Album Rating: 4.0

even if I'm being ridiculous the averages are close, and I don't value Fiction half as much as some people here do, so



Fiction is (at least) worse than the following albums:

Character

Haven

The Gallery

Projector

Damage Done



So that alone doesn't make it tier 1 at least in my book

Album Rating: 2.5

Character and Damage Done are better than Fiction, yeah, but for some reason I really like that album. Probably cause it came out when I was in high school and I got really attached. It has some absolute bangers, but yeah, it's probably more like second or third tier DT realistically.



The Lesser Faith is still maybe one of my favorite songs ever though.

Album Rating: 3.5

Fiction is their best.

Album Rating: 4.0

I still maintain early Dark Tranquillity is overrated. The DD/character/fiction trilogy is best

Album Rating: 4.0

There’s no touching damage done or character by any of DT’s other albums. I’ve liked everything they’ve done since, some more than others but yeah DD and character are on a level of their own. The band’s apex IMO.



My top DT albums are Character > Damage Done > Construct > Atoma > Fiction > Moment. Their albums before Character I don’t really care for and haven’t spent much time with.



(Agree with the comment above about The Lesser Faith track. One of the band’s best songs.)

Album Rating: 2.5

based takes. I feel like every metal head I know worships The Gallery era. I'm not in that camp, I like the the mid 2000s era the most.

Album Rating: 4.0

The Gallery is an accomplishment for sure, but not my favorite either.



My favorite is actually Haven, people are sleeping massively on that one



DT found themselves with Projector imo, everything that came after that was a product of that stylistic change

Album Rating: 2.5

I like Haven but a lot of it blends together. Almost all songs follow the same structure and have similar lengths. Their songwriting was way more adventurous before and after that album.



It has some great tracks though

Album Rating: 3.5

Haven is slept on [2]



correct take

Album Rating: 3.0

Fabric has become one of my favorite songs by them actually. Gorgeous song.

Album Rating: 3.5

Like I get a big complaint is how prominent the keys are throughout that album, but I kinda adore it and it's charming in its own right. They just recently brought on a keyboardist and are so happy about it that they want him EVERYWHERE, and it leads to a pretty unique feel in their discography.

Album Rating: 4.0

yep Mars, agreed, it's kinda heartwarming how welcomed he obviously was



Also that record has Fabric, Ego Drama and At Loss for Words, some of their best to me

Album Rating: 2.5

Haven is great. The Same is one of my fave songs by DT period.

Album Rating: 3.5

Chorus on the t/t is massive my dudes, I love seeing the Haven love.

Album Rating: 2.5

IN



IN



IN



INTO MY HAVEEEEN

Album Rating: 3.5

The keys at that part are just epic, how they cascade down with that melody. That's a great moment there.

Album Rating: 4.0

I forgot to mention Haven. Haven is another good DT album, but admittedly I haven’t spent nearly as much time with it as each album after it. Need to revisit it for sure. What y’all think about We Are the Void? It’s a pretty badly produced album but I liked it at the time when it came out. It marks a specific and interesting period in my life so I enjoy it for nostalgic purposes more than anything else.

Album Rating: 2.5

Haven is definitely worth a revisit.



Everyone hates We Are The Void on this site for some inexplicable reason, but it fucking rips. I love that album.

Album Rating: 4.0

WatV has bad production, yes, and a collection of the worst quality songs in their discography, it's not bad, it's just very mediocre as a whole for DT standards



Still has a couple of bangers tho

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah I've always felt that and Fiction fell short of the true dark tranquillity potential