I have been a DT fan since The Gallery came out and was completely blown away by it. I also really enjoyed The Mind's I, Skydancer, Of Chaos and Eternal Night, and the Zodijackyl Light EP. I liked DT so much I named my radio show after it with the help of my co-host. I even had a DT chatroom on IRC for a brief time.
When Projector came out, I was completely disappointed and let down. I couldn't recognize the band anymore and the clean vocals were abysmal. Haven wasn't much of an improvement and I thought for sure DT would be relegated to the "has beens" of metal along with Slayer, Anthrax, andcountless others.
Today, however, I found on Audio Galaxy (I'll buy the damn thing as soon as it's out, calm down, I'm not one of those loser fans who has entire harddrive full of mp3s but not one damn album by a band - grow up and buy the fucking thing if you enjoy it, otherwise forever be condemned to poser-status) most of the songs off the new album. Once again, I was competely fucking blown away!!!! This is the Dark Tranquillity I remember! Aggressive, melodic, passionate, original, brutal, catchy, it fucking rules! No, it's not the Gallery pt II or some such nonsense, but that's not important. What is important is that they have once again created quality songs, integrated new ideas, and created something worthy of the name Dark Tranquillity.
I will probably never like projector or haven, but after hearing these songs I am proud to call myself a DT fan again. : )
Great fucking job!!!!!
I don't know, with Damage Done and Silent Night Fever (Dimension Zero) being released, it reminds me of when every new album I got was a guaranteed 10.
When Projector came out, I was completely disappointed and let down. I couldn't recognize the band anymore and the clean vocals were abysmal. Haven wasn't much of an improvement and I thought for sure DT would be relegated to the "has beens" of metal along with Slayer, Anthrax, andcountless others.
Today, however, I found on Audio Galaxy (I'll buy the damn thing as soon as it's out, calm down, I'm not one of those loser fans who has entire harddrive full of mp3s but not one damn album by a band - grow up and buy the fucking thing if you enjoy it, otherwise forever be condemned to poser-status) most of the songs off the new album. Once again, I was competely fucking blown away!!!! This is the Dark Tranquillity I remember! Aggressive, melodic, passionate, original, brutal, catchy, it fucking rules! No, it's not the Gallery pt II or some such nonsense, but that's not important. What is important is that they have once again created quality songs, integrated new ideas, and created something worthy of the name Dark Tranquillity.
I will probably never like projector or haven, but after hearing these songs I am proud to call myself a DT fan again. : )
Great fucking job!!!!!
I don't know, with Damage Done and Silent Night Fever (Dimension Zero) being released, it reminds me of when every new album I got was a guaranteed 10.