Damage Done - Dark Tranquillity

I can't help thinking of Dark Tranquillity's most recent three albums as a trilogy, seemingly striving to re-establish the band as the leading force in Gothenburg-style melodic death metal after the experimentation of previous releases that has now been abandoned in favour of a return to their roots. While this would soon prove to be a hindrance as the band essentially ran out of ideas and started to repeat themselves ad nauseam, the brief return to grace with 'Damage Done' makes it one of the finer albums of their career. If Dark Tranquillity were indeed hoping to prove their credibility in the face of bands such as In Flames, whose sound had deviated far ...  Read the complete review