Intricacy, musicality, craftsmanship, & nuance are words that, back in 1989, were hardly ever used to describe death metal -- a style so extreme, so ferocious, so intent on annoying parents at any cost that it seemed destined to self-destruct. But Dark Tranquillity & their expansive colleagues in Gothenburg, Sweden, refused to believe that death metal could not be musical, nuanced, & melodic, & that outlook continues to define them on Fiction. This rewarding CD was recorded in 2006 & r