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Dark Tranquillity Album: “Fiction [Bonus Track]”
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Fiction [Bonus Track] |
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Release Date:2007-04-30
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Metal
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Label:Toys Factory
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988061874159
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Review - :
Intricacy, musicality, craftsmanship, and nuance are words that, back in 1989, were hardly ever used to describe {\death metal} -- a style so extreme, so ferocious, so intent on annoying parents at any cost that it seemed destined to self-destruct. But {$Dark Tranquillity} and their expansive colleagues in Gothenburg, Sweden, refused to believe that {\death metal} could not be musical, nuanced, and melodic, and that outlook continues to define them on {^Fiction}. This rewarding CD was recorded in 2006 and released in 2007, the year that marked {$Dark Tranquillity}'s 18th anniversary. Perhaps 18 years isn't all that long compared to {$the Rolling Stones} celebrating their 45th anniversary in 2007; nonetheless, 18 is an impressive number when one recalls all the naysayers who, in the late '80s, thought {\death metal} would be long gone by the 21st century. But {$Dark Tranquillity} not only survived -- they continued to provide highly consistent discs such as {^Fiction}, which, like many of their previous releases, achieves a healthy, coherent, natural-sounding balance of the melodic and the extreme. Melodic {\death metal} is the album's orientation, but there are other influences as well, including {\black metal} (lead singer {$Mikael Stanne}'s sinister rasp vocals have a lot of {\black metal} appeal on {^Fiction}), {\alternative metal}, darkwave, and {\goth}. In fact, the darkwave-drenched {&"Misery's Crown"} (which finds {$Stanne} providing mostly clean vocals) is really more {\goth metal} than {\death metal}; it's a gem that would not be out of place on a {$My Dying Bride} album -- and for that matter, {$the Crüxshadows} would probably have an easy time covering the song if they toned down its metal aspects. Not that {$Dark Tranquillity} need to tone anything down; {^Fiction} is excellent the way it is, and it's great to see these Swedes very much on top of their game after many years in the {\death metal} trenches. [This Japanese edition of {^Fiction} includes the bonus track {&"A Closer End."}] ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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