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Dark Tranquility 

An excellent melodic death metal band hailing from Götenburg, Sweden. Along with At the Gates and In Flames, helped define what would become called "The Götenburg Sound," which was then copied by many crappy American bands.
Dark Tranquility's noteworthy albums:
The Gallery
Haven
The Mind's I
Dark Tranquility by Bjorn Turok December 20, 2007

Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino

Person 1: have you ever been to Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino?

Person 2: yeah they have a pretty good taqueria there, definitely four stars out of five

dark tranquillity 

Along with Arch Enemy, probably the best melodic death bands ever to grace the planet.

Also, they are the one of the few bands that remain constantly awesome throughtout their whole career and don't water down their music to attract a larger audience.

They have the most harmonious riffs ever, with nice groovy drumtracks and a spectacular keyboard player. In fact, they are so harmonious and melodic, you swear they have an invisble conductor while they perform live.
Dark Tranquillity is also a really good live band, as they care about their fans and the singer jumps in the crowd all the time.

However, the singer is a tad strange, as he does these really weird motions when he performs live. That doesn't change the fact they kick ass on a biblical scale.
dark tranquillity by stab licker March 30, 2007

Reflection and tranquility room 

Restroom toilet pisser porcelain thrown crapper shitter break powder room bathroom stall] publicbathroom dropping a deuce pissing shitting alone time
I will be back. I'm going to the reflection and tranquility room. "Why do you call the bathroom that"...reflection is what I achieve from the mirror, deep into my soul after the tranquility I've experienced from a full emptying of my guts".

Hey, I left you some lines in the reflection and tranquility room-: bruh you're the best!

dark tranquillity 

An incredibly brilliant melodic death metal act that hails from Gothenburg, Sweden. Their talent for harmonic composition is unparalleled by anyone since Beethoven, as best exemplified by their 1995 release, The Gallery. Formed in 1989, their lineup has remained fairly stable compared to other Swedish acts.

Members:
Mikael Stanne - Vocals, former guitarist
Anders Jivarp - Drums
Niklas Sundin - Guitar
Martin Henriksson - Guitar, former bassist
Michael Nicklasson - Bass
Martin Brandstrom - Keyboards, electronics

Former Members:
Anders Friden - Vocals (now in In Flames)
Fredrik Johansson - Guitar
Uneducated metalhead: Man, Gothenburg metal sucks. It's all commercialized, uninspired crap nowadays.
Me: Obviously you haven't heard of Dark Tranquillity.
dark tranquillity by Stand Ablaze September 29, 2005

tranquility 

someone who desires peace and beauty...
The poor long for riches,
The rich long for heaven,
But the wise desire tranquility.
tranquility by aheyde1 September 18, 2005
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