The Gallery
Studio album by Dark Tranquillity
Released	27 November 1995
Recorded	April–May 1995
Studio	Studio Fredman, Gothenburg
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	47:48
Label	Osmose
Producer	Dark Tranquillity,Fredrik Nordström
Dark Tranquillity chronology
Of Chaos and Eternal Night (1995) The Gallery (1995) Enter Suicidal Angels (1996)

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AllMusic	[1]
Sputnikmusic	[2]

The Gallery is the second studio album by Swedishmelodic death metal bandDark Tranquillity, released on 27 November 1995 byOsmose. It was the first full-length release to featureMikael Stanne on lead vocals, as he was previously the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist.

In 2004,The Gallery was re-released with a slightly different cover art and fivecover songs as bonus tracks.

On the band's live album,Where Death Is Most Alive, vocalistMikael Stanne has stated that the song "Edenspring" is about drinking.

Live versions of songs onThe Gallery have been recorded for the band's live albums: "Punish My Heaven" and "Lethe" are featured on theLive Damage album. "Edenspring", "Lethe" and "Punish My Heaven" are featured on theWhere Death Is Most Alive album.

When the band plays songs from "The Gallery" live, they tune down to their usualD♭ tuning, rather thanE♭ tuning, which was the tuning for this album andHaven.

• "Punish My Heaven" has been played very often since its release.
• "Lethe" has also been played often since the release of "The Gallery".
  • Most of the song's intro is cut out. During the band's earlier tours, the intro has been played on bass. However, the band has shifted to playing the intro on a keyboard.
• "Edenspring" was often played during shows during the tours of The Gallery andThe Mind's I. It returned to the band's setlist during the "Where Death is Most Alive Tour".
• "The Gallery" was played in a few shows during the "Projector" and "Haven" tours. It returned to the band's setlist during the touring cycle forWe Are the Void.
• "Silence, and the Firmament Withdrew" was played during many shows in the touring cycle for The Gallery. It was also in during a few shows during the Haven touring cycle. It returned to the band's setlist during the European Leg of theConstruct tour.
• "The Dividing Line" was played in a few shows during The Gallery Tour.

The Gallery is considered a classic album of the Gothenburg style of metal, along withAt the Gates'Slaughter of the Soul andIn Flames'The Jester Race,^[3] exhibiting the dual guitar leads, growled vocals and acoustic sections typical of the genre.

John Serba, writing forAllMusic, 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 intoDecibel 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]

• Mikael Stanne − vocals
• Niklas Sundin − guitar
• Fredrik Johansson − guitar, acoustic guitar
• Martin Henriksson − bass, acoustic guitar
• Anders Jivarp − drums

• Eva-Marie Larsson − co-vocals on "The Gallery", "Lethe" and "...of Melancholy Burning"
• Frasse Franzén − timpani on "Mine Is the Grandeur..."
• Fredrik Nordström − keyboards
• Kristian Wåhlin − cover art

• Dark Tranquillity albums
• 1995 albums
• Albums with cover art by Kristian Wåhlin
• Albums recorded at Studio Fredman
• Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström
• Osmose Productions albums

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