The Gallery (album)
The Gallery is the second full-length studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, released on 27 November 1995. It was the first full-length release to feature Mikael Stanne on vocals, as he was previously the rhythm guitarist. In 2004, "The Gallery" was re-released with a slightly different cover art and five cover songs as bonus tracks. Songs. The song "Punish My Heaven" was preceded by the track "Yesterworld" from the "A Moonclad Reflection" demo and later on the "Yesterworlds" compilation album. On the band's live album, "Where Death Is  Most Alive", vocalist Mikael Stanne has stated that the song "Edenspring" is about drinking. Live versions of songs on "The Gallery" have been recorded for the band's live albums: "Punish My Heaven" and "Lethe" are featured on the "Live Damage" album. "Edenspring", "Lethe" and "Punish My Heaven" are featured on the "Where Death Is Most Alive" album. Live performances. When the band plays songs from "The Gallery" live, they tune down to their usual D♭ tuning, rather than E♭ tuning, which was the tuning for this album and "Haven". 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", 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." 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."