Released in 1996, the
Enter Suicidal Angels
EP was a taster for
Dark Tranquility
's subsequent album,
The Mind's I
, having been recorded during the same
Studio Fredman
sessions in the summer of 1996, and showcasing that record's first single,
"Zodijakyl Light,"
as its opening track. Furthermore, it served to introduce
's increasingly straightforward melodic
death metal
style -- largely devoid of the archaic complexities of early-'90s
Scandinavian death metal
, which had bogged down their often flawed previous efforts. As well as the aforementioned album track, these improvements can be readily observed in both the speed-addled
"Razorfever"
and the mid-paced
"Shadow Facade,"
but not the anomalous
"Archetype,"
which takes a shocking detour into
acid house
dance beats mixed with rough samples from earlier
songs. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia