Metal invasion festival confirmed - February 02, 2012
Another festival confimed - We'll headline the Metal Invasion festival in Straubing, Germany on October 13. Also appearing are our buddies in Insomnium.
We can now officially announce that we in addition to China and South Korea also will visit Japan in March. Tokyo and Osaka have been very special places for us to play ever since our first visit in 1999, so it's a pleasure to be back.
March 27 - Club Quattro, Tokyo
March 28 - Live House, Osaka
More info and ticket purchase links available here.
Festival in Seoul confirmed! - January 18, 2012
It's true! After our very memorable visits to South Korea in 2004 and 2006, we have the pleasure of confirming that we'll return to headline the Asia Metal Festival. March 31, Seoul. Be there!
Exact date for the Motocultor show will be announced shortly. See you there!
Thank you! - December 15, 2011
We're now home from the shows in Ukraine, Russia and Finland and would like to extend a huge thanks to everyone that in some way participated - fans, crew, promoters, support bands.
Lots of nice photos and videos have been posted on our Facebook wall.
We're sorry to inform you that the show in Stockholm on January 12 has been postponed for reasons beyond our control. A new date will be announced in the near future. Thanks for understanding.
Two new festivals confirmed! - December 02, 2011
January 14, 2012 - GOTHENBURG WINTER METAL Festival w/ Nifelheim, Amaranthe, The Unguided and Ryot. First hometown gig in a while. Book your tickets here.
Once again, we have the pleasure of playing at the CLOSE-UP BÅTEN cruise. On March 8/9, we'll rock the seven seas together with bands such as Kreator and Torture division. See you there!
First D.T. show in Israel confirmed! - November 25, 2011
That's right! On the 5th of May, 2012, we'll play at the Barby club in Tel aviv. More information will be available in the near future.
Neckbreaker's ball finished! - November 23, 2011
It has been a blast, but now we're back home again. Huge thanks to Eluveitie, Varg, Mercenary, Gurd, Omnium gatherum, the über professional crew and - last but not least - all you fine people who attended the shows and showed your support! Next up: Finland, Ukraine and Russia! Also, expect some new live announcements in the next week or two. Cheers!
Check the postings on our Facebook page for live photos, reviews, interviews and so forth from the tour.
www.facebook.com/dtofficial
Sundin endorsed by Rotosound strings - October 21, 2011
Niklas Sundin is now exclusively using Rotosound strings (more specifically the RH10 Roto Blues set).
Being in the process of rethinking and updating my guitar setup, I set out on a scientific journey to find the optimal strings for my playing style. After having evaluated pretty much every available brand out there, I came to the conclusion that Rotosound stood head and shoulders above the competition. Needless to say, I'm very happy to be an official endorsee of the string manufacturer chosen by luminaries as diverse as Jimi Hendrix, Napalm death and Massive attack.
/niklas
"We are the void" tour edition available for order! - October 13, 2011
The WATV tour edition CD + DVD (see post below for details) can now be ordered through Century media records: Europe North America
NOTE - In North America, the album won't be available through the regular distribution channels but solely through Century media.
Russian fan site online. - October 12, 2011
Check out a new Russian D.T. site here, and don't forget about these upcoming shows:
We'll be doing some Swedish shows early next year. The first one to be announced is in Stockholm on Jan 12 at Göta källare.
Ticket booking info + support acts to be announced shortly.
Martin Brändström forms COUNTERPOINT - September 26, 2011
Martin Brändström starts new company Counterpoint for composing custom scored music together with studio colleague Joacim Starander. Its mission is to deliver high quality music, targeting the entertainment industry and large scale commercial presentations.
At www.counterpoint.se you can hear some of the work already completed as well as some conceptual pieces composed to showcase the range of Counterpoint.
To keep up with recent news of Counterpoint, follow the facebook page.
D.T. related: Aduro labs announced! - September 25, 2011
Some info on my new venture, which is responsible for the "Zero distance" below.
Aduro labs is a Sweden based film/production collective founded by graphic designer Niklas Sundin, video photographer Peter Herneheim and post production editor Love Andersson. The mission statement of Aduro labs is to produce creative, original and aesthetically challenging video/animation work in a diverse range of styles.
If you enjoy the clip, feel free to visit and connect with us:
Zero distance premiere + WATV tour edition! - September 22, 2011
The Swedish kings of Melodic Death Metal DARK TRANQUILLITY proudly present you the brand-new video clip for the song “Zero Distance” taken from the upcoming tour edition of “We Are The Void”, which will be released in Europe on October 24th, 2011 right in time for the start of the massive Neckbreaker’s Ball headlining tour!
As DARK TRANQUILLITY’s “We Are The Void” album was awarded “Album Of The Month” in Metal Hammer Germany back in 2010, the band teamed up with the mag to present you the exclusive premiere of the stunning “Zero Distance” video clip, which is the first official music video from Aduro Labs (www.adurolabs.se), a new film/production enterprise founded by DT’s own Niklas Sundin, video photographer Peter Herneheim and post production editor Love Andersson. The aim of Aduro Labs is to produce creative, original and aesthetically challenging video/animation work in a diverse range of styles. Further projects will be announced in the near future.
“Zero Distance” is of course only one of the rarities included in the “We Are The Void (Tour Edition)”:
“Zero Distance" was recorded at the same time as the "We Are The Void" album, but due to its different nature we decided to keep it for later use. The time is now right to unveil the song, as well as the other rare/bonus material recorded at the same time, in a massive "We Are The Void" tour edition package. In addition to the added songs and liner notes by Mikael, there's also a live DVD capturing some special moments during the 150-and-counting gigs in support of the album.”
See below for the exact content-listing of the “We Are The Void (Tour Edition)”:
Tour edition cover:
CD:
1. Shadow in Our Blood
2. Dream Oblivion
3. The Fatalist
4. In My Absence
5. The Grandest Accusation
6. At The Point Of Ignition
7. Her Silent Language
8. Arkhangelsk
9. I Am The Void
10. Surface The Infinite
11. Iridium
12. Zero Distance*
13. Out of Gravity
14. Star Of Nothingness
15. To Where Fires Cannot Feed
16. The Bow And The Arrow
* previously unreleased
DVD:
1. Shadow In Our Blood (promo video)
2. Dream Oblivion (live @ With Full Force 2010)
3. The Fatalist (Live @ London 2010)
4. The Grandest Accusation (promo video)
5. Iridium (Live @ Summer Breeze 2010)
6. Iridium (promo video)
7. Zero Distance (promo video)
Finland! - September 20, 2011
We're happy to announce that we're coming back to the land of the thousand lakes this fall:
Dec 10 - FIN, Helsinki, Tavastia
Dec 11 - FIN,Tampere, Klubi
Dec 12 - FIN, Turku, Klubi
The tickets for all three shows will go on sale on Thursday 22nd of September at www.tiketti.fi
Shows in Russia and Ukraine confirmed - September 14, 2011
The official promo clip for "Iridum" from our latest album "We are the void" is now released. The video was directed by guitarist Niklas Sundin, who states the following:
"Iridium is a weird and wonderful song with a long history (concieved already in 1998 but not appearing on a D.T. album until now), so I wanted to create a video that would do it justice. The result is a hand-drawn and animated affair which ties in with the song's generally apocalyptic vibe while at the same time being aesthetically different from our previous videos. I hope you all enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it."
Important! We ARE coming to Georgia! - July 15, 2011
Please disregard yesterday's (now deleted) post about our cancellation of the Global East Festival in Batumi, Georgia this sunday. During the last 24 hours, we've been working intensely with the promotor to make the impossible happen, and we're extremely pleased to announce that yes, we will play at the festival. This is 100% sure and confirmed by us, the band.
Please spread the word among people that you know were planning to attend the festival, in order to minimize the confusion. See you there!
Festival tour sale! - May 13, 2011
Great news - our official merch store at Merchland now features a couple of special festival shirt bundles, where you can get 2 or 3 shirts for the price of one.
That's right - we can now confirm that we'll headline the Viadana Open Air in Modena, Italy on the 13th of August. The festival website will be up soon at www.viadanaopenair.org
Current summer festival schedule (more to be announced as long as we get the green light to do so):
Jun 19 - Hellfest, France
Jun 24 - Rock Am Härtsfeldsee, Germany
Jul 2 - Forta rock, Holland
Jul 7 - Rockmaraton, Hungary
Jul 8 -Rockharz, Germany
Jul 17 - Global east, Georgia
Aug 13 - Viadana open air, Italy
Neckbreaker's ball tour! - April 7, 2011
Greetings darklings,
it's time again to bring our music to the road and to the ever hungry European audiences. Starting October 28, we'll be headlining the Neckbreaker's ball tour, which will treat the audience to a six-band metal overdose for three weeks. Needless to say, we're pleased and excited about being part of such a diverse and interesting line-up, and we'll do our outmost to ensure very special shows each and every night. See you there!
And three more festivals confirmed... - April 1, 2011
Jul 2 - Forta rock, Holland
Jul 7 - Rockmaraton, Hungary
Jul 17 - Global east, Georgia
Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece! - March 16, 2011
We're proud to announce a short but sweet five-date tour at the end of May, taking us to a couple of places that we've wanted to return to for a long time. See you there!
South-east european tour 2011
May 18: Istanbul, Turkey - Balans club
May 19: Bucharest, Romania - The Silver church
May 20: Sofia, Bulgaria - Mixtape 5 club
May 21: Thessaloniki, Greece - Principal Club Theater
May 22: Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
More information to follow shortly.
Metal for the masses - March 7, 2011
Harken, darklings!
"Fiction", "Where death is most alive" and "We are the void" are now available at mid price through Century media's "Metal for the masses" campaign.
Visit, purchase and rest assured that your support is much appreciated in these download-ridden times.
As expected, our very first show on Indian soil was a fantastic experience, and we'd like to give a huge thanks to Salman and Infinite dreams management for making it possible. Cheers to Kryptos, Degradead and to all the crazy fans that attended the gig. Let's do this again soon!
Stanne to participate in Gothenburg Film festival seminar - Jan 21, 2011
On monday, January 31, Mikael Stanne will take a break between our touring comittments in Miami/Mexico and India and visit the ongoing Göteborg International Film Festival for a seminar talk with movie critic and ex-Entombed vocalist Orvar Säfström. More info below:
"We are the void" nominated for Manifest award - Jan 17, 2011
Two years ago, "Fiction" won the prestigeous Manifest award for the best hard rock/metal album of the year. It's time to repeat the procedure, with "We are the void" being nominated in the same category.
By popular demand, here is one of the video projections used on the last tours.
D.T to perform in India for the first time! - Dec 5, 2010
We're very proud and excited to announce that we'll play in India for the first time. On February 12, 2011, we'll perform at the BITS Pilani in Hyderabad, India. Support will come from local metallers Kryptos.
House of metal festival confirmed - Dec 4, 2010
The live activities for 2011 are already shaping up, and we can now confirm another festival. On March 4, we'll head to the northernmost city of Umeå, Sweden to perform at the House of Metal festival.
What a ride! After having spent most of the year touring other continents and laying to waste innumerable summer festivals, we finally brought the "We are the void" experience to the European club circuit.
The whole "Where death is most alive part II" experience was amazing, and the seven weeks were filled with great shows and unforgettable moments. The idea of having a different local support band - determined by public vote - every night in mainland Europe turned out to be successful as well; we got to hear a lot of great acts and even got some tattoos courtsey of JP Mottin of El Comer Ocho.
So we'd like to extend our most sincere thanks to everyone that took part in the shows - the awesome support acts of Insomnium, Avatar, Marionette and Omnium Gatherum, the beloved crew of Basti, Jorge, Jukka, Anders, Matti, Mikko and Jörg, all local support bands and of course all the fans that came out to the shows to give us the time of our lives.
We've gotten some questions regarding the setlist. We shifted things around a bit to keep some variation for ourselves and for the numerous people that attended several of the shows, but these are the tracks that at some point were played.
At the point of ignition
The fatalist
Damage done
Lost to apathy
Monochromatic stains
The gallery
The wonders at your feet
Iridium
One thought
Zodijackyl light
Shadow in our blood
Focus shift
Icipher
Dream oblivion
Misery's crown
Haven
Punish my heaven
Final resistance
The sun fired blanks
ThereIn
Terminus (where death is most alive)
After the busiest year ever in our 21 year old existence, we're now having some rest before hitting the 70 000 tons of metal cruise in January. To conclude, here is a clip of "Misery's crown" from the tour finale in Gothenburg (which was given a triumphant 5/5 rating in our biggest newspaper Göteborgs-Posten).
D.T. confirmed for 70000 tons of metal cruise - Oct 14, 2010
That's right, folks! We're now confirmed for the 70000 tons of metal cruise, setting sail from Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and returning four days later.
ESA released as limited edition gatefold gold vinyl - Oct 9, 2010
Italian label Night of the vinyl dead has released the "Enter suicidal angels" mini album (originally out 1996) in a gatefold edition in gold vinyl. More info can be found HERE.
The album will also be sold in the merch stand during our current European tour from October 11 onwards.
Needless to say, make sure to follow the D.T. Twitter and Facebook pages for more frequently updated tour info.
Just like Daniel Antonsson, Niklas Sundin are now playing Mayones instruments exclusively. Click here to watch his artist profile or read the statement below.
I've been using my Mayones Setius and Regius guitars on our current "Where death is most alive part II" tour and am extremely impressed! The instruments sound and look phenomenal, with a craftsmanship and attention to detail that's truly outstanding. The playability and general feel is amazing and I'm looking forward to having these axes as part of my live arsenal for many years to come.
For more info on Mayones guitars and basses, visit their homepage.
Departing for the tour today - Sep 22, 2010
That's right! The massive WHERE DEATH IS MOST ALIVE part 2 tour - also featuring INSOMNIUM, AVATAR, OMNIUM GATHERUM and MARIONETTE will start tomorrow. Expect nothing but the very best.
The London and Tilburg shows are sold out already, and several others are expected to do so in the near future. In other words: If you're planning on going and haven't yet bought your ticket, you should do so immediately.
Tour trailer featuring Mikael and Niilo from INSOMNIUM:
Porto venue change - Aug 24, 2010
Attention Portugal! The Porto show on October 3 is now moved to the Hard Club. See you there!
And the winners are... - Aug 17, 2010
The final voting round for the local support contest for the upcoming DARK TRANQUILLITY "WHERE DEATH IS MOST ALIVE TOUR 2010" came to an end. Close to 600 bands from all over Europe submitted to the contest and Century Media picked the 158 best to take part of the voting. Jens Prueter, Head Of A&R Century Media Records Europe:
"I know it's a cliché that a record label A&R will never listen to any demo bands are sending in. But me and my college Dario Dumancic listened to ALL 600 bands!!! Why we picked only 158? Because not every band seemed to be ready to play in front of Dark Tranquillity's fans because these fans bought a ticket for the shows and deserve a certain quality. And most other bands were too far away from playing anything to close to Death Metal. Where Death Is Most Alive? Everywhere! It was great to see again how vivid our scene is and what a great amount of great bands is out there from far north Iceland to the southern shores of Spain – just everywhere. Unfortunately only one band per show could win, but we want to thank all bands for taking part and we want to wish all of them good luck for the future – you deserve it! And we want to thank the close to 50.000 metalheads who took the time, listened to the bands and voted for them! We know that there has been some criticism about the technical side of the voting process and that some bands might plaid unfair to generate more votes. We promise to come up with a more fair and saver online voting system next time. But we hope you will enjoy your favourite bands on the tour with Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium. Horns Up!"
Dark tranquillity guitarist announces public art exhibition in Sibiu, Transylvania - Aug 3, 2010
In association with Dark tranquillity's appearance at the ARTmania festival, guitarist Niklas Sundin will showcase a new collection of artwork at the Bohemian flow club in Sibiu, Transylvania. Entitled “Ichtys”, the exhibition opens on August 14 and will be on display for a month.
Says Sundin:
“Needless to say, I’m really excited about this. There have been previous requests from people wanting to feature my artwork in public exhibitions, but I’ve always had mixed feelings. It wouldn’t be too interesting to just display the album artwork that I’m primary recognized for, so I’ve wanted to wait until I had something that would be completely free of any connotations to commissioned music industry work and at the same time have a certain red thread, conceptually and aesthetically.
The “Ichtys” images are mainly derived from pencil drawings that are scanned, treated and assembled into collages, and the result is part medieval woodcut, part religious iconography and part nautical cartoon profanity. Influences range from Dürer and Bosch to David B and Joakim Pirinen, and there’s obviously a major resemblance to my own “Gadus morhua” books. The city of Sisiu seems to be an appropriate setting for this kind of amalgam of old and new, so I was very pleased when the ARTmania people suggested that I’d exhibit something.”
European tour: full line-up confirmed - Aug 3, 2010
That's right! Gothenburgers Marionette just confirmed that they'll open up the Swedish leg of the tour, so we're happy to announce that the full line-up for the trip is completed.
Please see below for details, and remember that you can still cast your vote for the local support bands for the first month here.
23-sep DE Hamburg Uebel & Gefaehrlich *
24-sep DE Leipzig Conne Island *
25-sep DE Munster Sputnikhalle *
26-sep DE Köln essigfabrik *
27-sep NL Tilburg 013 *
28-sep UK London Underworld *
29-sep BE Vosselaar Bielbob *
30-sep FR Paris Trabendo *
01-okt FR Montpellier Salle Victoire *
02-okt ES Bilbao Rockstar *
Oct. 03 – Porto, Hard Club, Portugal *
Oct. 04 – Lisabon, Cine Teatro Corroios, Portugal *
06-okt ES Madrid sala heineken *
07-okt ES Barcelona Razz 2 *
08-okt FR Lyon CCO *
09-okt CH Lausanne Les Dock *
10-okt IT Bologna Estragon *
11-okt IT Rom Alpheus *
12-okt IT Milano Magazini Generali *
13-okt CRO Zagreb boogaloo *
14-okt HU Budapest Dürer kert *
15-okt AT Wien Szene *
16-okt SLO Ljujana gala hala/media park *
17-okt AT Graz Orpheum *
19-okt DE Stuttgart Röhre *
20-okt CH Luzern Schuur *
21-okt DE Frankfurt Batschkapp *
22-okt DE Munchen Backstage *
23-okt CZ Brno Fleda *
24-okt DE Berlin Lido *
25-okt SE Malmö KB **
28-okt FI Jyväskylä lutakko ***
29-okt FI Oulu teatria ***
30-okt FI Seinäjoki rytmikorjamoo ***
31-okt FI Tampere klubi ***
01-nov FI Helsinki nosturi ***
02-nov FI Turku klubi ***
04-nov SE Stockholm Medis ****
05-nov SE Örebro 700 ****
06-nov NO Oslo john dee ****
07-nov SE Göteborg Trädgårn ****
* with INSOMNIUM and local support
** with INSOMNIUM and AVATAR
*** with AVATAR and OMNIUM GATHERUM
**** with AVATAR and MARIONETTE
D.T. to support IRON MAIDEN in Norway! - July 26, 2010
We're extremely honoured to announce that we'll be supporting the mighty Iron Maiden in Bergen, Norway on the 11th of August. This is truly a milestone in our 21-year career!
