The Gallery (album)

The Gallery
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released November 27, 1995
(see release history)
Recorded April–May 1995
(Studio Fredman)[1]
Genre Melodic death metal
Length 47:48
Label Osmose
Producer Dark Tranquillity, Fredrik Nordström
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Of Chaos and Eternal Night
(1995)		 The Gallery
(1995)		 Enter Suicidal Angels
(1996)
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The Gallery is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, released on November 27, 1995. It was the first full-length release to feature Mikael Stanne on lead vocals, while passing down his position of guitarist to Fredrik Johansson. The album saw a more intense approach on the vocals than on Skydancer.

The release of the album was pushed forward because Kristian Wåhlin took a lot of time to work on the album cover.

In 2004, Century Media Records re-released The Gallery with new layouts and five cover songs as bonus tracks.

The Gallery is considered a classic album of the Gothenburg style of metal, along with At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul and In Flames' The Jester Race,[3] exhibiting the dual guitar leads, growled vocals and acoustic sections typical of the genre. The album was inducted into Decibel magazine's hall of fame in its April 2010 issue.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Punish My Heaven"   Stanne, Sundin, Johansson, Jivarp 4:46
2. "Silence, and the Firmament Withdrew"   Stanne, Sundin, Henriksson 2:36
3. "Edenspring"   Stanne, Sundin, Johansson 4:30
4. "The Dividing Line"   Stanne, Sundin, Johansson, Jivarp 5:01
5. "The Gallery"   Stanne, Sundin, Henriksson 4:07
6. "The One Brooding Warning"   Stanne, Sundin, Johansson, Henriksson 4:14
7. "Midway Through Infinity"   Stanne, Sundin, Johansson, Henriksson, Jivarp 3:30
8. "Lethe"   Sundin, Henriksson 4:42
9. "The Emptiness from Which I Fed"   Stanne, Sundin, Henriksson 5:43
10. "Mine Is the Grandeur..." (instrumental) Sundin, Johansson, Henriksson 2:26
11. "...of Melancholy Burning"   Stanne, Henriksson 6:16

Release history

Date Note
April 5, 2005 Reissue

Credits

Dark Tranquillity

Guests

References

  1. ^ "The Gallery CD/LP/10" Box 1995". Dark Tranquillity Homepage. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  2. ^ "The Gallery - Dark Tranquillity". Allmusic. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  3. ^ "Melodic Death Metal". About.com. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
Dark Tranquillity
Mikael Stanne · Niklas Sundin · Martin Henriksson · Daniel Antonsson · Martin Brändström · Anders Jivarp
Anders Fridén · Fredrik Johansson · Michael Nicklasson
Studio albums
EPs, MCDs and singles
Trail of Life Decayed · A Moonclad Reflection · Of Chaos and Eternal Night · Enter Suicidal Angels · Lost to Apathy · Focus Shift · Misery's Crown
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