For over two decades Dark Tranquility has been setting the norm when it comes to the Gothenburg-sound, a sound that showed that the words melodic and death metal weren’t mutually exclusive. It also inspired a whole slew of American bands such as Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying to create what is now referred to as metalcore. “We Are The Void” is album number nine for this outfit and on it they do everything that is expected of them. Unfortunately they don’t do anything more than that.
Expect relatively fast songs with a lots of twin guitar riffage and Mikael Stanne’s typical vocals. To top it all off they injected the songs once again with lots of keyboards to get that goth feel as well. Oh, and don’t gorget the guitar squeals… duh!
It all sounds decent enough but it does make me wonder just how many times you can make the exact same album.
Score: 7 out of 10
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