I think that he is less diverse in the choruses than in the verses. It's almost as if he is always using the same vocal resources.
Cyhra - Jesper and Peter's new band
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You used Power and gay in the same sentece and still made it feel perfectly natural.Well, he's pretty much a Power Metal vocalist so he's gotta have a bit of gay in there
Well, he's pretty much a Power Metal vocalist so he's gotta have a bit of gay in there
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Holding your breath is a good example. He's too high.
But damn, that's a nice vocal melody in chorus, and that fine guitar melody-solo after... Just sweet. That's the way vocal and guitar melodies should coexist and work together.
SC just sounds wrong... Like progressive gone bad. And half of the album has that weird moments where it seems like they glued parts of the song together without thinking about does it make sense.
I'm doing the second listening. Heartrage has a good heavy or power metal vibe. I like that song. Chorus is good and the guitar break (I won't call it a solo) is Jesper's 100%.
Good thing that the final mix is far better than that from Spotify.
Good thing that the final mix is far better than that from Spotify.
Completely agree. The music is SC especially sounds so forced and uninspired. Vocals aren't helping at all. Battles is more energetic but it's actually in a lot of ways even less inspired, it's really, really cookie-cutter. At least they did try a few different things in SC, even if most of it was a failure. Battles took no risks, and it has very little replay value. Both albums are showcasing a band in serious decline who have completely run out of ideas and integrity, imo.
In contrast, listening to something like Letters to Myself is a breath of fresh air. It's far from perfect but you can feel the honesty and passion throughout the album. Jake and Jesper especially want to prove something and you can hear that from both of them. It's not all good but I'll take something like this any day over what In Flames are doing. The last album they really seemed to put effort into was SOAPF, and it shows.
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Damn, Inside a Lullaby really does have some cringey lyrics
So this is why I cry when I'm asleep
I am fragile, I feel weak
Without you I feel hollow
I'm alive, I dream with open eyes
When darkness turns to white
The moment when your life's
Inside a lullaby
Last four sentences are fine but those first three... gotta be honest, I'd be ripping Anders if he wrote that however, because Jake can actually sing and doesn't sound whiny, it's still passable when listening. Alternatively, when I hear Pleaasseee, please heal meee, I can't sleeep... ... I just facepalm.
So this is why I cry when I'm asleep
I am fragile, I feel weak
Without you I feel hollow
I'm alive, I dream with open eyes
When darkness turns to white
The moment when your life's
Inside a lullaby
Last four sentences are fine but those first three... gotta be honest, I'd be ripping Anders if he wrote that
however, because Jake can actually sing and doesn't sound whiny, it's still passable when listening. Alternatively, when I hear Pleaasseee, please heal meee, I can't sleeep... ... I just facepalm.There are some great intros on this album, and outros. Jesper really shines here. Much like in SC, a lot of the songs on here struggle between the transition from super melodic opening to subdued, quiet verse.
Agreed, a lot of SC just sounds uncomfortable. It's hard to describe but the music just doesn't sound natural to the ears. Chorus on the title track is a good example. I think there's a part on Rusted Nail that's really jarring as well. I assume they did it on purpose but it doesn't sound good at all. Even amateur bands don't stitch their music together like that.
Possibly. I really do wish there had been more energetic Karma-like tracks to balance out Inside a Lullaby, Closure, Here To Save You, etc. Just feels like the balance of the album tipped a little too far in the soft direction at times.
Yeah, that's the prime example. Some really bad songwriting on that one. It was quite weird when I first heard the song as I was not used to IF being so amateurish.
Specially towards the end of it, or that was my first impression.
It's a shame that this album will not get all the attention that it deserves. If this was about new IF album the forum would be full of people waiting for a leak.
The thing about LtM is that you don't have to be a metalhead to appreciate it. If you're a fan of melody then I don't know how you could not like stuff like Closure or Inside a Lullaby. I'd actually say it's more commercial than anything In Flames have put out, because Jake has an actual singing voice. No matter how commercial In Flames try to be, Anders just hasn't got a voice that will ever go mainstream. IF fanboys will convince themselves he's a good singer, but he isn't so the band will never get over with the mainstream crowd, even though they are desperately trying.
It's not like they could even blame Jesper leaving for those issues. He didn't write anything on SOAPF and that had none of the problems structurally that SC had, so WTF happened?
It's not like they could even blame Jesper leaving for those issues. He didn't write anything on SOAPF and that had none of the problems structurally that SC had, so WTF happened?
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