Promotional text spring 2002
     
      Damage Done is the much-anticipated sixth full length album from Gothenburg’s own Dark tranquillity, a band that has become an institution within the realms of extreme Metal, seeing that they deserve full credit for originally kicking off the stylistic wave of melodic Death Metal which has become established and frenetically followed all throughout the world in the meantime.
     
      During their 13 years of existence, Dark tranquillity have always tried to constantly expand their musical borders and stray away from already-conquered territory, and Damage Done is certainly no exception to their own artistic goal, being a truly diverse affair showcasing a host of new approaches and inspirational sources. Compared to the electronically-tinged approach of Haven (2000) or the laid-back, lush melancholia of the (Swedish) Grammy-nominated entity Projector (1999), Damage Done is more technical and intense in feel; a direct and solid sound, yet with lots of complex arrangements and sonic structures emerging from below the surface. While not by any ... (More DARK TRANQUILITY Biography)