On November 4th, Dark Tranquillity will release their 11th album, Atoma, worldwide through Century Media Records and start their North American headline tour. The band have just released a video for the song “Forward Momentum”. The clip was filmed in the far North of Sweden near Kiruna by Vesa Ranta (Sentenced, The Man-Eating Tree drummer) and directed by Harri Haataja. Vesa Ranta and Dark Tranquillity already share a long history. Niklas Sundin created the cover artwork for the Sentenced album Crimson back in the year 2000 and both bands toured together shortly after. In 2008 Dark Tranquillity honored their friends with a cover version of “Broken” on the 20th Anniversary compilation of their label Century Media.

Atoma was recorded at Rogue Music in Gothenburg, the studio owned by D.T. keyboardist Martin Brändström. Mixing duties were handled by David Castillo, known for his work with bands such as Katatonia, Opeth and Candlemass. The striking cover artwork was once again created by the band's guitarist Niklas Sundin.

Atoma tracklisting:

“Encircled”
“Atoma”
“Forward Momentum”
“Neutrality”
“Force Of Hand”
“Faithless By Default”
“The Pitiless”
“Our Proof Of Life”
“Clearing Skies”
“When The World Screams”
“Merciless Fate”
“Caves And Embers”

"Atoma" animated video:

“The Pitiless” video:

A limited edition double CD will be available as a digipak in North America and as a Mediabook in Europe. The bonus disc features the songs “The Absolute” and “Time Out of Place” that showcase a very different side of the band. Recorded and mixed by Anders Lagerfors at Nacksving studios, these tracks are among the darkest and most brooding ever from the band - but their experimental nature make them far removed from the usual metal territory.

The band explains, "A lot of our songs start out as pieces of music written on piano/ keyboards before getting transformed into guitar driven metal. With this recording, we wanted to explore what would happen if we instead let the material take another direction, and we're extremely thrilled by the result."

These songs will exclusively be available on the physical deluxe edition of Atoma and won't appear on the digital edition of the album. A vinyl 7” is planned for early 2017.

The gatefold vinyl LP will contain the 12 track CD and is available in different vinyl colors:

Black vinyl: worldwide
Blue vinyl: limited to 400 copies exclusive through Bengans in Sweden
Dark Green: limited to 200 copies exclusive through CDon in Scandinavia
Clear vinyl: limited to 400 copies in North America
Transparent Blue vinyl: limited to 300 copies exclusive through cmdistro.com in North America
Transparent Red vinyl: limited to 200 copies exclusive available through cmdistro.com in Europe

North American fans can catch the band live this fall/winter. See dates below to find a show near you.

November (with Swallow The Sun, Enforcer and Starkill)
4 - The Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
5 - Palladium Upstairs - Worcester, MA
6 - Trocadero Theater - Philadelphia, PA
7 - The Filmore - Silver Spring, MD
8 - Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY
9 - Foufonues Electriques - Montreal, QC
10 - Le Cercle - Quebec, QC
11 - Mavericks - Ottawa, ON
12 - The Opera House - Toronto, ON
13 - Token Lounge - Westland, MI
14 - The Altar Bar - Pittsburgh, PA
15 - The Agora Theatre & Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
16 - Park Street Saloon - Columbus, OH
19 - Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis, MN
20 - Fubar - Saint Louis, MO
22 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
25 - Rickshaw Theatre - North Vancouver, Canada
26 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
27 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
28 - PBJ's - Reno, NV
29 - Slim’s - San Francisco, CA
30 - City National Grove - Anaheim, CA

December (with Swallow The Sun, Enforcer and Starkill)
1 - Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
2 - LVCS - Las Vegas, NV
3 - Club Red - Mesa, AZ
5 - Trees - Dallas, TX
6 - Cine El Rey - Mcallen, TX
7 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX

(Photo - Dirk Behlau)