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Here's the Japanese bonus track "Not Yet Broken". I have to admit; it's one of my favourites from the album.

Can we not do the "everything that has anything to do in the slightest with children is pedophilia" right-wing MAGA bullshit schtick here?

lol, wtf? It was the wrong song uploaded; the actual Cruel Perceptions is completely different.

Really happy for that Coerced Coexistence video. Great song. It's cool hearing the melodies in the chorus a bit more in this live version.

This might be Resin. It has the same sort of "swing-y"riff/time signature style, with a lot of hammer on / pull off tails, and feels somewhat folky in style - like Gyroscope. With hindsight we now know it's not one of the best of their career- but I still enjoy playing it.

There's a genuinely great album somewhere in ASOP; it's just completely buried behind the bad guitar tone and poor production. If you analyze some of the structure and the riffs/melodies overall, it's their closest album to the old classics in terms of songwriting. The songs are fairly varied in...

Agreed! And I think that lack of feeling is exactly what happens when a song is "designed by committee" as the Benson albums feel. They're like great songs but with the edges filed down - edges which would give it a certain atmosphere or spirit. Even IF's worst like STYE and ASOP have a feeling...

I personally don't see it happening. I think, and I try to say this in the most respectful way I can, that Björn and Anders simply lack a work ethic when it comes to the Studio and composing- not in pure physical terms, but mental. They went through the pandemic without writing any new music- an...

I agree - and each album after it has really driven home the quality of SoaPF for me. While many of the riffs on it are really.. meh (way too much chug on some of the songs, especially verse riffs) - but it just worked. Because it still felt like In Flames, the production was excellent, and...

That's the vibe I'm also getting and why I kind of like it. It sounds a little "urgent" - which does it well. The drums really tie it together I think.

I would agree that the best songs are generally released; though I have to say "End the Transmission" and surprisingly, Pure light of Mind are pretty good. The latter is definitely a cut above the ballad-y garbage on Battles. It has some energy and the production somehow makes it quite...

How has this not leaked yet?

imo one of the most difficult things in writing a song is the transitions between parts and riffs - even if they fit well together in the context of a whole song. Björn tends to lean on the more jarring transitions; like a quick descending riff or a interruption. Some of the more modern IF songs...

the dude on reddit who has been completely accurate thus far

I just dumped them randomly out of the list FWIW, so the order is not at all indicative of the album order. I guess we'll know later today if they announce the tracklist.