Dark Tranquillity has
become the leading melodic death metal band from Sweden together with In
Flames and with this album they show that they are still in their prime. No
matter what you have heard about this album this is the band's most mature
effort so far and with the help of the wizard of electronics Martin Brändström
Dark Tranquillity is one of the most daring bands out there today. Within the
thick guitar layers and the once again growling Mikael Stanne the music is
embroidered with ever as beautiful melodies built on both guitars, piano and
keyboards. Many fans of the band were a bit disappointed with their last album
"Projector" because of the many slower tunes with Stanne trying on clean
vocals. On the contrary I think that was a good yet experimental album with
all the usual Dark Tranquillity trademarks. "Haven" is first of all more
varied and the growling is back as I've already mentioned - (almost) no clean
vocals on this one. The tempo is perhaps a little faster than last time but
the main difference is that the sound is thicker and more complex which makes
this album only getting better with each listen. With beautiful tracks such as
"Indifferent Sun", "Ego Drama" and "Haven" Dark Tranquillity secures
their spot in the hall of fame of
metal.
written by Vincent Eldefors
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