Edited sentence: Also, Dark Tranquillity started adding touches of metalcore influences now present in the way the verses are played and sung, sounding in the influence of bands such as As I Lay Dying, and Killswitch Engage, who also name Dark Tranquillity as major influences of their own.It was the first step toward changing thier style to a heavier, more intense death metal style.The guitar work and vocals on this album were a drastic departure from "Haven" and "Projector" as there are no clean vocal passages, and the guitar work takes on a more modern death metal approach, combining the guitar work much seen on "The Mind's I" and fresh atmospheric keyboard melodies