DARK TRANQUILLITY - Atoma (4 novembre) + départ de Martin Henriksson

Si vous voulez voir ce que donne Dark Tranquillity avec Chris Amott et Johan Reinholdz aux guitares, voila un concert entier en proshot:

Putain, ils avaient une paire de gratteux de folie, dis donc!
Ils ont dû s'ennuyer un poil, non?

Ah punaise. Le passage avec le mec en fauteuil, vers 13'00, sur ce morceau de la mort et de la vie, j'ai trouvé ça beau.
La prestation est impeccable.
Ce groupe est merveilleux. Stane est un des meilleurs frontman ever.

Tout pareil.

Sven a écrit:Putain, ils avaient une paire de gratteux de folie, dis donc!
Ils ont dû s'ennuyer un poil, non?

C'est sur que DT c'est moins technique que ce qu'ils jouent d'habitude avec Arch Enemy, Armageddon ou Andromeda, on est plus dans les atmosphères, y a moins de solos... La difficulté c'est plus de reproduire une ambiance générale que sur des passages techniques, il faut se fondre dans la masse. C'est différent mais c'est pas si facile à jouer je pense (un peu comme AC/DC dans un autre style, ça a l'air évident mais personne n'arrive à le faire sonner comme eux). Là pour DT ça le fait avec ce line up, c'est même plus carré que d'habitude je trouve.

D'un autre côté, si c'est pas carré avec des gratteux de ce niveau, ça le sera jamais!

Niklas Sundin, qui fait officiellement toujours partie du groupe mais n'a plus joué avec depuis 3 ou 4 ans, va sortir un album avec un projet parallèle plutôt ambient, MITOCHONDRIAL SUN.



Italian record company Argonauta Records has announced the signing of MITOCHONDRIAL SUN, the solo project of DARK TRANQUILLITY's Niklas Sundin. MITOCHONDRIAL SUN's debut album will be released in early 2020.

Niklas is best known as a founding member and guitarist of DARK TRANQUILLITY, the Swedish metal band that for nearly three decades has helped carving out an entire subgenre and inspired musicians all around the globe. After 15 albums as a metal guitarist, MITOCHONDRIAL SUN is Sundin's first public foray into different musical realms: created with support from the Swedish Arts Council, the self-titled debut album is a diverse offering of atmospheric and darkly cinematic music where the songs differ wildly in expression and sonic aesthetics.

Sundin comments: "I'm very pleased and excited to announce that the debut LP/CD of my MITOCHONDRIAL SUN project will be released on Argonauta Records early next year. The album has been a long time in the making, with some of the melodies and chord progressions dating back to the mid-'90s, so it'll be great to finally have it out in the open.

"I first got in touch with Argonauta when creating the cover artwork for one of their bands and found them to be an enthusiastic and hungry label that's not afraid to venture outside of the conventional borders. In other words, a perfect match for an experimental electronic album that covers a lot of ground and that's hard to pigeonhole into any specific genre.

"This is my first solo venture in nearly 30 years as a musician, and even if I know that this style of music might not fit every metal fan, I think and hope that people will find it an interesting listen."

Musically speaking, the MITOCHONDRIAL SUN album is largely instrumental and features everything from DEAD CAN DANCE-like tribal atmospheres to futuristic sci-fi soundscapes. Among the guest musicians appearing are DARK TRANQUILLITY's Martin Brändström and renowned cello player Annika Blomfeldt. The album was mixed and mastered by Anders Lagerfors (who also contributed grand piano to some tracks) at Nacksving Studio in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The album is based around evolution and the passing of time. Juxtaposing electronic and decidedly synthetic elements with organic sound textures and the presence of real cello and grand piano, MITOCHONDRIAL SUN is an exploration of contrasts. Lush and cinematic passages collide with harsh distortion and massive futuristic soundscapes. Some songs have a traditional feel, invoking ghosts and patterns from our distant past, some are urban and desolate and some glance outward towards a future among the stars. In addition to being a musician, Niklas is also a prolific graphic designer. This visual emphasis is transfered over to to the MITOCHONDRIAL SUN project, where each song will be accompanied by an animated video further enhancing the experience and providing context.

The first single and video, "Nyaga" — whose title is inspired by a little-known sci-fi novel by the Swedish astronomer and writer Peter Nilsson — will be revealed in full in October, but you can already dive into a first teaser of the track below. Additional singles will be released before the full-length album arrives in early 2020.

Featuring 10 songs with lots of stylistic differences, MITOCHONDRIAL SUN's debut album is by no means an easy listen, or one designed for instant gratification — but the patient listener will be rewarded.

Hum a écrit:MITOCHONDRIAL SUN's debut album is by no means an easy listen, or one designed for instant gratification — but the patient listener will be rewarded.

"S'il vous plait, écoutez-le plus de 30 secondes !"

C'est exactement ça !

Et là en plus il y a un peu de "ça n'a rien à voir avec DT donc vous allez trouver ça chiant, mais écoutez-le quand même !"

Nouvel extrait du projet de Sundin :



Sur la page facebook de DT la liste des membres du groupe a été changée:
Band Members
Stanne, Jivarp, Amott, Brändström, Iwers, & Reinholdz

Plus de trace de Sundin... est-ce une confirmation du line up live comme line up officiel ?

Nouvel extrait du projet ultra chiant atmosphérique de Niklas Sundin:

On s’en doutait car il n’a plus joué avec le groupe depuis 2016, mais c’est confirmé : Niklas Sundin quitte le groupe.

Founding DARK TRANQUILLITY guitarist, Niklas Sundin, quits.

Hi,

As some of you know, I’ve had a break from playing with D.T. since 2016 in order to focus on family life. With the “Atoma” touring cycle now completed and a new album recording about to commence, the time is right to officially announce my departure from the band.

I’m very grateful for the experiences that the past 30 years have brought. We founded D.T. as teenagers without any musical knowledge, and somehow our songs took us all across the world, helped establish a new subgenre of metal, brought us several Grammy nominations and - more importantly - had a positive and life-altering impact on people all over the globe. This is extremely humbling, and more than what most artists ever could ask for.

However, it's no secret that I always enjoyed the creative process more than the performance aspects of being in a band, and the required extensive touring held less and less appeal with every album. The band and the fans deserve members that want to be on the road as much as possible in order to keep the (forward) momentum going, and for this reason I prefer to step aside and direct my musical creativity towards other areas. I’ll still be involved in the visual side of D.T. and am working on the cover illustration for the next album as we speak.

I send my warmest regards to the guys in the band, the incredible crew and of course to everyone that supported us over the past three decades. As for future musical endeavours, my electronic project Mitochondrial Sun released its debut album last month, and there are several other projects and collaborations (both metal and non-metal) in the pipeline. Onwards!

/Niklas

Il reste qui du line-up "classique"? Stanne et Jivarp?

Ouep, les deux seuls qui sont là depuis le début. Le plus "vieux" ensuite, c'est le claviériste arrivé en 1998.