Swedish metal band, DARK TRANQUILLITY, have announced that they have parted ways with their longtime bassist, Michael Nicklasson. The band and Nicklasson, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year, maintain that the separation is amicable. Here’s a statement from Nicklasson:
“After almost 10 years and tons of tours and festivals, I chose [...]
LAETHORA, the Swedish death/grind band featuring members of DARK TRANQUILITY and THE PROVENANCE, has just posted two new tracks on their MySpace page. Said the band:
“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 [...]
Sweden’s DARK TRANQUILLITY are set to embark on the Tyranny and Bloodshred 2008 tour alongside ARCH ENEMY, DIVINE HERESY, and FIREWIND. The tour will consist of several off-date shows without ARCH ENEMY and conclude with a headlining run of shows with just DIVINE HERESY and FIREWIND.
DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist, Niklas Sundin, comments on the tour: [...]
At this point in their fruitful career, it’s safe to assume that a new DARK TRANQUILLITY brings no apprehensions about the band’s unwavering commitment to excellence. Their eighth album, Fiction, is another solid, high-quality work that continues the evolution of the sound of their past couple of albums while revisiting some elements of their [...]
DARK TRANQUILLITY’s new video for “Focus Shift” off the band’s upcoming album, Fiction, can be viewed online here. The band are about to begin their U.S. tour with THE HAUNTED.
Sweden’s LAETHORA are a breath of fresh air. Featuring members of DARK TRANQUILLITY and THE PROVENANCE, LAETHORA are equipped with some able metal blokes who’ve been around ye olde death metal block. March of the Parasite is a refreshing debut album that tips its hat to old school Swedish death metal but without [...]
DARK TRANQUILLITY vocalist Mikael Stanne and guitarist Martin Henriksson will be answering fan questions via an online video stream on Thursday, March 8th at 12pm EST. Questions for the band can be submitted to dark_questions@centurymedia.de and the best ones will be answered by the band on the aforementioned date. The video stream will [...]
This spring marks the Century Family’s inaugural Metal for the Masses Tour, which will be co-headlined by Swedish titans, THE HAUNTED and DARK TRANQUILLITY, with INTO ETERNITY and SCAR SYMMETRY rounding out the stellar bill.
Peter Dolving (vocals) of THE HAUNTED describes his excitement over the upcoming tour: “Hitting the U.S. with DARK TRANQUILLITY feels fucking [...]
Sweden’s DARK TRANQUILLITY have finished recording their forthcoming new album. Vocalist Mikael Stanne posted the following message the band’s official website:
“I can’t believe it….We made it! It’s done and there is nothing I can do about it. Just got back from the studio where everything is now shipped off to Denmark where [producer] Tue Madsen [...]
DARK TRANQUILLITY are currently recording their follow-up to Character. Here what the band had to say:
“Greetings, minions!
“Just a quick update on the studio progress. We’re now roughly three weeks into the recording of our 8th (or is it 9th? Depends on how you count…) full length offering, and everything has more or less proceeded [...]
DARK TRANQUILLITY have posted a report from their current tour in Korea:
“Finally got some time out of the hectic schedule to issue a website update from the luxurious bar of our hotel in Korea. The tour has been a truly phenomenal experience so far, and we want to extend a huge ‘THANKS!’ to the all [...]
