Swedish melodic death metal giants, Dark Tranquillity, are coming down to India to perform at the BITS Pilani annual college festival, Pearl 2011. This is the first time the longest-standing band from the original Gothenburg metal scene will be performing in India. Dark Tranquillity joins the growing list of Swedish melodic metal bands like Katatonia, Meshuggah, Pain Of Salvation to perform in India.

Pearl 2011 is the annual cultural festival of BITS, Pilani organized in association with Infinite Dreams Artist Management. The fest takes place on February 12th at the Hyderabad campus.

Supporting Dark Tranquillity are Bangalore based old school thrashers, Kryptos. For updates on the event visit the Facebook page or follow BITS Pearl on Twitter.