History Music / DarkTranquillity

* Christopher Amott (guitars)

Founded by then-Rhythm Guitarist (later singer) Mikael Stane and lead guitarist Niklas Sundin in 1989, Dark Tranquillity is known for an ever-changing style. No two albums sound alike. While most of their albums are definitively in the MelodicDeathMetal vein, their use of keyboards, clean vocals, solos, breakdowns, and occasional female guest-singers (most notably Nell Sigland of Music/TheCrest and Music/TheatreOfTragedy) all varies wildly.

Dark Tranquillity is also notable for having one of its original members - Mikael Stanne (vocals) still with the band.

* GothicMetal: The band plays this style combined with their signature melodeath sound in their fourth studio album, ''Projector''.

Dark Tranquillity is also notable for having two of its original members - Mikael Stanne (vocals) and Anders Jivarp (Drums) still with the band.

* Anders Jivarp (drums)

* Anders Iwers (bass)

'''Dark Tranquillity provides examples of:'''

* Anders Friden (vocals on ''Skydancer'', their first album, left the band to lead InFlames)

* DarkIsNotEvil: Their [[HarshVocals death growls]] are relatively light, their instrumentation is as often soaring and epic as sinister, and their lyrics, while dark, are generally not horribly offensive.

* SignatureStyle: Frequent time signature changes, slow to mid-tempo power riffs, low, breathy growling, symphonic elements, a Gothic-inspired sound, and unusual key signatures. Of the three big melodeath bands, they were the most [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly avant-garde]].

* TropeCodifier: For the slower, more progressive school of MelodicDeathMetal as exemplified by them, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Disarmonia Mundi, Insomnium, Music/TheAgonist, Music/{{Deadlock}}, Kokuyasou, Barren Earth, Persefone, DIO - Distraught Overlord, Music/ExistTrace, Music/{{Mayan}}, early Music/{{Cormorant}}, Music/FleshgodApocalypse and Music/{{Eluveitie}}.

* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Generally ranges from a 7 to a 9.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The majority of their songs are at 9, but a handful of their later, more keyboard heavy songs get as low as 8. Much of ''Projector'' could be 7.

* TropeCodifier: For the slower, more progressive school of MelodicDeathMetal as exemplified by them, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Disarmonia Mundi, Insomnium, Music/TheAgonist, Music/{{Deadlock}}, Kokuyasou, Barren Earth, Persefone, DIO - Distraught Overlord, Music/ExistTrace, Music/{{Mayan}}, early Music/{{Cormorant}}, Music/FleshgodApocalypse and Music/{{Eluvetie}}.

* TropeCodifier: For the slower, more progressive school of MelodicDeathMetal as exemplified by them, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Disarmonia Mundi, Insomnium, Music/TheAgonist, Music/{{Deadlock}}, Kokuyasou, Barren Earth, Persefone, DIO - Distraught Overlord, Music/ExistTrace, Music/{{Mayan}}, early Music/{{Cormorant}} and Music/FleshgodApocalypse.

* TropeMaker: Well, co-TropeMaker for MelodicDeathMetal along with Music/AtTheGates and Music/InFlames, with albums from Carcass and Sentenced being possible [[UrExample Ur Examples]].

Dark Tranquillity is also notable for having three of its original members - Mikael Stanne (vocals) and Anders Jivarp (Drums) still with the band.

Dark Tranquillity is also notable for having three of its original members - Mikael Stanne (Lead Vocals), Niklas Sundin (Lead Guitar) and Anders Jivarp (Drums) still with the band, though Sundlin went on a hiatus in 2016 and officially left the band in 2020.

* Mikael Stanne (Vocals)
* Anders Iwers (Bass)
* Anders Jivarp (Drums)
* Martin Brandstrom (Electronics, Piano)
* Chris Amott (Guitars)
* Johan Reinholdz (Guitars)

* Niklas Sundin (Lead and rhythm guitar)
* Anders Friden (Vocals on ''Skydancer'', their first album, left the band to lead InFlames)
* Fredrik Johansson (Guitar)
* Martin Henriksson (Guitar)
* Mikael Niklasson (Bass)
* Daniel Antonsson (Bass on We Are the Void)

Dark Tranquillity is also notable for having three of its original members - Mikael Stanne (Lead Vocals), Niklas Sundin (Lead Guitar) and Anders Jivarp (Drums) still with the band.

* Niklas Sundin (Lead and Rhythm Guitar)

* TropeMaker: Well, co-TropeMaker for MelodicDeathMetal along with AtTheGates and InFlames, with albums from Carcass and Sentenced being possible [[UrExample Ur Examples]].

* Frederik Johansson (Guitar)

Dark Tranquillity is also notable for having four of its original members - Mikael Stanne (Lead Vocals), Niklas Sundin (Lead Guitar), Martin Henriksson (Bassist, later Guitar), and Anders Jivarp (Drums) are still with the band.

* Niklas Sundin (Lead Guitar)
* Martin Henriksson (Rhythm Guitar)

* TropeCodifier: For the slower, more progressive school of MelodicDeathMetal as exemplified by them, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Disarmonia Mundi, Insomnium, Music/TheAgonist, Music/{{Deadlock}}, Kokuyasou, Barren Earth, Persefone, DIO - Distraught Overlord, Music/ExistTrace, Music/{{Mayan}}, Music/{{Cormorant}} and Music/FleshgodApocalypse.

* TropeCodifier: For the slower, more progressive school of MelodicDeathMetal as exemplified by them, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Disarmonia Mundi, Insomnium, Music/TheAgonist, Music/{{Deadlock}}, Kokuyasou, Barren Earth, Persefone, DIO - Distraught Overlord, Music/ExistTrace and Music/{{Mayan}}.