Dark Tranquillity are one of the three founding fathers of melodic death metal. Each member of the trinity have gone their separate ways. At the Gates recorded probably the greatest heavy metal album ever and then split (though have subsequently reformed), In Flames embraced alt-metal and have gone to be one of the genre's big hitters and Dark Tranquillity have dabbled with doom, gloom, goth and a splash of electro.

“Endtime Signals” sees them continue to slowly drift back to their original melodic death sound. The keys are still there but they take more of a back seat on this album, allowing the guitars to once again soar and Mikael Stanne’s wonderful voice to be resonant. It's got 14 tracks which may seem a little excessive but it manages to captivate and it doesn’t outstay its welcome, no matter its length!