Artist: DARK TRANQUILLITY
Album: LIVE DAMAGE (DVD)

Release date: 2003
Media type: DVD

Gothenburg’s once unholy trinity: AT THE GATES, IN FLAMES and DARK TRANQUILLITY. What’s left of it you might ask? Well: the Bjorler brothers went down in their finest hour (“Slaughter Of The Soul”), Friden and his beer buddies in IN FLAMES are going American all of a sudden which means that DARK TRNQUILLITY is the only hope of keeping that sound alive’n’kicking. So far they’ve done just that; D.T. have been a consistent band through the years releasing several high quality albums and now their first DVD ever for you to enjoy in your living room.

It’s good to finally get D.T. on DVD format and actually see the band in action. A live concert in Poland is the main event for this adventure. No song from “Skydancer” sadly but enough classic material to keep you fastened in your chair; “The Wonders At Your Feet”, “Hedon”, “Haven”, “Punish My Heaven” (godly performance) and “Zodijackyl Light” flow smoothly on the scene. The band is very energetic, unlike the very silent and hardly noticeable crowd and plays the songs without any difficulties, very enjoyable. Despite skipping a passage in “Hedon” frontman Mikael Stanne works the crowd (without any response so to say) and stays very active throughout the whole show, his performance really captures me in a spell, such anger and frustration one mans world. Guitar duo Sundin and Henriksson go about their riffs and solos without any trouble at all, man how I love to watch Sundin play that solo on “The Wonders At Your Feet”!!!

The other interesting part of the DVD is the interview with Stanne conducted by some Polish guy I think. No Mr. Rock Star bitching here, he seems like a very cool down to earth guy who’s excited to tell the story about his band and is very eager to get out on tour and touch people (in a lyrical way he he). The bootleg part contains some pretty raw stuff and shows what happens when D.T. plays a small venue. The two promo videos are nothing to get freaked about, they’re just too weird for me to grasp, but they might have the opposite effect on you.

Good graphics, good material, some indifferent sections, there are better DVDs out there you want to purchase, yet “Live Damage” still is a good product for the fans of this great act.

TRACKLIST:

LIVE IN KRAKOW
1. Intro
2. Wonders At Your Feet
3. The Treason Wall
4. Hedon
5. White Noise/Black Silence
6. Haven
7. Punish My Heaven
8. Monochromatic Stains
9. UnDo Control
10. Indifferent Suns
11. Format C: For Cortex
12. Insanity’s Crescendo
13. Hours Passed In Exile
14. The Sun Fired Blanks
15. Damage Done
16. Lethe
17. Not Built To Last
18. Therein
19. Zodijackyl Light
20. Final Resistance
21. Outro—Ex Nihilo

BONUS FEATURES:

LIVE IN ESSEN - audio bootlegs
1. White Noise/Black Silence
2. Haven
3. The Wonders At Your Feet
4. Final Resistance
LIVE IN ATHENS/ PARIS - audio bootlegs
1. Therein
2. Zodijackyl Light
3. Final Resistance
4. Damage Done
5. The Wonders At Your Feet
6. Final Resistance
7. Punish My Heaven
8. Monochromatic Stains
9. Therein
10. Haven
11. Hedon
12. White Noise/Black Silence

VIDEOS:
- Monochromatic Stains
- Therein

INTERVIEW
BIOGRAPHY
DISCOGRAPHY
PHOTO GALLERY
ART GALLERY
WALLPAPERS

LINE-UP:

Mikael Stanne - Vocals
Niklas Sundin - Guitar
Martin Henriksson - Guitar
Michael Nicklasson - Bass
Martin Brandstrom - Keyboards
Anders Jivarp - Drums