13 Facts About Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg.

Dark Tranquillity is regarded as the Gothenburg fathers in the film entitled Out of Nothing: A DT Documentary released by Century Media, which was filmed in their home town in April 2009.

Dark Tranquillity was formed in 1989 by current vocalist and then-guitarist Mikael Stanne, and guitarist Niklas Sundin, under the name Septic Broiler.

In 1990, the band recorded a demo entitled Enfeebled Earth before changing their name to Dark Tranquillity, which featured a largely thrash metal-influenced style of death metal, comparable to early Death.

In 1994, Dark Tranquillity covered the song "My Friend of Misery" for the Metallica tribute album Metal Militia - A Tribute to Metallica.

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Dark Tranquillity released their second EP, Enter Suicidal Angels, in November 1996.

Dark Tranquillity released Damage Done in 2002, was a return to a much heavier direction, adding thicker guitar distortion, deep atmospheric keyboards, and abandoning soft vocals altogether.

Character was the seventh release from Dark Tranquillity, released in 2005, and was held in much critical praise.

On 21 December 2009, Dark Tranquillity released the song "Dream Oblivion", and on 14 January 2010, they released the song "At the Point of Ignition", from their ninth album, exclusively on their MySpace page.

Dark Tranquillity headlined a North American tour in May–June 2010 with Threat Signal, Mutiny Within and The Absence.

On 18 February 2013, Antonsson amicably left Dark Tranquillity, citing a desire to focus on playing guitar and being a recording engineer and producer.

On 22 May 2016, Dark Tranquillity began recording their eleventh full-length album Atoma, but did not officially announce it until 6 July.

On 28 January 2018, Dark Tranquillity embarked on a European tour with main support band Equilibrium.