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The Gallery
Metal · 1995 · 11 tracks · 47m

The Gallery

Dark Tranquillity

A cornerstone of Swedish melodic death metal. Intricate twin-guitar harmonies meet poetic melancholy and surprising acoustic detours in a cold, elegant landscape.

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It's like a heavy metal version of a dark, snowy 19th-century poem.

A sophisticated blend of aggressive energy and cold, poetic melancholy.

The Gallery · vs · Dark Tranquillity
Winter+1.7σ

Winter saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 47m
01
Punish My Heaven
4:47
02
Silence, and the Firmament Withdrew
2:36
03
Edenspring
4:31
04
The Dividing Line
5:01
05
The Gallery
4:08
06
The One Brooding Warning
4:14
07
Midway Through Infinity
3:30
08
Lethe
4:43
09
The Emptiness From Which I Fed
5:44
10
Mine Is the Grandeur…
2:27
11
…of Melancholy Burning
6:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden transition from frantic blast beats to a delicate, nylon-string acoustic passage in the title track
The haunting guest soprano vocals that soar above the heavy riffs during the climax of Lethe
The frantic, harmonized guitar run at the opening of Punish My Heaven that defined the Gothenburg sound
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