Dark Tranquillity - Projector (Century Media Records)
If you are a fan of Melodic Death Metal or "Gothenburg Metal" this release
is captivating. Focusing only on this release Dark Tranquillity adds extra
emotion to pretty much each track with some harsh vocals by Mikael Stanne
but a lot of clean also. There are clean vocals done by Johanna Andersson as
well on the track "Undo Control". From all of the DT releases that I've
heard (Skydancer, The Mind's I, The Gallery, and Character) this by far is
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE.
The reason I esteem this release so highly is being a fan of Melodic Death
Metal myself every track on here is filled with amazing clean and distorted
guitar. It isn't that the tracks with clean vocals only but they have
formulated this album so that there's a good mixture of each on almost every
song. Tempo ranges for each track are moderate, no blast beating (sorry
Extreme DM fans!!!), or anything that is SUPER HEAVY.
"Projector" received a Swedish Grammy Award!!! Getting back to the music,
there are some "ballads" such as "Auctioned", "Undo Control", "To A Bitter
Halt", etc. but they are mixed with electric distorted melodic riffs as well
not only just clean but on these a lot of clean vocals pretty much
dominating so that every song will attract anyone who really likes
"Gothenburg Metal" that is set in a pretty moderate super emotional tracks.
Rating: 9.5/10.