Dark Tranquillity has posted a couple live videos for their tracks "Focus Shift" and "Final Resistance" online. The clips were filmed recently at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago IL. The audio for these live videos was professionally tracked and mixed.
Dark Tranquillity have announced more tour dates for their We Are The Void North American Tour. Special guests include Threat Signal, Mutiny Within and The Absence. The tour schedule is now shaping up as follows:
May 11 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11 Tavern
May 12 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
May 13 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
May 14 - Farmingdale, NY - The Crazy Donkey
May 15 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
May 16 - Allston, MA - Harper's Ferry
May 17 - Montreal, QC - Foufounes Electriques
May 19 - Quebec City, QC - Theatre Imperial
May 20 - Torondo, ON - Opera House
May 21 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
May 22 - La Crosse, WI - Warehouse
May 23 - Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret
Dark Tranquillity have announced a Latin American tour, scheduled for June this year. The band comments: "We're very excited to finally return and perform for some of the most devoted DT fans on earth and are looking forward to visiting no less than three new countries for the first time: Peru, Uruguay and Brazil."
The full tour schedule is as follows:
June 03 - Mexico city, Mexico - Circo Volador
June 04 - Puebla, Mexico - Salon JP de Puebla
June 05 - Bogota, Colombia - Teatro Metropol*
June 06 - Caracas, Venezuela - CECIM**
June 08 - Lima, Peru - Voce
June 09 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Novedades
June 10 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Flores
June 11 - Monte Video, Uruguay - Complejo Troya
Dark Tranquillity's highly anticipated new album We Are The Void will be streaming online for a week. You can now listen to the album on the band's official MySpace page until Friday, February 26th. Head over to http://www.myspace.com/dtofficial to get a glimpse of the Gothenburg metal madness that is We Are The Void.
"Shadow In Our Blood", the new video from Swedish metallers Dark Tranquillity, can be viewed at this location. The clip was created by Vasara Films (Turisas, Dragonforce)
"Shadow In Our Blood" comes off the band's forthcoming album, We Are The Void, which will be released via Century Media Records on the following dates:
24 Feb: Sweden
26 Feb: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Italy, Australia
01 Mar: UK, France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Rest Of Europe
02 Mar: Spain, Portugal
03 Mar: Finland, Hungary
09 Mar: North America
We Are The Void cover art] tracklist:
01. At The Point Of Ignition
02. Dream Oblivion
03. The Fatalist
04. Life Without
05. Zero Distance
Dark Tranquillity will release We Are The Void, due in Europe on March 1, 2010 via Century Media Records.
The drums for the CD were recorded at bassist Daniel Antonsson's studio, while the remaining instruments were tracked at Martin Brändström's (electronics) newly renovated Rogue music facility. The mixing duties are once again being handled by Tue Madsen (Halford, Behemoth, Kataklysm, The Haunted) at his Antfarm studio in Århus, Denmark. Working songtitles set to appear on the CD include "I Am The Void", "Zero Distance", "The Burden Of Love Alive", "Archangelsk" and "Memories In Reverse".
Swedish metallers Dark Tranquillity have issued the following update on their official website:
"Right now, a mere 15 hours before planning to leave for the airport, we got informed by the promotor Unirock that the entire Turkish tour has been cancelled.
This is incredibly frustrating for us. Turkey is the home of some of the most passionate and devoted Dark Tranquillity fans on the planet, and we very much looked forward to the adventure of playing not only Istanbul but other cities as well.
We've spent lots of time and energy preparing for these shows; rehearsing, hiring crew, fixing merchandise and working out an enormous amount of practical and logistical details, and to see it all getting cancelled in the very last minute is extremely disappointing.
The pioneers of the "Gothenburg Sound" have posted the "Final Resistance" live video from the upcoming "Where Death Is Most Alive" DVD online.
The show was recorded last year at the Rolling Stone Club in Milan, Italy. Disc 1 of the DVD contains 20 tracks Live In Milan and disc 2 offers the "Out Of Nothing" Dark Tranquillity documentary, another 21 rare live videos and all promo videos. Here's the link to the DVD trailer.
Furthermore Dark Tranquillity are proud to announce a special 20 Years party in their hometown Gothenburg. Mikael Stanne commented: "The day is drawing near. The day when we celebrate our 20th anniversary by releasing this DVD that we've been working our asses off on. The result is something that we feel is pretty spectacular and we felt like sharing it with some our friends and fans. So we figured what better way to do so than to have a special screening right here in Gothenburg. Right in the heart of the city in one of our most classic movie theaters.
"Misery's Crown", the new video from Swedish metallers Dark Tranquillity, has been made available online. The clip contains video footage taken from the band's forthcoming DVD "Where Death Is Most Alive", which will be released on October 26 in Europe (November 11 in North America) via Century Media Records.
Also the song "The Treason Wall" , taken from "Where Death Is Most Alive", is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page.
Dark Tranquillity will release their fantastic DVD "Where Death Is Most Alive" on October 26th, 2009 in Europe and November 17th in the US! It contains an unbelievably great live show filmed in Milan, Italy 2008, a 47 minutes long documentary about the legendary Swedish melodic death metal act plus tons of additional rare live footage and all promo clips.
Now, you can already check out a trailer for this release at this location.
The stunning artwork was created by Niklas Sundin (http:///www.cabinfevermedia.com) and you can view it in higher resolution here.
Renowned for being part of the holy trinity of Melodic Death Metal (Dark Tranquillity, At The Gates, In Flames), which spawned the unmistakeably "Gothenburg Sound" in the early 90's, it is now time to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary with a career spanning DVD that takes you from Dark Tranquillity's raw beginnings to their current position as one of the most diverse and influential metal acts.
Dark Tranquillity, Heaven Shall Burn, Deadlock, Swashbuckle (+ very special guest) will team up for the Darkness Over X-Mas Tour, set to take place in December.
The band adds: "We're pleased to announce that instead of spending the yuletide holidays in the usual lazy ways, we'll join up with a gang of other bastards for a short tour called "Darkness Over X-Mas". This will probably be the first time that we'll showcase material from the soon-to-be-recorded new album live."
The following statement has been released on the official Dark Tranquillity website:
"Time to let you in on the plans for our upcoming ninth (or tenth, depending on how you count) full-length album. The as-yet-untitled beast will be recorded in September and October and released in early 2010 through Century media records.
We'll keep the recording setup completely in-house this time. Drums will be tracked in Daniel Antonsson's studio, while the remaining instruments will be immortalized in Martin Brändström's newly renovated Rogue music facilities. The mixing duties will once again be handled by Tue Madsen in his Antfarm studio in Denmark.
As for the music itself, it's a bit too early to delve into details, but the material feels diverse and fresh and covers all the facets of the D.T. sound. Those who are familiar with our songwriting process know that we always keep re-arranging and experimenting with the material until the recording starts, and while we currently have the basic foundations for around 10 songs, many things are still open. The final result is likely to surprise ourselves as well as you people.
The band has announced the following on their website:
"The response to our bassist search has been overwhelming, and we want to send our sincere thanks to everyone that got in touch. Applications poured in from pretty much every continent, and some of the interested musicians are members in bands that we have been huge fans of for many years, which was extremely flattering.
However, we can now announce that the search is over, and that we've recruited Daniel Antonsson (Dimension Zero, ex-Soilwork) to handle the bass duties for the upcoming tour. We welcome Daniel to the fold and look forward to hitting the road with him."
Swedish metallers Dark Tranquillity have posted the following update on their website:
D.T. has parted ways with longtime bass player Michael Nicklasson. All booked shows will go on as scheduled with a session bassist. We thank Michael for his time in the band and wish him the best of luck in future endeavours. Here is a statement from him.
"After almost 10 years and tons of tours and festivals, I chose to leave D.T. for personal reasons. It's been so cool all this time to meet all the people and the tons of fans around the world, and all the friends that I got during this amazing journey - crew, fans and all the people I (we) worked with. I can't name everyone, as the list would take up all the space on the web site, but I'm going to miss all of you that worked and supported us (me) during these years, but this is the right thing to do, I really need a break."
