Country of origin: Sweden Location: Gothenburg, Västra Götaland Status: Active Formed in: 1991 Genre: Melodic Death Metal Lyrical themes: Death, Memories, Despair, Chaos theory Current label: Century Media Records Years active: 1989-1991 (as Septic Broiler), 1991-present Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal[1] band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates - 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.[2] After a nearly three-decade long collaboration of four founding members frequent lineup changes between 2016 and 2021 have left only vocalist Mikael Stanne as an original member, together with long-time keyboardist Martin Brändström. Dark Tranquillity, along with At the Gates and In Flames pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal, or the Gothenburg sound (since all of them came from that city). Rhythm guitarist Mikael Stanne switched to vocals after Anders Fridén's departure. When his replacement Fredrik Johansson left in 1998, bassist Martin Henriksson took up the guitar duties and Michael Nicklasson came in on bass. They also added an "electronics" man Martin Brändström at this time. Michael Nicklasson left the band on 23rd of August 2008. The band name is often misspelled as "Dark Tranquility" 寂静黑暗乐团（Dark Tranquillity）是一支来自瑞典哥登堡的旋律死亡金属乐团， 成立于1989年冬天。他们是斯堪的纳维亚死亡金属中成立最久的乐团之一，同时与烈焰邪神与 At the Gates 被视为旋律死亡金属的先驱。 自1989年成立以来，Dark Tranquillity 成为了旋律死亡金属（Melodic Death Metal）这一流派的奠基者之一，并凭借其独特的音乐风格与深刻的歌词，在极端金属领域占据了不可动摇的地位。来自瑞典的这支乐队，不仅是“哥德堡死亡金属”一派的代表之一，还以其深邃的音乐内涵、精准的技艺与情感表现力，赢得了全球无数金属乐迷的尊重和喜爱。Dark Tranquillity的音乐风格融合了死亡金属的激烈与旋律金属的优雅，形成了独特的旋律死亡金属（Melodic Death Metal）风格。他们的作品通常包含高速的吉他扫弦、深沉的嗓音以及丰富的旋律线，展现了技术性与情感的完美结合。Dark Tranquillity的名字源于他们对自然界的某种神秘感受，乐队的早期作品带有强烈的极端金属特点，但随着时间的推移，他们逐渐将旋律性和实验性元素融入其中，形成了自己独特的音乐风格。乐队的音乐不仅仅局限于死亡金属的暴力与激烈，更注重旋律的表现，使得他们在音乐上更加丰富与多元。