Alive & Dead At Sodra Teatern = 3 CD / DVD, Digipak = (CD)
Countless bands have gotten the trajectory wrong. Too many haven't figured out the musical calculus. More than is fair have veered off the proverbial map never to be heard of again. And they've all suffered greatly from it. Not Tribulation. From 2009's The Horror to 2013's The Formulas of Death, the Swedes secretly figured out how to refactor death metal's tenets to their favor. No more were Tribulation merely the product of their influences but rather something more, a step beyond wanton barbarity and the unharnessed fire of youth. Likewise, the venture between 2015's The Children of the Night--a breakout moment for the Stockholmites--and new album Down Below is a yet another step into the unknown, where shadowy creatures glare with eyes ablaze and howl with white fangs bared. The years between and miles traveled could've forced the Swedes off their fiendish path, but they stayed true. From its obsidian core to its fluttering expanses, Down Below is a triumph of darkness and death. Or, very much Tribulation.
01 The Lament 02 Nightbound 03 Lady Death 04 Subterranea 05 Purgatorio 06 Cries From The Underworld 07 Lacrimosa 08 The World 09 Here Be Dragons
Disc 2
01 Trollens Brudmarsch 02 Melancholia 03 The Motherhood Of God
04 Rånda 05 Ultra Silvam 06 Guitar Solo 07 Strange Gateways Beckon 08 Strains Of Horror
Disc 3
01 Introduction 02 The Lament 03 Nightbound 04 Lady Death 05 Subterranea 06 Purgatorio 07 Cries From The Underworld 08 Lacrimosa 09 The World 10 Here Be Dragons 11 Introduction 12 Trollens Brudmarsch 13 Melancholia 14 The Motherhood Of God 15 Rånda 16 Ultra Silvam 17 Guitar Solo 18 Strange Gateways Beckon 19 Strains Of Horror 20 Interview With Johannes Andersson & Adam Zaars 21 Interview With Orvar Säfsström 22 Strange Gateways Beckon 23 Melancholia 24 The Lament 25 Nightbound 26 Lady Death 27 The World 28 Nightbound - Live 29 Lady Death - Live