fury of Gothenburg they carry. They played a good mixture of old and new, which included Dream Oblivion, I am the Void, Misery’s Crown, Damage Done, Wonders At Your Feet, Lost to Apathy, Monochromatic Stains, Therein, Terminus, Icipher, Punish My Heaven and a few more. This along with Stanne speaking his heart out to the crowd, grateful for the lovely reception and expressing their desire to come back and play again, made for a memorable night. Add to this a crowded back stage where fans and others gathered to take pictures and get stuff signed by the band. Stanne was quite a celebrity here, surrounded by cameras and people holding out sheets and markers, whilst Niklas and the others were scattered, giving room for a lucky few to actually engage them in conversation.

A brilliant night on the whole and being a Bangalorean I would sincerely hope they would pay us a visit and make death come alive for us again. But let’s hope that the trend of Swedish bands coming down continues, huh? Can never really get enough of them. Long live Dark Tranquility! Cheers.