The Gallery is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, released on November 27, 1995. It was the first full-length release to feature Mikael Stanne.
In 2004, Century Media Records re-released The Gallery with new layouts and five cover songs as bonus tracks.
Critical Reception
The Gallery is considered a classic album of the Gothenburg style of metal, along with At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul and In Flames' The Jester Race,[3] exhibiting the dual guitar leads, growled vocals and acoustic sections typical of the genre.
John Serba, writing for Allmusic, wrote that the album "is a transcendent work from one of the underdogs of the genre -- a bona fide masterpiece that helped further stretch the boundaries of death metal in the '90s."[1]
This album was inducted into Decibel magazine's hall of fame in its April 2010 issue. Chris Dick, in the article accompanying the induction, stated that "no recording at the time or since bears resemblance to its power and sophistication."[4]
Track listing
| 1. |
"Punish My Heaven" |
Stanne, Sundin |
Johansson, Sundin, Jivarp |
4:46 |
| 2. |
"Silence, and the Firmament Withdrew" |
Sundin, Stanne |
Sundin, Henriksson |
2:36 |
| 3. |
"Edenspring" |
Stanne |
Sundin, Johansson |
4:30 |
| 4. |
"The Dividing Line" |
Stanne |
Jivarp, Johansson, Sundin, |
5:01 |
| 5. |
"The Gallery" |
Stanne, Sundin |
Henriksson |
4:07 |
| 6. |
"The One Brooding Warning" |
Stanne |
Henriksson, Johansson, Sundin |
4:14 |
| 7. |
"Midway Through Infinity" |
Stanne |
Sundin, Henriksson, Jivarp, Johansson |
3:30 |
| 8. |
"Lethe" |
Sundin |
Henriksson |
4:42 |
| 9. |
"The Emptiness from Which I Fed" |
Stanne |
Henriksson, Sundin, Johansson |
5:43 |
| 10. |
"Mine Is the Grandeur..." (Instrumental) |
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Henriksson, Sundin |
2:26 |
| 11. |
"...of Melancholy Burning" |
Stanne |
Henriksson |
6:16 |
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Total length:
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47:48 |
Release history
| Date |
Note |
| April 5, 2005 |
Reissue |
Credits
Dark Tranquillity
Guests
References
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