Since 1989 there has been a consistent and well known driving force in melodic death metal and more specifically, melodic death metal exemplifying traditional Gothenburg sound; Dark Tranquility. After 31 years of experience and a fairly traditional formula that Dark Tranquility implements, on their newest full length they remain committed to their signature sound. With […]
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Preview: Dong Open Air 2017

Every time I’m driving on the German Autobahn a57 near Neukirchen, I longingly gaze at the Halde Norddeutschland with its skeleton house landmark where the Dong Open Air festival takes place every year. Oh, the fun times we had on top of that Dong Mountain, sipping beer in the sky lounge and head banging to […]
Dark Tranquillity – Atoma
A wheel need not be re-invented. Yet means of transport are subject of constant innovation, though in the end they still take you from A to B. Dark Tranquillity just made their 11th ‘transport’, with a trip from A to B just waiting to be enjoyed again and again.. Read all!
A Day with Tristania
Writer/photographer Michael Brookhuis followed Tristania for a day! “I know a lot of readers are curious about what a band goes through while they are on tour. Also, a lot of people will not quickly experience the backstage area and what happens there. So here I am, being given the opportunity to share my day […]
Dong Open Air 2013
There is one festival that we from Metal-Exposure look forward to especially every year. It is a small festival on a unique location, with one stage, two bars, and just a few thousand visitors. But somehow, it always manages to be the biggest party of the year… We are talking, of course, of Dong Open […]