Fiction (CD) ~ Dark Tranquillity (Artist) Cover Art

Fiction (CD)

By: Dark Tranquillity (Artist)

More About this Product
List Price: $15.98
Tower Price: $14.96
You Save: $1.02 (7%)
Add to BagAdd to Bag Click to go directly to the checkout.
This item qualifies for FREE Shop N' Save Shipping for orders over $25. Check individual shipping price. *Some Restrictions Apply.
Availability: Ships within 3 to 5 weeks
Share This:
Add To KaboodleAdd To Kaboodle  Submit To Digg!Submit To Digg!  Share On FacebookShare On Facebook  Add to FavoritesAdd to Favorites  TwitterTwitter 

Product Description

Track Listing

Your browser doesn't seem to have Flash enabled.
In order to access the album preview center, please ensure that the Flash player is installed. You can download it here.

DISC 1 for Fiction (CD) Album By Dark Tranquillity (Artist)
1   Nothing To No One - (with Dark Tranquility)
2   Lesser Faith, The - (with Dark Tranquility)
3   Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive) - (with Dark Tranquility)
4   Blind At Heart - (with Dark Tranquility)
5   Icipher - (with Dark Tranquility)
6   Inside The Particle Storm - (with Dark Tranquility)
7   Emprty Me - (with Dark Tranquility)
8   Misery's Crown - (with Dark Tranquility)
9   Focus Shift - (with Dark Tranquility)
10   Mundane And The Magic, The - (with Dark Tranquility)
 

Run a Quick Search on "Fiction" by Dark Tranquillity to Browse Related Products:

Browse more products related to "Fiction"

Browse more products related to "Dark Tranquillity"

Title Note

Personnel: Mikael Stanne (vocals); Niklas Sundin, Martin Henriksson (guitar); Anders Jivarp (drums); Martin Br„ndstr”m (electronics).

Audio Mixer: Tue Madsen.

Recording information: If Studios (10/2006-12/2006); Nacksving (10/2006-12/2006); Rogue Music (10/2006-12/2006).

Photographer: Ola Johansson.

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 Cr�xshadows 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. ~ Alex Henderson

Customer Reviews for "Fiction (CD)" by Dark Tranquillity (Artist)

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

Submit your Review

Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials

Tower Records music Sales, Promotions & Special Features

Today's Most Popular Music Genres

Tower.com Music Boutique Stores

  • Greatest Hits Boutique
    Expand your musical horizons with our monthly selections for "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" CD Collections.
  • Tower Records Vinyl Store
    Enjoy some of our favorite new pressings, indie rock releases, and milk crate essentials priced at up to 30% off so you can keep spinning right round (Like a record!)
  • The Beatles Collector's Boutique
    On 09-09-09, experience music history when the original studio albums by The Beatles are re-released, digitally remastered for the first time! Browse our favorite Beatles music, video and book titles!
  • Woodstock Anniversary Boutique
    Celebrating 40 years of Woodstock - Three days of music that changed the world forever!
  • The History Of Indie Rock Boutique
    Browse Our Album Art History of Indie Rock Influencers, from the 1960s to today!

Interact with Tower.com