Credits:Dark TranquillityDescription:Bytheirthirdlong-player(andsecondsincethetraumatizingdefectionoforiginalsingerAndersFriden),TheMind'sI,DarkTranquilityweremakingverypositivestrides,gaininginconfidence,butstillplayingseriouscatch-uptoInFlamesandAttheGatesinthebattleoftheGothenburgextrememetalbands.Yes,theirdatedandoverlylaboriousearly-'90sSwedishdeathmetalhabitshadbynowlargelyandwiselybeenreplacedbymoreeconomical(read:shorter)songwriting,theirmelodieswereevermoreevidentwithintherulingmetallicmayhem,andformerguitaristMikaelStannehadfullycomeintohisownasaleadvocalist,butthatdidn'tmeanthatspeedynewofferingslike"Scythe,RageandRoses"and"DissolutionFactorRed"wereinspiredenoughtofullystandoutfromthepack.Andasprovenbythesurprisingfemaleleadvocalheardin"Insanity'sCrescendo,"thepart-acoustic,part-industrialtitletrack,andtheundoubtedlyinterestingbutverymuchschizophrenic"DreamloreDegenerate"and"Hedon,"DTwerestillexperimentingwithallma