Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
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Artist: Dark TranquillityEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Music Label: Century Media
Soundtracks:
- Nothing To No One
- The Lesser Faith
- Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)
- Blind At Heart
- Icipher
- Inside The Particle Storm
- Empty Me
- Misery's Crown
- Focus Shift
- The Mundane And The Magic
Free Music Notes for Fiction
Free Music Review: Album of the Year 2007? Indeed!
Hit: 5 Stars
My initial assessment of the new Dark Tranquillity opus was that it did not touch their prior accomplishments like "The Gallery", "Mind's I", "Haven", "Damage Done" or my personal album of the year 2005, "Character". "Fiction" seemed too messy and too simple at the same time, while I loved "Focus Shift", everything else seemed like a lousy attempt at revisiting "Mind's I". I consider myself an expert on DT, I have all of their albums + "Exposure..." double CD, and I love them all, every period of DT music has its own magic and brilliance, they are my absolute, uncontested, unmatched number one band, since Death ceased to exist due to Chuck's death (no pun intended), so I tend to be rather very particular in my assessment of every new production by this quintet. BEWARE OF YOUR INITIAL JUDGEMENTS. The first impression about anything, especially such creative and complex music as DT is most of the time faulty and deceiving. Dark Tranquillity ain't no Green Day, and "Fiction" ain't no "Dookie"! It takes a very patient ear to appreciate any DT album, and this one is no exception. "Character" for all its brilliance contained one song, which still good, was clearly less exciting than the rest, number 2, "Through Smudged Lenses". I still like this song, but not as much as "Lost in Apathy" or "New Build", though my favorite is the last one, "My Negation". "Fiction" on the other hand has no better or worse songs, in fact it is rather difficult to pick a favorite. It took me more than 5 times to fully absorb this masterpiece. It reminds me of bits and pieces of EVERY single of DT albums, but it has definitely an identity of its own. Whereas most of melody in Dark Tranquillity's previous efforts came from guitars, "Character" signaled a change in this approach, and the keyboards begun to take over a little. This transition is complete on "Fiction". The melodies come from both instruments, fairly equally, as the polyrhythmic compositions sport often multiple, seemingly dissonant ideas. But the most incredible aspect of this album is the sound: heavy, extreme and depressing. Like last year's Katatonia, if "Inside the Particle" storm doesn't cause the suffering and injustice of the world, so rampant everywhere today, to be so frighteningly tangible you can taste it, Michael Stanne & Co. had failed. The lyrics to this piece (our children drown like dogs) are so real of what is happening today that the words almost function as another instrument, very intelligibly growled by DT's vocalist. The main melody of "Inside..." is one of the most eerie keyboard motifs I have ever heard in all of music. It raises the hair at the back of my head, every time I listen to it. THIS IS NOT A CASE OF SELLOUT as some purist fan of substandard metal had previously suggested. He is a classic example of an impatient listener with highly developed addiction for instant gratification, who no doubt judges any album based on no more than two spins, if he is even THAT gracious.If you like Dark Tranquility's any album, you'll love the way they continue to grow on this one without sacrificing an ounce of what made them THE best modern metal band on the planet. Ignore the purists and BUY FICTION NOW!
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