Photograph: © Owain Richards
It’s the day of the first show on the UK DARK TRANQUILLITY tour and we’re sat in the subterranean venue of the Cardiff Barfly while hundreds, if not thousands, of red jerseyed rugby fans, inebriated, cheer on their team above ground. In a little green room, we take time out to chat […]

Photograph: © Owain Richards
On a mild afternoon in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, we climbed aboard a big Swedish tourbus parked almost right outside Cardiff’s illustrious castle in the centre of the city to have a chat with Finnish metal band Omnium Gatherum. Meanwhile, Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne slept soundly in a bunk next door.
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If you know anything about Wales you know that when their rugby team plays against England, it’s a big deal. Even though the match is being played in Twickenham, the streets of Cardiff are teeming with red jerseys moving to and from pubs and clubs after a monumental victory. The general mood of the entire […]