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DARK TRANQUILITY: Update From The Road/Report From Atlantic City Show by Mark Gromen When Dark Tranquility left Gothenburg, it had been the coldest winter in 50 years, with tons of snow, so much so, it threatened to prevent them from getting to the US. On the second date of their tour, the House Of Blues in Atlantic City’s Showboat Casino, was battened down for what turned out to be the “Storm Of The Century”. Washington DC, on route to the travelling caravan’s next stop, was already a whiteout, preventing anyone from heading further south. Luckily some of Tranquils are big poker fanatics. “We could have been stranded anywhere,” says frontman Mikael Stanne, adopting a lemons-into-lemonade attitude. “At least here you can find something to do.” Over a beer in the casino’s bar, as octogenarians serenade a member of their troupe celebrating another birthday, Stanne discussed the new DVD, upcoming "We Are The Void" CD and future tour plans. About as far afield as one can get from the snow would be the African country of Tunisia, where the Swedes played in ’09. “We were worried. It was really hard to make sure everything was set up, but these three guys were really serious fans and they decided, ‘We’ve got to put together a show.’ They’d done like two or three metal shows before us. We had no idea what to expect. ‘Is it going to be a tiny little club?’ They wouldn’t tell us! We don’t really sell any albums in Tunisia either. I did an interview, in advance, and I asked, ‘Can you buy our CDs in stores?’ and the guy said, ‘No! It’s great, we download for free here.’ When we got there, it was fantastic. We stayed in a fantastic hotel. The venue was huge. When we walked in there, we thought, ‘This is going to be a disaster. It’s going to look empty.’ Closer to showtime, we looked out the windows and saw 500 cops! We thought, ‘Shit, what’s going on?’ But they reassured us, saying, ‘No, we need them, there’s going to be a lot of people.’ It turned out there was like 5,500 people and 5-600 cops. This was the biggest metal show they’d ever had in the country. It was beautiful and the fans were beyond crazy. We only got to stay two days. I can’t wait to get back there.” Read the entire story here http://www.bravewords.com/news/131978
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