Dark Tranquillity - Fiction, We Are The Void - 2007

Жанр: Melodic Death Metal
Лейбл:
Century Media 77615-1
Century Media 8608-1
Страна-производитель: USA
Аудио кодек: (MP3 + FLAC)
Тип рипа: tracks
Продолжительность: 45:43 + 53:35

Dark Tranquillity - Fiction - 2007

Треклист:
A1 Nothing To No One 4:10
A2 The Lesser Faith 4:37
A3 Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive) 4:24
A4 Blind At Heart 4:21
A5 Icipher 4:39
B1 Inside The Particle Storm 5:29
B2 Empty Me 4:59
B3 Misery's Crown 4:14
B4 Focus Shift 3:36
B5 The Mundane And The Magic 5:17

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Доп. информация

: Ever since Martin Brändström joined Dark Tranquillity for 1999's Projector, the band has honed its now-signature sound – keyboard-driven, Gothenburg melodic death metal. Changes since then have been more incidental than structural, culminating in 2005's Character. The band seemed to have settled upon a great formula – crunchy guitars, keyboards to fill in the gaps, the occasional odd meter, and Mikael Stanne's midrange growl.
Character was nearly flawless, begging the question of where the band would go next. Fiction provides a resounding answer – the past and the future. On Misery's Crown, Stanne returns to the clean singing of Projector; The Mundane and the Magic features a compelling duet with a female singer known only as Nell. Those who thought Projector was overly soft will be relieved that growls nicely balance clean vocals here.
The guitars also step up, firing off strong riffs throughout and bringing back memories of the six string-driven The Gallery and The Mind's I. The Lesser Faith is the album's highlight, deploying steely harmonies like raised shields before battle. Blind at Heart has a blazing solo that explores rare shred territory; the lead break in Focus Shift is likewise fluent.
If Character dabbled in blastbeats, Fiction revels in them. DT hasn't turned into Suffocation or Nile, though; it's just more likely now to elevate a song through brief blasting. The approach is mature and dynamic, another weapon in the arsenal rather than a stylistic crutch.
Niklas Sundin's cover artwork is curiously bland this time, although he unleashes a beautiful two-panel piece in the liner notes. The big DT is appropriate, though; it seems to say, This is Dark Tranquillity. Fiction is a fine summation of the band's history, a way forward through looking back.

We Are The Void - 2010

Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void - 2010
Tracklist:
A1 Shadow In Our Blood 3:46
A2 Dream Oblivion 3:48
A3 The Fatalist 4:32
B1 In My Absence 4:46
B2 The Grandest Accusation 4:55
B3 At The Point Of Ignition 3:52
C1 Her Silent Language 3:33
C2 Arkhangelsk 3:56
C3 I Am The Void 3:59
D1 Surface The Infinite 3:50
D2 Iridium 6:43
D3 To Where Fires Cannot Feed 3:52

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Доп. Инф-я

Dark Tranquillity has had a remarkably consistent track record, which they continue with We Are The Void. Consistency doesn't mean they are repeating the same album over and over. While they do have a well-defined template, they inject enough differences and the songs are constructed well enough to avoid musical deja vu.
This CD delivers everything you'd expect from a Dark Tranquillity effort: catchy guitar riffs, a lot of melody and strong vocals from Mikael Stanne. Harsh vocals dominate the album, but Stanne's periodic baritone melodic vocals help add a gothic vibe to songs like The Grandest Accusation and Her Silent Language.

Источник оцифровки: AvaxHome - Eventide

Ripping Equipment

Hardware:
Dual 505-3 with ULM aluminium tubular tonearm
Ortofon 2m Blue aligned with Baerwald protractor @~1,8g balance weight
Hormann Audio Supa 2.0 phono board + PS4 Wall Wart
Tascam US 144 MK II Audio interface with ASIO4All
Software:
Adobe Audition CS5.5 v4.0 for recording / cutting / minimal editing
Audacity for manual de-click
ClickRepair for manual de-click
FLAC Frontend, encoding level 8
foobar2000 (tagging testing)
Cleaning:
DIY Record cleaning machine
Dynavox carbon fibre brush
Custom cleaning liquid
Tonearm / Cartridge alignments:
Baerwald “stupid protractor” from vinylengine with correct skale
Azimuth aligned
Balance weight: ~1,8g | Antiskating: ~1,8

Обновление 08.09.11 - Добавлен альбом We Are The Void - Enjoy!