The first longplay in four years Dark Tranquility will premiere on August 16. “Endtime Signals”, the band’s 13th album, will also be the 10th album by the Swedes under the colors of the German Century Media Records.
The successor to the album “Moment” from 2020 is to be both a return to the roots and a search for new solutions.
“Returning to what we consider to be essentially the core of Dark Tranquility, partly with a new line-up, was an amazing experience. It gave us the opportunity to re-evaluate and look at what we had built from an exciting new perspective. During an intense period of composing with full focus, we rediscovered different aspects of our music and took some of its elements further. In our opinion, this is our most colorful album,” wrote the pioneers of melodic death metal from Gothenburg.
The partially new lineup mentioned are two musicians who have been in Dark Tranquility since 2022.
“Taking into account the work of the drums, Joakim Strandberg Nilson he did more than we expected, and (bassist) Christian Jansson completed the work in a wild and precise style. It made the composing and recording process challenging, something different and inspiring in the best sense,” the Swedes added.
He was again responsible for the visual side of “Endtime Signals”. Niklas Sundinformer Dark Tranquility guitarist and respected graphic designer, who also prepared the visualization for the single released on March 7. “The Last Imagination” you can check below: