A very lush and rich sound, especially for 1993. Although I don't find this album spectacular, I think it was very good for its time and still holds up to this day. A little lacking in memorability, but a very pleasant listen!

henryrockwell

O Dark Tranquillity foi uma das primeiras bandas de melodic death a surgir na história, o subgênero foi parido em Gotemburgo, Suécia na década de 90. Desse meio uma variedade de outras bandas deram personalidade ao gênero, dando visibilidade e sucesso ao filho "menos agressivo" do death metal.

O Skydancer é um bom disco de melodeath (para os padrões da época), mas eu não curti muito porque parece só uma ... read more

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Om_Sw

A hidden gem of early melodeath- despite being released by one of the big three of the genre! Primitive in comparison to what they would later release, yet it has quite sophisticated songwriting that alludes to where they would go with The Gallery. A surprisingly impressive debut that should not be slept on- assuming one is a fan of early and less polished melodic death metal!

1mo

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Track List

1	Nightfall by the Shore of Time 4:37
2	Crimson Winds 5:16
3	A Bolt of Blazing Gold 6:59
4	In Tears Bereaved 3:42
5	Skywards 4:52
6	Through Ebony Archways 3:38
7	Shadow Duet 6:52
8	My Faeryland Forgotten 4:29
9	Alone 5:32