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!
Local support contest - voting page online! - July 25, 2010
The first phase of the WHERE DEATH IS MOST ALIVE support band contest has now ended, and a total of 158 bands have made it into the final voting round. We'd like to thank the more than 600 bands that applied for their interest, and we urge everyone to head over to the link below, listen to the different bands and cast their votes.
Niklas' sketchbooks available again - July 2, 2010
Dark tranquillity guitarist Niklas Sundin is re-publishing his long sold-out GADUS MORHUA books from 2005-2006.
"These sketchbooks were originally planned to be a just-for-fun project; a way for me to keep track of my compulsive drawing habit as well as a service to the people that saw my sketches and urged me to publish them in book form.
The original editions were limited, and there was no intention to make them available again after they initially sold out some years ago. However, since then I've gotten so many requests on tours and recieved so many emails from people that missed out the first time, so I'm pleased to announce that both books are now available again.
The content is identical to the original versions, but the new edition books are or higher quality and are printed in a 19x19 cm square format that better showcases the images and gives them room to breathe."
Your favourite merry band of metallers are now finally home on Swedish soil after a successful string of shows in USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Uruguay.
We'd like to extend a massive thanks to everyone involved - the guys in Threat signal and Mutiny within, the hard working crew, the local opening bands and of course all the fans - new and old - that came out to the shows.
For the Latin American tour, a special thanks must go to Alex and John @ Eyescream productions for their professionalism and for making the trip such a great experience for us. It was an amazing trek, and we were very glad to finally play in no less than three new countries for us - Peru, Uruguay and Brazil. Can't wait to come back!
For those who are unaware: our Twitter page features daily updates and photos from our life on the road, so visit and add if you haven't already done so.
SUPPORT BAND CONTEST:
The response for the previously announced local support band contest for the upcoming European "Where death is most alive part II" tour has been massive. Almost 500 bands have reported their interest to participate, and new submissions are coming in on an hourly basis.
There is still roughly a week to go before the contest closes and moves on to the voting phase, so interested bands should head over to www.centurymedia.com for more info on how the contest works.
FESTIVALS:
This summer will be the busiest in a long time for us. We kickstart the festival season this weekend with a special appearance at Metaltown here in Gothenburg, and then there are new shows almost every weekend. These are the most recent additions to the schedule:
Dark Tranquillity and Century Media are searching for local support bands for the upcoming WHERE DEATH IS MOST ALIVE TOUR part II 2010 in Europe. Main support is coming from Insomnium who won this years Finnish Metal Awards for Best Band and Best Album.
Avatar will replace Insomnium as main support on the last 11 shows. Omnium Gatherum will be special guests on all 6 Finnish shows.
How does it work?
You send an e-mail to cmtour@centurymedia.de to submit your band for one or more shows (see dates below). Please send only your MySpace link, link to one of your YouTube videos and a short description. Please don’t send MP3’s or attach any photos, bios, etc.
Deadline is June 25th, 2010.
Century Media Records and The Agency Group will select the bands that fit best (all kind of metal is welcome) and you will get a confirmation and letter of rules to take part of the poll.
The poll starts July 1st, 2010 and ends August 2nd, 2010.
You tell all your friends and fans to vote for you on www.centurymedia.com/vote to become the local support in the city/cities you applied for.
Each fan who signed in can give one vote per show per day.
August 6th, 2010 the bands with the most votes will be informed to be the local support.
In case the winning band can’t play the show (for whatever reason) the second band will be informed... and so on.
Main rules for the winning bands:
- all band members need to be over 18 years old
- you will be the opening band and your stage time is minimum 20 minutes
- you have to bring your own instruments and backline
- you will not receive any fee
- you will get one case of beer and basic catering at the venue
- you have to do what the tour manager is telling you because he’s the king of the road
Where Death Is Most Alive part II, 2010
with Insomnium + support
Sep. 23 – Hamburg, Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Germany
Sep. 24 – Leipzig, Conne Island, Germany
Sep. 25 – Munster, Sputnikhalle, Germany
Sep. 26 – Köln, Essigfabrik, Germany
Sep. 27 – Tilburg, 013, Netherlands
Sep. 28 – London, Underworld, UK
Sep. 29 – Vosselaar, Biebob, Belgium
Sep. 30 – Paris, Trabendo, France
Oct. 01 – Montpellier, Salle Victoire 2, France
Oct. 02 – Bilbao, Rockstar, Spain
Oct. 03 – Porto, Teatro Sá da Bandeira, Portugal
Oct. 04 – Lissabon, Incrível Almadense, Portugal
Oct. 06 – Madrid, Sala Heineken, Spain
Oct. 07 – Barcelona, Razz 2, Spain
Oct. 08 – Lyon, CCO, France
Oct. 09 – Lausanne, Les Dock, Switzerland
Oct. 10 – Bologna, Estragon, Italy
Oct. 11 – Rom, Alpheus, Italy
Oct. 12 – Milano, Magazini Generali, Italy
Oct. 13 – Zagreb, Boogaloo, Croatia
Oct. 14 – Budapest, Duerer Kert, Hungary
Oct. 15 – Wien, Szene, Austria
Oct. 16 – Ljubljana, Gala Hala/Media Park, Slovenia
Oct. 17 – Graz, Orpheum, Austria
Oct. 19 – Stuttgart, Röhre, Germany
Oct. 20 – Luzern, Schuur, Switzerland
Oct. 21 – Frankfurt, Batschkapp, Germany
Oct. 22 – München, Backstage, Germany
Oct. 23 – Brno, Fleda, Czech Republic
Oct. 24 – Berlin, Lido, Germany
Oct. 25 – Malmö, KB, Sweden *
Oct. 26 – Kalmar, Skövde, Mariestad, Sweden **
Oct. 28 – Jyväskylä, Lutakko, Finland ***
Oct. 29 – Oulu, Teatria, Finland ***
Oct. 30 – Seinäjoki, Rytmikorjamoo, Finland ***
Oct. 31 – Tampere, Klubi, Finland ***
Nov. 01 – Helsinki, Nosturi, Finland ***
Nov. 02 – Turku, Klubi, Finland ***
Nov. 04 – Stockholm, Medis, Sweden **
Nov. 05 – Örebro, 700, Sweden **
Nov. 06 – Oslo, John Dee, Norway **
Nov. 07 – Göteborg, Trädgån, Sweden **
* with Insomnium and Avatar
** with Avatar
*** with Avatar and Omnium Gatherum, NOT PART OF THE BAND CONTEST!
Stanne remembers Ronnie James Dio - May 29, 2010
It´s been a while now and I still cannot deal with the fact that you are gone. Your voice, your passion and humility has been a constant guiding light in my life. You have always been a hero in my house and with my family. The many times I´ve met you I have been amazed by your grace and generosity.
I love you and there are no words to express how much I miss you.
/Mikael Stanne
North American tour soon finished - May 28, 2010
We're having a blast on the current USA/Canada tour, and the good folks of Threat Signal and Mutiny Within are delivering killer sets night after night. Only four shows remain before we set sail for Latin America, so the show at the Key Club in L.A. will be the last Dark tranquillity gig in North America for 2010. Here is a message from mr. Stanne:
Global East Rock Festival confirmed - May 21, 2010
Another festival confirmed! On September 4, we'll play at the Global east rock festival in Kiev, Ukraine. More info here.
Crossing the atlantic - May 9, 2010
That's right folks! Eyjafjallajökull willing, we'll leave our home town of Gothenburg tomorrow to embark on a massive headline trek taking us through the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. We've spent a lot of time and effort preparing and rehearsing for these shows and we intend to bring you nothing less than supreme D.T. performances in each and every city.
This is a very important tour for us, so make sure to bring all your friends, spread the word and show up early in order to see the excellent support acts. All venues are now confirmed, so the complete tour itinerary can be found below. A message from mr. Stanne follows:
NORTH AMERICA:
May 11: Raleigh, NC - Volume 11 Tavern
May 12: West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
May 13: Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
May 14: Farmingdale, NY - The crazy donkey
May 15: Rochester, NY - Montage music hall
May 16: Allston, MA - Harper's Ferry
May 17: Montreal, QC - Foufounes electriques
May 19: Quebec city, QC - Theatre imperial
May 20: Torondo, ON - Opera house
May 21: Chicago, IL - Reggie's rock club
May 22: La crosse, WI - Warehouse
May 23: Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid cabaret
May 24: Regina, SK - The exchange
May 25: Edmonton, AB - The starlite room
May 26: Calgary, AB - The republik
May 27: Spokane, WA - The BLVD
May 28: Seattle, WA - Studio seven
May 29: Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
May 31: San Francisco, CA - Slim's
June 1: Los Angeles, CA - Key club
LATIN AMERICA:
June 3: Mexico city, Mexico - Circo Volador
June 4: Puebla, Mexico - Salon JP de Puebla
June 5: Bogota, Colombia - Teatro Metropol
June 6: Caracas, Venezuela - CECIM
June 8: Lima, Peru - Voce
June 9: Santiago, Chile - Teatro Teleton
June 10: Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Flores
June 11: Monte Video, Uruguay - Complejo Troya
June 12: Sao Paolo, Brazil - Carioca Club
June 13: Curitiba, Brazil - Hangar bar
Two new US dates confirmed - April 29, 2010
As the headline implies, two new shows are added to our upcoming headline tour with Threat signal and Mutiny within:
May 22: La crosse, WI - Warehouse
May 27: Spokane,
WA - The BLVD
Sao Paolo club confirmed - April 28, 2010
The show in Sao Paolo on the 12th of June will take place at Carioca club. This will mark the live debut for Dark tranquillity in Brazil, so it'll be a night to remember!
Bang your head + other festivals! - April 26, 2010
That's right, people! We'll once again grace the grounds of the Bang your head festival in Balingen, Germany. Be there on July the 16th!
Here is an overview of the festival performances announced for the summer so far:
1 May - Reservoir rocks II, Tunisia
19 June - Metaltown, Gothenburg, Swe
25 June - Nummirock, Fin
4 Jul - With full force, Germany
8 Jul - Getaway Rock Festival, Gävle, Swe
16 Jul - Bang your head, Ger
17 Jul - Tivolirock, Kristianstad, Swe
23 Jul - Dong open air, Ger
30 Jul - Rock area festival, Ger
19 Aug - Summer breeze festival, Ger
9 Sep - Close-up båten, Swe
Seattle date + Chile venue change - April 16, 2010
We can now confirm the following addition to the US trek:
May 28: Seattle, WA - Studio seven
Some Latin American updates: The venue for the June 9 show in Santiago, Chile has been changed to
Teatro Teleton. Also, CYNIC unfortunately won't appear at the Venezuela show, contrary to previous reports.
Portland, Oregon date official - April 14, 2010
We can now confirm the following addition to the US trek:
D.T. announces Latin American tour! - April 9, 2010
Some of these dates have already been leaked for a while, but we can now officially confirm the D.T. Latin american tour in June. We're very excited to finally return and perform for some of the most devoted D.T. fans on earth and are looking forward to visiting no less than three new countries for the first time: Peru, Uruguay and Brazil.
The full tour schedule is as follows:
June 3: Mexico city, Mexico - Circo Volador
June 4: Puebla, Mexico - Salon JP de Puebla
June 5: Bogota, Colombia - Teatro Metropol*
June 6: Caracas, Venezuela - CECIM**
June 8: Lima, Peru - Voce
June 9: Santiago, Chile - Teatro Novedades
June 10: Buenos Aires, Argentina - Teatro Flores
June 11: Montevideo, Uruguay - Complejo Troya
June 12: Sao Paolo, Brazil - TBA
June 13: Curitiba, Brazil - TBA
* With HIRAX
** With CYNIC
Support acts for North American tour + more dates! - April 8, 2010
That's right, folks! We're glad to announce that THREAT SIGNAL and MUTINY WITHIN are onboard for our upcoming North American headline tour. Some more dates (including Canada) are now confirmed, so the current trek is as follows:
May 11: Raleigh, NC - Volume 11 Tavern
May 12: West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
May 13: Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
May 14: Farmingdale, NY - The crazy donkey
May 16: Allston, MA - Harper's Ferry
May 17: Montreal, QC - Foufounes electriques
May 19: Quebec city, QC - Theatre imperial
May 20: Torondo, ON - Opera house
May 21: Chicago, IL - Reggie's rock club
May 23: Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid cabaret
May 24: Regina, SK - The exchange
May 25: Edmonton, AB - The starlite room
May 26: Calgary, AB - The republik
May 31: San Francisco, CA - Slim's
June 1: Los Angeles, CA - Key club
More US dates announced - April 7, 2010
Good news for our friends in the fine cities of San Fransisco, New york and Los angeles - we'll visit you on the upcoming North american headline tour.
The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
May 11: Raleigh, NC - Volume 11 Tavern
May 12: West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
May 13: Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
May 14: Farmingdale, NY - The crazy donkey
May 16: Allston, MA - Harper's Ferry
May 31: San Francisco, CA - Slim's
June 1: Los Angeles, CA - Key club
Confirmed for the Close-up cruise (again)! - April 5, 2010
Great news! As many of you know, we had to cancel our participation at the Close-up båten cruise last February due to the 7-week US tour with Killswitch engage and The devil wears prada being offered. To satisfy the nautical cravings of both ourselves and our loyal Swedish fans, we've glad to announce that we're booked for the next Close-up cruise.
The even will take place on the 9/10th of September. For more info and booking, check the link below.
Also, another date on the US headline trek is now confirmed:
May 16: Allston, MA - Harper's Ferry
Festival in Tunisia confirmed - April 1, 2010
We're happy to announce that we're coming back to Tunisia for another show. On the 1st of May, D.T. will headline the RESERVOIR ROCKS II festival. More info to be announced shortly.
First batch of US headline dates announced - March 30, 2010
Yes, the rumours are true - we are indeed coming back to USA already in May for a headline tour! Further details will be announced in the near future, but for now we can confirm the following dates:
May 11 - Raleigh, NC - Volume 11 Tavern
May 12 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
May 13 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
See you there!
The light in which we all burn- March 12, 2010
The new album from Sundin's other band LAETHORA, "The light in which we all burn", is now available for pre-order with an optional CD/shirt bundle. 13 songs of intense, brutal and original death/grind.
For more info, visit the MySpace page where two songs from the new album are being streamed: www.myspace.com/laethora
New shirt added to the official webstore- March 8, 2010
Well, the headline is pretty self-explanatory. Click on the image for more details.
"The gallery" inducted into Decibel Hall of Fame- March 5, 2010
This is really cool: Our 1995 album "The gallery" is officially a classic, as it's added to Decibel magazine's Hall of Fame. In depth nterviews with all five members that played on the album (this is probably Fredrik Johansson's only interview ever):
More festivals to be announced in the near future.
European headline tour announced! - February 23, 2010
Swedish melodic death metal kings DARK TRANQUILLITY are proud to announce their European headlining tour to show again Where Death Is Most Alive. Their friends INSOMNIUM, who just won the Finnish Metal award for best band and best album, are invited as main support. More support bands will be announced soon.
Where Death Is Most Alive part II, 2010
DARK TRANQUILLITY, INSOMNIUM + support tbc
Oct. 28 – Jyväskylä, Lutakko, Finland *
Oct. 29 – Oulu, Teatria, Finland *
Oct. 30 – Seinäjoki, Rytmikorjamoo, Finland *
Oct. 31 – Tampere, Klubi, Finland *
Nov. 01 – Helsinki, Nosturi, Finland *
Nov. 02 – Turku, Klubi, Finland *
Nov. 04 – Stockholm, Medis, Sweden *
Nov. 05 – Örebro, 700, Sweden *
Nov. 06 – Oslo, John Dee, Norway *
Nov. 07 – Göteborg, Trädgån, Sweden *
* without Insomnium
Entire new album streaming on MySpace! - February 19, 2010
That's right, folks! For a limited period of time, the entire "We are the void" album will be stremed on our official MySpace page. Click below to listen.
"Shadow in our blood" video now available - February 4, 2010
Stanne:
“Four shows into the tour we are now in lovely Atlanta, Georgia. The shows so far have been amazing. Tons of people have come out to all the shows and we have had a blast performing every night. We have been trying out some of the new songs and the response has been amazing. So we cannot wait for the album to come out so that we can play more of the new stuff that we are very proud of.
The video for "Shadow in our Blood" is online now and if you guys are into torture you might get a kick out of it. Imagine being strapped to a speeding motorized vehicle like one of those wooden maidens on pirate ships for 15 hours in the freezing cold forests of Finland and you might get an idea of what the video is all about.
The guys from Vasara films, who also filmed and edited our live DVD “Where Death Is Most Alive” once again did an excellent job. Enjoy!”
Metaltown confirmed - January 26, 2010
Once again we have the pleasure of playing in our hometown. On June 19, we'll grace the Metaltown festival. More info can be found here:
Preorder "We are the void" and get a signed photo- January 15, 2010
Our new album is now up for presale through our loyal partner BENGANS (Sweden's oldest online record store). Order your copy and get it delivered in your mailbox on February 24, together with a signed photo.
The limited edition version features a bonus DVD plus the two exclusive songs "Star of nothingness" and "To where fires cannot feed".
NOTE: Valid for Swedish residents only, sorry. Preorders for other territories will be announced shortly.
Studio report #4 now available- January 15, 2010
The D-Day is getting closer. In the meantime, enjoy the latest installment of our studio diary below:
"We are the void" tracklisting revealed- January 11, 2010
These are the songs that will be featured on the regular version of "We are the void". Stay tuned for more info.
01. Shadow In Our Blood
02. Dream Oblivion
03. The Fatalist
04. In My Absence
05. The Grandest Accusation
06. At The Point Of Ignition
07. Her Silent Language
08. Arkhangelsk
09. I Am The Void
10. Surface The Infinite
11. Iridium
New song available - DREAM OBLIVION! - December 22, 2009
As some of you probably have noticed through other sites, our MySpace page has been updated with the new song "Dream oblivion" as well as the cover artwork for the upcoming "We are the void" album (created by Stefan Wibbeke of Medialogistics). Have a look/listen by clicking below:
