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DARK TRANQUILLITY
CURRENT NAME	Dark Tranquillity
FORMER NAMES	Septic Broiler
ORIGIN	Göteborg, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1989
LABEL	Century Media
GENRE	Death metal
STYLE	Melodic
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2004-10-12, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2009-12-04, 02:06

Band biography

Dark Tranquillity was formed in December 1989 and has since then become one of the biggest melodic death metal bands in the world. They were one of the pioneers to creat what would later be know as the "Gothenburg sound", a style of death metal with very strong melodies and folk music influences. In early 1999 they signed with perhaps the No1 metal label in the world namely Century Media, previously having worked with the Finnish Spinefarm and the French Osmose. Their guitarist Niklas Sundin is also a very skilled artist, having designed cover artwork for many artists like ...And Oceans, Hypocrite and others. He also writes the lyrics for In Flames.

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Current members Add - Fetch
Martin Brändström	1998-	Electronics, keyboards	See also Tiamat
Anders Jivarp	1989-	Drums	See also In Flames
Martin Henriksson	1989-	Guitars
Niklas Sundin	1989-	Guitars	See also Hammerfall, Laethora
Mikael Stanne	1989-	Vocals	See also Hammerfall, In Flames
Daniel Antonsson	2008-	Bass	See also Dimension Zero, Pathos, Soilwork

Former members Add - Fetch
Fredrik Johansson	1990-1998	Guitars
Anders Fridén	1989-1990	Vocals	See also Ceremonial Oath, In Flames, Misanthrope, Passenger
Michael Niklasson	1998-2008	Bass, guitars	See also Lost Horizon, Luciferion, Sarcazm

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Johanna Andersson		Vocals	On Projector.
Sara Svensson		Vocals	On I.
Fredrik Nordström		Keyboards	On The Gallery, I.
Frasse Franzen		Timpani	On The Gallery.
Eva-Marie Larsson		Vocals	On The Gallery.
Stefan Lindgren		Vocals	Skydancer.
Anna-Kajsa Avehall		Vocals	On Skydancer.
Robin Engström		Drums	On tour 2001.

Buy Dark Tranquillity albums

Official releases Add
1990	Enfeebled Earth	No label
1991	Trail Of Life Decayed	No label
1993	Skydancer	Spinefarm Records
1995	Of Chaos And Eternal Night	Spinefarm Records
1995	The Gallery 9.5 / 10 Read our review here	Osmose Productions
1996	Enter Suicidal Angels 7.5 / 10 Read our review here	Osmose Productions
1997	The Mind's I 9.5 / 10 Read our review here	Osmose Productions
1999	Projector 9 / 10 Read our review here	Century Media
2000	Haven 9.5 / 10 Read our review here	Century Media
2002	Damage Done 10 / 10 Read our review here	Century Media
2004	Lost To Apathy 7.5 / 10 Read our review here	Century Media
2005	Character 9.5 / 10 Read our review here	Century Media
2007	Fiction 9 / 10 Read our review here	Century Media
2009	Where Death Is Most Alive	Century Media
2010	We Are The Void	Century Media

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