Multa lume afirma ca Dark Tranquillity ar fi cam ultimii purtatori ai stindardului death metal-ului tip Gothenburg. La fel de multe persoane considera ca muzica trupei suedeze nu prea mai are mare legatura cu stilul metalic amintit mai sus. Pana si membrii formatiei au afirmat in interviuri ca s-au cam saturat de aceasta eticheta si ca nu se mai considera, de multa vreme, altceva decat o trupa de metal. Fair enough!
Cu Primordial am facut cunostinta in anul 1998, odata cu aparitia albumului A Journey’s End, editat de una dintre casele de discuri elitiste ale momentului, Misanthropy Records. Ca o paranteza, multa vreme am considerat coperta albumului amintit mai sus drept una dintre cele mai frumoase ever.
Pestilence was never a band easy to listen to, that is clear.
After a thrash/death debut, more or less similar to the metal trend of the epoch (with the albums Malleus Malleficarum and Consuming Impulse), in 1991 (by the Testimony of the Ancients) and especially in 1993 (by the ultra-experimental Spheres), the band has chosen the path of a totally atypical death metal, very technical and complex, a decision that provoked both the breaking of the contract with the record label and the splitting of the band’s fan base.
La Baza Gatului: Hello and welcome. When did you realize that music was going to be your “path”?
Sotiris Anunnaki V: When I was 8 years old I started taking lessons on violin, so I was introduced to the magic world of music at a very early age. But I have to admit that initially I wanted to become an astronaut…