Dark Tranquillity

How good are they LIVE?

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Critics Consensus

Based on 58 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Dark Tranquillity is rated as an entertaining live performer, with many notable strengths. Dark Tranquillity concert reviews describe live shows and performances as melodic and relaxing.

How long are their concerts?

How long are Dark Tranquillity concerts? Dark Tranquillity concerts usually last from 45 minutes to up to an hour and a half.

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On tour

Live Club, Trezzo sull'Adda (MI), Italy, (September 27); LKA-Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany, (September 28); TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, (September 29); Le Bataclan, Paris, France, (September 30); Muziekcentrum TRIX, Antwerpen, Belgium, (October 2); Felsenkeller, Leipzig, Germany, (October 3); Botschaft, Osnabrück, Germany, (October 4); Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin, Germany, (October 5); SaSaZu, Prague, Czech Republic, (October 6); Barba Negra Red Stage, Budapest, Hungary, (October 7); A2, Wrocław, Poland, (October 8); Posthof, Linz, Austria, (October 9); Eventzentrum Strohofer, Geiselwind, Germany, (October 11); Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden, (October 14); Arbisteatern, Norrköping, Sweden, (October 15); Teatro Cariola, Santiago, Chile, (January 16); Carioca Club, São Paulo, Brazil, (January 18); El Teatrito, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, (January 19); Teatro Astor Plaza, Bogotá, Colombia, (January 21); Polideportivo Municipal de Villena, Villena, Spain, (August 5);

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Billdal, Sweden (1989 - present)

Bio

Dark Tranquillity are a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1989 by singer Mikael Stanne and guitarist Niklas Sundin as Septic Broiler before changing their name in 1991. They are considered to be one of the earliest pioneers of the Gothenburg metal style.

Has Performed With

Warbringer, Insomnium, Ensiferum

Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

December 14, 2022

Zenith, Munich, Germany

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

November 29, 2022

Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

August 28, 2022

As the first festival in our world to make its triumphant return last year following the pandemic, Bloodstock Festival was a saving grace for so many people who had been starved of live music in the age of lockdowns.

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Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

April 19, 2022

Dark Tranquillity & Ensiferum - Hamburg 2022

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

April 13, 2022

For one night only, extreme metal and London's premiere gay club have collided for a co-headline tour between folk metallers ENSIFERUM and melodeath pioneers DARK TRANQUILLITY.

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Backseat Mafia

April 9, 2022

Second band of the night are melodic doom/death metal Nailed to Obscurity from Esens Germany. The lights are low and eerie, not changing much from a doomy blue as lead singer Raimund Ennenga dominates the stage like some tall sorcerous waving his mic-less hand as if casting spells through out their set.

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Backseat Mafia

April 9, 2022

So the doors finally opened and it wasn't long before a hefty number of black clad eager metalheads had accumulated inside the Club Academy and as the lights dimmed, Nailed To Obscurity, with their brand of Germanic Melodic Death Metal hit the stage.

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Past critic reviews published in

Rockfreaks.net (Denmark), Distorted Sound Magazine (UK), Reflections of Darkness (Germany), Exclaim (Canada), Reflections of Darkness (Germany) and more